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New LOEX Quarterly

lgfriedman — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:35:01 +0000

The new issue of LOEX quarterly is available and online. The instructions I received in the email announcement seem a little…involved. So I’ll include them here.

“Volume 35, Issue 1 of the LOEX Quarterly is now posted. Remember: as with the previous issue, the Quarterly has migrated to a new, more easily browseable format which also now has searching capability.

After you click on any of the articles you wish to read under “Volume 35″, it will take you - after about 5-10 seconds - to the article’s page in the digital repository, EagleSpace. To view the article, simply click on “View/Open”; if this the first time you have done so during your current web session, it will ask you for a log-in and password.
That information is:
my.emich username: loex_member
Password: loex1849

That specific article will then open in a new window. Once you are done with that article, you can close that window, and then just hit the “Back” button in your browser while at the article’s EagleSpace page to go back to the web list of articles.”

First Year Student Assessment

kheskett — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:13:33 +0000

This article might gives us some of the data for our student assumptions & IL, and might be worth delving into at a meeting at some point in the future. It is a huge report (may be slow to load too) – a quick peek at the summary is interesting. They identified 11 questions where students answered correctly less than 36% of the time.

Check it out at http://www.crepuq.qc.ca/documents/bibl/formation/studies_Ang.pdf.

5 Things You Should Read About Copyright and Sharing Your Instructional Materials

lgfriedman — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:43:25 +0000

Are you paranoid? I mean, cautious and conscientious? Then the first in a series of what will probably be many publications from the new ACRL IS Research & Scholarship committee is for you. You’ll find “5 Things You Should Read About Copyright and Sharing Your Instructional Materials” Here
“The recommended “5 Things” are intended to be eclectic and thought-provoking, and are drawn not only from traditional library literature but also from popular magazines and newspapers, the blogosphere, archived web presentations, and other media. (They) hope the “5 Things” will spark discussion among instruction librarians both on ILI-L and in person at the conference and in our libraries.”

ALA’s State of America’s Libraries report

lgfriedman — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:04:25 +0000

You’ll find the full text (pdf) here and the Executive Summary here.

Some of the bad news: “For the first time ever, funding for school libraries and the school library media specialists who staff them is declining. Nationally, library expenditures per pupil decreased to $13.67 in 2003-2004 from $19.14 in 1999-2000, a drop of almost 30 percent, according to the NCES. They have since dropped to $11.24, according to a 2007 survey.”

And some of the good news: “Americans continue to check out more than 2 billion items each year from their public libraries, and more and more people make use of libraries’ educational and social resources. The average user takes out seven-plus books a year, but patrons also go to their libraries to borrow DVDs, learn new computer skills, conduct job searches, and participate in the activities of local community organizations. Average bill to the taxpayer for this remarkable range of public services: $31 a year, about the cost of one hardcover book.”

Next ACRL OnPoint Chat

lgfriedman — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:36:11 +0000

On Tuesday, April 29, 2008 11 a.m. Pacific, Becky Albitz, electronic resources and copyright librarian at Penn State and ACRL Copyright Committee chair; and Jim Neal, vice president for information services and university librarian at Columbia University and a member of the Section 108 Study Group will convene online to discuss the recently released Section 108 Study Group Report, an independent report sponsored by the U.S. Copyright Office and the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program of the Library of Congress. ACRL OnPoint is a live series of informal monthly chat sessions that provide the opportunity to connect with colleagues and experts to discuss an issue of the day in academic and research librarianship.
Click here for info on the 108ers or read on after the jump.
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ALA Releases Groundbreaking Study

lgfriedman — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:43:12 +0000

From the Hispanic Newswire:
“…(The) American Library Association (ALA) released “Serving Non-English Speakers in U.S. Public Libraries,” an unprecedented study on the range of specialized library services for non-English speakers.

“Serving Non-English Speakers in U.S. Public Libraries,” is the first national study to consider the range of library services and programs developed for non-English speakers, including effectiveness of services, barriers to library use, most frequently used services and most successful library programs by language served. The study also analyzed library service area populations and patron proximity to local libraries that offer specialized services. The most frequently used services by non-English speakers were special language collections (68.9 percent) and special programming (39.6 percent), including language-specific story hours and cultural programming… “Libraries are places for education, self-help and lifelong learning,” said ALA President Loriene Roy. “The findings presented in this study can provide a venue for developing better and more precise materials, services and programs for those linguistically isolated. It is our hope that libraries, library supporters, and the research community will find this study valuable as a planning tool to better serve non-English speaking users.”

The study found that Spanish is the most supported non-English language in public libraries. Seventy-eight percent of libraries reported Spanish as the priority #1 language, after English, to which they develop services and programs. Asian languages ranked second in priority at 29 percent. Another 17.6 percent of libraries indicated Indo-European languages as a second priority.”

For more information, or to view the complete report please visit http://www.ala.org/nonenglishspeakers .

Educause: 7 Things You Should Know about Google Apps

lgfriedman — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:14:45 +0000

Oh ELI, I heart you.. As always–an interesting read.

Campus Technology’s 10 Tips

lgfriedman — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:12:41 +0000

Campus Technology has come out with Ten Tips For Injecting New Technology into Your Campus–geared towards faculty, this list is, in my opinion, great for anyone trying to create something new while getting buy in from lots of folks.. My personal favorites? ‘Save time by skipping the pilot if you can’ & ‘Remember integration issues’ - Check it out here. Can you think of any recent changes here at UCSD that might have benefited from some of these tips?

New Educause Review (March/April) is Out!

lgfriedman — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:09:32 +0000

You can find it here.

facebook: study buddies or cheaters?

gasingh — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:34:15 +0000

A student at a Canadian university is facing expulsion because he was the administrator of a facebook study group for chemistry– http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/309855

this article made me think about:

what message are we sending if we make a distinction between face to face and online study groups
students need to be aware about what they post online and how it can be tracked (the instructor found the group)
are our academic integrity policies broad enough to deal with emerging tools/technologies

UPDATE (3/19/08):
From The Chronicle Of Higher Education:
“Ryerson University, in Toronto, has decided not to expel a student who was the administrator for a Facebook group in which students helped one another on chemistry assignments (as they viewed it) or cheated by sharing answers (as others viewed it), The Globe and Mail reported. While the student avoided being kicked out, he will receive a zero for the assignment that prompted the dispute, and will have a disciplinary note placed in his file. “