Author Archives: mdilwort

Author Archives: mdilwort

Honing Your Interview Skills

Honing Your Interview Skills

, , Library Resources, outreach, Programs
IU East offers many resources through Career Services for building job hunting, résumé, and interviewing skills.  These include tutorials and web resources, and special events, one of which will be offered, in partnership with Athletics, on Wednesday, January 25th from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Student Events Center (on the Lingle Court).  In this Mock Interview session, all students are invited to practice interviewing skills in a safe, low-stakes environment with helpful IU East staff.  You can learn more and register here. The library can be very useful, as well, offering many guides and tools to improve your interview skills.  Books like Knock ‘em Dead Job Interview: Turn Job Interviews into Paychecks by Martin Yate, Interview Skills That Win … Continued
Open To All – the Public Domain

Open To All – the Public Domain

, , Research
On Public Domain Day, January 1, 2023, works published in 1927 entered the public domain. What is “Public Domain” and Why 1927?  The public domain consists of all the creative work to which no exclusive intellectual property rights apply. Those rights may have expired, been forfeited, or waived. Therefore, anyone can legally use or reference those works without permission. With the Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998, copyright was extended an additional 20 years, from 75 to 95 years. So, these works that were originally to enter the public domain in 2003 are now entering the public domain in 2023. These materials are open to all and can now be used in class, performances, and projects in any way, shape, … Continued
Faculty resources at the library

Faculty resources at the library

, , Library Resources, Research
The IU East Campus Library supports the entire IU East community – students, staff and faculty.  While many of the library’s resources focus on topics of broad interest to everyone on campus, they also include materials specifically for faculty. Chronicle of Higher Education The Chronicle of Higher Education (CHE) is a weekly publication founded in 1966 and dedicated to keeping college educators up to date on the latest trends in the field.  The library subscription includes the ability to peruse current and previous articles as far back as 1988, plus access to the job board.  As a frontline resource for academics and educators, CHE is well respected for its in-depth coverage of issues that matter like retention, burnout and academic … Continued
Get your Reading on!

Get your Reading on!

, Jesse Whitton, Library Resources
This winter break, challenge yourself to read more. Perhaps you will find a new favorite from one of the many “best of…” lists for 2022. With over 3,200 suggestions, NPR’s Book Concierge provides recommendations of “top books” for the years 2013-2022. Find “Best of Books” for subjects like science fiction and fantasy, history and politics, poetry, and more from the Guardian. The Smithsonian Scholars Pick of 2022 provides readers with top picks ranging from biographies and memoirs to the study of systemic racism. Choose among more than 70 Best Books for Adults 2022 selected by NYPL librarians. Love a good murder mystery novel? Journey into the dark heart of noir with these Best Noir Fiction of 2022 from Crime Reads. … Continued
Advances in Surgery

Advances in Surgery

, , Library Resources, Matt Dilworth
On December 25, 1809 surgery took a pioneering step forward.  In December of that year, forty-seven-year-old Jane Crawford of Motley Glenn, Kentucky seemed to be pregnant, although she thought she was too old to have more children.  Her stomach grew and grew – and kept growing, beyond nine months.  At the recommendation of her local doctors, she called upon a physician named Ephraim McDowell, who lived sixty miles away, in Danville.  He came – a two or three day journey by horse – and diagnosed her as having an ovarian tumor rather than a baby.  Realizing that if it were left to grow, she faced a certain, slow, and agonizing death, she asked for it to be removed, and was … Continued