Express it in Eight deadline extended

It’s not too late to enter the MW Library’s Express it in Eight contest.  Can you capture the essence of being you – or at least an aspect of being you – in exactly eight words?  Here’s an example from Ted: Good sleep, good grades, social life: pick two.  The new deadline is Thursday, Nov. 19.

Selected entries will be published in a book (via Blurb.com) and added to the library’s collection.  Add your voice to the 70+ potential quotes already received!  You can enter the contest via Quia survey or by placing your entry in the box on the library’s circulation desk.  Each entry should include your name, grade level, and your current English teacher’s name.

New books promo on YouTube

This video features a sampling of the new books added to the MW Library’s collection during the 1st nine weeks.  Check the online catalog [on campus] [off campus] to see if the one(s) which piques your interest is available.  You may have to be at home to view this video if the school computers are filtering YouTube.

Thankful for books

As Thanksgiving approaches, the MW Library would like to thank three individuals who have donated contemporary, curriculum-relevant books to the MW Library in the past few months:

• Mr. Steven Ward, a senior CIA intelligence analyst who specializes in the Middle East and Iran (and uncle of a MW student), donated his new book Immortal: A Military History of Iran and Its Armed Forces.
• Mr. Steve Ross, who teaches Latin, Italian cooking, and Global Studies at MLWGS, donated books about the slow food movement.
• Dr. Amy Compton, who teaches Biopsychology at MWLGS, donated books about neuroscience.

Thank you to these donors for these gifts of books with such relevance to the MLWGS curriculum.

CC Search added to Links list

In order to facilitate students and teachers finding images, audio, and other media files to use in presentations and other projects they’re creating, I’ve added the Creative Commons Search page to the links menu on the left.  This search tool leads you to photos and other items for which the creators have voluntarily surrendered some of the rights they would have traditionally enjoyed under copyright protection.  Instead, in the interest of sharing their work, they have chosen to allow you to use it without getting their permission – given certain conditions.

There are four components of Creative Commons licensing.  All CC licenses require attribution.  Beyond that, creators may add any or all of the other three conditions to the CC license for their work:

• Attribution – You must credit the source.
• Share Alike (SA) – If you use a CC item with this designation, you are agreeing to share the work you create under the same CC license.
• Noncommercial (NC) – Your use of the work is limited to noncommercial purposes (like teaching and scholarly research).
• No Derivatives (ND) – You may use the work, but only in its original form.  No modifications permitted.

Next two Tech Byte topics

Bring your lunch to the library to learn while you munch.  Upcoming Tech Byte topics include the following:

• MLWGS Google Apps & MyJSTOR accounts – Oct. 13, 15, and 27
• Find news articles while you sleep & in languages you’re studying – Oct. 20, 22, and Nov. 3