Just as there are predatory journals where scholars pay to get published while getting very little in the way of improving their publication record, there are conferences that are touted as scholarly but are actually misleading, exaggerated or fake in their reputability. This new site Think, Check, Attend offers thoughtful guidance on trusting a conference to attend and present your research. The checklist asks researchers if they are familiar with sponsors of the conference, its venue, reputation, etc.
The EdLib Report
Bill Gates’s Gift to College Graduates–Factfulness
Factfulness, written by the late global-health expert Hans Rosling, is a free online book to all U.S. college graduates from Bill Gates. It is one of his favorite books. To get a copy of the book, users must sign up for it or become a member of Gates Notes Insider. Click here if you are interested.
Library Hours During Break and Summer Sessions
During break library hours will change. Saturday, May 5, the library will be open 10am-6pm and Sunday, May 6 the library will be open 12pm-6pm. During the week the library will be open 8am-5pm. Starting May 14th, summer hours are from 7:30 am-12am Mon-Thursday. If you need to check library hours, click here.
Black Students, Boys and Students with Disabilities Disproportionately Disciplined
A new GAO Report indicates that suspensions and expulsions in K-12 schools disproportionately affect black students, boys, and students with disabilities. The report indicates that over-representation of these populations suggests that educators identify disparities and address them by implementing alternatives that remove children from the classroom.
Gun Violence Archive
The mission of the Gun Violence Archive (GVA) is to offer free online public access to accurate information about gun-related violence in the U.S. This non-profit corporation formed in 2013 collects and checks for accuracy information about gun-related violence in the U.S. and then posts and disseminates it.
Papers of Benjamin Franklin Now Online
The papers of American scientist, statesman and diplomat Benjamin Franklin have been digitized and are now available online for the first time from the Library of Congress. The collection consists of about 8,000 items dating from the 1770’s and 1780’s, including items …Continue Reading
Online Students Don’t Have to Work Solo
This recent blog post by Mark Lieberman, from Inside Higher Education outlines the challenges with assigning group work in courses and the even greater challenges for online courses. The article gives some good tips and talks about best practices to make online …Continue Reading
Learning the Library
If you have new or transfer students attending your classes this summer, you can orient them to the library remotely in a number of ways. First, you can add your liaison librarian to your Canvas course where he or she can add …Continue Reading
