Need Info On the Go? Remember to Text a Librarian!
Students, faculty and staff at Goodwin College now ask questions and get information from the library by text message. For patrons who are unable to ask a librarian in person or online, or those who simply prefer texting over talking, the Text a Librarian service provides a convenient option for getting info on their mobile phones. The service does not display phone numbers and generates an anonymous ID for each patron in order to reference conversation history.
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Text ASKGOOD to 66746 for instructions
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Thursday, May 27, 2010
LIBRARY CLOSED SUNDAY AND MONDAY
The library will be closed Sunday and Monday because of Memorial Day Weekend. We will be open Saturday from 9:30 to 1:30 as usual.
Please visit the library this week and next week to see the display of books related to Memorial Day.
Please visit the library this week and next week to see the display of books related to Memorial Day.
Condition of Education 2010
The National Center for Education Statistics today released The Condition of Education 2010, a Congressionally mandated report to the nation on education in America today. It covers all aspects of education, with 49 indicators that include findings on enrollment trends, demographics, and outcomes.
The report projects that public school enrollment will rise from 49 million in 2008 to 52 million by 2019, with the largest increase expected in the South. Over the past decade, more students attended both charter schools and high-poverty schools (those in which more than 75 percent of the students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch). One in six U.S. students attends a high-poverty school; and the number of charter school students has tripled since 1999.
This year’s report features a special section that looks closer at these high-poverty schools in America, examining the types and locations of schools, the characteristics of the students and their teachers and principals; and student achievement. It finds a wide and persistent gap in educational achievement.
Read the report.The Condition of Education 2010
Source: National Center for Education Statistics
The report projects that public school enrollment will rise from 49 million in 2008 to 52 million by 2019, with the largest increase expected in the South. Over the past decade, more students attended both charter schools and high-poverty schools (those in which more than 75 percent of the students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch). One in six U.S. students attends a high-poverty school; and the number of charter school students has tripled since 1999.
This year’s report features a special section that looks closer at these high-poverty schools in America, examining the types and locations of schools, the characteristics of the students and their teachers and principals; and student achievement. It finds a wide and persistent gap in educational achievement.
Read the report.The Condition of Education 2010
Source: National Center for Education Statistics
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
NEW MAGAZINE: URBAN FARM
It doesn’t take a farm to have the heart of a farmer. Now, with this burgeoning sustainable-living movement, you don’t have to own acreage to fulfill your dream of raising your own food. Urban Farm magazine will guide you down the path to self sustainability.
Goodwin Library now subscribes to Urban Farm. Published quarterly, this magazine promotes the benefits of self-sufficiency and provides the tools with which to do it on any size property. Between the covers, you’ll find how-to projects, backyard-livestock advice, profiles of urban farmers, “green” and innovative products, and of course, recipes for preparing your homegrown vegetables, eggs and other farm bounty.
Urban Farm reaches out to those in the city and suburbs, those who are inspired by the local-food movement, and those who want to raise chickens and grow food for themselves, supporting local agriculture and living more sustainably.
Goodwin Library now subscribes to Urban Farm. Published quarterly, this magazine promotes the benefits of self-sufficiency and provides the tools with which to do it on any size property. Between the covers, you’ll find how-to projects, backyard-livestock advice, profiles of urban farmers, “green” and innovative products, and of course, recipes for preparing your homegrown vegetables, eggs and other farm bounty.
Urban Farm reaches out to those in the city and suburbs, those who are inspired by the local-food movement, and those who want to raise chickens and grow food for themselves, supporting local agriculture and living more sustainably.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest is here!
The Girl With the Dragon Tatoo
The Girl Who Played With Fire
Now you can read the third novel in the Stieg Larsson's best selling trilogy--The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest--just arrived in the library today!
Also new to the library today:
Total Eclipse of the Heart by Zane
Savor the Moment by Nora Roberts
The Girl Who Played With Fire
Now you can read the third novel in the Stieg Larsson's best selling trilogy--The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest--just arrived in the library today!
Also new to the library today:
Total Eclipse of the Heart by Zane
Savor the Moment by Nora Roberts
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Google announces CloudCourse
When will Google stop? Google last week announced a new course-scheduling system, CloudCourse,that could potentially have implications for higher education. CloudCourse is integrated with Google Calendar and allows users to schedule classes, look up user profiles, and sync the service's data with internal university systems. CloudCourse was built entirely on Google's App Engine, which allows users to build and host Web apps. Google hopes that CloudCourse can serve as an example of how to use the App Engine.
One potential use for CloudCourse is to manage class rosters with tools that allow users to look at enrolled versus waitlisted students, mark student attendance, and change a student's enrollment status in a course. Universities typically already have an internal system to complete the tasks CloudCourse can perform.
