Hello from Astoria! I’d just like to give everyone an update from our corner of the world. We’ve been busy this year expanding how we teach information literacy. I’ve continued to teach Lib127 as well as two Humanities classes – an Introduction to Graphic Novels and a Technology and Privacy class. In each class I […]
One of our colleagues here at Portland Community College, Torie Scott, has arranged her schedule so that she has several months off. She and her family have temporarily moved to Guanajuato, Mexico, where she is (we hope) leading the good life. Her son, who was in a language immersion school in Portland, is going to […]
MHCC librarian Anna Johnson and Sally Wright–a Program Specialist at MHCC–recently received an award for excellence from the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development. Anna and Sally were nominated by their colleagues in the Teaching & Learning Cooperative (now the Community of Learners’ Enterprise). Hooray to Anna and Sally for their commitment to professional […]
FYI – Robin Paynter (Communications Coordinator) ======================================= Over the last two years ACRL’s Racial and Ethnic Diversity Committee has been working to develop Cultural Competency Guidelines for Academic Libraries. These guidelines may be used by libraries to foster internal development as well as help articulate the library’s role in higher education in incorporating cultural competencies […]
NewsBreaks for Monday, March 29, 2010 (from Infomation Today) Summary Judgment Motions Filed in Georgia State Copyright Infringement Lawsuit By George H. Pike The increasingly testy copyright infringement lawsuit between Cambridge University Press and other publishers and Georgia State University (GSU) over electronic course materials may be coming to a climax. Both sides have recently […]
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