Learning Resources Newsletter (Volume 3, Issue 2)

BCCC

Learning Resources

Newsletter

Editor-in-Chief Catherine Collins

Editor

Linda McCann

Contributors

Catherine Collins

William Hemmig

Linda McCann

Nicole Tracey

Carolyn Woods

Winter 2007 - Spring 2008

In This Issue... • Free Sources of Digital

Materials for Course

Use

• Spotlight on Books:

Information Literacy

• Online @Your Library:

My Your EBSCOhost

• Credo Reference

• IM-a-Librarian

• Spring 2008 Tutoring

Schedule

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... In recognition of

World AIDS Day on

December 1st, origi-

nal works of art cre-

ated by BCCC stu-

dents were on dis-

play in the Library in Newtown

during the “Paper Prayers”

exhibition.

This beautiful and unique ex-

hibit was based on the Japa-

nese practice of using color-

fully decorated strips of paper

to offer a prayer for well-being

and good health.

Students’ paper prayers were

on exhibit until World AIDS

Day at which time the anony-

mous works of art were sold

and the proceeds donated to

the Family Service Association

of Bucks County.

On November 30th, a recep-

tion was held in the Library’s

Learning Studio recognizing

the contributions of the many

people involved in this project.

Refreshments were served and

music was performed by Em-

mett Gallagher (keyboardist)

and Jace Miller (vocalist).

For more information on World

AIDS Day and other programs

to educate and inform the

world on the global AIDS

epidemic, go to UNAIDS,

the Joint United Nations

Programme on HIV/AIDS, at

http://www.unaids.org.. .

For more information on the

Family Service Association of

Bucks County, go to http://

familyserviceofbucks.com/.

THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY @YOUR LIBRARY Paper Prayers at BCCC Spotlight World AIDS Day 2007

All photos courtesy of Linda McCann, 2007

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FROM THE FIELD The Revolution Will Be Digitally Televised

I began a quest, a search if you will, of the Internet to locate educational support materials for a Sociology class. I wanted to locate digital materials that could be incorporated into the course curriculum. While on this quest, I came across some great sites that are loaded with digital audio, MP3s, podcasts, and videos that are not only suitable for Sociology, but may be useful for other disciplines as well. Many of the Web sites offer RSS feeds to keep you up-to-date on subject material. The following are sites that can help you incorporate digital resources into your classroom and allow you to upgrade that classic VHS collection of yours!

LearnOutLoud.com . http://www.learnoutloud.com/Free-Audio-Video . ……… According to their Web site, “after scor-ing the Internet for free digital content, they created a directory of resources that include audio books, lectures, sermons and other free materials.” You can search by categories to see what types of materials are available. Most of the audio materials are in MP3 format and most of the videos stream online. One can sub-scribe to their E-magazine and email service, which will keep you up-to-date. They offer free articles, as well as educa-tional podcasts. Another feature offered by this service is a free audio book for your listening pleasure. One can sub-scribe to the service to get access to all products. Explore and see what gems it may hold for you.

UChannel http://uc.princeton.edu/main/ . UChannel, formerly known as the Univer-sity Channel, is a product of Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Their collection includes public affairs lectures, as well as panel discussions and events from academic institutions worldwide. Formats include MP3 and MP4 with streaming capabilities via Windows Media Player, Real Player, QuickTime, and Flash. RSS feeds are available for pod-casting, as well as vodcasting.

Boston College Front Row . http:/frontrow.bc.edu .. According to the FAQ sheet, “Boston Col-lege Front Row is a Web site that offers free access through streaming media to

tapes of cultural and scholarly events at Boston College.” The focus of this digital collection is to serve as the repository for Boston College’s streaming presentations. Continuous access to these materials makes it a perfect tool for supplementary educational programming for educators and their students. Searching can be done by topic to locate appropriate subject mat-ter.

