Bi-Weekly Update
2/15/13
Trexler Library Spring Trivia Night
The exciting day is fast approaching! 19 teams of 3-6 members each (students mostly, but also combos of students and staff) have already signed up at the circulation desk in the library. The number of teams will be capped at 25. Hurry over to sign up if you haven’t already! Faculty, staff, and students–all are welcome, in any combination, to form teams.
The popular event will commence at 7:00 p.m. and will run roughly 1.5-2 hours, Wednesday, Feb. 20. Tables will be set up through the main concourse on A level. Prof. Beth Schachter will MC. Prizes will be awarded to the top 3 teams.
Scuttlebutt offers up these these preliminary questions to “Thaw Out Your Brain” (the catch-phrase of this spring’s Trivia Night) in preparation for the event:
1. What did the 7 dwarves do for a job?
2. Where was El Greco born?
3. What year did Elvis Presley die?
4. Where are the Luxembourg Gardens?
5. How many equal sides (faces) does an icosahedron have?Answers: 1. Mined for diamonds 2. Greece 3. 1977 4. France 5. Twenty
Library to Host NITLE Webinars
Trexler Library is a host site for the following webinars. All Muhlenberg faculty and staff are welcome to attend.
February 20th, 2013
2:00-3:00 PM
Location: Trexler Library Rm. B02
Constance Malpas and Brian Lavoie of OCLC Research: NITLE and/in the Systemwide Library
This online seminar considers the idea of the library as a nationwide, systemic resource from the perspective of two leading thinkers in the library world. It also continues our collective conversation about the future of the liberal arts college library. Faculty, librarians, instructional technologists, and others from the NITLE Network are invited to attend: attendance by institutional teams is strongly encouraged. Individuals are also welcome to participate.February 22nd, 2013
2:00-3:00 PM
Location: Trexler Library Rm. B02
Focus on the Item: Teaching and Learning with Omeka
We encourage faculty, instructional technologists, librarians and others from the NITLE Network interested in building online collections and narrative exhibits with students to attend this seminar. Attendance by institutional teams is encouraged; individuals are also welcome to participate.February 26th, 2013
4:00-5:30 PM
Location: Trexler Library Rm. B02
Digital Pedagogy and MOOCification
We encourage faculty, instructional technologists, librarians and others from the NITLE Network who are interested in digital pedagogy, curious about MOOCs, and invested in collaborative learning to attend this seminar. Attendance by institutional teams is encouraged; individuals are also welcome to participate.February 27th, 2013
1:00 – 2:00 PM
Location: Trexler Library Rm. B02
Women’s Studies, Gender Studies, and Digital Humanities
We encourage faculty, instructional technologists, librarians, and others from the NITLE Network interested in feminist theory, women’s studies, gender studies, and/or digital humanities to attend this seminar. Attendance by institutional teams is encouraged; individuals are also welcome to participate.March 8th, 2013
3:00 – 4:00 PM
Location: Trexler Library Rm. B02
Open Education and MOOCs
We encourage campus leaders, strategic thinkers, innovators and others from the NITLE Network interested in open education, MOOCs, and the future of liberal education to attend this seminar. Attendance by institutional teams is encouraged; individuals are also welcome to participate.
Readings to Accompany Center for Ethics Events
Scuttlebutt directs you to a collection of readings, mostly online, but some in print in the library, in support of the excellent programming offered by the Center for Ethics this semester, to aid in class discussions, and just for personal interest and edification:
Angus Burgin (January 15)
Resources by and about Angus Burgin, and the subject of free markets since the Great Depression.Benjamin Hale (February 19)
Resources by and about Benjamin Hale, and the subject of environmental ethics and the marketplace.Branko Milanovic (February 26)
Resources by and about Branko Milanovic, and the effect of globalization on national and global inequality.Sister Nora Nash (March 13)
Resources by and about Sister Nora Nash, and the subject of corporate social responsibility.Lawrence Lessig (April 15)
Resources by and about Lawrence Lessig, and the subject of the Congressional corruption.
Infomaniac
Kuriositas
Infomaniac loves watching what curiosities of the web make it into Kuriositas, a website devoted to internet wonders.
Calendar
February 20: Spring Trivia Night. MC Beth Schachter (7:00-9:00, Level A Concourse, Trexler Library).
February 27: “How Grant Won and Lee Lost the Civil War.” Ed Bonekemper, former Muhlenberg College history faculty member, speaks on the subject of his most recent book. Open to the public (7:00-8:30, Periodicals Reading Room, Level A, Trexler Library).
Spring Break Hours
Friday, March 1 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 2 – Sunday, March 3 Closed
Monday, March 4 – Friday, March 8 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 9 Closed
Sunday, March 10 6:00 PM – 1:00 AM
