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Jo Ann Carr collaborated with Todd Price, instructor in the MSPE program, in a "Course Showcase" presentation at the Distance Learning Conference. Jo Ann has also been notified that her 2003 article "Information-Literacy Collaboration: A Shared Responsibility," [American Libraries, Sept. 2003, pp. 52*54] has been selected for inclusion in The Whole Library Handbook 4 to be published in early 2006 by the American Library Association.

Catherine Stephens offered a presentation at the August Desire2Learn conference entitled "Lessons Learned from a VCOP". The session tells the story of an active virtual community of practice at UW-Madison.

Posted by Jo Ann Carr on September 1, 2005

Mathematics Miseducation: The Case Against a Tired Tradition, by Derek Stolp (2005)
The Politics of Curricular Change: Race, Hegemony, and Power in Education, edited by M. Christopher Brown II and Roderic R. Land (2005)
Your First Year of Teaching: Guidelines for Success, by Richard D. Kellough (2005)

Mathematics Miseducation: The Case Against a Tired Tradition, by Derek Stolp (ScarecrowEducation, 2005)
QA 11.2 S86 2005
Is math an essential subject for all students well into their high school years? Or should it even be included, as currently taught, in the curriculum? Stolp discusses prcatical approaches to revive the relevancy and effectiveness of math education.

The Politics of Curricular Change: Race, Hegemony, and Power in Education, edited by M. Christopher Brown II and Roderic R. Land (Peter Lang, 2005)
LB 1570 .P58 2005
Distinguishes the separate and independent influences of race, hegemony, and power on educational reform and highlights the persistence of curricular discrimination despite the acknoeledgement of a diverse population.

Your First Year of Teaching: Guidelines for Success, by Richard D. Kellough (3rd ed.) (Pearson, 2005)
LB 2844.1 .N4 K45 2005
A guide to help the beginning teacher replace first-year frustrations and discouragement with emotionally and academically rewarding experiences.

Posted by Vince Jenkins on September 1, 2005

Global Counterstrike: International Terrorism, by Samuel M. Katz. (Lerner Publications, 2005)
LTy HV 6431 .K317 2005
History and major operations of special counterterrorism forces outside the United States since the 1970s. Timeline, bibliography, index.

The Persian Gulf and Iraqi Wars, by Lawrence J. Zwier and Matthew S. Weltig. (Lerner, 2005)
Overview of Iraq's 1991 and 2003 wars with the United States, as well as with Kuwait and Iran, and the military roles of minorities and women. Maps, timeline, glossary, bibliography, index.

Other "Notable Social Science Trade Books for Young People"
NONFICTION
Gargoyles, girders, & glass houses: magnificent master builders by
Bo Zaunders, illustrated by Roxie Munro.
George Washington: an illustrated biography by David A. Adler.
Helen Keller: a determined life by Elizabeth MacLeod.
Martin Luther King Jr.: dreaming of equality by Ann S. Manheimer.
The trial of the police officers in the shooting death of Amadou
Diallo: a headline court case by Bryna J. Fireside.
The amazing Mr. Franklin, or, The boy who read everything by Ruth
Ashby.
Curse of the pharaohs: my adventures with mummies by Zahi Hawass.
Antarctica: journeys to the South Pole by Walter Dean Myers.

FICTION
Hard hat area by Susan Roth.
Henry works by D.B. Johnson.
Thura's diary: my life in wartime Iraq by Thura Al-Windawi;
translated by Robin Bray.
Remember, Grandma? by Laura Langston; illustrated by Lindsey
Gardiner.
Hannah is my name by Belle Yang.
The coast mappers by Taylor Morrison.

Posted by Vince Jenkins on September 1, 2005

The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
Education programs, exhibitions, visitor information, museum shop, and more. Provides links to online resources on picture books and children's literature.

Passport: International Children's Literature
A guide to international children's literature resources. Includes links to children literature awards, authors & Illustrators, bookfairs, booksellers, journals, grants, organizations, publishers, and more. Links are organized by geographic region.

Characteristics of Public School Teachers' Professional Development
Activities: 1999-2000
"Using data from the 1999-2000 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), this Issue Brief shows how prevalent were various features of professional development activities among public school teachers."

Posted by Vince Jenkins on September 1, 2005

Get a head start on the semester by checking out books on learning and teaching study skills. This month, the CIMC will feature these items in addition to books about the first day of school in a special display. For statistics about returning to school in 2005, explore the U.S. Census Bureau Facts for Features website.

Banned Books Week
September 26-30, 2005

Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read is observed during the last week of September each year. Observed since 1982, the annual event reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted.” (American Library Association) . A the CIMC, we have over 250 banned or challenged books in our collection. Celebrate Banned Books Week by reading one (or more).

Hispanic-American Heritage Month

September 15 to October 15 is Hispanic-American Heritage Month. We will highlight items on this topic from our PreK-12 and Professional collections. Don’t forget the web resources we’ve compiled on our webliographies page.

