Ramsey Library News

THANKSGIVING HOURS ~ RAMSEY LIBRARY

Tuesday, November 20 8 a.m. – 9 p.m.

Wednesday, November 21 8 a.m. -- 6 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 22 -- Saturday, Nov. 24 CLOSED

Sunday, Nov. 25 1p.m. – midnight

NEW DISTANCE LEARNING TECHNOLOGY

Greg Dillingham reports that UNCA’s Distance Learning Services has been selected as one of nine NCREN locations (out of 24) to receive new Polycom High Definition (HD) video conferencing systems this fall. Greg will deploy the units in our RBH 136 teleconference room and the camera and microphones associated with this unit will actually be controlled from within the room via remote control. Look for this, soon.

A BIT MORE DEPRESSING NEWS

Today’s eChronicle notes that a report scheduled for release today by the National Endowment for the Arts finds that “Americans aren't just reading fewer books, but are reading less and less of everything, in any medium.” Dana Gioia, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, writes in the report’s preface, that "Most alarming . . . both reading ability and the habit of regular reading have greatly declined among college graduates." Read all about it, if you can, at:

Americans Are Closing the Book on Reading, Study Finds
http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/11/742n.htm

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Now available in the library vending machine: ear buds and flash drives.

Take advantage of our growing online audio collection with $3 ear buds and keep your files on your key chain with a $10 SanDisk 512MB flash drive.

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Tuesday 8 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Wednesday 8 a.m. -- 6 p.m.
Thursday - Saturday CLOSED

We'll REOPEN Sunday at 1:00pm

More info about library hours.

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NC COPY OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS
This is “Bill of Rights Week” at UNCA featuring the exhibit of North Carolina’s copy. Be sure to check out history, resources and campus events at http://www.unca.edu/bill-of-rights/. Lindsay Hearn and many on campus have put in a lot of work and arranged stimulating programming for the campus and the Asheville community. Be sure to join in and encourage your students to take advantage of this unique local opportunity.

UNCA ON THE RIGHT TRACK
An article in yesterday’s eChronicle reports that this year’s National Survey on Student Engagement shows that “Special experiences like study abroad and undergraduate research make a real difference . . . .” Check it out. Many thanks to Bruce Larson for spotting this!!

“Helicopter Parents Help Students, Survey Finds: Study abroad, research, and big projects are said to improve learning”
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v54/i11/11a00104.htm

ON THE GLOOMIER SIDE
Say it ain’t so ~ especially about UNCA students, but a recent note in the Chronicle’s “Wired Campus” reports that “Michael L. Wesch, an assistant professor of cultural anthropology at Kansas State University, has posted another YouTube video about how students learn. This latest one was produced with 200 of his students and is more provocative than his first video, uploaded to YouTube eight months ago, since it seems to indicate that higher education—-or perhaps just Kansas State University—-is failing to engage students.”

Kansas State U. Students Read Half of Class Material
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/2462/kansas-state-u-students-read-half-of-class-material?at

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Come by the library for a rare opportunity to view one of the original copies of the Bill of Rights.

North Carolina's copy of the Bill of Rights is one of 14 copies of the proposed amendments to the U.S. Constitution prepared by three federal clerks in 1789. A copy was drafted for the governor of each of the existing 13 states to peruse as the adoption of the 12 amendments to the Constitution was debated; the other copy was for the federal government. The document was stolen during the Civil War and remained lost to the state for 140 years, but is now on a statewide tour of 7 cities.

Free public viewings will be held from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 8; 3-7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 9; and 8 am to 4 pm on Saturday, Nov. 10

MORE INFO

RELATED EVENTS, including a 1700s festival and panel discussions on freedoms in the 21st century

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