THANKSGIVING HOURS ~ RAMSEY LIBRARY
Tuesday, November 20 8 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Wednesday, November 21 8 a.m. — 6 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 22 — Saturday, Nov. 24 CLOSED
Sunday, Nov. 25 1p.m. – midnight
NEW DISTANCE LEARNING TECHNOLOGY
Greg Dillingham reports that UNCA’s Distance Learning Services has been selected as one of nine NCREN locations (out of 24) to receive new Polycom High Definition (HD) video conferencing systems this fall. Greg will deploy the units in our RBH 136 teleconference room and the camera and microphones associated with this unit will actually be controlled from within the room via remote control. Look for this, soon.
A BIT MORE DEPRESSING NEWS
Today’s eChronicle notes that a report scheduled for release today by the National Endowment for the Arts finds that “Americans aren’t just reading fewer books, but are reading less and less of everything, in any medium.” Dana Gioia, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, writes in the report’s preface, that “Most alarming . . . both reading ability and the habit of regular reading have greatly declined among college graduates.” Read all about it, if you can, at:
Americans Are Closing the Book on Reading, Study Finds
http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/11/742n.htm
Posted by Brandy on November 19, 2007 9:32 AM
