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Acuta Enews December 2009, Vol. 38, No. 12

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Board Approves Slate of Nominees for 2010-2011 Board of Directors

From the President.......... Harvey "Buck" Buchanan, Florida State Univ., ACUTA President

Mutli-Event Discount: Attend More in 2010 and Save More!

Tech Talk: what's the Next Really Big Thing?.........................Kevin Tanzillo, Dux PR

Washington Update Newsletter

Nominate Now for ACUTA Ruth A. Michalecki Leadership Award

Board Report.................Jeri A,. Semer, Executive Director

Happy Holidays from the ACUTA Staff

DC Update Dave Ostrom, Washington State Univ, (retired)

BlCSI-Governmental Relations for 2009-2010 ................Richard Reed, RCDD, BlCSI

Audio Seminar: "lMS: The Future of Fixed Mobile Convergence"

Follow Corporate Members on Twitter 8 lnfo …

Acuta Enews November 2009, Vol. 38, No. 11

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From ACUTA Headquarters: Announcing ACUTA Connections ............Jeri Semer, CAE, Exec. Dir

Audio Seminar: "Cutting the Telecom Power Bill"

Deadline Approaching for Institutional Excellence Awards

Tech Talk: Forecast: Cloudy, with a Slight Chance of Lost Data? .............Kevin Tanzillo, Dux PR 3

UNC to Place Wind Turbines along the Outer Banks......................... From Campus technology News Update

DC Update ..........Dave Ostrom, Washington State University (retired)

lnfo Links................. Randy Hayes, Univ. of Northern lowa

Washington Update Newsletter for ACUTA Members

Bring Fall Seminar to Your Desktop 6 Remember: Nominate Now for 2010-2011 Board of Directors

Send Payments Direct to ACUTA

Addressing …

Acuta Enews October 2009, Vol. 38, No. 10

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Nominate Now for 2010-2011 Board of Directors

From the President........... Harvey "Buck" Buchanan, Florida State Univ., ACUTA President

Tech Talk To Blog or Not to Blog....................Kevin Tanzillo, Dux PR

Nominate Now for Institutional Excellence Award

Board Report....................... George Denbow Univ. of Texas-Austin, ACUTA Secretary/Treasurer

DC Update.................Dave Ostrom, Washington State Univ. (retired)

Audio Seminar: "Cutting the Telecom Power Bill"

Tweet Tweet?................. .Amy Burton, Mgr., Membership Marketing & Corp. Relations

Get Your ACUTA Logo Here

lnfo Links ............ Randy Hayes, Univ. of Northern lowa

Financial Crisis Activity in Washington Newsletter

Welcome New Members

Nefdc Exchange, Volume 21, Number 1, Fall 2009, New England Faculty Development Consortium

NEFDC Exchange

Contents

Message from the President: A Reflection of a Different Light - Tom Thibodeau, New England Institute of Technology

From the editors - Jeanne Albert, Donna Qualters, and Naomi Migliacci

New England Faculty Development Consortium Fall 2009 Conference, November 13, 2009, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; theme: When Questioning is the Answer: Reflective Practice for College Faculty; keynote presentation by Stephen Brookfield, University of St. Thomas

Excerpt from Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher, Jossey-Bass, 1995 by Stephen Brookfield

NEFDC Fall 2009 Conference Agenda

Connecting with others

Contemplative and Transformative Pedagogy - Arthur Zajonc, Amherst College

SAVE the date! NEFDC 2010 Spring …

Acuta Enews September 2009, Vol. 38, No. 9

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From ACUTA Headquarters: Higher Ed Weighs in with IRS on Celt Phones ....Jeri Semer, CAE, Exec. Dir

What Will You Learn in Portland?

Tech Talk: Wake Up, Little Computer ................Kevin Tanzillo, Dux PR

DC Update ...........Dave Ostrom, Washington State University (retired)

lnfo Links ............. Randy Hayes, Univ. of Northern lowa

"Financial Crisis Activity in Washington" Newsletter for ACUTA Members

How People use Smartphones Harvard Business Publishing

Bring the Summit on UC or Annual Conference to Your Desktop

The analog Line ls Dead? Not Yet .Gory Audin, Delphi, lnc.

