At this time of year students and instructors alike are EXHAUSTED! Getting enough sleep just doesn’t seem possible. The November 2003 issue of Scientific American has a good article on the how and whys of sleep. And, if you think that you are sleep deprived, the February 2013 issue deals with “astronaut insomnia.” They’re not exactly in a good location to go out and take a long walk to relax you for sleep.
Tag: Announcements
New Student Journal @ JCCC
I’m a big fan of our Institutional Repository, ScholarSpace. A repository, set up to gather all of the publishings coming from our campus, has really exposed some of our works to the greater academic arena, but there’s been a glaring issue: there has been a horrible lack of student-created material. And certainly one of the most glaring issues has been my lack of advertising to get students more involved.
UNTIL NOW. I’m proud to announce that with the support and hard work of Patricia Decker, we’ve been able to launch the Johnson County Community College Honors Journal. Students who have completed their Honors contracts for courses at JCCC can now submit their final projects for inclusion in our entirely digital journal. There are some great advantages to this journal being all digital:
- Obviously it is more green
- Digital publishing allows the article to be included in larger academic online communities
- We can incorporate alternative projects, such as video, images, powerpoint presentations, or a combination of many of these
We’re very proud to be showcasing the work of our students, and hope to receive many more submissions in the coming semesters. Thanks to everyone who helped get this off the ground, especially the contributing students:
- Christina Turner
- Courtney Masterson
- William Sherrill
- William Bettes
- Belinda Peister
Seriously: without students willing to share their fantastic work, we wouldn’t be able to show the rest of the world what our students are capable of. I hope this gets students (Honors or not!) interested in submitting their work. Thanks again!
Congratulations, Miguel Morales
Library employee Miguel Morales has been named a Diversity Fellow, a position within JCCC’s Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Some of the countless exemplary qualities Miguel brings to the group include his work with student groups like LUNA (Latinos United Now and Always) and Queers & Allies; his contributions to both latino/latina publications and the ODEI journal, Voices; his public speaking engagements to faculty; and many more examples exceeding what many accomplish in a lifetime (at least me).
In addition to Miguel, Kerri Stephenson of the Foreign Language department was also named a Fellow. She also is a part of LUNA and has many outreach programs under her belt. Congratulations to both of them.
Reminders and Thank Yous
This has been a very busy month for our LibGuides site, and its only two-thirds over with. Currently, we’ve received 240 guide hits, more than the last two months combined! And while that’s not a lot of hits overall, keep in mind that LibGuides are not yet advertised on campus, or even linked from our Web site. All JCCC traffic has been from limited promotion on this page, and a few demonstrations to faculty and students They’re looking pretty good, and while plenty of people have begun updating, reformatting, and adding features, we’ve still got some fixing to do.
Here’s a page just for you readers: It is a LibGuide made for our Autism & Asperger’s conference coming up in October. As you can see, it is still being constructed, but it shows off some of the features that other LibGuides on our page haven’t used yet. You’ll have to follow the link because it is not available from JCCC’s libGuides homepage. Once it is complete, it will be listed, but until then, feedback is appreciated from our blog readers.