On June 28, 1970, the one year anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, the first Pride marches were held in New York, Los Angeles & Chicago. Since then LGBTQ+ community & allies have continued to gather in June to march for Pride.
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from eschoolnews.com:
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RUSA-MARS has released their Twelfth Annual Best Free Reference Web Sites. This is an annual series initiated under the auspices of the Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS) of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) of ALA to recognize outstanding reference sites on the World Wide Web.
These sites include:
American Time Use Survey, http://www.bls.gov/tus/
The American Time Use Survey (ATUS) provides statistics and graphical data on the amount of time people in the U.S. spend on various activities: watching TV, eating, working in the yard.
GovTrack.us: Tracking the U.S. Congress, http://www.govtrack.us
GovTrack, a non-governmental resource, is a tool for tracking the current activities and researching the United States Congress.
Hulu, http://www.hulu.com
A site with free television episodes, full-length movies, and video clips.
Muckety - Exploring the paths of power and influence, http://news.muckety.com
Muckety is a news site with a difference; taking the news, it charts relationships among players and other persons and events. Search on a celebrity name to see connections on an interactive graph.
and more....
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Welcome new and returning faculty and staff members.
The library offers
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The peer review process has been regarded as sacrosant in scholarly circles. Read this Aug 23, 2010 New York Times front page article which details how the prestigious Shakespeare Quarterly is opening its review to the World Wide Web.
Excerpt from article:
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Choice magazine editors compile a feature highlighting the most significant print and electronic titles reviewed in Choice during the calendar year.
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At the American Library Association
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Listen to Jimmy Wales, a co-founder of Wikipedia,
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from the Library of Congress website,
In an ongoing effort to make its digital educational, historical and cultural resources available to web users across a broad spectrum of platforms, the Library of Congress today launched "The Library of Congress on iTunes U." At its inception, the Library’s iTunes U site includes historical videos from the Library’s moving-image collections such as original Edison films and a series of 1904 films from the Westinghouse Works and original videos such as author presentations from the National Book Festival, the "Books and Beyond" series, lectures from the Kluge Center, and the "Journeys and Crossings" series of discussions with curators. It also includes audio podcasts, including series such as "Music and the Brain," slave narratives from the American Folklife Center, and interviews with noted authors from the National Book Festival; and classroom and educational materials, including 14 courses from the Catalogers’ Learning Workshop.
Access LOC on iTunes directly at:<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/loc.gov
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In response to pressure by newspapers that say Google's First Click Free program is allowing people to "steal" their content, Google has announced a change to First Click Free. Those who click more than five times in a day to access content from a publisher may see a payment or registration request so as to encourage potential subscribers to pay.
Read 12/2/09 Wall Street Journal Online article about this (for free!).
Read Google' s blog announcement about the change.
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Google Sessions from 3:00 - 4:00pm for December:
Wed. Dec 2
Thursday Dec. 3
Friday Dec. 4
All students are welcome - join us in Lab 115 on the lower level of Library. FYe credit is given.
Also every Wednesday from 2:00 -3:00, Refworks workshops are held in Lab 114 on the lower level of the Library. FYE credit is given.
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The Library of Congress has a YouTube Channel where you can see early animation films, such as Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse 1916 cartoon. Visit the Library of Congress YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/user/LibraryOfCongress.
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The Library Web Committee is pleased to announce the launch of the new and improved library website. The updated site is the result of more than seven months of planning, usability study, analysis, design, and migration of pages. Our goal is to provide users quick and efficient access to the library's many services and vast learning and teaching resources through the website.
The updated site features tabbed search forms for major library resources on the homepage, so that the most frequently used resources such as library catalog, journals, and databases are in the center of the page. Other highlights on the homepage include newly added Research & Writing help section, dynamic news feed, and thelibrary site search on the bottom of left side navigation. In addition, site navigation structure and labeling are improved based on the library usability study.
The site will be launching tomorrow, Wednesday, August 26. Please visit the new site and tell us what you think. Your comments and suggestions will help improve the site in the future as we constantly seek to improve services and maximize our user experiences. We are especially grateful to the Web Communication and CNS staff for their collaboration and efforts in making this project successful.
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The Connecticut Library Association (CLA) recently awarded the DiMenna-Nyselius Library a 2009 Publicity Award for their Facebook page. Jackie Kremer, senior reference and outreach librarian, and Brittany Martin, a sophomore and library work study, created the page, which won in the non-print category of CLA
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The Connecticut Library Association (CLA) recently awarded the DiMenna-Nyselius Library a 2009 Publicity Award for their Facebook page. Jackie Kremer, senior reference and outreach librarian, and Brittany Martin, a sophomore and library work study, created the page, which won in the non-print category of CLA
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Google has teamed up with the iconic Life Magazine to share over 10 million photographs with the public from Life's massive archives. The first batch uploaded this week (about 10%) giving users access to over a million images. The photos span from the 1750's to present. Approximately 90% of the photos have never been seen by the public. Access the archive in Google here.
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Visit the Library of Congress
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Did you know the Library has a subscription to campus-wide online access to The Chronicle of Higher Education newspaper? The Chronicle is considered the #1 newspaper for college/university faculty members and administrators. Throw away those stacks of newspapers and start reading it online!
To read the Chronicle of Higher Education online while on campus, go to The Chronicle's home page at http://chronicle.com. From here you can read the current print edition posted every Monday morning, search past issues and read other features which are updated daily on their website.
To get the most from the Chronicle online, we encourage you to take advantage of their free e-mail newsletters, including Academe Today, The Chronicle
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On July 8, 2008, Google Labs announced the launch of
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A wonderful, searchable collection of poetry is available at
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Wikipedia - students love it and many faculty hate it!
According to the Pew Internet and American Life Project,
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Interested in marketing and the media?
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We're big fans of Google Scholar here at the Library.
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10/23/2007
The international report Sharing, Privacy and Trust in Our Networked World examines
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06/05/2007
Social Networking Session
Blogging, RSS feeds, social bookmarking, folksonomies, collaborative document creation and editing! In this 1-1/2 hour session, Library presenters Curtis Ferree, Jackie Kremer and Leslie Porter will discuss:
We'll give an overview of the fascinating technologies our students are using in their own lives, and discuss how faculty might consider using them in their own teaching and research.
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04/16/2007
Blogging, social bookmarking, folksonomies, collaborative document creation and editing! In this one-hour session, Library presenters Curtis Ferree, Jackie Kremer, Peter Morris, and Leslie Porter will discuss:
We'll give an overview of the fascinating technologies our students are using in their own lives, and discuss how faculty might consider using them in their teaching. Attendees will be given the opportunity to sign up for a hands-on personal appointment on a particular product of their choice to be held at a later date.
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08/07/2006
Search WorldCat Libraries with WorldCat.org or search additional Library Catalogs
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