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The CIMC is planning for the 2008-09 fiscal year. We want to make sure that you are involved in the process, because we want to address and understand your needs. If you're in the CIMC, we encourage you to stop by our comments wall, and write down your suggestions to our various questions on the large flip charts. If you're online, simply comment on this news entry with your suggestions to the following questions. If you'd prefer not to comment online, you may also email any suggestions to alewis@education.wisc.edu. Thanks in advanced for helping us to help you!

1. As the CIMC continues to change to meet the needs of our users, what are things about the CIMC's staff, structure and services that should NOT change?

2. What types of equipment does the CIMC need more of (both to circulate and for use within the CIMC)?
What types of equipment do we need that we don't currently have?

3. What areas of the collection need new materials? (professional and preK-12) Feel free to list specific requests.

4. What can the CIMC do to make all of our services more visible to you, our clients?

5. Are there Web 2.0 technologies (Podcasts, Facebook, Mashups, etc) that the CIMC should use more and/or include in our services?

6. Are there any other suggestions that you have as the CIMC plans and budgets for the 2008-2009 fiscal year?

Posted by Anna Lewis on March 2, 2008

Congratulations to SLIS practicum student, Emily Schearer, for her noteworthy contributions to IDEAS, a collection of teacher resources and lesson plans mapped to teacher standards created by educators. Emily created 5 lesson plans with ties to digital collections for Science and Social Studies educators. Lesson resources posted on IDEAS include:

Science Education:
Animal Diversity and Classification
Irish Famine: An Exploration of Primary Sources
Wisconsin's Connection to the Galapagos Islands

Social Studies:
Wisconsin Goes to War: Our Civil War Experience
Remembering Slavery
A Historical Look at Agriculture and Sociology in the United States

To learn more about how submitting teacher resources to IDEAS, contact Catherine Stephens or visit IDEAS online.

Posted by Catherine Stephens on March 2, 2008

Reading

What Should I Read Aloud? A Guide to 200 Best-Selling Picture Books, by Nancy A. Anderson.
International Reading Association, 2007
Prof Z 1037.A1 A66 2007

Teaching Thinking Skills With Picture Books, Grades K-3, by Nancy Polette; illustrated by Paul Dillon.
Teacher Ideas Press, 2007
LTy LB 1590.3 .P654 2007

Understanding and Using Reading Assessment, K-12, by Peter Afflerbach.
International Reading Association, 2007
Prof LB 1050.46 .A36 2007

Reading Assessment: A Primer for Teachers and Coaches (2nd ed.), by JoAnne Schudt Caldwell.
Guilford Press, 2008
Prof LB 1050.46 .C23 2008

Handbook of Reading Assessment, by Sherry Mee Bell and R. Steve McCallum.
Pearson Allyn and Bacon, 2008
Prof LB 1050.46 .B45 2008

Professional Issues

The Panda's Black Box: Opening up the Intelligent Design Controversy, edited by Nathaniel C. Comfort; foreword by Daniel J. Kevles.
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007
Prof BS 652 .P35 2007

The Death of the Comprehensive High School? Historical, Contemporary, and Comprarative Perspectives, edited by Barry M. Franklin and Gary McCulloch.
Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
Prof LB 43 .D43 2007

Curriculum on the Edge of Survival: How Schools Fail to Prepare Students for Membership in a Democracy, by Daniel A. Heller.
Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2007
Prof LB 1570 .H438 2007

Follow the Teacher: Making a Difference for School Improvement, by Robert T. Hess.
Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2008
Prof LB 1775 .H454 2008

Hidden Dangers: Subtle Signs of Failing Schools, by Betsy Gunzelmann.
Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2008
Prof LB 2805 .G855 2008

Silenced!: Academic Freedom, Scientific Inquiry, and the First Amendment Under Siege in America, by Bruce E. Johansen; foreword by Matthew Rothschild.
Praeger, 2007
Prof LC 72.2 .J64 2007

Posted by Vince Jenkins on March 2, 2008

Beginning Spring 2008, anyone reserving a room at the CIMC can add additional computers to the room by borrowing a cart of laptops. The cart adds 8 more computers to any CIMC teaching lab, the 4th-floor teaching space, or the 3rd-floor conference room.

The cart can be reserved with a valid UW-Madison ID, and reservation guidelines are the same as when scheduling rooms. To reserve the laptop cart, please visit our online room reservation form. The cart is treated like a unit, so the cart and its eight computers cannot be separated; the cart is designated to CIMC spaces only. The laptops run both Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows programs, and carry the full complement of programs available in the CIMC labs.

Before reserving the laptop, please review the Use Policy posted online. If you have any questions about the laptops or their operation, contact Chris Dowling (cdowling@wisc.edu, 263-4339).

Posted by Chris Dowling on March 2, 2008

A Day in the Salt Marsh, by Kevin Kurtz; illustrations by Consie Powell.
Sylvan Dell Pub., 2007
LTy QH 541.5. S24 K87 2007

Coral Reefs, by Gail Gibbons.
Holiday House, 2007
LTy QH 541.5.C7 G53 2007

Resources for Environmental Literacy: Five Teaching Modules for Middle and High School Teachers, by the Environmental Literacy Council and National Science Teachers Association.
NSTA Press, 2007
LTy GE 80 .R47 2007

National Geographic Science Chapters

All About Ants, by Sue Whiting.
National Geographic, 2006
LTy QL 568.F7 W626 2006

Devouring flames: The Story of Forest Fires, by Meredith Costain.
National Geographic, 2006
LTy SD 421.23 .C67 2006

Violent Weather: Thunderstorms, Tornadoes, and Hurricanes, by Andrew Collins.
National Geographic, 2006
LTy QC 968 .C65 2006

Wetlands Journey, by Jeanne Weaver.
National Geographic, 2007
LTy QH 541.5.M3 W337 2007

Posted by Vince Jenkins on March 2, 2008

This month, March right into the CIMC and enjoy our displays focusing on food, women, and of course, books!

March is National Nutrition Month according to the American Dietetic Assocation. Check out what we have on display for K-12 students (and perhaps for you too)! All materials were selected to inform and promote good eating and activity choices in both Spanish and English. Pyramid posters are also on display, which you can access for free at www.mypyramid.gov.

March is also Women's History month and the CIMC is celebrating with a display that will not only test what you know about the women of the world, but will also provide resources for lesson planning and classroom activities relating to women's history.

Finally, join the National Education Association (NEA) in its tenth anniversary of Read Across America -- a national effort to encourage adults to read with children. Check-out the CIMC's display, which emphasizes this year's celebration of Dr. Seuss's birthday, in addition to several other children's books that will get you reading with a child!

Posted by Amanda Manteufel on March 2, 2008

Closed March 15 & 16 (Saturday and Sunday)
Open March 17-21 (Monday through Friday) 9am to 5pm
Closed March 22 & 23 (Saturday and Sunday)

We will re-open at 8am for our regular spring hours on Monday, March 24th.

Posted by Anna Lewis on March 2, 2008