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Increased collaboration with the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) and UW Madison and UW Campus libraries were among the accomplishments for the CIMC in 2006-2007. CIMC activities and staff accomplishment were also recognized by the official publication of the American Library Association and campus recognition given to three CIMC staff members.

Collaboration with MMSD included piloting a delivery service to School of Education students and cooperating teachers in ten MMSD schools. This service supported resource based teaching by providing convenient access to professional development and K-12 materials. The MMSD collaboration also included the submission of a successful proposal to the UW Digital Collections Center to provide online access to 100 years of MMSD annual reports. This digital collection, projected to be available in November 2007, will provide primary source materials to scholars in educational history as well as fourth graders completing units on Wisconsin history.

One quarter of the materials loaned by the CIMC to the students, staff and faculty of the School of Education were made available to our users by other UW Madison and UW System libraries. The extensive use of "Universal Borrowing" across campus and system libraries strengthens the ability of the CIMC collection to meet the information needs of the School of Education.

The CIMC celebrated National Library Week by preparing customized READ ™ posters for 333 people during the week of April 15-21. This promotion was highlighted among celebrations across the U.S. in the May 2007 issue of American Libraries.

Jo Ann Carr, CIMC/IMDC Director, was presented the Wisconsin Alumni Association Leadership Award in May 2007. Anna Lewis, CIMC Assistant Director, was recognized as the Academic Staff Service Award Winner by campus libraries and Renee Disch received the School of Education’s Daly Student Staff Achievement Award.

A full report of CIMC accomplishments in support of the campus strategic objectives is available online.

Please contact Jo Ann Carr for additional information.

Posted by Catherine Stephens on October 1, 2007

In support of teaching with games and simulations, the CIMC offers a virtual space to SoE classes and groups in Second Life, a virtual world and MOSS (Massive Online Social Simulation). The SoE space resides on the Teaching island, part of the New Media Campus consortium of islands, The NMC Teaching island offers space for class meetings at no cost, video and audio casts, in-world conferences, live voice chat, gallery space for art exhibits, and access to a variety of virtual teaching tools.

Interested in learning more? Second Life is home to a growing number of education initiatives. SimTeach, an online Community for Educators using Multi User Virtual Environments provides a partial list of Colleges and Universities exploring and teaching in Second Life. The NMC continues to offer Teacher Buzz sessions where faculty and instructors offer in class tours and share learning activities in world. University of Wisconsin-Madison is also home to a special interest group sponsored by ComETS exploring Sims and Games for teaching and learning.

The SoE's Virtual Learning Center is open to visits by SoE classes and programs. New projects are welcome and encouraged. To learn more about Second Life, arrange a class demonstration, or to become involved with the SoE Virtual Learning Center, please contact Catherine Stephens.


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Posted by Catherine Stephens on October 1, 2007

Artists' Book Collection
76 images, added 9/11/2007

This database is an illustrated, descriptive index to the Artists' Book Collection, located in the Kohler Art Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison. The artists’ books are finely crafted and visually stimulating works made by more than 150 presses and artists worldwide. They comprise limited edition, one-of-a-kind, and offset books, representative of major book artists working during the past thirty years, including many who trained in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Art Department. These additions include work from Silver Buckle Press's Tracy Honn among others. The Artists' Books digital collection is intended to create a visual finding aid to the entire Artists' Book Collection.

Please contact the CIMC reference desk with questions about UW Digital Collections.

Courtesy of
Melissa McLimans
Digital Services Librarian
UW Digital Collections Center

Posted by Catherine Stephens on October 1, 2007

CIMC instruction staff offer help and support to SoE faculty in learning how to use online course management systems. We offer a variety of tools in order to help faculty arrive at the eLearning solution that meets your goals for teaching online.

A quick snapshot of course management tools available from the CIMC includes:

Learn@UW -- CIMC staff help guide and teach faculty in the use of Learn@UW. Learn@UW is a widely accepted tool at UW-Madison, and helps facilitate posting of lecture materials, links to web resources and ereserves, online discussions, chat, submissions of assignments and feedback, a student blog, and quizzing and grading online.

