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Enhancing Student Research Abilities: Information Literacy Stipends for 2020
| Do you want to enhance your students’ research abilities? Then consider applying for an Information Literacy Stipend for your course. |
The Weinberg Memorial Library will be awarding up to two (2) $1,000.00 stipends to full- or part-time faculty for courses taught during Intersession 2020 or Spring 2020. There will be another call for proposals in the spring for courses taught during Summer 2020 or Fall 2020. Recipients will collaborate with a faculty librarian to develop assignments and assessments that focus on information literacy. The stipend will be awarded upon submission of a final report.
What is information literacy?
Information literacy is the set of integrated abilities encompassing the reflective discovery of information, the understanding of how information is produced and valued, and the use of information in creating new knowledge and participating ethically in communities of learning. (ACRL, 2016)
The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education (2016) provides ideas to help faculty integrate information literacy into their courses.
TO APPLY: Submit a proposal, not to exceed two pages, that includes the following:
- Course name and number
- Student learning outcomes related to information literacy
- Assessment plan to determine how student learning outcomes will be evaluated
- Projected Timeline (Intersession 2020 or Spring 2020)
- Name of the faculty librarian who has agreed to collaborate with you
Proposals will be reviewed by the Library Advisory Committee’s Information Literacy Subcommittee for evidence of the following components:
- Student learning outcomes related to information literacy
- Assessment plan to determine how student learning outcomes will be evaluated
- Collaboration and consultation with a librarian before submission
Stipends are subject to taxes. At the completion of the course, a final report documenting the impact of the information literacy component on student learning outcomes must be submitted to the Dean of the Library and Information Fluency. This report will be posted on the Library’s website.
If you are interested, consult with the subject liaison librarian for your department as you prepare your proposal; find your liaison librarian here. Examples of previous successful stipend projects and links to the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy can be accessed here.
Application deadline: Friday, November 1, 2019
| Please submit proposals via campus mail or email to:
Charles Kratz, Dean of Library and Information Fluency |
Questions? Contact Donna Witek, Information Literacy Coordinator, at donna.witek@scranton.edu or 570-941-4000.
OER Implementation Grants for 2020
The Weinberg Memorial Library is pleased to offer $1,000 OER Implementation Grants to successful full-time faculty applicants. These grants were made possible by University of Scranton Strategic Initiatives Funding.
What is OER?
OER stands for Open Educational Resources. We define OER as any freely accessible or appropriately licensed, rigorous academic material that is a suitable replacement for expensive textbooks, readings, or other types of required course materials. OER Implementation Grants incentivize full-time faculty to consider replacing all, or some, of their for-cost, required course materials with resources that are free for students.
Why is it important?
According to the College Board’s Annual Survey of Colleges, undergraduates at private 4-year nonprofit universities spend an average of $1,240 per year on textbooks. Numerous studies suggest that the high cost of textbooks lead many students to forgo purchasing course texts, which can affect students’ participation and success within the course.
Awards
The library will award up to two $1,000 OER Implementation Grants for Spring 2020 courses. For more information, visit the OER Research Guide https://guides.library.scranton.edu/OER.
Schemel Forum World Affairs Luncheon Seminar- Lynn Yeakel
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In Memory of Professor Emeritus Frank A. Cimini
Are you trying to Mobile Print?
If you’re trying to Mobile Print, do not use the “Share” button on Microsoft apps.
Instead, download the OneDrive documents to your desktop and attach the file to your Scranton email.
2019 Schemel Forum University for a Day- September 14
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Library Seeks Raffle Donations for the 2020 Ann Moskovitz Leaves of Class Fundraiser
The Friends of the Weinberg Memorial Library at the University of Scranton are now collecting donations for the 2020 Ann Moskovitz Leaves of Class Raffle. This fundraising drive benefits the Friends of the Library Endowment Fund. The Endowment created with these funds guarantees a source of funding for Library collections enjoyed by everyone.
Donations can include gift certificates or gift cards to restaurants, salons, shops and museums; gift baskets; tickets to events and concerts; or membership to area fitness centers and yoga studios.
We award these prizes in 2020, so we would appreciate that you not include an expiration date. We are accepting donations until September 9, 2019.
If you would like to contribute this year, please mail your donation to the address below, or call/email Kym Fetsko at 570-941-7816, kym.fetsko@scranton.edu to schedule a convenient time for one of our committee members to pick up your donation.
The Friends of the Weinberg LibraryWeinberg Memorial Library800 Linden St., 4th FloorScranton, PA 18510-4634
To learn more about Leaves of Class visit our website. Thank you for your generous support.
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Library software upgrade will cause outage
On August 14th starting at 9 am there will be an interruption of service due to an upgrade. During the upgrade our catalog and any online resources linking out of the catalog will not be available. Our databases will continue to be accessible. We will post when the system is back up and running.