Check out our new business & technology database, O’Reilly for Higher Education. This digital collection which replaces the Safari eBooks database, includes more than 38,000 book titles and more than 30,000 hours of video. Topics range from programming to IT networking to project management to graphic design to business strategy to career development. The O’Reilly … Continue reading New business & technology database – O’Reilly for Higher Education
Changes to Kanopy Video Streaming
Beginning 12/18/2019, the Kanopy video streaming resource now only allows unlimited streaming for the titles that the library has paid an annual license for. The previous model of unlimited streaming for all titles was not financially sustainable. We are hopeful that the new model still allows easy access to the most highly demanded and requested … Continue reading Changes to Kanopy Video Streaming
For business students and entrepreneurs
Image by Flickr user Patricia Drury Here's a chance to sit in the lecture hall with the faculty of the Harvard Business School- log on to the Business Source Complete database, and type in the search term: Harvard FSS. Scroll down through the titles of 55 lectures presented in the Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar … Continue reading For business students and entrepreneurs
Free Video Lectures from Top Scholars
Check out the Academic Earth web site to view and listen to free lectures from the top scholars at Berkeley, Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Stanford and Yale. Below is a review of Academic Earth reviewed in the July 2009 issue of Choice Reviews Online: "Academic Earth, an entrepreneurial effort that is free online, is "an organization founded with the goal of … Continue reading Free Video Lectures from Top Scholars
Copyright and Online Course Material
In this digital age of posting course material on Blackboard, could you be breaking copyright right law and not know it? In a recent Tech Therapy podcast from the Chronicle of Higher Education, Scott Carlson interviews Bill Shell, Director of Academic Technology and Computing Services at Eastern Michigan University and Warren Arbogast, a technology consultant, … Continue reading Copyright and Online Course Material
Helping Distance Learners
Frank Christ lists his top ten ways to support elearners, or distance education students, in this report from Campus Technology.
Integrating Library Resources into Your Blackboard Courses
For Faculty: Check out our online guide, Integrating Library Resources into Your Blackboard Courses, to find out how to create direct links to JSRCC Library's online: course & subject guides, databases, full-text articles, and full-text books. For more information on creating links to these resources or to schedule a one-on-one consultation, contact Denise Woetzel (email: dwoetzel@reynolds.edu / phone: 523-5325). The … Continue reading Integrating Library Resources into Your Blackboard Courses
Off-Campus Access to Library Databases
A reminder to faculty, staff, and students at JSRCC - you can access a wide range of the library's online resources from home including the full-text of journals, magazines, and newspapers. Our library databases can be accessed from any off-campus location that has an Internet connection (e.g., home or office). When you are off-campus and click on any … Continue reading Off-Campus Access to Library Databases
Create Direct Links to Online Articles from your Blackboard Courses
One convenient option for making reading material available to students through Blackboard is to create persistent or durable links to full-text articles found in the library's research databases. Some of the advantages of providing persistent links to articles are: Students do not have to come to the library. They can access articles anytime and anywhere. It … Continue reading Create Direct Links to Online Articles from your Blackboard Courses
New Library Instruction Model & Assessment for ENG 111
Starting this semester, library instruction for English 111 classes will include objectives based on ACRL's Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education. Several instructional packages will be offered or you can customize your own package based on these competencies. You can review these packages on the Library Instruction online request forms for each campus: Downtown Campus Library Contact: Khalil Ahmed, ext. … Continue reading New Library Instruction Model & Assessment for ENG 111