http://www.audiobookcommunity.com/group/getcaughtlistening

June is Audiobook Month, and to celebrate the Audio Publishers Association is bringing together more than 100 authors and narrators to discuss audiobooks during the month on Twitter, Facebook, blogs and at bookstores.



Follow this link to a detailed survey (http://readersurvey.com/cgi/10002-lib.pl) that will allow the APA to compile your data and communicate the results to the producers of audiobooks, in conjunction with a sales and a consumer survey.


Every Tuesday in June, as part of www.AudiobookCommunity.com's "Get Caught Listening" group, APA publisher members are giving away audiobook segments that listeners can stream or download as MP3 files.

Top 25 Librarian Blogs, Says www.Onlinedegrees.com & 10 Librarian Blogs To Read in 2010!

http://www.onlinedegrees.org/the-top-25-librarian-blogs/

http://www.lisnews.org/10_librarian_blogs_read_2010

Top 25 Librarian Blogs, Says www.Onlinedegrees.com & 10 Librarian Blogs To Read in 2010!

Educause 7 Things You Should Know About OER Open Educational Resources

http://www.slideshare.net/ccharles/educause-7-things-you-should-know-about-oer

Educause 7 Things You Should Know About OER Open Educational Resources

Faculty Focus Special Report: 11 Strategies for Managing Your Online Courses

http://www.slideshare.net/ccharles/faculty-focus-special-report-11-strategies-for-managing-online

Faculty Focus Special Report: 11 Strategies for Managing Your Online Courses

HP ProCurve Whitepaper: HP ProCurve delivers performance, reliability and value

http://www.slideshare.net/ccharles/indiana-university1

HP ProCurve Whitepaper: HP ProCurve delivers performance, reliability and value

Think Vantage Technologies Whitepaper: Saving Dollars and Improving Productivity Through the PC Lifecycle

http://www.slideshare.net/ccharles/think-vantage-whitepaper

Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools Generate Hard Dollar Savings Through Every Stage of the PC Lifecycle

Think Vantage Technologies Whitepaper: Saving Dollars and Improving Productivity Through the PC Lifecycle

Innovative Educators Complimentary Webinar: How to Help College Students Succeed

Free Webinar! How to Help Students Maximize the College Experience to Prepare for the Future

Tuesday, June 15th ~ 3:30-4:30pm EDT

http://www.innovativeeducators.org/retention_p/894.htm

Webinar Description

Today's college students must seek "stretch experiences", feedback, and accelerate career exploration to connect class work to their future. This lively and engaging presentation provides specific steps to help students discover how to "live large" and maximize their college experience to succeed after graduation.

Objectives

Participants will:
• experiment and gain experiences which shape internal motivation
• navigate the college experience
• use college to prepare for the new workplace
• identify resources that help students prepare for the future

Who Should Attend?

• Faculty (full and part-time)
• Deans of Student Services
• Student Services Staff
• Academic advisors
• Counselors
• Career Counselors
• Financial Aid advisors
• Anyone interested in helping college students succeed

Who is the Speaker?

Rich Feller works to make presentations engaging, interactive and personally meaningful. He believes faculty need to honor others, inspire investments in lifelong learning, and promote hope in changing times. Having received numerous teaching awards, Rich is one of twelve University Distinguished Teaching Scholars at Colorado State University where he teaches within the Counseling and Career Development, and the Organizational Performance and Change graduate programs. Having completed projects and presentations in China, Japan, Sudan, Thailand, Australia, Canada and 49 states he's consulted with groups ranging from NASA, NSF, and the United Nations to the Asian Development Bank, Japan Institute for Social and Economic Affairs, and South Carolina ETV. His publications include: Career Transitions in Turbulent Times, Knowledge Nomads and the Nervously Employed, and A Counselors Guide to Career Assessment Instruments; two film series Tour of Your Tomorrow and Making the Most of Your Abilities; the www.stemcareer.com website, and co-authorship of the Career Decision Making System, and the CDMInternet program used by over 20 million users. In 2009 he received NCDA's Eminent Career Award. Most importantly he is famous for holding basketball "Hall of Famer" Julius Erving to only 45 points in the first half of a college basketball game.

Innovative Educators Complimentary Webinar: How to Help College Students Succeed

TAA Text and Academic Authors Association - Five strategies for successful report and essay writing

by Dr. Kathleen P. King

http://www.taaonline.net/membersonly/howto/writing_five_strategies.html

Many people struggle greatly with writing reports and essays. From developing topics, to conducting research, to formulating their non-fiction documents, the process of writing reports and essays can be such an unwelcome task that some people consider it a cruel punishment.


Here are five successful strategies I have used with many professionals and students that can serve as a stepping stone to transforming these experiences of dread into confidence:


Strategy 1: Research. Regardless if one is writing fiction or nonfiction, the author must do sufficient research to provide substantial background for the work ahead. This research can take many forms, depending on the type of writing, but it is absolutely necessary to have deep, broad information to provide full detail and accuracy in the account.

Strategy 2: Determine Your Angle. Once you, the author, have the information, it is critical to determine your unique perspective or angle to approach the topic. How will you introduce your reader to this portrayal in unique way which will sustain his attention through a compelling account? Developing such an approach is a vital starting point.

Strategy 3. Discovering Your Concept Maps. In order to determine your unique approach, it may be helpful to write key points of information on paper or digital note cards. Examine the information and look for trends, patterns, and groupings of themes or topics. See if you can envision ways the information can be arranged to present it clearly and fully to the readers. In this manner, you may discover your unique angle, and certainly a good start on Strategy 4.

