Library Study Room and Black Lives Matter event

Yesterday the Library inaugurated our rebranded Study Room. The English department brought in a couple of speakers from the #BlackLivesMatter movement and we hosted the event in the Study Room. As you can see, with the tables pushed to the sides, we can accommodate a fair sized group. We will be helping brand / personalize the room with posters in the next couple of days. 

In case you missed the email I sent out last week. Here is a pic of the 'new' sign for the Study Room. We were able to modify and reuse the old quiet study room sign.

We'll make it a point to post new pics as we finish adding the library touch to the room and as we host events.

Library Staff Meeting Follow up

Good Morning:
In today's meeting we used a lot of acronyms and talked about getting more information online. I thought it might be useful to list some of them and provide the links. So here goes.

Sources for tutorials on information competency:

OERCommons: Worldwide learning network of shared teaching and learning materials made freely available online. Grouped by subject area and grade level
http://www.oercommons.org

Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources: Our mission is to expand access to education by promoting awareness and adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER).  Over 250 colleges have joined us and many more participate in our activities and use resources on the website.
http://www.oerconsortium.org

Creative Commons: a nonprofit organization that enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools. Our free, easy-to-use copyright licenses provide a simple, standardized way to give the public permission to share and use your creativework — on conditions of your choice.
To find tutorials licensed under creative commons you can add the term to your search

Merlot II (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching: a curated collection of free and open online teaching, learning, and faculty development services contributed and used by an international education community.
http://www.merlot.org


Resources for more information on OEI and the online teaching rubric Sabrina mentioned:
California Open Educational Initiative
     http://ccconlineed.org/
OEI Course Design Rubric: http://ccconlineed.org/faculty-resources/professional-development/online-course-design-standards/

Please let me know if there are any other resources or links you would like to see added to this post. Thanks to all for a great meeting this morning.