Celebrating the SHOOFLY LITERARY MAGAZINE

The Launch Party and Reading Celebration for the Shoofly Literary Magazine Vol. 2 will take place in the library’s Voices & Choices Center Gallery on Thursday, April 20th at 4:30 p.m. For more information, send an e-mail to shoofly@kutztown.edu .

Reading Exchange Reminder

As a school boy in India, Dr. Keshav Gupta read Mahatma Gandhi’s autobiography, My Experiments with the Truth. Afterward, many of the myths about Gandhi promoted in the media and in the books he read were erased, Gandhi and his work were better understood and held in esteem. It was a life-changing experience for the young Gupta.

Join Dr. Gupta Wednesday April 26, 2006 from 11:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. as he shares the Gandhi autobiography from the perspective of its considerable personal impact. Exchange what you have read about the man and the culture. To help prepare for the discussion, photocopied sets of a few chapters selected by Dr. Gupta are available at the circulation desk of the library.

This dialogue in the library’s Voices & Choices Center Gallery (2nd floor) is a collaboration between the VCC and the Office of Public Engagement and is the final Reading Exchange for the semester. An open invitation is extended to all interested in learning more about Gandhi, Hindu culture, and India in general.

Curriculum Materials Center Increases Textbook Holdings

The Curriculum Materials Center has received (via donations or orders) many new textbooks over the past few months. Reps from various publishers (Harcourt, Scott Foresman, McGraw Hill, Holt, and Prentice Hall) have found it profitable to donate new editions of some or all of their textbook series for our College of Education majors to use and review. This gives their future clientel a chance to get to know their products, and it gives our budget a HUGE relief. To buy the materials that we received via donations, we would have had to spend well over $40,000! We also have purchased a variety of textbooks for the collection to support various education courses.

We hope to have all of these new materials processed and on the shelves by the Fall 2006 semester, so make sure you stop by in the fall to see them!

If you have any questions, please contact Karen Wanamaker at kwanamak@kutztown.edu or 610-683-4709.

Integrating Information Literacy into the Syllabi

Integrating Information Literacy
into the Syllabi

A Presentation and Panel Discussion
with Dr. Marjorie Warmkessel and KU faculty members

Who:	Dr. Marjorie Warmkessel and KU faculty members
When:	Monday April 10, 2006, 4:00 pm-6:00 pm
Where:	SUB Multi-Purpose Room, Buffet dinner will be served
Contact:	Please RSVP to Lisa Deitrich at ldietric@kutztown.edu, 3-1319 if you would like to attend.
What:	Do your students go to Google first for research? Are you concerned about the resources that they are using? Learn ways to insure that your students are using the best resources for their research. This program will feature a nationally recognized expert on accomplishing this and a moderated panel discussion with KU faculty members who are doing this.

Moderator/Keynote Speaker: Dr. Marjorie Warmkessel
Dr. Warmkessel is a nationally recognized expert on integrating information literacy skills into the classroom. She advises the Middle States Commission on Higher Education on issues related to information literacy and was one of the authors of “Developing Research & Communication Skills: Guidelines for Information Literacy in the Curriculum.” This booklet outlines the new information literacy standards and provides practical advice to institutions on meeting these standards. She is Director of the Center for Academic Excellence at Millersville University and the Coordinator of Public Services at the Ganser Library.

Kutztown Faculty Panel
Information Literacy and Kutztown: What are your colleagues doing?

Dr. Andrew Arnold, History
Dr. Jennifer Forsyth, English
Dr. Kevin Mahoney, English
Dr. Phyllis Miller, Elementary Education
Prof. Melissa Nurczynski, English
Prof. Krista Prock, Library

Sponsored by the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching
and the Rohrbach Library Information Literacy Committee