The guide argues that discussion of copyright in education has too often been shaped by copyright holders, "whose understandable concern about large-scale copyright piracy has caused them to equate any unlicensed use of copyright material with stealing." The authors say they hope their work will help professors understand their rights better under current law.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
"Panel Issues Guide to Using Copyrighted Material in the Classroom"
This brief article from "The Chronicle of Higher Education" refers to a very interesting--and handy--report created at American University in D.C. on the subject of copyright. The report is written in easy-to-understand language that many teaching faculty will appreciate:
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
"Wikipedia and the Meaning of Truth"
I suppose we're still discussing wikipedia. Just when you thought the worst was over. Seriously, though, it really is still necessary to keep this on our radar screen. -Gary
"Wikipedia and the Meaning of Truth: Why the online encyclopedia's epistemology should worry those who care about traditional notions of accuracy."
By Simson L. Garfinkel
With little notice from the outside world, the community-written encyclopedia Wikipedia has redefined the commonly accepted use of the word "truth."
Why should we care? Because Wikipedia's articles are the first- or second-ranked results for most Internet searches. Type "iron" into Google, and Wikipedia's article on the element is the top-ranked result; likewise, its article on the Iron Cross is first when the search words are "iron cross." Google's search algorithms rank a story in part by how many times it has been linked to; people are linking to Wikipedia articles a lot. [more]
"Wikipedia and the Meaning of Truth: Why the online encyclopedia's epistemology should worry those who care about traditional notions of accuracy."
By Simson L. Garfinkel
With little notice from the outside world, the community-written encyclopedia Wikipedia has redefined the commonly accepted use of the word "truth."
Why should we care? Because Wikipedia's articles are the first- or second-ranked results for most Internet searches. Type "iron" into Google, and Wikipedia's article on the element is the top-ranked result; likewise, its article on the Iron Cross is first when the search words are "iron cross." Google's search algorithms rank a story in part by how many times it has been linked to; people are linking to Wikipedia articles a lot. [more]
Monday, October 13, 2008
CJARL Meeting Notes – 10/10/08
Location: CJRLC Corporate Offices in Freehold, NJ.
In attendance (and in no particular order):
1. Amy Kearns Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative
2. Martin Crabtree Mercer County College
3. David Peterson Burlington County College
4. Gary Schmidt Ocean County College
5. Amy Clark Brookdale Community College
6. Carol Moroz Manchester Township High School
7. Valerie Tucci (via phone) The College of New Jersey
8. Jacqui DaCosta (via phone) The College of New Jersey
9. Susan Kadezabek
A note from the Chair:
Over the past year, Information Literacy (IL) has become a reoccurring—almost habitual—topic of discussion during group meetings. The conversations have always been highly engaging, thought-provoking, and stimulating. It has now evolved to the point that the group seeks to expand its scope to include input from High School Librarians as a means of more closely examining the issue and better enabling our understating of how IL is addressed at the pre-undergraduate level.
During a meeting with CJRLC’s Connie Paul and Amy Kearns in early summer 2008, CJARL member Amy Clark and I indicated the group’s current interest in IL and our desire to peruse collaboration with High School Librarians. Both Paul and Kearns have been highly supportive of our group and should be thanked for their tremendous insight, energy, and willingness to act as facilitators in support of our goals. During the meeting, Paul invited Clark and me to CJRLC’s Annual Executive Board meeting in August and encouraged us to pursue opportunities for collaborations (and further insight) there.
While attending that Executive Board meeting in August, I had the great fortune to meet Carol Moroz, the Librarian at Manchester Township High School. Carol expressed great interest in the group’s desire to collaborate with High School Librarians as a means of evaluating her school’s IL teaching curriculum and assessment strategy. Carol accepted my invitation to meet with us during our October meeting.
Given the presence of our distinguished guest, this month’s meeting was unique in so far as we dedicated our time exclusively to the subject of information literacy, thereby making the best use of our time. This was only the group’s fist salvo across the broadsides of collaboration between High School Librarians and Academic Librarians so the conversation tended to be fairly broad, focusing on how we can address the ever-widening divide that students must confront when the IL competencies that they acquired in High School come face-to-face with the expectations of their first year College Professors.
