One of the advantages of teaching at a small liberal arts college is that you enjoy more freedom to offer a wide range of courses on topics outside your area of research expertise. Over the years, I have been able to develop and offer courses on Mexico and Cuba, environmental history and social movements, the…
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Join us for Wednesdays at the Wall
Announcing a new short series of workshops from the Digital Scholarship and Curriculum Center in Shain Library! These informal workshops will introduce attendees to the Diane Y. Williams ’59 Visualization Wall in the Technology Commons of Shain. Participants will have the opportunity to see how professors from Computer Science, Gender and Women’s Studies, Arts &…
Shain Reopening Events for Faculty
If we have been quiet on the blog it can be attributed to the busy, final preparations to reopen Shain Library a full five months early! We are very excited to welcome everyone back into the building (it is lonely in here!) and share all the new and exciting changes. After break we will offer…
Amazing New Streaming Media Resources!
Last week we held the last Teaching with Technology workshop before Shain library reopens and we focus on new resources and services in the renovated building. The topic was new streaming media resources available through the library to the Connecticut College community. If you missed the workshop, here are the resources we covered: Kanopy and…
Research on the Go: Conn College Libraries App
The Connecticut College Libraries App is now available! Download and install the free app on your Apple, Android, Windows, or Amazon device. The app is designed to connect you to research services and resources at any time from anywhere. Use the app to quickly find library hours, find the date and register for the next Teaching…
Workshop Recap: You got an iPad. Now what? Research Apps
We had a great Teaching with Technology workshop yesterday, “You got an iPad. Now what? Research Apps.” Thanks to all who attended! If you were unable to attend but are interested in what we discussed, you can find the list of topics below. The workshop was divided into three areas: ebooks, mobile apps for research,…
Browse Online Scholarly Journals with Browzine
With more and more journal subscriptions moving online, it is difficult for scholars to browse recent research as they once did. A new app, Browzine, aims to solve this problem. The library is running a trial of BrowZine, a new tablet application (iOS & Android) that allows you to browse, read and follow scholarly journals in a format…
Google Books Ruling: What Does It Mean?
Did you hear about yesterday’s ruling on Google books? Google’s book digitization project was challenged by the Authors Guild – this case has been in the works for 8 years! U.S. Circuit Judge Denny Chin in New York ruled in favor of Google by dismissing the case. In his opinion, he describes the benefits we…
“War of the Worlds” 75th Anniversary
Today marks the 75th anniversary of Orson Welles famous “War of the Worlds” broadcast. At 8:15 pm he reported an interplanetary conflict on CBS radio, resulting in panic among US citizens. See the original headlines from major national newspapers reporting the story in the library’s Historical Newspapers database. Remember, to find articles from this day…
How to use that ebook!
Today, Connecticut College students, faculty and staff have access to over 250,000 ebooks. How do you find these ebooks? How do you use them? Can you print or download a book you find? These are some of the many questions we are asked every day. To answer your questions, we created an online guide, Ebooks…