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Re: Gslisadjuncts Fw: Digital Media & Learning Update
by Thomas Surprenant 30 Jun '11

30 Jun '11

FYI - thanks Bill. On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Bill Gordh <bgordh(a)nyc.rr.com> wrote: > see below > > *From:* MacArthur Foundation <publicaffairs(a)macfound.org> > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 29, 2011 4:00 PM > *To:* Bill Gordh <bgordh(a)nyc.rr.com> > *Subject:* Digital Media & Learning Update > > > View as web page ›› > <http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=heKNJZNyHdLOI6I&s=iuL2LjOXIoI3JhORJpE&m=coJ…> > | Forward to a friend ››<http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=mjJXLePSIjIQKcJ&s=iuL2LjOXIoI3JhORJpE&m=coJ…> > > [image: MacArthur Foundation]<http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=gnKLIWMuHdLFLVI&s=iuL2LjOXIoI3JhORJpE&m=coJ…> Digital > Media & Learning Update > Call for Applications: Learning Labs in Museums and Libraries<http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=ifJQKVOvEiKTL9L&s=iuL2LjOXIoI3JhORJpE&m=coJ…> > > A new funding initiative of the Institute for Museum and Library Services > and the MacArthur Foundation is accepting applications for up to $100,000 to > plan and design learning labs in museums and libraries across the country. > Using the YOUmedia<http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=nuI0JaPPKoLVIfI&s=iuL2LjOXIoI3JhORJpE&m=coJ…>teen space at Chicago’s main public library as a model, the initiative will > support up to 30 labs that will serve as prototypes for the use of digital > media for learning. *The deadline for submitting applications is August > 15, 2011.* Read more about the initiative »<http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=gnJMKPNnEhKIKVL&s=iuL2LjOXIoI3JhORJpE&m=coJ…> > YOUMedia Teen Library Space to Expand in Chicago<http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=jgLSKYOzGkJPI5K&s=iuL2LjOXIoI3JhORJpE&m=coJ…> > > Building on the success of the innovative YOUMedia<http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=jgISI1OwFdJVJcL&s=iuL2LjOXIoI3JhORJpE&m=coJ…>teen space at Chicago’s Harold Washington Public Library, three new > MacArthur-supported learning labs will open this summer in Chicago > neighborhood libraries. Read the *Chicago Tribune* article about the new > YOUmedia community spaces »<http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=mtJYL7PLInIWKfJ&s=iuL2LjOXIoI3JhORJpE&m=coJ…> > > > <http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=pmL3KnM4KmL0JpJ&s=iuL2LjOXIoI3JhORJpE&m=coJ…> > > Video: Explore YOUmedia ››<http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=ipJPK2OCIfKNL5L&s=iuL2LjOXIoI3JhORJpE&m=coJ…> > > > <http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=liKVLbPOKiJUIfK&s=iuL2LjOXIoI3JhORJpE&m=coJ…> > > Video: Extending the Classroom ››<http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=ovI1IkM0JlI1KpJ&s=iuL2LjOXIoI3JhORJpE&m=coJ…> > > About MacArthur’s digital media & learning initiative ››<http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=heKNJZNyHeLOI5I&s=iuL2LjOXIoI3JhORJpE&m=coJ…> > > Spotlight Blog ››<http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=khLTJ8PKJhKVKfL&s=iuL2LjOXIoI3JhORJpE&m=coJ…> > > The *MacArthur Foundation* supports creative people and effective > institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. > In addition to selecting the MacArthur Fellows, the Foundation works to > defend human rights, advance global conservation and security, make cities > better places, and understand how technology is affecting children and > society. > > John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation | 140 S. Dearborn St., Suite > 1200, Chicago, Illinois 60603-5285 > Phone: (312) 726-8000 | TDD: (312) 920-6285 | www.macfound.org<http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=gnKLIWMuHeLFLUI&s=iuL2LjOXIoI3JhORJpE&m=coJ…>| > 4answers(a)macfound.org | © Copyright 2011 > > MacArthur on YouTube ››<http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=jqIRI5OGJhJMJ4L&s=iuL2LjOXIoI3JhORJpE&m=coJ…> > > MacArthur on Twitter ››<http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=mjKXJePSLkITLeK&s=iuL2LjOXIoI3JhORJpE&m=coJ…> > > View as web page ››<http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=pmL3KnM4KnL0JoJ&s=iuL2LjOXIoI3JhORJpE&m=coJ…> > > > Remove yourself from this mailing<http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=pmL4KnM3KmL0JpJ&s=iuL2LjOXIoI3JhORJpE&m=coJ…> > . > > Remove yourself from all mailings from The John D. and Catherine T. > MacArthur Foundation<http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=ipJQK2OBIfKNL5L&s=iuL2LjOXIoI3JhORJpE&m=coJ…> > . > > Modify your profile<http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=liKWLbPNKiJUIfK&s=iuL2LjOXIoI3JhORJpE&m=coJ…>. > > -- chirp elt Dr. Thomas T. Surprenant Professor & Acting Chair/Director Queens College Graduate School of Library & Information Studies

