I have recently reworked our Information Literacy Web site. It now pulls resources from our new MVCC Information Literacy Del.icio.us account. This uses our RSS Feed Parser (A Feed2JS implementation) to pull the content from Del.icio.us into our site.

1. Learning Styles of Not? Rethink what you think you know.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIv9rz2NTUk
2. Information Literacy Videos for Your Classes http://www.morainevalley.edu/InformationLiteracy/VideoRSS.htm
3. Our Library ROCKS! (Duh)http://ext.morainevalley.edu/librarynews/?p=308
4. Top 5 challenges of teaching with Technologyhttp://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=3547&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en#2 on the list is particularly interesting for the librarians of the world…but all of this is of interest.
5. This Week’s Web sites from LII.org

1. Upcoming Events:January 28th 2pm-3:30pm: Garbage Land Open book discussionFebruary 4th, 12-1:30p.m.: The Meaning of An Obama Presidency: Politics, Race, Class and PowerFebruary 5, 2008, 10am-3pm : Taking Action on Climate Change: A National Teach-In and Call to Action(Film showing and discussion from 11am-12:30pm and from 2-3:30pm). 2. Using MLA FormatFormat: Online VideoDescription: An 8 minute video about using the Modern Language Association style in papers.Link: http://www.morainevalley.edu/library/tutorials/MLAVideo/MLAVideo.html 3. Using APA FormatFormat: Online VideoDescription: A 7 minute video about using the American Psychological Association style in papers.Link: http://www.morainevalley.edu/library/tutorials/APAstyle/APAstyle.html 4. Citing Sources in SpeechesFormat: Online VideoDescription: A video on using sources in speeches aimed at our COM 103 classes that attempts to be somewhat humorous.Link: http://www.morainevalley.edu/library/tutorials/CitingSourcesSpeech/CitingSourcesSpeech.htmlWeb sites that are new this week from LII

(sorry about the low volume on this one)

1. Sign Up for Library Sessions Bring your classes into the library
2. Spring 2009 Library Events  One Book & other events
3. Information Literacy Resource SiteUseful tools for faculty members
4. New Podcast: Lord of the Flies, President Bush, Planet Earch & Jurassic Park(MP3 Audio)(Check It Out Main Page)(Subscribe in iTunes)
5. Area Copy Center MapUseful page for students
6. Is that the Internet in Your Pocket or are you just happy to see me?Chronicle article
7. Closing Suburban Newspapers
8. Weekly Web sites

Sign up for Spring Library Sessions: We are ready to reserve library sessions for your spring classes.

Playing with the Enemy: Author Gary Moore will be signing books and speaking on 12/2.

Arab Heritage Month Podcast: Podcast from this week’s event is available.

Citing Sources in APA Video : New video tutorial on APA Style.

CCSSE Report: Engage Students !: Thought that this was worth sharing.

Boston College will STOP offering student email accounts (oh, the irony): We just started email and Boston College is ending it.

Spring 2009 Events: We have released our 2009 Schedule of events. We hope you’ll incorporate these into your spring classes where appropriate.

Citing Sources in Speeches: A new online video to help students cite sources in presentations. This is aimed at COM 103 courses, but could also be useful for other classes.

We’ll Miss You Studs Terkel: A short blog post about the late Chicago legend, Studs Terkel.

Sun-Times Insert Commemorating Obama’s Election: I thought that this was worth sharing since it was so difficult to find in print.

Office of the President-elect: I thought that this was interesting. Sort of a preview of coming attractions or something.

Librarians propose new credibility-based search tool: This was a short piece from the Chronicle that I wanted to share.

Gates Foundation Sending Some Love to Community Colleges

Talk to you on Google?

This Week’s Web sites from LII.org

• Food for Fines
• Playing with the Enemy
• 100 Students Face an Inconvenient Truth
• Grant Park, Yesterday & Tonight
• U of I’s Supercomputer, Power Hunger, and Sustainability
• Community Colleges, Eager to Prove Their Worth, Develop Voluntary Standards of Performance
• Obama on Higher Ed

Here’s this week’s new LII Web sites.

This is something new that I am trying. For the last 6 or 7 years, I’ve sent around a weekly email containing useful Web sites and library notes. I’ve decided to add these notes to this blog and add some highlights via video.

Here are this week’s notes:
1) The Library will be closed November 1
2) Podcast: The Autism Spectrum: The Gifts We ShareVisit our News Blog for more information
3) Pumpkin final: Horton Buys Victory
4) An Inconvenient Truth Movie Showing, November 6th, 12:30pm
You can view the list of Web sites at this week’s LII page.

We have just made a new video available aimed at instructors who use the classic appeals, Ethos, Logos, & Pathos when teaching rhetorical argument: Persuasive Appeals: Defining Ethos, Logos, & Pathos.

I have put together this short tutorial about taking an RSS feed and using our Feed2JS feed parser and incorporating it into BlackBoard version 8. You can learn more about our Feed Parser here: Feed Parser help page.