Welcome New Members

Check lt Out: Press Releases, Job …

Acuta Enews August 2009, Vol. 38, No. 8

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From the President..................Harvey "Buck" Buchanan, Florida State Univ., ACUTA President

Tech Talk: Technology and the Death of the Vacation............... Kevin Tanzillo, Dux PR

DC Update...................... Dove Ostrom, Washington State Univ. (retired)

ACUTA Online Learning Community Opportunity

Financial Crisis Activity in Washington Newsetter

Deadline for Video Relay & lP Relay Service Users

lnfo Links ................. Randy Hayes, Univ. of Northern lowa

Board Report.......................George Denbow, Univ. of Texas-Austin, ACUTA Secretary/Treasurer

Catt for Presentations: Blaze New Traits in 2010

Getting the lCT Staff on the Same UC Page.........................Gary Audin, Delphi, Inc.

Welcome New Members

Check lt Out: Press Releases...Job Postings...RFls/RFPs...Special …

Ageism In Academic Librarianship, Melanie Chu

E-JASL 1999-2009 (Volumes 1-10)

Background

Nearly one out of every ten librarians is under the age of thirty. The average age of a graduate student in library and information science is 30-35 years old. Between 2010-2020, 45% of librarians will reach the retirement age of 65 years old. The relative age of the profession will continue to decrease as retirements increase. Statistically, the population of young librarians is a growing minority.

Young, new librarians face age discrimination, including disrespectful treatment in the workplace and unrealistic expectations of performance. Ageism in academic libraries results in job dissatisfaction and loss of retention for these new librarians. …

Open House In The Ivory Tower: Public Programming At An Academic Library, Rochelle Smith, Ben Hunter

E-JASL 1999-2009 (Volumes 1-10)

Abstract

Public programming, a frequently used outreach tool for public libraries, is far less common in academic libraries. This article examines the University of Idaho Library’s efforts to attract both university and community members with public programming, delving into detail for three specific grant-funded discussion series: one on Jewish literature, one on graphic novels, and one on jazz. Strategies for location selection, advertising, scheduling and funding are all discussed with commentary on what worked well, what didn’t, and how public programming fits into the mission of an academic library.

Acuta Enews July 2009, Vol 38, No. 7

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From ACUTA Headquarters: IRS/Cell Phone Issues Heat Up............ Jeri Semer, CAE, Exec. Dir

Bring the Conference or UC Summit to Your Desktop

Tech Talk: Preventing Data Leaks Is Better than Plugging............... Kevin Tanzillo, Dux PR

DC Update................ Dave Ostrom, Washington State University (retired)

Info Links............... Randy Hayes, Univ. of Northern Iowa

Board Report, June.......... George Denbow, The Univ. of Texas at Austin

"Financial Crisis Activity in Washington" Newsletter for ACUTA Members

Conficker and Swine Flue Viruses Cross Paths........... Brian Allen, Washington Univ. in St. Louis

In Memory: Tim World

Welcome New Members

Check It Out: RFIs/RFPs, Job …

Acuta Enews May 2009, Vol 38, No. 5

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Report from Annual Conference in Altanta

See the Conference on Your Desktop

Tech talk: Revisiting the iPhone in an Ever-careful way............ Kevin Tanzillo, Dux PR

From ACUTA Headquarters: What's New with Social Networking at ACUTA?... Jeri Semer, CAE, Exec. Dir.

DC update .........Dave Ostrom, Washington state University (retired)

lnfo Links ............ Randy Hayes, Univ. of Northern lowa

Board Report, April............ Riny Ledgerwood, San Diego state University

Free Cabling Resource Guide

Another Great Conference, More Terrific Prizes!

Welcome New Members

Check lt Out: RFls/RFPs, Job Postings, Press Releases, Special. Deals!

