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New Databases Empire Online comprises a digital collection of original documents and images relating to Empire Studies. The collection includes manuscript and printed material spanning five centuries, from not only British but also French, Dutch, Spanish, North American, and other points of view. You may download, print or photocopy images in the collection for educational... Continue reading “Database News” ›
Giz demoed Sakai Discussed the move to Sakai Faculty discussed moving to Sakai at the last faculty meeting Erik discussed POGIL Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning Guided Inquiry is guided inquiry and Constructivism (context is everything) Think: student created knowledge POGIL classrooms look like: Group based (3-4 people) students take on roles Presenter, note taker,... Continue reading “September 29: Sakai and Other Content Management Systems” ›
This exhibit was designed to support the speech by Graham T. Allison on October 1st in the Brendle Recital Hall as part of The Voices in Our Time series. Allison is the author of “Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Catastrophe” and has served in the Reagan and Clinton administrations. Allison is a graduate of Davidson and... Continue reading “Graham T. Allison exhibit” ›
Last spring, as I was preparing for my presentation at the American Library Association Annual Conference, I had an idea about library outreach to International Students.Roz supported my idea, and Carol introduced me to Sam Edwards, International Studies Adviser at the Wake Forest University Center for International Studies.On August 21st, Giz and I gave a... Continue reading “Outreach to International Students” ›
Erik on Google Books Blog post on Google Books timeline Google Books Settlement page ZSR Library blog entries discussing the settlement Timeline of developments on Cnet The EU perspective on Google Books NyTimes coverage Editorial by Sergey Brin Maybe take the last three and compare Easy to incorporate current issues by doing research on web... Continue reading “September 22: Incorporating Current Information Issues in Library Instruction” ›
The Google Books settlement stemmed from lawsuits related to the Google Books digitization project. The original settlement from October 2008 has seen alot of opinion and criticism in the last year. Below is a short list of sites that cover the developments: Google Books Settlement page ZSR Library blog entries discussing the settlement Timeline of... Continue reading “Timeline of Google Books Settlement” ›
This month’s Emerging Tech Talk was on Location Aware Devices and Augmented Reality. Since it still sounds a lot like science fiction, and is hard to explain without seeing it in action, we started by watching a few videos: First, a video about overlaying additional information based on symbols a device understands: Then, a video... Continue reading “Emerging Tech Talk: Location Aware Devices & Augmented Reality” ›
Revisiting the Legacy of Albert Schweitzer: Reverence for Life in a Global Context, a symposium, will be held on Tuesday, September 22nd, 4:30 – 6:30 at Wait Chapel. Continue reading “Albet Schweitzer Symposium exhibit” ›
Roz on her Junk Science BI Uses the Wellness blog at Time Magazine Found an article on body image Had students read and summarize She knew the cited study in it was Open Access, so as long as they got to it through Google Scholar, the students could read the full text She then gave... Continue reading “September 15: Active Learning in One-Shot Sessions” ›
As part of a collaborative effort with the Forsyth County Public Library, ZSR created an exhibit for The Big Read. The book title this year is Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. Continue reading “Big Read Exhibit 2009-Their Eyes Were Watching God” ›