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Welcome Back!

Next UHS Book Club Meeting, 9/21

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The UHS book club will be holding our first meeting of the

year on Wednesday, 9/21 after school at 2:00pm. No need

to read anything for the first meeting, we’ll just chat about

what we like to read and pick a book for our next meeting.

New members are always welcome!

Please consider joining us for a great discussion. Snacks will

be provided :)

Inside this issue:

Welcome Back 1

UHS Student Book Club 1

Back to School Podcasts 1

Banned Books Week 2

Info Literacy Skills Class 2

Summer Reading Books 2

Uxbridge High School Library 

62 Capron Street 

Uxbridge, MA 01569

Mrs. Kirsten Fournier, Librarian

kfournier@uxbridge.k12.ma.us

(508) 278-7231

Library Hours:

M-F: 8:30-12:30, 1:45-2:30

Twitter: uhslibrary 

September 16, 2011

Volume 2, Issue 1

15 Essential Back to School PodcastsMashable, an independent news

source dedicated to covering digital

culture, social media and technol-

ogy, recently named their top picks

of essential back to school podcasts. Here are some great ones, including The Math Dude, to

add to your iTunes library.

Welcome back to school everyone! I hope you all enjoyed your summers! Please stop by the

UHS Library when you have a chance. There are some fabulous new books waiting for you!

You'll see some cover images of a few new ones below. And of course, new magazines are

waiting for you too :)

Mrs. Fournier is also happy to assist you with all of your research needs, don't hesitate to stop

by the circulation desk with any questions or to schedule a research tutorial.

Here's to a great 2011 - 2012 school year!

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Donate your summer reading books to the UHS Library

September 24—October 1 is Banned Books Week

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First trimester of new Information Literacy Skills ClassThe first trimester of our new Information Literacy Skills Class is now in session. Students in

this class are learning to become more comfortable in clearly defining a subject or area of 

investigation, formulating a search strategy that encompasses various sources of informa-

tion, and analyzing the information collected for value, relevancy, and quality. Students arealso exploring how to use various forms of social media in the research process by experi-

menting with different presentation formats, online collaborative tools, and understanding

how one can use social media responsibly in an academic setting.

In library newsletters to come, there will be a “Social Media Corner” in which a new social media technology is profiled each month. This month,

we’re profiling Wikispaces.  Wikispaces is an online tool that can be used to build communities. With Wikispaces, groups have the freedom to

publish pages and discuss content with no real technical knowledge required. A great tool for collaboration in the research process, our Informa-

tion Literacy Skills class contributes to and discusses class assignments regularly on a wiki created specifically for our class.

For more information about Wikispaces, or to create your own class wiki, please visit:

http://www.wikispaces.com/ 

* Don’t forget to check out the Library Research Tutorial now posted on the library blog!  

Banned Books Week (BBW) is an annual event celebrating

the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amend-

ment. Held during the last week of September, Banned

Books Week highlights the benefits of free and open access

to information while drawing attention to the harms of cen-

sorship by spotlighting actual or attempted bannings of 

books across the United States.

Intellectual freedom—the freedom to access information

and express ideas, even if the information and ideas might

be considered unorthodox or unpopular—provides the

foundation for Banned Books Week. BBW stresses the im-

portance of ensuring the availability of unorthodox or un-

popular viewpoints for all who wish to read and access

them.

Some frequently challenged books include F. Scott Fitzger-

ald’s The Great Gatsby, J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye,

John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, Harper Lee’s To Kill A

Mockingbird, among many others!

Thank you to everyone who participated in our new summer reading program this year. I hope everyone en-

 joyed their discussion groups! Our books have created a little bit of buzz among students and staff —please

consider donating those copies you no longer want to the UHS Library so we can share some great books!