Online Media: UC Berkley Lectures and Events . http://www.lib.berkley.edu/MRC/audio files.html . When dealing with historical facts, educa-tional materials are often limited to written texts used in a classroom. Why not bring history to life with speeches and conversa-tions with the history makers themselves? The University of California Berkley has an online audio and video collection that in-cludes such luminaries as James Baldwin, Noam Chomsky, Bill Clinton, Aldous Hux-ley, Malcolm X, and Dr. J. Robert Oppen-heimer. There are audio files in this collec-tion that date back as far as 1946. This is an excellent source that can add a face and a voice to the names in the textbooks.

Yale Law School - Video Archives . http://www/law.yale.edu/news/Video Archive.asp . This collection of lectures, events, and programming is offered by the Law School of Yale University. Here you will find lec-tures and speeches by several prominent lawyers in the legal field, many of whom are distinguished in their field of law. One of the subsets of programming is a series called “Dean’s Program on the Profession Lecture.” One notable lecture for this year is conducted by Michael Solender, General Counsel at Bear Sterns Companies, and is entitled “Careers in the Law – The Law Firm, Government, and In House Perspec-tive.” For the paralegal program at BCCC, this may be a useful introduction to career possibilities. One address of note is the “Keynote Address, Sesquicentennial Con-vocation of Yale Law School” by President Gerald R. Ford, class of 1941. The collec-tion is dated 2000 to 2007.

Internet Archive: Perlinger Archives h t t p : / / w w w . a r c h i v e . o r g / d e t a i l s /perlinger . Founded in 1983, this is a collection of advertising, educational, industrial, and amateur film which is ephemeral in nature.

The collection contains over 1900 items with the focus being to collect, preserve, and provide access to historical film that is not housed anywhere else. These films were made between the years 1920 – 1987.

Research Channel http://researchchannel.org . The Research Channel is a nonprofit organization combining media and tech-nology to house quality streaming video from such prominent institutions as Johns Hopkins, New York University, and Stanford University to name a few. The collection totals over 3,000 and growing. One can browse by subject to locate materials.

Annenberg Media – Learner.Org . http://www.learner.org/index.html . Funded by the Annenberg Foundation, Annenberg Media is devoted to providing multimedia resources to teachers to facilitate improvement of their teaching practice, as well as foster understanding of their subject areas. This is done through the use of the Internet and broadband digital streaming of videos along with satellite television and for-purchase copies of videos. One can browse the Web site for resources by discipline and then by grade level. There are videos appropriate for K–12 stu-dents as well as the college /adult learner. The icon – VoD (Video on De-mand) – identifies free videos. One is required to sign up for the service that permits access to the free videos.

Public Broadcasting Service http://www.pbs.org . The Public Broadcasting Service, which has made the commitment to providing quality educational television and now multimedia resources, is chock full of streaming audio and video that can

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The Revolution (continued) spice up your classroom time. Here are three sources from PBS that can be used to find streaming video suitable for college coursework:

FRONTLINE . http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/view . FRONTLINE offers a select group of streaming video that can be use for educa-tional purposes. Programming runs the gamut from politics to interpersonal rela-tions. On this Web site, you can see one of the most requested programs in FRONT-LINE’s history “A Class Divided.” This award winning documentary chronicles a third grade teacher’s effort to teach her class firsthand the stigma and pain of dis-crimination. The experiment took place one day after Martin Luther King’s assassina-tion in 1963.

NOVA . h t t p : / / w w w . p b s . o r g / w g b h / n o v a /programs/ . This award-winning program from PBS provides resources in both streaming video and podcasts with a scientific bent. You can search by broad topics such as anthro-pology, health and science, and technol-ogy. The digital programming is divided into chapters, which allow for ease of view-ing, along with closed captioning for deaf and hard of hearing viewers. The podcast-ing and vodcasting capabilities are also available from this site. RSS feeds are available from NOVA.

NOW . http://www.pbs.org/now/index.html This is another example of media rich ma-terials available from PBS that can provide you with streaming video of newsworthy topics. Topics are broadly categorized and you can find content that covers politics, the economy, science, health, society, and community. Some of the most recent broadcasts include a segment on global warming entitled, “God and Global Warm-ing.” If you are looking at the impact of immigration on American society, “Immigration on Main Street” may prove useful. If you are currently monitoring the abortion issue, a new tactic by the anti abortion movement may bear close exami-nation — the impact of abortion on a woman’s metal health.