Educational Research

The CIMC will also feature items on display that might be useful as you begin your research projects this semester.

Welcome to a new school year!

Posted by Kelly Haferman on September 1, 2005

The CIMC would like to remind borrowers that they are agreeing to follow UW-Madison Instructional Technology appropriate use guidelines when they check-out equipment from the CIMC. These guidelines can be viewed at http://www.doit.wisc.edu/security/policies/appropriate_use.asp. They are also available on the back of the equipment authorization forms that all users must sign each academic term. Questions or comments can be addressed to Anna Lewis at alewis@education.wisc.edu.

Posted by Anna Lewis on September 1, 2005

Last month, we installed Ad-Aware, a program for removing "spyware"
and related malicious software spread by web pages. This month I will
describe how to scan with Ad-Aware and how to activate automatic
protection with Ad-Watch.

The basic Ad-Aware scan takes four steps: choosing a scan mode,
executing the scan, picking spyware to quarantine, and quarantining
spyware. Start Ad-Aware by choosing its icon from the LavaSoft folder
in the Programs folder of the Start menu. Click the [Scan now] button
on the left margin of the window, and the Scan Mode window will
open. The default scan mode, "smart system scan", is a good
choice. Click the [Next] button, and Ad-Aware scans for spyware in
active programs, software settings, Internet Explorer, and hard disk
files. When the scan ends, the window lists any spyware found. To
dispose of any spyware, fill its corresponding checkbox and click the
[Quarantine] button. Exit Ad-Aware, and you're done. In the future, if
you want a quicker scan, pick the "Customize" mode and limit the scan
to "Memory & Registry" for example.

Automatic protection can be activated through the Ad-Watch
program. Ad-Watch monitors and blocks common spyware activity. Start
Ad-Watch by choosing its icon from the same Lavasoft folder in the
Programs folder on the Start menu. The default window is an activity
log; click the [Tools] button on the bottom of the window to view
preferences. The default preferences do not automatically start
Ad-Watch when the computer starts. Change this behavior by locating
the setting "Load Ad-Watch on Windows start up" under "Activity", and
clicking its red icon to switch it on (and turn the icon green). You
may also want to change two other settings. Switch off the "Activate
Pop-up blocker" setting under "Blocking Options", because most modern
web browsers have their own pop-up blocker. Also, switch on the
"Create Event-History" setting under "Event-History" to keep a file of
spyware blocking activity. With Ad-Watch continually monitoring
activity, your computer has another layer of protection against
spyware.

Posted by Chris Dowling on September 1, 2005

Beginning this Fall, a new concept referred to as “Library Course Pages” becomes available for faculty, library staff, and students. Library Course Pages bring about a marriage between EReserves and library instruction resources. Library instruction resources include links to library databases, specific articles, tutorials, links to subject guides, web links, and instruction designed for specific classes. See http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/info_for/faculty/LCP_campus_sample.pdf to view an example of a library course page.

How do Students access Library Course Pages?
Students find library course pages in the My UW Portal, in the same web location as E_Reserves. Library Course Pages brings all library course resources together, in one place, any time, anywhere.

How can faculty learn more?
Contact Catherine Stephens at cstephens@education.wisc.edu with questions, or to learn more about posting library instruction resources using Library Course Pages.

Posted by Catherine Stephens on September 1, 2005

The temporary public disk named "Weekly" no longer appears on CIMC lab
desktops. In its place, an icon for "MyWebSpace" appears on lab
desktops. MyWebSpace is a campus-wide service, that anyone with a
NetID can access. It offers almost universal access, because it is
available via a web browser. Plus, its added WebDAV support makes it
as simple to use as a normal network drive.

MyWebSpace offers more privacy and permanence than the Weekly
space. Files can be saved in a private folder or a public folder that
doubles as a web site. Even though files are private, you can send a
link to anyone so that the chosen file can be read without giving
access to any other private files. There is also a group folder option
that allows classes or teams to share the same set of files. If you
are interested, you can find out more at the following site...

http://www.doit.wisc.edu/mywebspace/

Or contact Chris Dowling at cdowling@education.wisc.edu.

Posted by Chris Dowling on September 1, 2005

Effective August 15th, to print a poster at the CIMC:

*You must be a student currently enrolled in a School of Education class or a faculty or staff member in a School of Education department.

*The cost of printing a poster will increase to $4 per linear foot.

*Users will be required to fill out a form that verifies that they are in the School of Education before they are able to print a poster.

Why have we made these changes?

The CIMC receives money for our poster printer from the School of Education, and our primary mission is to support the programs in the School of Education.

In the last two years, we have seen a dramatic increase in the use of the poster printer. Unfortunately, the CIMC does not have the staff necessary to handle this increased workload. Moreover, School of Education use accounts for only 10% of total poster printing at the CIMC. The disparty in use keeps our staff from providing quality service to our main client group - the School of Education.

