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ALA’s frequently challenged books of the 21st century

Each year, the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom compiles a list of the top ten most frequently challenged books in order to inform the public about censorship in libraries and schools. The ALA condemns censorship and works to ensure free access to information. A challenge is defined as a formal, written complaint, filed with …

Posted 19 days ago by John Sarubbi

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Thanks Brian and Rebecca for your thoughts…

Working the “morning pages” from a digital angle

If you are an artist of any ilk--fine arts, visual arts, writing, acting, singing, etc--you have probably heard of, and perhaps use, Julia Cameron's book The Artist's Way. It's an international bestseller based on the concept of writer's block and the principals of twelve step programs. Cameron wrote the book after her workshop took off, …

Posted 20 days ago by Anne Hays

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On the education bubble, being unemployable and in debt

Earlier today, I came across this blog post from Penelope Trunk via LinkedIn. Penelope Trunk is an American businesswoman, author, and blogger. Her work focuses on the intersection of work and life. In her post "The Strongest Careers are Non-Linear" she makes the argument that colleges charge tons of money for school and then graduates …

Posted 23 days ago by John Sarubbi

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Her argument definitely contradicts itself, though it makes me feel slightly better about my vaguely non-linear resume…

Talk Back to the Internet

Sounds like a great digital art event! See you there?


Reposted from Myers Media Art Studio. Written by mediaartstudio.

Talk Back to the Internet a making workshop event Myers Media Art Studio, Program in Art & Art Education Organized by Sean Justice & Richard Jochum, and sponsored by the Myers Media Art Studio, Program in Art & Art Education. Led by Don Miller, an artist and learning designer. (See below for a short bio …

Posted 26 days ago by Brian Hughes

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ResearchBroker: Get hands on experience conducting research with professionals in education

Education is a field of study in which people have opinions - usually strong ones. To improve our understanding of the field of education and its practices, research is often needed. Research, of course, serves many purposes. According to Educational Research: A Guide To the Process by Norman E. Wallen, Jack R. Fraenkel (2011), a …

Posted 26 days ago by John Sarubbi

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Festival Report: Brooklyn Zine Fest 2013

Yesterday, I attended the second annual Brooklyn Zine Fest held at Public Assembly in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The event was packed with tablers and with visitors, an impressively successful event.  Tablers ranged from independent zine authors displaying their own zines to zine distros to zine librarians (Barnard represented) to arts organizations. It was an impressive …

Posted 27 days ago by Anne Hays

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Hi Matt and Kseniya, Thanks for your comment…

TEDx at TC

This week TC is hosting its own TEDx event in the Cowin Auditorium. The non-profit TED conferences have become well-known for their promotion of innovative ideas which range from technology and design to education, just to name a few. In 2009, the TED folks took their forum to the global streets with TEDx events, …

Posted 27 days ago by veronicarodriguez

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Scalar: The next big thing in scholarly publishing?

To all those following our commentaries on open access, e-books, the scholarly communication crisis, and educational technologies, there is a new platform out there that touches on all of these while tossing in a taste of the Semantic Web and information visualization too. The Alliance for Networking Visual Culture recently released Scalar, described as a …

Posted 29 days ago by Leanora Lange

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New Macbooks at the Library

In case you haven't noticed, some of our meeting rooms here at the library have been supplied with brand new Macbooks. For people who have Macs at home and are familiar with most Apple products, this may be exciting news.  But if you haven't used Macs before and have been a PC user for as long as you can …

Posted a month ago by Elizabeth Blakely

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The Digital Public Library of America Launches

The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) officially launched yesterday. Serving as a central portal for digital resources, the DPLA aims to bring openly available digital materials from American libraries, archives, and museums  to anyone with an internet connection. Practically all formats of resources discoverable through the DPLA, including manuscripts, photographs, 3D objects, audio, video, and …

Posted a month ago by Leanora Lange

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Finding and using data in your research paper

This month, Harper's Index included some grim education statistics that got me thinking: Minimum number of exams a student must take between third and twelfth grade under No Child Left Behind : 17 Percentage change since 1976 in the test-score gap between the children of America’s richest and poorest deciles : +40 Amount Florida spent per student …

Posted a month ago by Anne Hays

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The Reference Interview: Guidelines for Behavioral Performance of Reference and Information Service Providers

In my current role as a Library Services Associate, I wished to discuss the Guidelines for Behavioral Performance of Information Services Providers by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA). In reference services, the success of the transaction is measured not only by the information conveyed, but also by the positive or negative impact of …

Posted a month ago by John Sarubbi

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Thanks, Brian…

Child Abuse Prevention: A Select Bibliography

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. The April 10th Everett Cafe news display will feature advocacy efforts, and the Socratic conversation, Generational Patterns of Familial Child Abuse, with Natalie Millman, CU social work student, will focus on strategies for working with abused children and advocate for change on a multi-systems level. Also on April 11th, …

Posted a month ago by Jennifer Govan

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Smart E-Textbooks: Is it ethical to track your students’ reading?

The New York Times reported this morning that Texas A&M is using CourseSmart E-Textbooks in class, which allows professors to track whether students open their textbooks, what pages they look at and for how long, and which passages they highlight. The dean of the school of business commented, "It's Big Brother, sort of, but with …

Posted a month ago by Anne Hays

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Spectacular Photos of Imaginary Libraries

What's the ideal library? How can designers re-envision a studious space to be maximally useful to your research needs? Flavorwire showcases artist JF Rauzier’s new renditions of ye old traditional spaces. Which is your favorite?

Posted a month ago by Anne Hays

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Nature Article on the Cost of Publishing Research

Lea and Anne have been keeping us up-to-date on the Open Access movement, so thought I’d share this article from Nature, which gives some perspective on open access and commercial publishers in the scientific research community, and discusses both the cost of publishing research (with visualizations) and who collects on it. The author comes up …

Posted a month ago by Clare O'Dowd

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Reading E-Books: A Contemplative Guide

Yesterday, I finished Nicole Krauss's beautiful novel Great House, a compactly written, deeply poignant book that follows the lives of a handful of characters influenced by a huge and majestic writing desk, which had been stolen from a Jewish family's vacant house during the holocaust. Whenever I read Krauss's writing, I am struck with the …

Posted a month ago by Anne Hays

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Click the Read and Relax Button Below :)…

Reference and other Services at the Library

I’ve started to think about what it means to provide our patrons with excellent service. I first came across the interesting article Library service as theatre that touched on some very interesting issues about the quality of service that librarians provide and the challenges and controversy surrounding retail customer service strategies in libraries. I …

Posted a month ago by Rebecca Beck

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Library Resources for ORLN 5043, Nursing Research Development

This virtual handout is intended as an overview of library resources and services of particular relevance for students in  Dr. Keville Frederickson's Spring 2013 course ORLN 5043, Nursing Research Development.  The resources, primarily electronic and accessible on and off campus, have been selected as ones supporting the objectives of the course, i.e., the examination of …

Posted a month ago by Allen Foresta

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