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Breaking Barriers: The Struggle for Inclusion on Community College Campuses

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Libraries often are great tools, but toward that end, not everybody has the dedicated space, so thats where it has to come from higher-ups realizing that all students can benefit from this, but particularly those who may need that additional kind of space for soothing and just getting away from everything.

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Anchors Away: Building Community, Mindfulness, Equity, and Reflection

The Scholarly Teacher

One way to provide support at the institutional level is to offer regular teaching workshops to help build faculty confidence and skills. How (Faculty Development) : Big questions were shared on the workshop series calendar and introduced at the beginning of each session. Do you end a workshop or class with a moment of reflection?

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MIT Libraries Workshops

CAPD

The MIT Libraries offer a goldmine of trainings and workshops on topics that are central to your work as a graduate student. Workshop topics include: data repositories and data management, using search tools efficiently, adopting citation management tools, open access and scholarly publishing, and much more.

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The Next Chapter for Public Libraries: How Current and Future Trends are Shaping the Libraries of Tomorrow

Clark Nesxen

Over the last few years, public libraries have transitioned from being buildings that only store and lend books to being fully featured community centers. The most successful public libraries are designed with people in mind and with the help of the community they serve. What is most important to those who use the library?

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Information literacy at the heart of the Library: The Library Academic Support Team

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Photo credit: The University of Edinburgh In this extra post, Christine Love-Rodgers, College Lead for Library Academic Support (CAHSS), highlights the important role that the Library Academic Support team play in developing students’ information literacy….

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20 Winter-Inspired Service-Learning Project Ideas for High School Students

Experiential Learning Depot

Community Book Drive For this service-learning project example, students organize a book drive to collect winter reading materials for libraries, shelters, or literacy programs, helping promote learning and escape through books.

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MIT Libraries “Open Access Week” Events

CAPD

As a part of Open Access Week, The MIT Libraries will be hosting several events that are relevant to PhDs and postdocs. This interactive, in-person workshop with Q&A will survey existing law and policy and highlight pathways forward for researchers across disciplines, including fair use and TDM-specific exemptions to copyright.