Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 14, 2023

While a proposal to lower pay for one group, which includes librarians, didn’t come to pass, at least in its entirety, faculty continue to feel divided in the aftermath of the process, and some worry the new agreement may still negatively affect campus libraries and relations between professors. This is like an age-old thing.”

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The University of Southern California recently opened its Digital Creative Lab in the basement of the Leavey Library. Designed based on student input, the lab includes an esports arena with professional-grade broadcasting equipment, a podcasting studio, a 3D printer, a video production suite and more.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

College students, of course, have long catnapped in campus libraries and elsewhere, but nap maps are intended to legitimize the practice. Magazine treatment: Trending: Display Promo Box: Live Updates: liveupdates0 Most Popular: 0 In-Article Advertisement High: 0 In-Article related stories: 3 In-Article Advertisement Low: 10 Include DNU?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Its master’s degree program in Diné Culture, Language, and Leadership required the institution to hire new faculty members and save money for a research library. They also need to develop a culture of having a graduate school — we need to build admin support for it, for faculty, and for the students, and we need to build up our library.”

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

MAY 23, 2023

So, when USC’s Learning Environments department stumbled upon an underutilized space in the basement of Leavey Library, it decided to put it to use as an esports arena and a classroom. The only exception was its esports team, which practiced in a small, closed area.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Image: Last week, Vermont State University announced plans for an “all-digital” academic library when the new institution, formed from the consolidation of three colleges, officially launches on July 1. “What we heard was that they need and want access to library resources where they are, whether on or off campus.”

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Nicholas -- better known as The Night Before Christmas -- an enchanted storybook tells viewers the story of JMU's finals week, from students chugging coffee in the library to a sleek wheeled robot delivering food. #2 In JMU's loose parody of A Visit from St. 2 -- Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, Connecticut.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The study’s findings indicate that marijuana use on college campuses is common and the ability to vape marijuana may increase usage on college campuses, including in public locations such as classrooms and libraries. Is this diversity newsletter?: Newsletter Order: 0 Disable left side advertisement?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 30, 2023

Students who move on campus because of the fund are more involved in campus activities, utilize more campus facilities like the library and more often take on leadership roles in student organizations. The impact: The housing fund has directly contributed to student retention, persistence and stress reduction, Alba says.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 21, 2023

” She recalls staying in the library past the point of exhaustion as an undergraduate but says now she knows to take breaks “and shift my focus.” ” Reflecting on neurodiversity: Kumari says her diagnosis “has taught me to be more patient with myself. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 11, 2023

Indiana University at Bloomington's Libraries also has a harmful language statement that seeks to find a balance between “upholding the description of archival materials and special collections in a respectful and accurate manner while maintaining the historical context of the collections we manage. Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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Creatrix Campus

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Top 10 benefits of cloud-based Library Management Software. The increasing advancement of cutting-edge technologies such as cloud, mobile, digital, and analytics have transformed the way libraries offer many services. It’s the time of Library Management Software. What is cloud-based Library Management Software?

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The Scholarly Teacher

MAY 12, 2022

Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 10(3–4), 137– 173. Kagan Online Magazine, 4(4), 1. 3) What additional tool or strategy might you try in order to enrich your teaching and. create authentic opportunities for students to learn in a digital environment? References: Buck, S. Farrell, O. & Brunton, J.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Break Through Tech provides a library of project options, consulting support on challenge projects and establishes checkpoints throughout in addition to a post-internship survey for students and hosts. Spitz and Break Through Tech have tightened operations to make it more of a “turnkey operation,” she says.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

“We cover the northern half of New Hampshire … Even though they may be online students, they still might take an online class from the comfort of our library.” “The digital transformation has real staying power from an access standpoint,” Lloyd said, adding that effective technology support is vital to access.

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Creatrix Campus

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Top 10 benefits of cloud-based Library Management Software. The increasing advancement of cutting-edge technologies such as cloud, mobile, digital, and analytics have transformed the way libraries offer many services. It’s the time of Library Management Software. What is cloud-based Library Management Software?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Cabin Bob also boasts a Homestead library, with books related to Homesteaders’ lives and interests as well as a study space, adding another academic dimension to the living-learning community. To keep up with the Homestead, students meet weekly and host Saturday morning work parties to chop wood, garden, clean and complete other chores.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Starting in 2011, Rueda-Acedo has incorporated innovative experiential learning activities and forged community partnerships with organizations such as the Arlington Public Library, Human Rights Initiative of North Texas and DFW Toys for Tots. “In

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 19, 2022

"But music teaching and learning now often occur outside the classroom -- in cultural institutions, community centers and libraries, to name a few examples. Is this diversity newsletter?: Newsletter Order: 0 Disable left side advertisement?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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Great College Advice

JUNE 26, 2023

Geological Survey Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani ‘62, former prime minister of Yemen NOTABLE ALUMNI of DAVIDSON COLLEGE, Davidson, NC Stephen MacMillan, CEO of Stryker Dean Rusk , United States Secretary of State (1961-1969) Charles Wright , Pulitzer Prize -winning poet, chancellor of The Academy of American Poets, winner of the Library of Congress’ (..)

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Colleges have long used institutional chat bots on their websites to support access to library resources or to enhance student success and retention. Hollis Robbins, dean of the University of Utah’s College of Humanities, shares similar concerns. Policies that address AI literacy may help protect students’ mental health.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 29, 2023

What it includes: The Family Study Room, located in the college’s library, has computers, whiteboards, comfy seats, a TV, a DVD player, an interactive touch-screen table, age-appropriate books, games, magazines and more. I remember taking my daughter to the library with no support.” Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 2, 2023

Should unpaid parking tickets or housing and library fees result in a registration hold, she asks, “or should students be penalized based on that resource—car being towed, housing contracts revoked and library privileges removed?” Is this diversity newsletter?: Newsletter Order: 0 Disable left side advertisement?:

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 4, 2023

Image: The reaction was swift when an anonymous student wrote “Black people suck” on a library whiteboard at American University in February. Bennett said that the university’s investigation of the library whiteboard incident has been resolved and the person behind it identified. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Tutoring, library resources, academic advising and career services are smushed together, and counseling, disability services, medical centers and student care teams are sharing space more than ever before. A more recent trend is consolidating student services related to academics or health and wellness into a larger office or building.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 3, 2023

The original painting is in a collection at Edinburgh University Library in Scotland. The university said that because the instructor was an adjunct, her dismissal was not a firing, as has been said in accounts of the incident in New Lines magazine and Reason. The instructor had warned students of her plan.

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Experiential Learning Depot

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

2) Display the Final Product Somewhere in the Community: With permission, the student could post a printed version of their infographics in the ecology section of the library, in the ecology department of local universities, in biology classrooms across the community, or in the visitor center of a nearby nature center.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 12, 2023

Elementary school teachers have been forced to empty their classroom libraries in response to a law requiring that all books be approved by a media specialist as free of “unsolicited theories that may lead to student indoctrination.” Fifteen have passed. Florida has been a particular site of activity.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Her latest illustrated children’s book, A Library, debuted this fall at the Library of Congress. It recounts her weekly visits to a segregated library during her childhood. Retirements Acclaimed poet Nikki Giovanni retired on Sept. 1, after 35 years on the faculty of Virginia Tech. History-maker Dr. Ruth J.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 30, 2023

Harry Brooks Collection, Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress “We’re still thinking about what it means to transform an institution to be truly equitable. Service member Harry Brooks, who achieved rank of Major General, boards an H-23 helicopter after discussion with Capt. Willis during the Vietnam War.

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