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Gslisadjuncts Fwd: Value of an MLIS
by Thomas Surprenant 21 Jun '11

21 Jun '11

Many thanks to Evelyn Behar for making this available to us. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <ewbehar(a)aol.com> Date: Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 1:16 PM Subject: Value of an MLIS To: Thomas.Surprenant(a)qc.cuny.edu, c2perry(a)nyc.rr.com Cc: marcumjw9(a)aol.com From the most recent American Libraries Direct - Evelyn Behar *The value of an MLIS*<http://link.ixs1.net/s/lt?id=h10268090&si=d409339626&pc=r2255&ei=51586814&b…> Over the last two weeks of May, librarians, library staff, and library school students weighed in on the Colorado Library Research Service’s 60-second survey, “The Value of an MLIS Degree to You.” Almost 2,500 people from every state and 15 countries, representing all library types, responded. Around 1,300 respondents left comments, sharing additional thoughts on the value of the MLIS degree today. Just over three-fourths of respondents (76%) agreed or strongly agreed that their degree was worth the investment.... Library Research Service News, June 14 -- chirp elt Dr. Thomas T. Surprenant Professor & Acting Chair/Director Queens College Graduate School of Library & Information Studies

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Gslisadjuncts Curriculum Space Events
by Thomas Surprenant 16 Jun '11

16 Jun '11

Hi guys, Jim said it was ok to go ahead and do the Curriculum Space so, after consulting the University calendar, my weegie board and having my hand read I came up with the following schedule. I have added in some of the typical days reserved in prior semesters. September 13 Tuesday: APA Style Manual & Writing Center October 3 Monday: November 16 Wednesday: December 8 Thursday: Internship Orientation Time of the various Curriculum spaces is 5:45-7:15 so plan your courses accordingly so that you can release your students to participate in the various events. Of course, this does not apply to those teaching at the Murphy Center. Don’t forget that the COA visit is OCT 16,17,18; members of the team might very well visit your class if you are scheduled to teach on Monday or Tuesday. More to come about the COA visit. -- chirp elt Dr. Thomas T. Surprenant Professor & Acting Chair/Director Queens College Graduate School of Library & Information Studies

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Gslisadjuncts Vacation Time
by Thomas Surprenant 16 Jun '11

16 Jun '11

Hi guys, I will be on vacation from 21 June - 2 July and I *will not* be checking my email during that time. -- chirp elt Dr. Thomas T. Surprenant Professor & Acting Chair/Director Queens College Graduate School of Library & Information Studies

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Gslisadjuncts Fwd: EBSCO acquires WIlson
by Claudia Perry 15 Jun '11

15 Jun '11

Shared by Prof. Evelyn Behar... Begin forwarded message: > From: ewbehar(a)aol.com > Date: June 15, 2011 9:37:26 AM EDT > To: Thomas.Surprenant(a)qc.cuny.edu, c2perry(a)nyc.rr.com, marcumjw9(a)aol.com > Subject: EBSCO acquires WIlson > > > Have you seen this? > > > The merger of the century: EBSCO acquires H. W. Wilson > In a surprise announcement June 2, two of the leading names in > digital reference publishing told their library customers that they > have merged to strengthen the value of their databases and print > resources. EBSCO Publishing has acquired the staff and product lines > of the H. W. Wilson Company. In a FAQ describing the move, EBSCO > said that the “vast majority of Wilson databases will continue to be > maintained, and there are many planned enhancements.”... > American Libraries news, June 3 > > > Evelyn Behar >

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Gslisadjuncts Fwd: Textbook Requirements of Higher Education Opportunity Act
by Thomas Surprenant 14 Jun '11

14 Jun '11

Sorry if this a duplicate posting but the pressure will soon be on for all of our courses. Attached, please find an update about CUNY's compliance with the textbook requirements of the Higher Education Opportunity Act. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to send a message to: BookList(a)mail.cuny.edu, or get in touch with the primary contact at your campus for this initiative. Thank you for your attention. -- chirp elt Dr. Thomas T. Surprenant Professor & Acting Chair/Director Queens College Graduate School of Library & Information Studies

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Gslisadjuncts Top Ten IT Issues - 2011
by Thomas Surprenant 14 Jun '11

14 Jun '11

http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Review/EDUCAUSEReviewMagazineVolume46/TopT… -- chirp elt Dr. Thomas T. Surprenant Professor & Acting Chair/Director Queens College Graduate School of Library & Information Studies

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Gslisadjuncts Fwd: [Web4lib] Filter Bubbles and Libraries' Public Computers?
by Claudia Perry 13 Jun '11

