Bi-Weekly Update
9/14/12
Students asked, we listened!
In response to students’ requests, library staff hours will be extended post-fall break on Tuesday, October 16 until 1am. When students return from Fall Break, we’ll be here for them; they’ll be able to use the space and get the resources they need.
Check http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library/about/hoursmaps.html for more information on library hours.
Special Event for Banned Books Week
Banned Books Week, typically held the last week of September, draws attention to books and other media that have been, and are still being, banned, censored, or otherwise withheld from public consumption.
This year, in honor of Banned Books Week, the Provost’s Office, Media and Communications Dept, and Trexler Library, are please to co-sponsor a lecture by censorship expert Brett Gary, Associate Professor of Media, Culture and Communication at New York University.
Gary’s address will be held Tuesday Sept. 25, from 12:45-1:45 in the Miller Forum, and will trace the general trajectory of censorship in the U.S., from the late 19th century to the present, focusing first on the late 19th obscenity laws that became the main instruments for censors through the middle of the 20th century, followed by a discussion of the legal and cultural issues that define the censorship terrain today.
Invite your students, colleagues, family, and friends, to attend this informed and thought-provoking introduction to censorship in United States.
New E-Reference Books
The library continues to expand its e-reference collection, understanding the value of having quality reference sources at students’ fingertips. Here are a few of the latest acquisitions:
Infomaniac Tip
Web-based polling tools are all the rage. Not just because they use technology, but because they allows instant feedback from the class, without students being influenced by how others are voting (a problem with taking a poll by show of hands). The results can be displayed on a screen for all to see.
Some examples (from VCU Center for Teaching Excellence):
Poll Everywhere – Live audience polling can be used with cell phones, smart phones and web.
Poll Daddy – Live web polling, can be embedded in web pages and blogs.
Google Moderator – Web-based tool from Google that permits participant generated questions that an entire group can then vote on and rank.
twtpoll – A polling tool that launches a poll from your twitter account…for those of you that are tweeters.
Are web-based polling tools free? It depends on the product, on audience size, or other considerations.
For nuts-and-bolts demonstrations on how to operate these applications, search by product name onYouTube.
For ideas on how to incorporate these tools into your pedagogy, consult with Ali Herb, Academic Instructional Designer at Muhlenberg.
Calendar
August 27 – December 13: Herb Block (“Herblock”) Political Cartoon Exhibit. Features the late Washington Post Cartoonist Herb Block’s work on the theme of democracy. (Level A, Trexler Library)
September 25: In honor of Banned Books Week, Prof. Brett Gary, censorship expert from NYU, will address the subject of the history of censorship as it has evolved through the last 2 centuries up to the present day. Co-sponsored by the Provost, Media and Communication Dept., and Trexler Library. (12:45-1:45, Miller Forum)
October 4: A faculty panel composed of Profs. Borick, Jansen, and Malsberger will critique a selection of Herb Block’s most famous Washington Post cartoons (see exhibit announcement above). Emphasized in the critique will be cartoons from Cold War era, Herblock’s heyday. Co-sponsored by the Political Science Dept. and Trexler Library. (12:30-1:45, Periodicals Reading Room, level A, Trexler Library)
FALL LIBRARY HOURS: Monday, August 27 – Friday, December 14 (excepting Fall Break and Thanksgiving Break)
- Monday – Thursday 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m.
- Friday 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.
- Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
- Sunday 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m.
FALL BREAK HOURS: (Begins at the conclusion of classes on Friday, October 12. Classes resume at 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 17.)
- Friday, October 12 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
- Saturday, October 13 – Sunday, October 14 Closed
- Monday, October 15 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
- Tuesday, October 16 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m.