FORA.tv . http://fora.tv . “There are brilliant ideas, expressed every-day in public discussion and events all over the world. Don’t miss them.” This appears to be the mandate of Fora.tv, a media delivery

system of global magnitude that attempts to assemble a daily feast of events that are produced and housed electronically from institutions and freelance producers worldwide all in digital form. Fora.tv allows the viewer to examine programming from various vendors arranged by subject, re-gion, or producers within the context of their channels. There you will find stream-ing video from such institutions and or-ganizations such as The Brookings Insti-tute, C-Span, and the Heritage Founda-tion. If you click on the preview button for each contributor, you can get some kind of idea as to the type of programming avail-able. You can join Fora.tv free and receive as part of your online subscription the ability to download the videos and pod-casts that reside on this site.

NPR: National Public Radio http://www.npr.org . Noted for its quality broadcasting and its international scope, NPR (National Public Radio) is an excellent source of audio streaming of their award winning radio programs, which are commercial-free and listener-supported. On this site, you can find a 10 year archived collection of audio, as well as original programming and spe-cial segments online.

TeacherTube . http://www.teachertube.com . Officially launched in March 2007, TeacherTube is the brainchild of 2 educa-tors, Jason and Jodie Smith. Sharing the same look and feel of YouTube, this Web site was designed to provide educators, educational institutions, and those who home school educationally-focused multi-media materials. Here is a place where teachers can post videos that can help reinforce a skill or introduce students to new skills and information. This site also doubles as a venue for professional and developmental opportunities for teachers. There is a concerted effort to keep this site free of inappropriate videos by allowing viewers to tag questionable videos. There is also a TeacherTube Blog available that allows viewers and contributors to share information and comments on issues such as best practices, evaluative materials, and assessment materials to name a few. As noted by one of the founders, Jodie Smith, this is an opportunity to meet the students in the “digital, read/write Web 2.0 environment.”

Carolyn Woods Extension Services Librarian

woodsc@bucks.edu

SPOTLIGHT ON BOOKS

Information Literacy

Information Literacy is defined by

the Association of College and

Research Libraries as “the set of

skills needed to find, retrieve,

analyze, and use information”

<http://www.acrl.org>. Think of

it as learning research skills that

translate beyond the classroom.

Interested? Consider checking

out of the many books available

on this exciting field -

Learning to Lead and Manage In-

formation Literacy Instruction by

Esther S. Grassian (2005), Call

Number 028.706 G769 L438 2005

Integrating Information Literacy

into the Higher Education Curricu-

lum: Practical Models for Transfor-

mation 1st ed. (2004), Call Num-

ber 028.707 I61 2004

Assessing Student Learning Out-

comes for Information Literacy

Instruction in Academic Institu-

tions (2003), Call Number

028.707 A846 2003

Information Literacy Instruction

for Educators: Professional Knowl-

edge for an Information Age

(2003), Call Number 028.708 I43

2003

Teaching Information Literacy: 35

Practical, Standards-based Exer-

cises for College Students (2003),

Call Number 028.707 B959

To learn more about information

literacy, contact Margaret Montet,

Information Literacy Librarian,

a t 215 -968 -8373 o r a t

montetm@bucks.edu.

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ONLINE @YOUR LIBRARY My Your EBSCOhost with Bill Hemmig Did you know that anyone with access to EBSCOhost can set up a personal account? With a personal account, you and your

students can save searches, citations, and entire articles for repeated use over the course of a research assignment, an entire

semester, or longer. Do your research over a number of sessions, save the articles you want to use, and then come back

weeks later to create a formatted works-cited list. Here’s how to create an account:

• Look for the “Sign In” link. It’s at the top of every page in EBSCOhost. Click it to go to the sign-in page.

