Tuesday, March 29, 2016

E-book Access problems

We have noticed that the full-text of e-books is not loading properly for IE users and is not loading at all for Firefox users.  It does seem to be working well with Chrome, so if you need to access an e-book in PDF format, try using the Chrome browser.  The downloading feature still works in all browswers.

We have a call in to Ebsco Technical Support to get this figured out.  Sorry for the inconvenience!

Thursday, March 24, 2016

Old Yearbooks to be digitized


Here is the scanner that will convert 65 volumes of the The Rudder and The Log into electronic format.  This scanner is in Des Moines and digitizes content for the Iowa Heritage Digital Collection, a service provided by Iowa Library Services.  Over the course of the next few months our yearbooks will be added to this site.  Stay tuned!  And thanks to the staff of ILS for making this big project possible!

Thursday, March 3, 2016

Hart English 200 Reflection

Learning happens with reflection, so think about what you learned here today.

New search terms?  New sources to check?

Let me know your thoughts.  Click here to post a short note to my Padlet corkboard.  It's anonymous, unless you want to tell me who you are.

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Leon Panetta links

Looking for information on our next American Heritage Lecture Series distinguished speaker?  Look no further!  Here are a number of recent interviews with and addresses from  Leon E. Panetta.  The Perspectives on Current Events link provides links to some of Panetta's writing.

Commonwealth Club of California interview, Oct. 2014
     Video
     Podcast

Commonwealth Club of California interview, Oct. 2009
"The CIA: Preparing for Tomorrow's Challenges"
     Video
     Podcast

Free Library of Philadelphia Author Series, Oct. 2014
     MP3 Audio file 

NPR: Diane Rehm Show, Oct. 14, 2014
     Audio file
     Transcript

Panetta's published Perspectives on Current Events, 2001-2015


60 Minutes interview with Leon Panetta, Jan. 2012
      YouTube video

George Washington University, A Conversation with Leon Panetta, Oct. 2014
      YouTube video

Leon Panetta on Charlie Rose, Oct. 2014
     YouTube video

Leon Panetta on Capital Download, from USA Today with Susan Page, Oct. 2014
       YouTube video

World Affairs interview with Jane Wales, Feb. 2016
    YouTube video

Public Policy Institute of California, Sutton Family Speaker Series, Nov. 2015
    YouTube video