Bottom-up curriculum development and a lack of clearly communicated assignments on the part of teachers were cited as endemic problems at the High School level. The development of standardized assessment instruments to determine (and draw attention to the importance of) the IL competence of incoming freshmen were cited as goals that need to be addressed at the collegiate level.
One of the most interesting ancillary components to all of this, however, is that CJARL is hardly the only group in New Jersey that is currently having this conversation—and along these very same lines. The User Education Committee of the New Jersey Chapter of ACRL and the VALE Information Literacy Committee are both engaged in their own analysis. I encourage members of CJARL to get involved in these—and other—initiatives. I also invite committee members from other organizations to join our discussion group to hear some other voices on the issue. It’s all done in the name of further collaboration.
Respectfully submitted on Monday, October 13, 2008,
Gary Schmidt
Chair, CJARL
Ocean County College
Toms River, NJ
NEXT MEETING: December 12, 2008 10:00am-12:00pm at Ocean County College (Room L101D). Directions available at www.ocean.edu. Agenda to follow at a later date.
In attendance (and in no particular order):
1. Amy Kearns Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative
2. Martin Crabtree Mercer County College
3. David Peterson Burlington County College
4. Gary Schmidt Ocean County College
5. Amy Clark Brookdale Community College
6. Carol Moroz Manchester Township High School
7. Valerie Tucci (via phone) The College of New Jersey
8. Jacqui DaCosta (via phone) The College of New Jersey
9. Susan Kadezabek
A note from the Chair:
Over the past year, Information Literacy (IL) has become a reoccurring—almost habitual—topic of discussion during group meetings. The conversations have always been highly engaging, thought-provoking, and stimulating. It has now evolved to the point that the group seeks to expand its scope to include input from High School Librarians as a means of more closely examining the issue and better enabling our understating of how IL is addressed at the pre-undergraduate level.
During a meeting with CJRLC’s Connie Paul and Amy Kearns in early summer 2008, CJARL member Amy Clark and I indicated the group’s current interest in IL and our desire to peruse collaboration with High School Librarians. Both Paul and Kearns have been highly supportive of our group and should be thanked for their tremendous insight, energy, and willingness to act as facilitators in support of our goals. During the meeting, Paul invited Clark and me to CJRLC’s Annual Executive Board meeting in August and encouraged us to pursue opportunities for collaborations (and further insight) there.
While attending that Executive Board meeting in August, I had the great fortune to meet Carol Moroz, the Librarian at Manchester Township High School. Carol expressed great interest in the group’s desire to collaborate with High School Librarians as a means of evaluating her school’s IL teaching curriculum and assessment strategy. Carol accepted my invitation to meet with us during our October meeting.
Given the presence of our distinguished guest, this month’s meeting was unique in so far as we dedicated our time exclusively to the subject of information literacy, thereby making the best use of our time. This was only the group’s fist salvo across the broadsides of collaboration between High School Librarians and Academic Librarians so the conversation tended to be fairly broad, focusing on how we can address the ever-widening divide that students must confront when the IL competencies that they acquired in High School come face-to-face with the expectations of their first year College Professors.
Bottom-up curriculum development and a lack of clearly communicated assignments on the part of teachers were cited as endemic problems at the High School level. The development of standardized assessment instruments to determine (and draw attention to the importance of) the IL competence of incoming freshmen were cited as goals that need to be addressed at the collegiate level.
One of the most interesting ancillary components to all of this, however, is that CJARL is hardly the only group in New Jersey that is currently having this conversation—and along these very same lines. The User Education Committee of the New Jersey Chapter of ACRL and the VALE Information Literacy Committee are both engaged in their own analysis. I encourage members of CJARL to get involved in these—and other—initiatives. I also invite committee members from other organizations to join our discussion group to hear some other voices on the issue. It’s all done in the name of further collaboration.
Respectfully submitted on Monday, October 13, 2008,
Gary Schmidt
Chair, CJARL
Ocean County College
Toms River, NJ
NEXT MEETING: December 12, 2008 10:00am-12:00pm at Ocean County College (Room L101D). Directions available at www.ocean.edu. Agenda to follow at a later date.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Chronicle arcticle: "Connecting Schools and Colleges"
In preparation for this Friday's meeting, I thought I'd share a recent article (dated: October 10, 2008) from The Chronicle of Higher Education that relates to student preparedness for undergraduate work.
