Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Report: The Idea of Order: Transforming Research Collections for 21st Century Scholarship
http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub147/pub147.pdf
The Idea of Order explores the transition from an analog to a digital environment for knowledge access, preservation, and reconstitution, and the implications of this transition for managing research collections. The volume comprises three reports. The first, “Can a New Research Library be All-Digital?” by Lisa Spiro and Geneva Henry, explores the degree to which a new research library can eschew print. The second, “On the Cost of Keeping a Book,” by Paul Courant and Matthew “Buzzy” Nielsen, argues that from the perspective of long-term storage, digital surrogates offer a considerable cost savings over print-based libraries. The final report, “Ghostlier Demarcations,” examines how well large text databases being created by Google Books and other mass-digitization efforts meet the needs of scholars, and the larger implications of these projects for research, teaching, and publishing. The reports are introduced by Charles Henry; the volume includes a conclusion by Roger Schonfeld and an epilogue by Charles Henry.
The Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education Learning Communities National Resource Center
These frequently asked questions have been culled from over fifteen years of experience working with campuses to initiate learning communities.
- What are learning communities?
- What about living/learning communities?
- How widespread are LCs and what types of colleges and universities are offering them?
- Why have learning communities?
- What do we need to know and how do we get started?
- Who leads learning communities?
- How are they taught?
- What role do libraries and information technology play in LCs?
- How should we assess our learning communities?
- What do they cost?
- How can we fund them?
- How do we market learning communities to students, faculty, advisors, and others?
- How can we encourage diversity in our learning community program?
- What approaches to faculty development work best?
The Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education Website
November 4-6, 2010
15th Annual National Learning Communities Conference at Doubletree Riverfront Hotel
Bay City, MI
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Edward Waters College: Edward Waters Receives Gift of $2 Million from AME Church
July 13, 2010
http://www.ewc.edu/component/content/article/1-latest-news/391-edward-waters-receives-gift-of-2-million-from-ame-church
Edward Waters Receives Gift of $2 Million from AME Church Jacksonville, Fla. – The African Methodist Episcopal Church announced Tuesday in a media conference held at Edward Waters College its gift of $2 million to EWC to serve as a launch pad for the College to propel itself into academic excellence and financial stability.
The money was raised by the AMEC's 11th Episcopal District, which includes more than 500 churches throughout Florida and the Bahamas. Bishop McKinley Young, chairman of the Board of Trustees for EWC, spoke on behalf of the Church's 11th Episcopal District in awarding the money, and stressed the importance of financial and community support in order for institution to advance its mission.
"If you don't have any money, you can't do higher education," said Young. "That's how you get talented teachers and faculty; that's how you get talented students and scholarships."
He explained that the AME church has always backed EWC and believes Interim President Nathaniel Glover is fully equipped to advance the institution’s vision and goals.
Glover stated the gift should encourage other organizations and individuals, local and abroad, to give with confidence, trusting that their donations are being utilized to positively transform students' lives and thrust the College towards becoming an elite, nationally-respected institution of higher learning.
"We want everyone to know we are on the way up," Glover said in closing statements. "EWC is on the rise."
http://www.ewc.edu/component/content/article/1-latest-news/391-edward-waters-receives-gift-of-2-million-from-ame-church
Edward Waters Receives Gift of $2 Million from AME Church Jacksonville, Fla. – The African Methodist Episcopal Church announced Tuesday in a media conference held at Edward Waters College its gift of $2 million to EWC to serve as a launch pad for the College to propel itself into academic excellence and financial stability.
The money was raised by the AMEC's 11th Episcopal District, which includes more than 500 churches throughout Florida and the Bahamas. Bishop McKinley Young, chairman of the Board of Trustees for EWC, spoke on behalf of the Church's 11th Episcopal District in awarding the money, and stressed the importance of financial and community support in order for institution to advance its mission.
"If you don't have any money, you can't do higher education," said Young. "That's how you get talented teachers and faculty; that's how you get talented students and scholarships."
He explained that the AME church has always backed EWC and believes Interim President Nathaniel Glover is fully equipped to advance the institution’s vision and goals.
Glover stated the gift should encourage other organizations and individuals, local and abroad, to give with confidence, trusting that their donations are being utilized to positively transform students' lives and thrust the College towards becoming an elite, nationally-respected institution of higher learning.
"We want everyone to know we are on the way up," Glover said in closing statements. "EWC is on the rise."
Register for FREE TLT Group Third Annual Faculty Development Symposium: Frugal Innovations for Student Engagement - Faculty Sharing - Small Steps in the Right Direction
*Special prep session July 23 FridayLive!*
http://tltgroup.roundtablelive.org/Default.aspx?pageId=338009&eventId=177912&EventViewMode=EventDetails
Join Steve Gilbert for a brief summary of TLT Group work on Frugal Innovation for Student Engagement and the Nanovation Workshops. Also: What do you want to gain from this Symposium? What do you hope we will do in the sessions? Between the sessions? What could you contribute? Who else should you/we invite? How will we share the results with our colleagues?
Symposium
August 2, 9, and 16 at 2:00 - 3:00pm Eastern
Small steps faculty members can take to improve student engagement in undergraduate courses - without adding unrealistic workloads for their students or themselves. And ways to encourage and support collegial sharing of these steps.
To be explored in 3 sessions:
Shareworthy Course Improvements
Facilitators & Obstacles
Small Steps - Collegial Sharing Soon
Programmatic Support for Small Steps
Registration for TLT Group Subscribers and Individual Members if FREE. Fees for non-subscribers.
Sally Gilbert
sallygilbert@tltgroup.org
301-270-8312
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