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The Acquisitions Department is happy to now be accepting purchase requests from all UMBC community members. You can find the request form and more information about requesting library materials on the Technical Services page of the library website.

All requests will be reviewed by a subject librarian and updates on your request will be provided through our ticketing system.

Registration for Graduate Student Organizations (GSOs) is now open!

If you would like to establish a GSO this year and be eligible for GSA funding, please fill out this form so that your group will be properly registered (whether the group is new or existing).

The deadline to register a GSO for the 2021-2022 academic year is Monday, September 20th 2021.

Note that only those programs or groups whose registration is completed and approved will be eligible for funding from the GSA for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022. 

If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact us at gsa@umbc.edu 
 

The St. Paul’s Schools – www.stpaulsmd.org – just posted a new position today - Executive Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusivity for the 2022-2023 school year.  Full job descriptions can be found at www.stpaulsmd.org/employment.  

St. Paul’s School for Boys

Admissions Database Manager and Admissions Associate

Middle School Learning Services Specialist

Varsity Tennis Coach

The St. Paul’s Schools

After School Music Lesson Instructors (piano, voice, guitar, percussion)

Costume Designer

Executive Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusivity

Substitute Teachers Grades Kindergarten through 12th grade

Weekend Security Officer

Information and content from: 

https://en.unesco.org/commemorations/literacyday

"As we celebrate International Literacy Day, UNESCO would like to invite all actors around the world, in the field of education and beyond, to mobilize for the literacy of young people, adults and women. So that they, too, can have the right to dream and be free."

— Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO Director General, on the occasion of International Literacy Day

"International Literacy Day (ILD) 2021 will be celebrated under the theme “Literacy for a human-centred recovery: Narrowing the digital divide”.

The COVID-19 crisis has disrupted the learning of children, young people and adults at an unprecedented scale. It has also magnified the pre-existing inequalities in access to meaningful literacy learning opportunities, disproportionally affecting 773 million non-literate young people and adults. Youth and adult literacy were absent in many initial national response plans, while numerous literacy programmes have been forced to halt their usual modes of operation.

Even in the times of global crisis, efforts have been made to find alternative ways to ensure the continuity of learning, including distance learning, often in combination with in-person learning.  Access to literacy learning opportunities, however, has not been evenly distributed. The rapid shift to distance learning also highlighted the persistent digital divide in terms of connectivity, infrastructure, and the ability to engage with technology, as well as disparities in other services such as access to electricity, which has limited learning options.   

The pandemic, however, was a reminder of the critical importance of literacy. Beyond its intrinsic importance as part of the right to education, literacy empowers individuals and improves their lives by expanding their capabilities to choose a kind of life they can value. It is also a driver for sustainable development. Literacy is an integral part of education and lifelong learning premised on humanism as defined by the Sustainable Development Goal 4. Literacy, therefore, is central to a human-centred recovery from the COVID-19 crisis.

ILD 2021 will explore how literacy can contribute to building a solid foundation for a human-centred recovery, with a special focus on the interplay of literacy and digital skills required by non-literate youth and adults. It will also explore what makes technology-enabled literacy learning inclusive and meaningful to leave no one behind. By doing so, ILD2021 will be an opportunity to reimagine future literacy teaching and learning, within and beyond the context of the pandemic."

For more information please visit: 

https://en.unesco.org/commemorations/literacyday

This survey will help the UMBC Writing Center understand the writing needs of graduate students. Please complete this short survey with information about your knowledge of and experience with seeking writing support at UMBC. Thank you for completing the survey no later than Friday, October 15th

The Writing Center at the Academic Success Center would like to collect some data from graduate students in order to assess their experiences with the UMBC Writing Center, the Graduate Writing Advisor, and the ELI Writing Advisor. The ASC has put together this great survey to help us gather more information and maybe fill some gaps. 

Please take this survey, it will take 5 minutes max
https://forms.gle/FWgQrnzr7b3H2RLFA