A Bi-Weekly Update
4/9/10
Muhlenberg Represented at NITLE Summit
In the last week of March, Trish Boyles (ABE) and Penny Lochner (Trexler Library) attended the NITLESummit, this year’s theme being Advancing Toward Liberal Arts 3.0. At this summit, participants shared innovative projects and processes that use current web technologies to enhance education. Because many of the presenters were from small colleges, the ideas shared tended to be highly relevant to our learning needs here at Muhlenberg. Penny and Trish plan to share these ideas and information formally and informally with faculty and staff. Here are some of the projects that inspired discussion at the Summit:
Learners as Designers: Furman University ChemWiki Projecthttp://ctl.furman.edu/main/demos/chemwiki/chemwiki.htm
Digital Humanities Project http://www.iath.virginia.edu
Educational Technology@ Bryn Mawr College http://www.edtech.blogs.brynmawr.edu
ERIAL: Ethnographic Research in Illinois Academic Libraries http://www.erialproject.org/For information on upcoming NITLE events (Muhlenberg is a member, entitling us to attend any and all events), visit the NITLE Calendar of Events.
Infomaniac Tip
by Jen Jarson, Information Literacy and Assessment Librarian
Connect with Your Government Online
More and more government organizations use Web 2.0 and social media applications to communicate with the public. Explore some of the options with the following links.
Blogs
Blogs from the U.S. Government:http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Reference_Shelf/News/blog.shtmlPodcasts
White House Podcasts: http://www.whitehouse.gov/podcast
NASA Podcasting: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/podcasting/index.html
Podcast Directory from the U.S. Government:http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Reference_Shelf/Libraries/Podcasts.shtml
RSS
U.S. Government RSS Library:http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Reference_Shelf/Libraries/RSS_Library.shtmlSocial Networking
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/EPA
USA.gov on Twitter: http://twitter.com/usaGOV
U.S. Department of State on Twitter: http://twitter.com/StateDeptVideo
U.S. Government’s YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/USGovernment
Calendar of Events
4/9: Meditation Group. Open to the public. (Trexler Library Rare Books Room, 5:00PM-6:00PM.)
4/9: Phi Mu Lock-In. (Trexler Library, 10:00PM-12:00AM.)
4/12: Faculty Author Reception for Michael Huber. (Trexler Library Fulford Room, 4:30PM-5:30PM.)
4/16: Meditation Group. Open to the public. (Trexler Library Rare Books Room, 5:00PM-6:00PM.)
4/17: RA Lock-In. (Trexler Library 10:00PM-2:00AM.)
4/19: Faculty and Staff Favorite Book Series: Discussion led by Jason Feiertag. “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy. Open to the public. (Trexler Library Periodicals Reading Room, 12:00PM-1:00PM.)
4/22: Soto Zen Talk and Meditation. Discussion led by Zen monk Daishin Eric McCabe from Mount Equity Zendo. Co-hosted by Trexler Library and SorChing Low. (Trexler Library Fulford Room, 4:30PM-6:30PM)
5/7: Trexler Library Annual Book Sale. Thousands of books donated by individuals and estates, going for cheap. Proceeds go toward purchasing new books for the library collection. (Library entrance, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.)