Annual Conference Photo Supplement

Use And Impact Of E-Resources At Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (India): A Case Study, Chetan Sharma

E-JASL 1999-2009 (Volumes 1-10)

Abstract

Today availability of e-resources in a university library is very common. But their proper and maximum use is a matter for discussion. The present paper examines the existence of various e-resource databases in Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University Library. The study also highlights the preferences and importance of online resources among the teachers and research scholars.

Learning 2.0: A Tool For Staff Training At The University Of Alaska Fairbanks Rasmuson Library, Ilana Kingsley, Karen Jensen

E-JASL 1999-2009 (Volumes 1-10)

Abstract

This paper describes a Learning 2.0 library staff training project completed in September 2007 at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Rasmuson Library. The project planning process, curriculum creation, implementation, incentives, and outcomes are included, along with a summary of survey results from program participants. Recommendations for implementing this free and useful staff training tool by other academic libraries are included, as well as a link to the Library’s Learning 2.0 blog.

Speaking Of Books… Connecting With Faculty Through A Campus Author Series, Timothy Hackman

E-JASL 1999-2009 (Volumes 1-10)

Abstract

A faculty author speaker series is an effective way to build bridges between academic librarians and the teaching faculty, as well as raise the profile of the university library. To explore the challenges and rewards of hosting such a series, this article presents a history of the series “Speaking of Books… Conversations with Campus Authors” at the University of Maryland. It discusses the details of planning and executing author events, in the hope that others can use this information to host their own lecture series. Finally, it presents a few ideas for future directions of the faculty author series.

An Empirical Study On Follow-Up Library Instruction Sessions In The Classroom, Xiaomei Gong, Mary Kay Loomis

E-JASL 1999-2009 (Volumes 1-10)

Abstract

This study with undergraduate students in the Ancell School of Business, Western Connecticut State University, evaluated the knowledge of students using library resources before and after one session of library instruction in the library, and after follow-up instruction in the classroom. Survey method was used before and after the initial session of library instruction in the library, and after follow-up instruction session in the classroom. Significant differences were found in the students’ knowledge of library resources between the pre- and post- surveys in the library session and in the library usage experience after the follow-up instruction session in the …

Acuta Enews April 2009, Vol 38, No. 4

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From the President.. .....Corinne Hoch, Columbia Univ., ACUTA President

Board Report......... Riny Ledgerwood, San Diego State Univ., ACUTA Secretory/Treasurer

Tech Talk: After a Long Dry Spell, We Find a Good Acronym ....... Kevin Tanzillo, Dux PR

Corporate Liaison Committee

DC Update ................ Dave Ostrom, Washington State Univ. (retired)

"Financial Crisis Activity in Washington" Newsletter for ACUTA Members

Turning Business Relationships into Partnerships ..... Don Leone, Siemens Enterprise Communications

Q & A from the ACUTA Listserv

lnfo Links .......... Randy Hayes, Univ. of Northern lowa

Welcome New Members

Check lt Out: Press Releases...Job Postings...RFls/RFPs

Nefdc Exchange, Volume 20, Number 1, Spring 2009, New England Faculty Development Consortium

NEFDC Exchange

Contents

Message from the President: Where We've Been, Where We're Going - Judy Miller, Clark University

From the editors - Jeanne Albert, Donna Qualters, and Naomi Magliacci

NEFDC 2009 Spring Conference, Friday, May 29, 2009; theme: Connecting the .edus: Using Technology to Connect with Our Students; keynote speaker: Peter Doolittle, Virginia Tech

Online Teaching: Field-Tested Principles of Pedagogy and Practice - Peter Doolittle, Virginia Tech; Krista Terry, Radford University, and Stephanie Scheer, University of Virginia

Spring 2009 Conference Agenda, Friday, May 29, 2009, Middlebury College, Dartmouth College, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, New England Institute of Technology, and University of Connecticut

Connecting …

Changes And Challenges In Uncertain Times: When The Only Constant Is Change

ACUTA: Other Publications

The Forums

Since 1997, the annual ACUTA Forum for Strategic Leadership in Information Communications Technology has provided a unique for campus leaders to exchange ideas and discuss issues relevant to the use technology in meeting the goals of higher education. Held in conjunction with ACUTA's Annual Conference and Exhibition, this forum brings together men and women of vision, foresight, and authority to discuss strategic directions for the campus of the future.