CloudCourse might help university administrators who don't have the time or resources to worry about hardware hosting and dealing with traffic bursts that occur during class enrollment periods.
Source: Wired Campus
One potential use for CloudCourse is to manage class rosters with tools that allow users to look at enrolled versus waitlisted students, mark student attendance, and change a student's enrollment status in a course. Universities typically already have an internal system to complete the tasks CloudCourse can perform.
CloudCourse might help university administrators who don't have the time or resources to worry about hardware hosting and dealing with traffic bursts that occur during class enrollment periods.
Source: Wired Campus
Friday, May 21, 2010
Workshop: Connect to Databases Off Campus
LEARN HOW TO CONNECT TO THE LIBRARY RESOURCES OFF CAMPUS!
Room 142 (next to the library)
10 a.m. May 27
Dan Bonacum of the IT Department will demonstrate how to use the Virtual Private Network successfully. Please tell everyone!
Guide to Online Learning
Power Up: A Practica Student's Guide to Online Learning by Barret, Poe, and Spagnola-Doyle (124 pages)
Many students have asked for help with online learning and not just how to get on to Blackboard. Now in the library, this book discusses the realities of online learning and highlights the resources available to online students. The tips and techniques will help you succeed in the virtual classroom. You will discover how to regulate your learning paces and processes--skills that will serve you well into the future. This book is published by Pearson Prentice Hall who also has a Student Success Supersite where students and faculty can find an arrray of resources.
Many students have asked for help with online learning and not just how to get on to Blackboard. Now in the library, this book discusses the realities of online learning and highlights the resources available to online students. The tips and techniques will help you succeed in the virtual classroom. You will discover how to regulate your learning paces and processes--skills that will serve you well into the future. This book is published by Pearson Prentice Hall who also has a Student Success Supersite where students and faculty can find an arrray of resources.
Educational Video
Accessible Educational Technology Series
Australia's open access repository of research and scholarly output at Bond University includes a video series on education, accessibility, and assitive technology. The videos are posted on Vimeo, the high-definition video sharing and networking site. The series include videos on topics such as "Issues of Online Learning ina disability Studies Context," "Braille Literacy," and "Over-Reliance on Assisted Technology." Videso feature inerviews with disabled students and scholars.
Access here. http://vimeo.com/8205436
Source: Association of College and Research Library News May 2010
Australia's open access repository of research and scholarly output at Bond University includes a video series on education, accessibility, and assitive technology. The videos are posted on Vimeo, the high-definition video sharing and networking site. The series include videos on topics such as "Issues of Online Learning ina disability Studies Context," "Braille Literacy," and "Over-Reliance on Assisted Technology." Videso feature inerviews with disabled students and scholars.
Access here. http://vimeo.com/8205436
Source: Association of College and Research Library News May 2010
Book of the Day: Gift of Fear
Recommended by Pam Kudra and Oprah
Gift of Fear by Gavin De Becker
Available in the Goodwin Library
The Gift of Fear is a must-read for everyone, particularly women. It teaches people how to stay safe, how to avoid becoming a victim, how to listen to your instincts and react. The author developed the Mosaic (a threat assessment tool) that is used nation wide by the court systems, police departments, and schools. Gavin De Beckers believes that most violent acts are random and have clear warning signs enabling us to stay safer in the community.
The Gift of Fear educates the reader on situations that involve stalkers, men who abuse woman, predators, death threats, disgruntled employees, or mass killers. He offers the readers lessons on survival signals, relying on one's intuition, separating what is real from imagined danger, and predicting dangerous behavior. He also teaches the readers to evaluate whether someone will use violence against them or not.
Gift of Fear by Gavin De Becker
Available in the Goodwin Library
The Gift of Fear is a must-read for everyone, particularly women. It teaches people how to stay safe, how to avoid becoming a victim, how to listen to your instincts and react. The author developed the Mosaic (a threat assessment tool) that is used nation wide by the court systems, police departments, and schools. Gavin De Beckers believes that most violent acts are random and have clear warning signs enabling us to stay safer in the community.
The Gift of Fear educates the reader on situations that involve stalkers, men who abuse woman, predators, death threats, disgruntled employees, or mass killers. He offers the readers lessons on survival signals, relying on one's intuition, separating what is real from imagined danger, and predicting dangerous behavior. He also teaches the readers to evaluate whether someone will use violence against them or not.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Baby's Hearing Test
Nowadays, 97 percent of babies born in this country have their hearing screened in the newborn nursery. That means essential follow-up testing and treatment can begin very early indeed. But the key term is “follow-up.”