"Connecting Schools and Colleges: More Rhetoric Than Reality"
Permalink: http://chronicle.com/weekly/v55/i07/07a04001.htm
"Connecting Schools and Colleges: More Rhetoric Than Reality"
Permalink: http://chronicle.com/weekly/v55/i07/07a04001.htm
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Constitution Day @ Ocean County College - Part II
Please join us at Ocean County College on Monday, September 15, 2008 & Wednesday, September 17, 2008 for Constitution Day celebrations!
Constitution Day is on Wednesday, September 17th. In honor of this special, annual event, Ocean County College will be hosting a series of faculty lectures on September 15 & 17. Faculty and staff from neighboring institutions as well as the public are welcome to attend. No registration is required, but please RSVP by September 9 if you would like to join us for lunch on the 15th.
Monday September 15:
8:30 - coffee and light refreshments
9:00 - War Powers of the President Under the Lincoln Administration, Dr. Frank Wetta
9:30 - The Electoral College, Professor Bradford Young
[break]
11:00 - Your Right to Know: An Introduction to the Federal Depository Library Program, Librarian Caitlyn Cook
12:00 - Lunch
1:00 - Colleges, the Constitution and the Courts, Dr. Fran Polk
Wednesday September 17:
8:30 - coffee and light refreshments
9-11- Government Documents in the Classroom, a library-sponsored roundtable workshop introducing the breadth of government information available to students and instructors alike. This workshop will serve as an introduction to government material, but will cover greater depth and subject variety than the presentation on the 15th. Presented by OCC librarians Torris Andersen, Caitlyn Cook and Pamela Dong.
All presentations will take place in the Technology Building on the Ocean County College Campus. You can access a campus map and driving directions here:
http://www.ocean.edu/welcome/maps/maps_directions.htm
Visitors are welcome to park in Lots 1 or 2, additional (and closer) handicap parking is available next to the Information Technology Building (labeled #11) and in the faculty lot (labeled F1) on the campus map.
For more information or to RSVP, please contact Caitlyn Cook at ccook [at] ocean [dot] edu.
We look forward to seeing you!
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
October 10, 2008 Meeting
Many thanks to CJRLC for hosting our meeting.
Constitution Day @ Ocean County College
Save the Dates!
Monday, September 15, 2008 & Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Constitution Day is on Wednesday, September 17th. In honor of this special, annual event, Ocean County College will be hosting a series of lectures on September 15 & 17. Faculty and staff from neighboring institutions as well as the public are welcome to attend.
The first day (September 15) will feature a series of lectures from Ocean County College and Kean@Ocean Faculty on topics such as (1) The War Powers of the Executive, (2) The Electoral College, and (3) An Introduction to the Breadth of Government Documents Material Provided under the Federal Depository Program. This day will also include a debate between two members of local, Ocean County elected political office. More on that later….
The second day (September 17) will be geared more toward faculty and will include a roundtable workshop focusing on how Faculty can incorporate government documents into the classroom.
Many thanks to Caitlyn Cook, Ocean County College’s Government Documents Librarian, for her hard work and energy in planning this event.
For more information or to RSVP, please contact Caitlyn Cook at ccook [at] ocean [dot] edu.
Monday, September 15, 2008 & Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Constitution Day is on Wednesday, September 17th. In honor of this special, annual event, Ocean County College will be hosting a series of lectures on September 15 & 17. Faculty and staff from neighboring institutions as well as the public are welcome to attend.
The first day (September 15) will feature a series of lectures from Ocean County College and Kean@Ocean Faculty on topics such as (1) The War Powers of the Executive, (2) The Electoral College, and (3) An Introduction to the Breadth of Government Documents Material Provided under the Federal Depository Program. This day will also include a debate between two members of local, Ocean County elected political office. More on that later….
The second day (September 17) will be geared more toward faculty and will include a roundtable workshop focusing on how Faculty can incorporate government documents into the classroom.
Many thanks to Caitlyn Cook, Ocean County College’s Government Documents Librarian, for her hard work and energy in planning this event.
For more information or to RSVP, please contact Caitlyn Cook at ccook [at] ocean [dot] edu.
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