13 Jun '11

Begin forwarded message: > From: Dan Ream <dream(a)vcu.edu> > Date: June 13, 2011 11:06:13 AM EDT > To: web4lib(a)webjunction.org > Cc: "McCulley, Lucretia" <lmcculle(a)richmond.edu> > Subject: [Web4lib] Filter Bubbles and Libraries' Public Computers? > > Web4Libers- > > I've been reading and viewing with interest about Eli Pariser's book, > "The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding from You" and highly > recommend > his 9-minute TED talk summary about it at > > http://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles.html > (also on YouTube). > > I don't recall this being discussed here before on Web4Lib, but if > it has already, > please point me to that discussion. > > My questions concern how do the personalized search features that > Google uses > effect the shared public computers in our libraries. Beyond personal > search > history, Pariser estimates that Google uses 57 criteria to shape > your results. > Google hasn't publicly shared what those 57 are, but here's one > search expert's guess.. > > http://www.rene-pickhardt.de/google-uses-57-signals-to-filter/ > > These are thought to include browser type, computer type, and many > other factors > that would seem chaotic, but influential to search results on a > shared public computer > in a library or campus computer lab. > > Beyond the obvious difficulty this presents for teaching librarians > to explain how > Google results are found, I'm wondering what steps a library can > take to reduce > the personalization functions of Google so that your next Googler's > search results > aren't overly influenced by the twenty others who last sat at that > same library workstation. > > Thoughts or suggestions? > > Dan Ream > Director, Outreach and Distance Education > Virginia commonwealth University Libraries > Richmond, Virginia , USA > > > > _______________________________________________ > Web4lib mailing list > Web4lib(a)webjunction.org > http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ >

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Gslisadjuncts Fwd: New OCLC report
by Claudia Perry 09 Jun '11

09 Jun '11

Thanks to Prof. Behar for sharing this--very interesting! Begin forwarded message: > From: ewbehar(a)aol.com > Date: June 7, 2011 8:44:29 AM EDT > To: c2perry(a)nyc.rr.com > Subject: New OCLC report > > > Have you seen this? > > OCLC Research publishes new report > > “‘If It is Too Inconvenient, I’m Not Going After It:’ Convenience as > a Critical Factor in Information-seeking Behaviors” > From the report: > In order to entice people to use libraries and change their > perceptions of libraries, the library experience needs to become > more like that available on the Web and be embedded in individual > workflows. > People lack the patience and the time to wade through separate lists > and groupings of library content and different indexing and > abstracting databases. They expect seamless access to resources. > Librarians should advertise the library brand and its resources > better to academics, researchers, students and the general public. > Demonstrating the library’s value can be accomplished by identifying > and promoting collections and services. > > The development of an economic model for the allocation of resources > would not only enable optimal scheduling of human resources for > services, but also the allocation of funds for both electronic and > print resources, based on user preferences. > View report » > > Evelyn Behar

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Gslisadjuncts Fwd: [sla-catalog] FW: Transforming our Bibliographic Framework (LC initiative)
by Thomas Surprenant 05 Jun '11

05 Jun '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <ewbehar(a)aol.com> Date: Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 11:03 AM Subject: Fwd: [sla-catalog] FW: Transforming our Bibliographic Framework (LC initiative) To: Thomas.Surprenant(a)qc.cuny.edu, kbng(a)qc.cuny.edu Many thanks to Evelyn Behar for this posting. From: Kuhagen, Judith [mailto:jkuh@loc.gov] Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 12:04 PM To: ifla-l(a)infoserv.inist.fr Subject: [IFLA-L] FW: Transforming our Bibliographic Framework (LC initiative) Forwarding a message about a new initiative being led by the Library of Congress in the U.S. The web site quoted below has a link for subscribing to the discussion list. Regards, Judy Kuhagen Policy and Standards Division Library of Congress From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging [mailto:PCCLIST@LISTSERV.LOC.GOV] On Behalf Of Reser, Dave Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 7:17 PM To: PCCLIST(a)LISTSERV.LOC.GOV Subject: Transforming our Bibliographic Framework (LC initiative) Apologies for duplication, being sent to multiple lists (feel free to forward as appropriate): The Library of Congress is sharing the statement, “Transforming our Bibliographic Framework,” for the benefit of its external constituents. Deanna B. Marcum, LC’s Associate Librarian for Library Services, will be leading the initiatives that will drive this transformation process. The Library is mounting the statement now for early review. Following the upcoming Annual Conference of the American Library Association in New Orleans, where discussions about the statement will occur, the Library will make further announcements. A web site has been established for the Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative (http://www.loc.gov/marc/transition) and that will be the central place for plans, news, and progress. It will indicate formal channels established for working with the community, receiving feedback and input from various sources and stakeholders, and how the Library will proceed in this major undertaking. --- You are currently subscribed to sla-catalog as: ewbehar(a)aol.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://sla.lyris.net/u?id=128115.3086157b2e6502969669ff183040a036&n=T&l=sla… (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-16979781-128115.3086157b2e6502969669ff183040a036(a)sla.lyris.net -- chirp elt Dr. Thomas T. Surprenant Professor & Acting Chair/Director Queens College Graduate School of Library & Information Studies

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