As many as 46 percent of children who failed the newborn screening test in 2007 did not have documented repeat testing and treatment, said Marcus Gaffney, a health scientist with the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Screening a child doesn’t do a lot of good,” Mr. Gaffney told me, “if you don’t take the appropriate follow-up.”
To learn more, read the full story, “What to Do When a Newborn Can’t Hear”.
Source: New York Times May 20 2010
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
21st Century Literacies
The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) defines 21st Century literacies.
“Literacy has always been a collection of cultural and communicative practices shared among members of particular groups. As society and technology change, so does literacy. Because technology has increased the intensity and complexity of literate environments, the twenty-first century demands that a literate person possess a wide range of abilities and competencies, many literacies. These literacies—from reading online newspapers to participating in virtual classrooms—are multiple, dynamic, and malleable. As in the past, they are inextricably linked with particular histories, life possibilities and social trajectories of individuals and groups. Twenty-first century readers and writers need to
•Develop proficiency with the tools of technology
•Build relationships with others to pose and solve problems collaboratively and cross-culturally
•Design and share information for global communities to meet a variety of purposes
•Manage, analyze and synthesize multiple streams of simultaneous information
•Create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multi-media texts
•Attend to the ethical responsibilities required by these complex environments.”
Source: NCTE Inbox
“Literacy has always been a collection of cultural and communicative practices shared among members of particular groups. As society and technology change, so does literacy. Because technology has increased the intensity and complexity of literate environments, the twenty-first century demands that a literate person possess a wide range of abilities and competencies, many literacies. These literacies—from reading online newspapers to participating in virtual classrooms—are multiple, dynamic, and malleable. As in the past, they are inextricably linked with particular histories, life possibilities and social trajectories of individuals and groups. Twenty-first century readers and writers need to
•Develop proficiency with the tools of technology
•Build relationships with others to pose and solve problems collaboratively and cross-culturally
•Design and share information for global communities to meet a variety of purposes
•Manage, analyze and synthesize multiple streams of simultaneous information
•Create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multi-media texts
•Attend to the ethical responsibilities required by these complex environments.”
Source: NCTE Inbox
Most Challenged Books of 2009
The Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) has released the list of the Top Ten Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2009. New to the list this year are Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight series and Jodi Piccoult’s My Sister’s Keeper.
Lauren Myracle’s Internet girl series – ttyl, ttfn, and l8r g8r - tops the list, replacing the children’s book, And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, in the #1 spot. Tango had appeared at the top of the list for the prior three years in a row. Myracle’s series has been challenged for reasons that include nudity, sexually explicit, offensive language, and drugs.
OIF recorded a total of 460 challenges in 2009. For every challenge reported to OIF, however, we estimate that there are 4 or 5 challenges that go unreported. Thanks to the dedication of countless individuals, materials do remain accessible to users in a majority of cases. Banned Books Week will be held September 25 through October 2, 2010.
Source: OIF Blog May 19, 2010
Lauren Myracle’s Internet girl series – ttyl, ttfn, and l8r g8r - tops the list, replacing the children’s book, And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, in the #1 spot. Tango had appeared at the top of the list for the prior three years in a row. Myracle’s series has been challenged for reasons that include nudity, sexually explicit, offensive language, and drugs.
OIF recorded a total of 460 challenges in 2009. For every challenge reported to OIF, however, we estimate that there are 4 or 5 challenges that go unreported. Thanks to the dedication of countless individuals, materials do remain accessible to users in a majority of cases. Banned Books Week will be held September 25 through October 2, 2010.
Source: OIF Blog May 19, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
Census Controversy
Should undocumented immigrants be counted?
Now under way, the 2010 census has sparked bitter partisanship. Some conservative Republicans, for example, have criticized the census as an unconstitutional intrusion on privacy; others warn that census participation is important for maintaining GOP power, since the count is used to apportion congressional seats and allocate federal money to cities and states. Liberal Democrats have been more supportive of census procedures, which for the first time will count same-sex couples. To raise response rates, the Census Bureau sent every household the same brief 10-question form and dropped use of the “long form” — a lengthy questionnaire seeking data on housing, transportation, education and income. The long form has been replaced by a separate, ongoing monthly survey that will provide timelier data, but from a smaller sample of households. Researchers generally hail the change but say it will cause some problems, at least initially.
Source: Introduction: CQ Researcher May 14, 2010
Image: Despite controversy over this year's count, U.S. households returned census forms at the same 72 percent rate as in 2000. Census data determine the number of seats in congressional districts and how nearly $5 trillion in federal funds will be distributed to states and localities over the coming decade. (AFP/Getty Images/Paul J. Richards)
Statistical Directory For Social Sciences
The EBSS division of the Association of College and Research Libraries created this directory for those of us who regularly need to find statistics.