• On the “Create a new account” page, fill in your account information, click “submit,” and that’s it! Now, whenever you

want to access your account, click “Sign In,” enter your user name and password, and watch the EBSCOhost logo

change to -

In addition to saving searches and articles in your folder, you can also set up alerts. EBSCOhost will automatically run your

favorite search as frequently as you like and email the results to you. This ensures that you always have the most current

information on your topic, and EBSCOhost does all the work. Some of our other popular databases allow you to create your

own account, including ARTstor, CQ Researcher, Literature Online, PsycARTICLES, and ScienceDirect. Look for sign-in links

for information or contact the library.

Bill Hemmig

Online Learning Librarian

hemmigw@bucks.edu

Look for the “Sign In” link on any page 

of the database. Click “I’m a new user” to begin 

creating your account. 

Click on one of these 

links to access your 

personal folder. Create an alert for this 

search (see below). Add this search to your 

folder and come back to it 

in another session. 

Display and manage 

your search history. 

Save this citation and/or full‐

text article in your folder. 

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New and Noteworthy in Learning Resources

On November 20th, BCCC recog-

nized those employees celebrat-

ing more than five years of ser-

vice to the college. Please join us

in thanking the following mem-

bers of the Learning Resources

staff for their excellent work and

dedication to BCCC -

• Marilyn Puchaslski, 25 years faculty)

• Margaret Montet, 5 years (faculty)

• Marzenna Ostrowski, 5 years (faculty)

• Mary Ellen Bornak, 5 years (faculty)

• Betty Hughes, 25 years (academic affairs)

• Carol Seufert, 5 years (academic affairs)

NEW SERVICE

IM-a-Librarian

Whether you’re on campus or

off, now you can get online

help in real time from a BCCC

reference librarian by using IM-

a-Librarian, our new chat ser-

vice.

Just go to the Library’s Web

site at http://www.bucks.edu/

library/ and click on the Ask a

Librarian link to go to the IM-

a-Librarian chat screen.

IM-a-Librarian is open when-

ever the Newtown Campus

Library is open — check our

Web site for hours. Type in

your question and talk to us!

Left to right: Margaret Montet, Betty Hughes, Marilyn Puchaslski, Mary Ellen Bornak, and

Marzenna Ostrowski. Photo courtesy of Linda McCann, 2007

NEW LIBRARY DATABASE

Credo Reference Credo Reference has over 3 million entries from nearly 300 reference sources covering all major sub-jects in the arts and sciences, social sciences, languages and literature, philosophy and religion, medicine, business, food, technol-ogy, and law, as well as general dictionaries and encyclopedias, bilingual dictionaries, and online conversion tables. There are millions of high-quality illustrations and some entries have audio files. You can link to Credo Reference from the Library's Online Resources page at http://w w w . b u c k s . e d u / l i b r a r y /eresources/.

Bill Hemmig Online Learning Librarian

hemmigw@bucks.edu

The Tutoring Center provides free tutorial services

on the three BCCC campuses to all students cur-

rently enrolled in credit and non-credit courses of-

fered by the college, in particular, to those students

who require help in mathematics, writing, reading,

study skills, American English as a Second Language

(AESL), computers, accounting, and economics.

Our spring hours at the Newtown Campus are Mon-

day through Thursday, 8:30am-7:00pm, and Friday,

8:30am-4:00pm. We also offer tutoring at the Up-

per Bucks and Lower Bucks Campuses. Days and

hours for tutoring on these campuses can be found

at http://www.bucks.edu/tutor or by calling us at

(215) 968-8044.

Math Tutoring & Workshops .

Math tutoring is available for any level course and is

available on a walk-in basis on all three campuses.

Phone-in tutoring is also available. Math workshops

will also be held this spring in Newtown. Check our

Web site for availability for specific courses.

Writing, Reading, Study Skills, & AESL Tutoring

Writing, reading, study Skills, and AESL tutoring is

available by appointment for any BCCC course. The

appointments are 30 minutes, and a student may

have one appointment per day. Online writing help

is also available. The Tutoring Center is also offer-

ing workshops in writing, reading, study skills, and

AESL, as well as AESL Conversation Groups.

Accounting Tutoring n

Accounting tutoring will be available at the Newtown

and Upper Bucks Campuses on a walk-in basis.

Phone-in tutoring is also available.