Goals

• To provide a venue for the examination of issues and challenges facing the higher education community as we grapple with planning, financing, and implementing technology on our campuses. …

Where Does Your Institution Stand?, Wendell Brase, Mark Askren

Information Technology Services: Publications

Media coverage of sustainability and "green" issues is hard to ignore these days. But less clear is a specific understanding of what this agenda means within higher ed IT organizations. For starters, it's useful to self-assess whether your campus is a leading innovator on all things "green" or satisfied to remain inconspicuous in the middle of the pack. If your institution is trailing but wants to assert a leadership role in environmental stewardship, you need to get engaged to understand what it will take to catch up and how IT can be a leader, not just a contributor, to such …

Acuta Enews March 2009, Vol 38, No. 3

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ACUTA Audio Seminar: FERPA

From ACUTA Headquarters: Member Anniversaries Jeri Semer, CAE, Exec. Dir.

DC Update ...........Dave Ostrom, Washington State University (retired)

Tech Talk: FCoE May Figure into Your Storage Future..........Kevin Tanzillo, Dux PR

Making the Most of ACUTA Resources...... Carolyn Trail, Roanoke College

Higher Ed Belt Tightening ls Squeezing Technology Operations.... Kevin Tanzillo... Dux PR

Winner of Free Audio Seminar

lnfo Links ........... Randy Hayes, Univ. of Northern lowa

Overheard on the Listserv: SIP Trunking to the PSTN

Board Report, February.... Riny Ledgerwood, San Diego State University

Check lt Out: RFls/RFPs, Job Postings, Press Releases, Special …

Acuta Enews February 2009, Vol 38, No. 2

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From the President............. Corinne Hoch, Columbia Univ., ACUTA President

Strategic Leadership forum

Tech Talk: "VoIP Is Dead" declaration isn't cause to worry........... Kevin Tanzillo, Dux PR

Cast your vote in ACUTA election

DC update.............. Dave Ostrom, Washington State Univ. (retired)

Board Report.............. Riny Ledgewood, San Diego State Univ., ACUTA Secretary/Treasurer

Welcome New Members

Check it out: press releases.... job postings.... RFIs/FRPs

Increasing Retention Rates In Minority Librarians Through Mentoring, Antonia Olivas, Richard Ma

E-JASL 1999-2009 (Volumes 1-10)

Thesis

Maintaining healthy mentoring relationships throughout librarians’ careers helps to increase retention rates among minority librarians and promotes diversity in upper-management.

Abstract

Recruitment of minority librarians has been at the forefront of library literature for decades. However, what happens to those librarians after they graduate from library school and get their first library jobs? Do they stay in the profession for long? Is there a support system to help them maintain the excitement and novelty of their career choice after they’ve been wooed by scholarships and residency programs? This article will discuss the results of a study conducted by librarians …

Acuta Enews January 2009, Vol 38, No. 1

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Board approves slate of nominees for 2009-10

From ACUTA headquarters: looking back and looking ahead.......... Jeri Semer, CAE, Exec. Dir.

Be moderator or monitor at the annual conference

Tech talk: a clean slate, and a clean network, for the new year......... Kevin Tanzillo, Dux PR

DC update.......... Dave Ostrom, Washington State University (retired)

FCC summit on pandemic preparedness............. Ed Quinn, The Ohio State University

Board Report, December............. Riny Ledgerwood, San Diego State University

Special Deals and discounts from ACUTA corporate members

Thanks to journal advertisers for 2008

Info Links............. Randy Hayes, Univ. of Northern Iowa

Welcome New …

Changing The Latitudes And Attitudes About Content Analysis Research, Eve M. Brank, Kathleen A. Fox, Tasha J. Youstin, Lee C. Boeppler