General United States Statistics
Education Statistics
Gerontology Statistics
Psychology Statistics
Social Work Statistics
Demographics
General United States Statistics
Education Statistics
Gerontology Statistics
Psychology Statistics
Social Work Statistics
Demographics
New DVDs in the Library
Dimming the Sun: What does this Climate conundrum Mean for the Future of the Earth-56 minutes (NOVA)
Global Warming: The Signs and the Science-60 minutes (PBS)
World in the Balance: The Population Paradox-120 minutes (NOVA)
An Inconvenient Truth: A Global Warning-96 minutes (Paramount)
Black Gold: The Story of Oil-50 minutes (History Channel)
Future of Food-88 minutes (Arts Alliance America)
Global Warming: The Signs and the Science-60 minutes (PBS)
World in the Balance: The Population Paradox-120 minutes (NOVA)
An Inconvenient Truth: A Global Warning-96 minutes (Paramount)
Black Gold: The Story of Oil-50 minutes (History Channel)
Future of Food-88 minutes (Arts Alliance America)
Sociology Journal Online
Founded January 28th, 2010, the Socjournal is a new media journal of sociology and society intended to offer sociologists a window into the world of new media communications. Recognizing that traditional scholarly publication in traditional scholarly journals is limited, slow, and isolated (i.e. sociological research remains hidden behind an academic wall that is impenetrable to most people), the Socjournal aims to bring sociology to the world by providing blog space, regular columns, and academic reports designed to popularize and disseminate the fascinating world of sociological research.
I particularly like "What is Sociology?" Please read it!
I particularly like "What is Sociology?" Please read it!
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Students: Credo Partners with EasyBib
Exporting citations to EasyBib is now available from Credo!
The Credo Reference Database has partnered with EasyBib.com to simplify the research process. You can research a topic using Credo Reference, and with just one click, you can export to EasyBib to keep track of bibliographic data. EasyBib exporting on Credo is available from:
Entry pages: an icon appears at the top (shown below) and EasyBib is listed in the citation drop-down menu at the bottom of each entry
Saved results: EasyBib has been added as an exporting option
EasyBib provides citation formatting tools to over 16 million users yearly and is geared towards students of all levels. With over 55 different source types, EasyBib is designed to be simple yet comprehensive, making it the most popular bibliography tool amongst students.
Credo Reference can be acessed from the database list on the library page.
The Credo Reference Database has partnered with EasyBib.com to simplify the research process. You can research a topic using Credo Reference, and with just one click, you can export to EasyBib to keep track of bibliographic data. EasyBib exporting on Credo is available from:
Entry pages: an icon appears at the top (shown below) and EasyBib is listed in the citation drop-down menu at the bottom of each entry
Saved results: EasyBib has been added as an exporting option
EasyBib provides citation formatting tools to over 16 million users yearly and is geared towards students of all levels. With over 55 different source types, EasyBib is designed to be simple yet comprehensive, making it the most popular bibliography tool amongst students.
Credo Reference can be acessed from the database list on the library page.
New DVDs Just Arrived
Who Killed the Electric Car? (93 minutes)
Fast Food Nation (114 minutes)
Bad Seed: The Truth About Our Food (112 minutes)
Genetically Modified Food: Panacea or Poison? (70 minutes)
Developmentally Appropriate Practice: A Focus on Play (85 minutes) 2 copies
Drinking Water Consumer Information (no time listed)
Feature Film
Day After Tomorrow (121 minutes)
CDs
Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity (12
Fast Food Nation (114 minutes)
Bad Seed: The Truth About Our Food (112 minutes)
Genetically Modified Food: Panacea or Poison? (70 minutes)
Developmentally Appropriate Practice: A Focus on Play (85 minutes) 2 copies
Drinking Water Consumer Information (no time listed)
Feature Film
Day After Tomorrow (121 minutes)
CDs
Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity (12
New Beginning
The philosopher Seneca said that every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. On 5 May, Nature Reports Climate Change will close. The site will no longer be updated, but the archived content will still be freely available online. In April 2011, Nature journal will launch Nature Climate Change, a full-fledged journal, whose mission will be to publish original research on climate change and its impacts, as well as to place such change in a wider social and political context. As an interdisciplinary publication, Nature Climate Change will be the first Nature-branded title to publish research from social scientists.
Source: Condensed from an editorial by Oliver Heffernan in the May 5 issue of Nature.
Source: Condensed from an editorial by Oliver Heffernan in the May 5 issue of Nature.
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