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Articles for today’s session with Dr. Meinhardt: A Matter of Style

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

Here are some articles to review on the topic of teaching citation styles:

http://chronicle.com/search/?search_siteId=5&contextId=&action=rem&searchQueryString=students+citation+styles

This topic was recently highlight in the comic strip Funky Winkerbean:

http://www.seattlepi.com/comics-and-games/fun/Funky_Winkerbean/2012-02-01/

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Digital Humanities Quick Reading List

Monday, October 24th, 2011

Below are links to more information about the Digital Humanities that will be discussed at Tuesday’s Commonalities Discussion

Center for Textual Studies and Digital Humanities
http://www.ctsdh.luc.edu/
 
Humanities 2.0
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/features/books/series/humanities_20/index.html
 
“Big Tent Digital Humanities”
http://chronicle.com/article/Big-Tent-Digital-Humanities/128434/
 

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Next Commonalities Discussion Scheduled for Monday at Noon in the Information Commons

Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
Hello, on Monday our kick-off discussion will be held on the 4th floor of the Information Commons.  Below are some articles discussing e-books and their place in the classroom.  If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to Carol Franklin at 8-2641.
McKiernan, G. (2011). Configuring the ‘Future Textbook’. Searcher, 19(4), 43-47.
http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/hww/jumpstart.jhtml?recid=0bc05f7a67b1790ee327aeee9ad59645d51b4f93d6eec2ff9133bc38989bcdad6c08309195d8b6d5&fmt=P
Gawelek, M. A. (2011). iPads: Why Mobile? EDUCASE: Mobile Perspectives, 46(2) 28-32.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERM1123.pdf
McCarthy, D. (2011). On e-books. E-Reading: The Transition in Higher Education. EDUCAUSE: Mobile Perspectives, 46(2), 21-27. : http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERM1121.pdf

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Readings for Third Spaces Discussion

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
The following articles and websites discuss third spaces and their role on campus. 
Hummon, D. M. (1991). The Great Good Places: Cafes, Coffee Shops, Community Centers, Beauty Parlors, General Stores, Bars, Hangouts, and How They Get You Through the Day (Book Review). Social Forces, 69(3), 931. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.
http://flagship.luc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=9105061648&site=ehost-live
 
Ray Oldenburg. (Biography)  PPS Project for Public Spaces. 
http://www.pps.org/articles/roldenburg/
 
Seidman, Alan. (2006)  Integrating Outside Learning with the Classroom Experience:  The Student Learning Imperative.  Education.  127(1), 109-114.  Retrieved from EBSCOhost. 
http://flagship.luc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=22826810&site=ehost-live
 
De Vise, Daniel. (2011)  A University of Virginia Student has  a Bright Idea:  ‘Flash Seminars’.”  Washington Post, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011. 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/20/AR2011022002666.html?referrer=emailarticle
 
Walljasper, Jay.  Big Plans on Campus.  PPS Project for Public Spaces. 
http://www.pps.org/articles/campusbulletin/
 
Wilhelm, Jeffrey D.  (2010)  Creating “Third Spaces”: Promoting Learning through Dialogue.  Voices From the Middle.  18(2), 55-58.
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=2198029661&Fmt=3&clientId=31822&RQT=309&VName=PQD
 
 

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Commonalities Digital Repositories Discussion

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

Today  Robert Seal, Dean of the University Libraries will be discussion digital repositories.  If you are interested in joining us, the discussion begins at 4pm on the 3rd floor of the Klarchek Information Commons in Room 317.  To learn more about digital repositories, please check out the following articles:

Digital Repositories Foment a Quiet Revolution in Scholarship by Jennifer Howard in the Chronicle of Higher Education (2010).
 
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Maximizing the Impact of Digital Collections by Marshall Breeding in Computers in Libraries (2009).http://flagship.luc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=37191037&site=ehost-live

The Surprising Impact of Digital Repositories by Terence Huwe in Computers in Librarieshttp://flagship.luc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=34784615&site=ehost-live
   
   
   
   

 

 
 
   
   

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