A quick primer on fair use
I'm currently participating in the ELITE training program at SHU, and our most recent assignment was to create a movie in ScreenFlow. Here's the 6-minute guide that I created about plagiarism, copyright, and fair use. The file is too large to embed here, but click on the link below and you should be able to access the movie.
http://files.me.com/kellyaddleman/poav3j.mov
Posted by KellyAddleman at 10:28 AM | Comments (0)
Scrooge Lives!
It's frightening that there are actually people with this type of mindset!
Ugly battle has librarians in Oak Brook turning to Teamsters
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Ooops
The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, style bible for many departments on campus, was overhauled this summer to incorporate many updates and improvements. Too bad that it contains so many errors that it makes a Microsoft new release look polished!
Two of the copies in question (6th edition, first printing) are currently on our library shelves, so make sure to also consult the list of corrections when you're working on your paper.
More information about the goof-- and what people want the APA to do about it-- here.
Posted by KellyAddleman at 11:44 AM | Comments (0)
By order of the President
President Obama has officially declared October 2009 "National Information Literacy Awareness Month." Go, Mr. President!
A couple of my favorite lines:
"Rather than merely possessing data, we must also learn the skills necessary to acquire, collate, and evaluate information for any situation. This new type of literacy also requires competency with communication technologies, including computers and mobile devices that can help in our day-to-day decisionmaking."
"Americans have unprecedented access to the diverse and independent sources of information, as well as institutions such as libraries and universities, that can help separate truth from fiction and signal from noise."
"An informed and educated citizenry is essential to the functioning of our modern democratic society, and I encourage educational and community institutions across the country to help Americans find and evaluate the information they seek, in all its forms."
Are your information skills up to scratch? At the rate things are changing, we all have to stay on our toes to be the smartest information users we can be.
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