Moodle -- CIMC staff offer Moodle as an alternative course management platform. Moodle's features include a forum for online discussions, (3) choices for formatting the course navigation, chat, posting of lecture materials, links to web resources, and a wiki and blog tool that can be incorporated into assignments. Moodle is patterned after a social constructionist pedagogy, and can be a nice choice for online group work and peer editing of assignments.

Webboard -- CIMC staff also offer a Webboard, an easy to learn tool designed for online threaded discussions.

Mailing list (listservs) -- Faculty and staff can request mailing lists for courses and other special-interest groupings (advisees, research projects, committees, etc.). The mailing list comes with an administrative web page to manage list membership, message archives, and other settings.

CIMC staff can also offer help with Concept Map software, Podcasting, Learning Objects, and integration of online curriculum. CIMC staff are ready to help design solutions, and help with instructional design. We encourage you to contact us.

For more information, please contact Catherine Stephens, Instruction/Outreach Coordinator.

Posted by Catherine Stephens on October 1, 2007

This month, several upcoming events will receive special display recognition at the CIMC.

Locally, we look forward to the Wisconsin Book Festival, held in downtown Madison from October 10 - 14, 2007. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Humanities Council, this annual Festival celebrates Wisconsin's rich literary heritage, brings some of America’s finest writers to the state, and encourages Wisconsinites of all ages to read widely and to participate in the dynamic, interactive literary events held during this annual weeklong Festival.

This year's theme is "Domestic Tranquility" and visiting speakers will explore historical and present-day issues regarding this concept. What begets tranquility? Who decides what is "domestic"? And what role does the government play in protecting it? From immigration and border disputes, to violence and the right to bear arms, to religion and public life -- novelists, poets, journalists, and others will gather to explore what a tranquil home might look like to them. More information on this year's Festival and a complete list of scheduled events can be found at http://www.wisconsinbookfestival.org/

Nationally, the American Library Association (ALA) designates the third full week in October to celebrate Teen Read Week. Teen Read Week is a national literacy initiative of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) aimed at teens, their parents, librarians, educators, booksellers and other concerned adults. The continuing message of the Teen Read Week initiative is to encourage 12-18 year olds to "Read For The Fun Of It." Each year an annual theme allows YALSA to focus on timely topics and teen interests. This year's theme of LOL@your library (Laugh Out Loud @your library) will be celebrated from October 14-20 and will focus on highlighting humorous materials that can be used to successfully reach this group of readers. More information on Teen Read Week can be found at:

http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teenreading/teenreading.cfm?gclid=CKu2oPuO5I4CFQUsPAod3UGdNQ

OR by searching "Teen Read Week 2007" at the ALA website http://www.ala.org/

October is also the month designated by the American Academy of Family Physicans (AAFP) as Family Health Month. Since proper nutrition and physical exercise are important factors that contribute to good health, another display this month will showcase CIMC collection items that demonstrate how proper nutrition and activity can also work to promote learning.

Posted by Patricia Eschmann on October 1, 2007

Getting ready : School Readiness Indicators Initiative : a 17-state partnership
A multi-state initiative that uses child well-being indicators to build a change agenda in states and local communities in order to improve school readiness and ensure early school success.

Terrific transitions : supporting children's transition to kindergarten
Provides a wide variety of transition information and resources for families, professionals, and community partnerships to use as they address children’s transitions into kindergarten.

Harvard Family Research Project
Features the work of the Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP), including research on early childhood care and education, family, school and community partnerships, evaluation and accountability, and professional development.

Sesame workshop
The official home of Sesame Street. Includes parenting information and Sesame Street activities for children.

RaceBridges
RaceBridges is a multimedia project devoted to bringing the races together via mass media and the digital and expressive arts.

Indian Country Diaries
The companion web site to Indian Country Diaries, a two-part series of documentaries that explore the challenges facing Native Americans in the 21st Century, in both urban and reservation settings.

Cross-categorical programming in special education
This study looks at factors which affect the successful implementation of cross-categorical special education programming at Glendale Elementary

Posted by Catherine Stephens on October 1, 2007