Banned Books Week Extra Credit!

This week is Banned Books Week, and tomorrow, the library is hosting readings from banned and/or challenged books on the Skyway level of the T Building from 11:30 am-1 pm and from 4:30-6 pm. We're also hosting our annual Banned Books Week Readings show on BlogTalkRadio (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/mctc-library) on Friday morning from 11-11:30 a.m.

You can earn 5 extra credit points by participating in these events!

To earn extra credit, you need to:

1) come on Thursday and read a 3-5 minute segment from a banned or challenged book (lists online at http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/index.cfm

OR

Email me a 3-5 min MP3 recording of you reading from a banned or challenged book to upload and play during our Friday BlogTalkRadio show. Recordings must be received by me before 10 am on Friday.

AND

2) Write a short essay (300-500 words) on what intellectual freedom means to you and why you chose to read from the work you did;

AND

3) Post your essay in the Hallway Conversations forum of the online course with your name and "Banned Books Week Extra Credit" in the subject line.

If you plan to participate in this extra credit opportunity, reply to this message and let me know whether you plan to read "live" on Thursday or send me an MP3 file so I know to look for it.

Banned Books Week Video

From the American Library Association

Mozilla Labs » Concept Series » Blog Archive » Concept Series: Seabird – A Community-driven Mobile Phone Concept

For those who came to the video teleconference today, I thought this was particularly relevant given the conversations about mobile technologies. I would like this device. :)
Mozilla Labs » Concept Series » Blog Archive » Concept Series: Seabird – A Community-driven Mobile Phone Concept

Libraries & the Mobile Technologies Landscape

You are invited (and encouraged, if available) to attend the first in a series of 4 College of DuPage web presentations tomorrow from 12-2, to be viewed on the MCTC campus.

"Libraries & the Mobile Technologies Landscape"

MORE DETAILS HERE!

An RSVP is preferred, but not required.

Hope to see you there too!

Yom Kippur

Tonight and tomorrow is Yom Kippur, and I will be observing the holiday with my family. I also have other family obligations tomorrow and Sunday morning. If you post or email questions to me, I will probably not respond until Sunday afternoon or evening at the earliest, and possibly not until Monday.

Peer review highly sensitive to poor refereeing, claim researchers - physicsworld.com

Now that those of you in my INFS 1000 course have read the Brian Martin article, and have talked a bit about scholarly research, what do you think about this report? Add your comments to the blog, or post in our discussion forums in D2L. Other classes are welcome to comment on this as well, not just INFS 1000 folks.

Peer review highly sensitive to poor refereeing, claim researchers - physicsworld.com

Ginny's Whereabouts

I've been in meetings most of the past two days, and have had little time to be in D2L. If' you've posted a question and I haven't answered it yet, I will get to it as soon as I can, probably Saturday afternoon. I apologize for not notifying you all earlier about my availability, or lack thereof.

Campus IT Downtime

This should not impact D2L access if you use the direct link (https://minneapolis.ims.mnscu.edu/)and not the link from the campus home page. However, if you email me, I won't see it until after the downtime.

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Please be aware that there will be scheduled campus network downtime on Sunday, September 12, 7:00 - 10 a.m.

ITS staff and our vendor will be performing maintenance on our campus firewall systems. During this time, there will be no access to the MCTC website, Outlook e-mail or remote access services.

All messages sent to Outlook during this time will be queued and delivered once the system is back online.

Phone services and voicemail will remain operational.

We apologize for any inconvenience this required maintenance may cause.

Please contact Dana Harrington with any questions at 612-659-6611 or Dana.Harrington@minneapolis.edu.