Photography/Digital Literacy Workshop Weds 3/1

On Weds 3/1/2017, the Digital Media Commons and Digital Act Studio will be providing a workshop on photography and digital literacy:

• 12 pm session for faculty
• 5 pm session for students
• staff welcome to attend either session

Interested? Please sign up for one of these times: https://goo.gl/forms/O1JZ5JL7a1Pv0dr13

These sessions in the Digital ACT Studio will be aimed at promoting digital literacy to our faculty and students. In this workshop, we will work to collectively explore both the possibilities and the limitations of the relationship between image and text. We will talk briefly about the techniques of both mediums, then get to work with a camera and pen to effectively execute our ideas! Although this workshop is geared to toward faculty and students library staff and faculty are always welcome to attend either event.

Undergraduate (Library) Research Award

The University Libraries want to recognize your students' research skills!

We are soliciting submissions for our Undergraduate Research Award. This $500 prize is given in recognition of an outstanding undergraduate research project. Successful individual or group projects will demonstrate the ability to locate, select and synthesize information from scholarly resources.

Any paper or project completed by an undergraduate in the Spring, Summer or Fall semesters of 2016 is eligible. Applicants must be enrolled at UNCG in the Spring 2017 semester. It is open to all undergraduate students. If your students have turned in excellent research assignments, we urge you to nominate them for this award. Applications are due on March 24, 2017 at 5 p.m. Nomination forms and more information is available at http://library.uncg.edu/info/events_and_awards/undergraduate_research_award.aspx

Instructors - Learn about ways to save your students money with affordable textbooks

Are you interested in bringing down the cost of textbooks for your students?  The high cost of commercial textbooks (print and electronic) is a major concern for both students and their parents.  A new program at UNCG encourages you to do something about that concern.

The Office of the Provost and the University Libraries are joining together to support UNCG’s Open Education “Mini-Grants” initiative to encourage instructors to use low-cost or free alternatives to expensive course materials; these can include open-access scholarly resources, library-licensed and owned resources, and learning objects and texts that faculty create themselves.

Fifteen $1000 “mini-grants” will be available this spring, and are meant to offer an incentive for the time it will take faculty to identify new resources, adjust syllabi, and modify assignments and can also be used to cover any actual expenses you incur.

If you are interested in applying for these “mini-grants”, you are encouraged to attend one of the Open Education Initiative information sessions to be held February 21 or 22^nd from 12 pm to 1 pm in Jackson Library Room 216.  Please RSVP prior to the workshop or direct your questions to Beth Bernhardt at brbernha@uncg.edu.

Additional literature on open educational resources is available at http://uncg.libguides.com/oer

The deadline to apply for the “mini-grants” is March 10^th.  You can apply at http://tinyurl.com/o2xck9j.

DynaMed - Evidence based and available for offline use on mobile devices

I've had several great questions about DynaMed, the database that provides clinical summaries for > 3,000 topics, plus drug information and clinical calculators.

1. Is DynaMed Evidence Based?

Yes! 

This page describes how DynaMed summaries are based on best available evidence: extensive literature review to identify sources, critical appraisal based on levels of evidence (I'd add that levels of underlying evidence are clearly noted in the summaries), synthesis of evidence, and frequent updates.

> 500 medical journals are reviewed daily to update topics.  The last update is noted at the top of each summary.  Often it's within a few months. You shouldn't see any topic last updated 5 years ago (if you do, let your librarian know!).

2. Is DynaMed available for mobile use?

Yes!  You can use DynaMed offline on a mobile device.

Create your own free account with Dynamed and download the app. Instructions are here.

Please note, if you'd like to use DynaMed online, just point your browser to any DynaMed link on the library website and use your iSpartan account to log in. 

We'll have access to DynaMed until July 2019.

Have a coat or hat at the back of your closet? Give it a new home Feb 13-15

Winter clothing drive in the EUC Feb 13-15

All proceeds go to the Interactive Resource Center

Sage Research Methods Video

Sage Research Methods now has video! These videos add to the already valuable content dedicated to helping researchers discover new or improve upon existing knowledge of research methodologies and approaches, such as the Little Blue and Green books. Videos touch on a wide range of topics, and include an entire 15-hour course on Introductory Statistics. All of these videos are fully integrated into the Sage Research Methods platform, so there is no need to learn a new interface.
Read more about Watch New Ways to Research with Sage Research Methods Video

No Man's Land - next film screening in the Human Rights Network series

Check this site for other film screenings -http://humanrightsresearchnetwork.weebly.com/

Undergraduates - win $ for library research!

The University Libraries want to recognize students' research skills!

We are soliciting submissions for our Undergraduate Research Award.  This $500 prize is given in recognition of an outstanding undergraduate research project.  Successful individual or group projects will demonstrate the ability to locate, select, and synthesize information from scholarly resources.

Any paper or project completed by an undergraduate in the Spring, Summer, or Fall semesters of 2016 is eligible. Applicants must be enrolled at UNCG in the Spring 2017 semester.  It is open to all undergraduate students.  

If your students have turned in excellent research assignments, we urge you to nominate them for this award.   

Applications are due on March 24, 2017.  Full details are available at:

http://library.uncg.edu/info/events_and_awards/undergraduate_research_award.aspx