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

The current research employs the use of content analysis to teach research methods concepts among students enrolled in an upper-division research methods course. Students coded and analyzed Jimmy Buffett song lyrics rather than using a downloadable database or collecting survey data. Students’ knowledge of content analysis concepts increased after a lecture on the topic of content analysis, but it further improved after participating in the song coding, data cleaning, and writing of results. Additionally, students reported high satisfaction with the project and believed it was an interesting and enjoyable technique for learning about research methods. We provide suggestions for incorporating …

Farming Systems Education: Case Study Of Swedish Test Pilots, Lennart Salomonsson, Anna Nilsson, Sofia Palmer, Adam Roigart, Charles A. Francis

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

We describe and analyze a pedagogical experiment that introduced a broad and holistic perspective on complete farming systems, systemic learning tools, and a participatory learning strategy at an early stage in agronomy education. The paper describes the adventure of three students, who came from a conventional agronomy program at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), who were frustrated with the lack of integrated approaches to the study of agricultural systems and a strong focus on molecular-level processes in their first year of education. They encountered a narrow focus in most courses and the overall curricula of agricultural education that …

Beyond Student Ratings: “A Whole New World, A New Fantastic Point Of View”, Ronald A. Berk

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

Unfortunately, student ratings have dominated as the primary and, frequently, only measure of teaching performance at colleges and universities for the past four decades (Seldin, 2006). In fact, the evaluation of teaching has been in a metaphorical cul-de-sac with student ratings as the universal barometer. Only recently has there been a trend toward augmenting those ratings with other data sources to broaden and deepen the evidence base (Arreola, 2007; Berk, 2006b; Braskamp and Ory, 1994; Centra, 1993; Knapper and Cranton, 2001; Seldin, 2006).

Although much has been learned over the 60-year history of faculty evaluation and the 50-year his- tory …

Using Rubrics To Teach Science Writing, Paul E. Bennett Jr.

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

An often-stated goal of education in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) fields is to teach students to communicate like professionals. In the STEM fields, the single most important thing we can do to teach our students better communication skills is to teach them how to write a lab report. The reason a lab report is so important is not just because it is the end product of a research project, but because each section of a lab report has a particular function that often correlates with different types of communication that a STEM professional needs to use. For …

It Takes Discipline: Learning In A World Without Boundaries, Stephen Healey

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

As Plato suggested, pedagogy is inextricably related to the polis. The learner and teacher are constituted by social, political, and economic bounds, and yet the twenty-first century polis is increasingly a world without boundaries. This is a perilous and exciting time to teach and learn. As agents of terror have shown, political boundaries are uncomfortably permeable. Economically, culturally, and religiously, globalization has reduced the power of nation-states and threatened erasure of their boundaries. Isolated identities—nationalistic, religious, linguistic, sexual— are under siege. Nothing is immune from alteration by these large-scale forces. Plato’s insight is that the pressures and possibilities, which determine …

Ethical Guidelines For Educational Developers

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Ethical guidelines for educational developers, prepared by Mintz, Smith, and Warren, January 1999. Revised March 1999, September 1999, and March 2000.

Magicians Of The Golden State: The Csu Center Director Disappearing Acts, Cynthia Desrochers

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

The California State University (CSU) Teaching and Learning Center directors perform daily feats of magic, often culminating in one particularly dramatic trick at the end of the academic year—their own disappearing acts. This chapter traces the history of the center director position in the CSU system, reports where directors go when they leave the position after only a few years, and proposes how frequent turnover might be reversed through organizational factors aimed at promoting retention of these Magicians of the Golden State.

Teaching Learning Processes—To Students And Teachers, Pamela E. Barnett, Linda C. Hodges

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Our teaching and learning center serves faculty and graduate students as teachers and undergraduates as learners. Here we share the experiences of graduate student facilitators whom we trained to lead problem-solving skills workshops for undergraduates. Our aim was to help these graduate students see themselves as teachers of disciplinary thinking as much as of disciplinary content. However, they also began to reexamine their teaching beliefs and practices, recognize and respond to the needs of novice learners, and become more conscious of the demands of learning their disciplines. We offer this program as a model for developing future facuity.