We are happy to provide patrons with information about other poster printing resources. If you have comments or questions about our new policies, please contact Anna Lewis at 608-263-8199 or alewis@education.wisc.edu.

Posted by Anna Lewis on September 1, 2005

After more than a year of inactivity, the ERIC database was updated with new citations on June 26th. The database will continue to be updated on a regular basis going forward. The new information includes citations from over 100 journal titles and over 50 non-journal (government and NGO publications) sources.

Currently, this information is ONLY available through the Dept. of Education's ERIC website located at: http://eric.ed.gov/ The citations located there only link to the full-text of articles that are freely available on the Internet and NOT those available in full-text through campus subscriptions. It is anticipated that the UW's version of ERIC (through EbscoHost) will be updated in the near future.

If you have questions, contact Jim Jonas at jjonas@education.wisc.edu.

Posted by Jim Jonas on September 1, 2005

Whether you use AOL, Yahoo!, MSN or ICQ; now you can get answers to your library-related questions via IM. Just add cimcref to your buddy list and your librarian is just a click away. Regardless of the service you use, you can always reach CIMC Reference via chat with the screen name: cimcref .

Posted by Jim Jonas on September 1, 2005

New this fall, CIMC instruction staff have devised a workflow and new set of guidelines to accompany “course integrated instruction” sessions. The new guidelines are designed to emphasize collaboration between faculty and library staff, help facilitate excellent library instruction sessions, and help identify specific resources which complement course objectives and assignments.

CIMC instruction sessions help address information and technology literacy standards. Topics include evaluation and selection of resources for class projects and research, using technology and digital media for classroom work, and effective use of technology to communicate and convey information to classmates and instructors.

Actual design of course-integrated instruction happens in a collaborative context. CIMC staff work closely with SoE faculty in order to compliment course objectives, assignments and course outcomes. Steps include a review of the class syllabus, consultation with faculty about course materials and specific course assignments, and design of course instruction sessions which relate to course objectives. Course sessions take place in CIMC technology labs, or in the SoE classrooms and often include customized resources and materials.

To learn more about course-integrated instruction opportunities, visit the program description online, or contact Catherine Stephens at cstephens@education.wisc.edu.

Posted by Catherine Stephens on September 1, 2005

The CIMC plans to cancel its subscriptions to the 22 print journals shown below, effective in January 2006, to reduce serials costs by more than $3600, or ca. 13% of last year's journals budget. Costs are projected to increase in 2006 by as much as 9%; these cuts are necessary to remain within our budget. Nearly all of these titles are available to students, faculty, staff, and other valid UW library users electronically or from other UW libraries, and all CIMC print back issues will be retained in-house, pending a study of their usefulness and uniqueness on campus.

CIMC staff appreciate the interest that faculty expressed in specific titles. We considered their comments carefully in our efforts to most economically provide materials for teaching support and research.

Art education
Chronicle of higher education
Condition of education
Educational media and technology yearbook
High school journal
Information technology in childhood education annual
Interchange
JCT (Journal of curriculum theorizing)
Journal of computers in mathematics and science education
Journal of curriculum studies
Journal of educational multimedia and hypermedia
Journal of educational psychology
Journal of environmental education
Journal of moral education
Journal of school psychology
Journal of special education technology
Journal of technology and teacher education
Magazine of history
Open learning
Professional school counseling
Requirements for certification of teachers, counselors, librarians, administrators for elementary and secondary schools
Scholastic choices

Please send questions or comments to Vince Jenkins at vjenkins@education.wisc.edu .

Posted by Vince Jenkins on September 1, 2005

The UW-Madison Libraries just made it easier for users to find online resources. The new E-Resource Gateway provides an organized access point from which users can begin a search for electronic resources, including journal articles. Organized by both database name (example: Education Full Text) and by Subject (example: Education/Library Studies), the gateway provides many ways for users to effectively search for and locate electronic resources. The E-Resource Gateway is located on the UW-Madison Libraries homepage. Take a minute to explore this new gateway and be sure to contact or stop by the reference desk with any navigation questions.

See the Quick Guide to the E-Resource Gateway for a quick tour.

Happy Exploring!

Posted by Lisa Teyema on September 1, 2005

CIMC Staff are pleased to display two new student art exhibits. The first, entitled "Put a Monkey In Space…", by UW Art Student Michael Rae, has landed in the CIMC atrium. We encourage patrons to visit this marvel, a large wooden space capsule, complete with parachute, and falling knobs and wires.

Our second art exhibit, "Rock and Roll Damnation" and is part of a huge collaborative effort by the Dirty Printmakers of America, which includes UW Art students Joseph Velasquez and Greg Nanney. The many amazing prints are hung throughout the 3rd floor of the CIMC.

Photos of the current exhibit are posted at the CIMC Art Exhibit web site.

To find out about using the CIMC for a future art exhibit, please contact Anna Lewis at alewis@education.wisc.edu.

Posted by Anna Lewis on September 1, 2005