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Seeing the world through a different lens: international youth films

June 11, 2012 Frances Yates fyates 0 Comments

Missing shoes, sibling rivalries, Maori tribal traditions, lost creatures, and classroom voting campaigns are among the topics in films included in the “Seeing the world through a different lens: international youth films” project hosted by the Indiana University East Campus Library. Library director Frances Yates received an American Library Association Carnegie-Whitney grant to create a resource guide that organizes international films for youth by theme and curriculum connections. IU East student Jesse Whitton, a psychology major entering his Junior year, received a summer research scholarship to identify international films most appropriate for middle and high school students. He is developing questions to be used in film discussion programs that will help create awareness and understanding of cultures around the world. … Continued

The Library is a Safe Zone

The IU East Campus has recognized the need for “Safe Zone” training. The Safe Zone program was created to address the needs of lgbtq students and their allies. Workshops are led by Aimee Prater, lecturer of psychology. Participants who complete the training sign a pledge to be positive, supportive, and affirming of the LGBTQ community. These faculty and staff are available to provide a safe space for listening to concerns and experiences that lgbtq individuals may not feel comfortable sharing in another setting. You will find several staff members in the IU East Campus Library with a “Safe Zone” decal on their office doors. You will also see the decal on the front door of our library. We welcome all to … Continued

Summer and Service

communities in schools, outreach May 28, 2012 Frances Yates, Heidi Huff, Programs admin 0 Comments

Summer and Service make a great mix, and we’re busy connecting campus and community. Frances Yates continues in her role as faculty representative for Service-Learning and Heidi Huff (Lib-lady Heidi Huff) has added the role of service-learning coordinator to her campus responsibilities. In addition to offering support for courses with service-learning components, we’re placing Experiential Learning Scholars (ELS) in the community. ELS partner with community organizations focusing on several kinds of literacy, including reading, financial, health, and civic responsibility. Here are the ELS partnerships for the summer, thus far: ELS Kesla Klingler will be preparing awesome literacy activities for Girls, Inc. of Wayne County. These activities may include Connections Kits—available from the Campus Library, complete with themed books and projects. … Continued

Money can’t buy ya love…

reference databases May 21, 2012 Frances Yates, Jesse Whitton, Library Resources fyates 0 Comments

…but it can buy us reliable resources to make your research more productive and easy (really!) It’s the time of year when invoices for databases and online reference sources fill the inbox so we wanted to share with you some of the “oldies but goodies” renewed for your continuing research pleasure. Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context Information about current social and political issues includes pro/con essays, topic overviews, primary source documents, biographies of social activists, court-case overviews, statistics, podcasts and images. OV can help you research, analyze and organize a variety of data for research assignments, debates, presentations and more. Biography and Genealogy Master Index Provides coverage of nearly 5 million contemporary and historical figures from authors to … Continued

Collaboration is the key: Libraries, Archives, and Museums working together to digitize collections

archives May 14, 2012 Mandi Moning admin 0 Comments

The photo collection of the IU East Archives is available online at http://www.flickr.com/photos/iuelibrary but ideally would be searchable with metadata through the IU Digital Library Program. Certainly offering more collections online would increase their visibility, their usage, and hopefully encourage deeper research into the institutional history of Indiana University East. So what’s stopping us? Digitization is a very costly project. This includes the cost of a quality scanner, storage of digital files, and the training and time required for staff to properly scan archival materials based on scanning and metadata guidelines. The Indiana State Library, through the Indiana Memory project, has a solution for smaller archives struggling to digitize their collections. Connie Rendfeld, Digital Initiatives Librarian of the Indiana … Continued