NOTES FROM RAMSEY LIBRARY; 2011-14
U.S. CENSUS WORKSHOP
The fall closing of the Charlotte office providing assistance in the use of U.S. Census data is one of the many, though not the most tragic, victims of our current economy and governmental belt tightening. At the very time that software changes are making accessing large census data sets on the web more difficult, the valued assistance of this office will no longer be available.
Ramsey Library has arranged for a trainer from Charlotte Regional Census Bureau to offer a workshop in Ramsey Library on Monday, August 15. This workshop will cover some important details about 2010 reports and the new search interface for American Fact Finder2. This is a great chance to get hands on training on how to locate data on the census site.
The workshop is 2 pm – 4:30 pm in Ramsey Library, Kimmel Room, 119.
To sign up or ask questions, please contact Anita White-Carter, Research Coordinator, UNC Asheville – Ramsey Library, 251-6434, whitecar@unca.edu.
VARIETE!
Virtual And Real Integrative Educational Technology for Everyone! The Center for Teaching & Learning and Teaching & Learning with Technology Resources recently announced VARIETE, a program introducing innovative ways in which UNC Asheville faculty use technology to facilitate student excitement and learning. Sessions will address instructional technology novices and pros. Participants will also have a chance to interact with colleagues interested in exploring enhanced uses of instructional technology or blended/hybrid learning opportunities.
VARIETE will take place on Wednesday, August 17th, in the Ramsey Library Whitman Room, from 12:30-4:30 p.m. Lunch provided! Reserve a spot by emailing Melissa Himelein (himelein@unca.edu); let her know whether you prefer a vegetarian or non-vegetarian lunch.
RECENT NEWS OF NOTE FROM TLTR
- Humanities Scholars Discuss Their ‘Shared Mental Map’ for a New Age of Digital Communication, By Jennifer Howard. A select group gathered to talk about the skills and energy needed in an “era of remaking and rebuilding scholarly communication.”
- New Digital-Humanities Grants for Small Projects at Colleges The National Endowment for the Humanities is backing 32 projects, such as a digital field journal for archaeologists.
- ‘Big Tent Digital Humanities,’ a View From the Edge, Part 1, By William Pannapacker New technologies, alliances, and career paths redefine the future of higher education in the humanities, but not everywhere.
- Technology Is Changing What We Do Social media has altered teaching, research, and other aspects of global higher education–and created new problems, says Nigel Thrift.
- Innovations: A Skeptic of Online Learning Weighs Its Pros Frank Donoghue analyzes some strengths of a virtual education, including its flexibility and accessibility to students in any location.
- College Students Lead in Internet Use and Tech Gadgets, Study Finds Speedy Internet connections were more common among students, but nonstudents were more likely to use social networks like Facebook, according to the Pew Research Center.
OTHER RECENT NEWS OF NOTE
- NCAA Student-Athlete Experiences Data Archive ~ The Inter-university Consortium for Political & Social Research recently announced that the NCAA Student-Athlete Experiences Data Archive has updated its data on Division I Academic Progress Rates. The dataset, NCAA Division I Academic Progress Rate, 2011, now includes the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 seasons. The data contains team level academic performances available by division, by conference, and by school.
- Amazon Announces Digital-Textbook Rentals Just in time for fall, a new option has emerged on the e-book front: Students can now rent textbooks for Amazon’s Kindle.
- Boston College Digitizes Yeats’s Unpublished First Play Now scholars and admirers of the Irish poet and playwright have digital access to his unpublished first play.
- Rogue Downloader’s Arrest Could Mark Crossroads for Open-Access Movement, By David Glenn To charge, or not to charge: That is the question Aaron Swartz, accused of abusing MIT’s computer network, has brought to the forefront of debate in scholarly publishing.
AND, JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT!!
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