Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Instructor CFP - create an open textbook

Call for Proposals: University Libraries and the Provost Office Seeks Faculty to Author Open Textbooks.
Open access textbooks present the opportunity to revolutionize how knowledge is disseminated. By making teaching materials freely available online, readers worldwide can engage with them, regardless of their ability to pay.
We invite UNCG faculty members to submit textbook proposals for any discipline taught at UNCG at the undergraduate or postgraduate level (a UNCG faculty member must be the sole or lead author). We seek proposals for texts that are comprehensive works geared toward a specific field of study. Preference will be given to proposals with applicability towards multiple, high-enrollment courses taught by faculty in a single department.
Faculty are invited to apply through a competitive grant process that will award $5000 to two faculty who submit successful proposals outlining efforts to create an open textbook.   The funds will be given in two payments $2500 at the beginning of the project and $2500 when completed. The winners will be given three years to finalize their textbook.  The chosen faculty will be provided help with design, editorial and production services through the University Libraries’ participation in the Open Textbook Network Publishing Cooperative.  For more information please contact Beth Bernhardt (beth_bernhardt@uncg.edu)

PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS:
Please visit https://tinyurl.com/textbookpropsal2018  and submit a description of your project and include the following information:
1.       Your name, job title, department; please include complete contact information. Include brief bios for coauthors if applicable.
2.       A statement of support from your Department Chair, Assistant/Associate Dean or Dean.
3.       Describe your intended audience, and any courses that would be likely to use the book at UNCG or other schools.
4.       Provide manuscript specifics, such as a table of contents, chapter-by-chapter description, and the manuscript’s estimated length.
5.       How often do you anticipate revisions/updates will be required?
6.       Briefly discuss how you will address peer-review for your manuscript and please suggest 2–3 possible peer-reviewers (2 reviewers must not be affiliated with UNCG), including contact information, affiliation, etc.

Applications must be submitted by May 8th, 2018.
Applicants notified by May 11, 2018.
Textbook available July 2021.

Monday, April 9, 2018

Friday April 20 - Discussions on Textbook Affordability

Please join us for a series of presentations on textbook affordability on Friday, April 20th from 1-3:30 p.m. at J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University.  The event will feature presentations from faculty, students, and librarians from East Carolina University and the University of North Carolina-Greensboro. A full schedule of events can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/NCTextbooksAgenda.  

To attend in-person or virtually, please register here: https://tinyurl.com/NCTextbooks.  If you have questions, please contact Joseph Thomas or Beth Bernhardt.

Combined Alternative Textbook Program Symposium*
Discussions on Textbook Affordability
Friday, April 20th from 1-3:30 p.m.
2409 J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC




*This Combined Alternative Textbook program was supported by grant funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the federal Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Friday, April 6, 2018

Students - visioning sessions on library space

As you may have heard, the UNC Greensboro libraries are now working with the RATIO architectural firm to study various possibilities for renovation and expansion of the Jackson Library. It is my sincere pleasure to invite you to attend a “visioning session” with the architects. In this session, you will first be presented with an array of images portraying various possibilities for innovative library improvements, and then engage in an interactive discussion with the architectural team. We want to engage you in imagining the future of the Jackson Library, and prioritizing the range of possible enhancements in coming years. We will be offering pizza and drinks for everyone that attends, as well as gift card door prizes of $50 and $10 for those who attend. 
 
  • Lunch - Tuesday, April 10, 2018   12 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.  
  • Dinner - Tuesday, April 17, 2018   5:15 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. 



Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Online instructors - TOPPS May 7-11

The UTLC is hosting a week of workshops aimed at online faculty members May 7-11th. The event is called TOPPS - Transforming Online Pedagogy and Practice Symposium.

Faculty members are learning about this event in the Thursday newsletter, but I wanted to give the ITCs an early heads up to promote this event to your online faculty members. 

Our keynote speaker for Tuesday and Wednesday is Michelle Miller, author of Minds Online

Key information
  • Monday - Wednesday - on-campus events
  • Thursday-Friday - online events (Summer classes start on Thursday.)
  • Mornings consist of one event for everyone. 
  • Afternoons consist of sessions that allow faculty members to choose one that best fits their needs. 
  • Participants who register for both the morning and afternoon sessions on the same day will be served lunch.  
Note that the library will be hosting three sessions:
Tuesday, May 8th 1:30-3:30pm Using Library Resources in Online Teaching
Thursday, May 10th 10-10:30am Library Resources in Canvas: embedding, linking, and more! (Virtual WebEx Session)
Friday, May 11th 10-1030am Zotero: Citation Management (Virtual WebEx Session)
 
 
 

Instructors - Information Literacy Course Redesign Awards

We're recruiting faculty to apply for awards for their Fall 2018 classes.

The application deadline is Friday April 27, 2018, and there will be a Panel/Q&A with a few faculty members and their partners from the Libraries on April 10, 2018 at 2pm. More details are available online at: http://uncglibrariesannouncements.blogspot.com/2018/04/information-literacy-course-development.html