Computer Tutoring n

Computer tutoring is available at Newtown for select

computer courses.

Spanish Tutoring n

The Tutoring Center hopes to have Spanish tutoring

this spring. Please call us for availability.

For more information, including days and hours,

online writing tutoring, online handouts, and links to

helpful Web pages, please visit our Web site at

http://www.bucks.edu/tutor or call (215) 968-8044.

Nicole Tracey

Director, Tutoring Center

traceyn@bucks.edu

Spring 2008 Tutoring Schedule

BCCC Learning Resources Offices

Maureen McCreadie, Dean, Learning Resources

(215) 968-8004 mccreadi@bucks.edu

Dolores Smith, Administrative Assistant

(215) 968-8001 smithd@bucks.edu

Library

Linda McCann, Director

(215) 968-8003 mccannl@bucks.edu

Newtown Campus (215) 968-8009

Upper Bucks Campus (215) 258-7721

Lower Bucks Campus (267) 685-4825

Online Learning

Georglyn Davidson, Director

(215) 968-8251 davidson@bucks.edu

Carol Seufert, Assistant Director

(215) 968-8343 seufertc@bucks.edu

Jenny DiPrimio

(215) 968-8109 diprimio@bucks.edu

Technology Learning Center

Liz Sette, Director

(215) 968-8337 settel@bucks.edu

Rhonda Warfield

(215) 968-8250 warfield@bucks.edu

Learning Technologies Services

Kenneth Crowther, Supervisor

(215) 968-8147 crowther@bucks.edu

Operations Technicians (215) 968-8050

Tutoring Center

Nicole Tracey, Director

(215) 968-8218 traceyn@bucks.edu

Charlene Traub, Math / Megan Ryan, Writing Services

Faculty Liaison for Teaching and Learning Technologies

Marilyn Puchalski

(215) 968-8056 puchalsk@bucks.edu

Instructional Design

Mary Ellen Bornak

(215) 504-8592 bornakm@bucks.edu

Copyright Liaison

Linda McCann

(215) 968-8003 copyright@bucks.edu

http://www.bucks.edu/library/copyright

BCCC adheres to copyright laws protecting the rights of own-

ers of works of intellectual property. It is the responsibility of

every member of the College to follow the copyright laws set

forth by Congress in the Copyright Act of 1976, the Digital

Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), and the Technology Educa-

tion and Copyright Harmonization Act (TEACH Act). For more

information, visit http://www.bucks.edu/library/copyright/.

Academic Department Liaisons

Each academic department at BCCC has a professional

librarian assigned as that department’s liaison to assist

faculty and staff with their library and research needs. Please

contact the appropriate liaison, who will be happy to assist

you.

Margaret Montet Arts

(215) 968-8373 (Visual Arts, Communication,

montetm@bucks.edu and Music)

Carolyn Woods Behavioral and Social Sciences

(215) 968-8440

(267)685-4825

woodsc@bucks.edu

Jerry Fedorijczuk Business Studies

(215) 968-8013

fedorijc@bucks.edu

Linda McCann

(215) 968-8003

mccannl@bucks.edu

Marzenna Ostrowski Health, Physical Education,

(215) 504-8619 and Nursing

ostrowsk@bucks.edu

Bill Hemmig Math, Science, and Technology

(215) 504-8611 (MaST)

hemmigw@bucks.edu

Brian Johnstone

(215) 504-8554

johnston@bucks.edu

Poonam Sood Language and Literature

(215) 504-8574

soodp@bucks.edu

opyright at BCCC

Spring 2008 Library Hours

January 23rd - May 20th

Monday-Thursday 8:00am - 9:00pm

Friday-Saturday 8:00am - 3:30pm

Sunday (Newtown only) 1:00pm - 5:30pm

EXCEPTIONS

The libraries at the Upper and Lower Bucks Campuses will be closed March 10th - March 16th for Spring Break. The Library at Newtown will remain open 8:00am - 3:30pm March 10th - March 13th during Spring Break.

This schedule is subject to change. All changes will be posted in the Library and on the Library Web site at http://www.bucks.edu/library. For more information, please call (215) 968-8009.

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