Strategy 4. Organize Your Work; Outline is not a nasty word! Our fourth grade teachers taught us to use outlines for our writing, but we all try to find a shortcut. After about five books and over 100 published articles and papers, I finally gave in and realized my teachers were right. Before I start writing in earnest, I now create a tentative outline that will morph with my work. It provides indispensable guidance and framing of my many hours of work. Colleagues I have worked with have found this approach equally as beneficial, and I expect you will as well.


Strategy 5. Cyclical Writing. The strategy of cyclical writing is a surprise to many professionals and students. Many people believe they must write documents from beginning to end in their entirety. Instead, I have found it very successful and rewarding to work through the outline in a cyclical manner. The first time through, I do a few sentences for each outline point; then maybe the next time through, I write a paragraph on each point. Finally, I begin settling down to write in different areas. By approaching the writing process in his manner, it keeps me focused on the big picture, the entire flow of the piece. Otherwise, the sections might become disjointed if two months are spent on one chapter before finally moving to the next. By working through all of the chapters and points repeatedly (iteratively) authors can weave together the style, voice, and flow of the content, details, and the plot or message.


Dr. Kathleen P. King (EdD), Certified Coach, Author, Keynote Speaker, Professor of Education ( http://www.facultyspeaker.com ) is an award-winning author of 17 books (3 more in process at this time) and a dynamic, interactive keynoter, and author who invigorates audiences on a variety of professional topics.

TAA Text and Academic Authors Association - Five strategies for successful report and essay writing

Copyright Clearance Center - Licensing and Permissions Services from CCC

http://beyondthebookcast.com/licensing-and-permissions-services-for-rightsholders/

Copyright Clearance Center - Licensing and Permissions Services from CCC

Educational Research Networks for Faculty and Staff Professional Development

English & American Literature Research Network http://www.ssrn.com/lit/index.html
The English & American Literature Research Network (LIT) is directed by Susan Heinzelman. Heinzelman is Associate Professor of English, University of Texas at Austin.



Classics Research Network
http://www.ssrn.com/crn/index.html 
The Classics Research Network (CRN) is directed by Lesley Dean-Jones. Dean-Jones is Associate Professor,University of Texas at Austin.



Marketing Research Network
http://www.ssrn.com/mkt/index.html
The Marketing Research Network (MKT) is directed by Al Silk, Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration Emeritus, Harvard Business School.



Management Research Network
http://www.ssrn.com/mrn/index.html 
The Management Research Network (MRN) is directed by Michael C. Jensen, Managing Director, Organizational Strategy Practice, Monitor Company; Professor of Organizational Strategy, Monitor University; Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration Emeritus, Harvard Business School, and Chairman of Social Science Electronic Publishing, Inc.



 Legal Scholarship Network
http://www.ssrn.com/lsn/index.html  
The Legal Scholarship Network (LSN) is directed by Bernard Black and Ronald J. Gilson. Black is Professor of Law at the University of Texas at Austin Law School, Professor of Finance at McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin, and Fellow at the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI). Gilson is Meyers Professor of Law and Business at the Stanford Law School, and Marc & Eva Stern Professor of Law and Business at the Columbia Law School.




Leadership Research Network
http://www.ssrn.com/lrn/index.html
The Leadership Research Network (LRN) is directed by Nitin Nohria, Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean and Director of Faculty Development at the Harvard Business School, and Rakesh Khurana, Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at the Harvard Business School.




Information Systems & eBusiness Network
http://www.ssrn.com/isn/index.html
The Information Systems & eBusiness Network (ISN) is directed by Erik Brynjolfsson, Schussel Professor of Management Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Marvin Bower Fellow, Harvard Business School.




Entrepreneurship Research & Policy Network
http://www.ssrn.com/erpn/index.html

 



 
 
The Entrepreneurship Research & Policy Network (ERPN) is directed by Robert Litan, Vice President, Research and Policy, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.




 
 
 
Economics Research Network
http://www.ssrn.com/ern/index.html
The Economics Research Network (ERN) is directed by Michael C. Jensen. Jensen is Managing Director, Organizational Strategy Practice, Monitor Company; Professor of Organizational Strategy, Monitor University; Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration Emeritus, Harvard Business School, and Chairman of Social Science Electronic Publishing, Inc.




Corporate Governance Network
http://www.ssrn.com/cgn/index.html
 

The Corporate Governance Network (CGN) is directed by Lucian Bebchuk, William J. Friedman and Alicia Townsend Friedman Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance, and Director of the Corporate Governance Program, at Harvard Law School, with input and help from other members of the Corporate Governance Program. CGN is creating an online community interested in the expanding area of corporate governance research.



Cognitive Science Network
http://www.ssrn.com/csn/index.html
The Cognitive Science Network (CSN) is directed by Mark Turner. Turner is Institute Professor of Cognitive Science at Case Western Reserve University. A presentation of the evolving organization of CSN - including advisory boards, projects, keywords, topics, categorizations, and varieties of publication - is maintained at https://sites.google.com/a/case.edu/csnkeywords/. Please send your comments and suggestions to cogscinetwork@case.edu.




Accounting Research Network

http://www.ssrn.com/arn/index.html
The Accounting Research Network (ARN) is directed by Ross Watts. Watts is a Professor at the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Professor Watts is also Editor of one of the most important print journals in accounting - The Journal of Accounting and Economics.

Educational Research Networks for Faculty and Staff Professional Development