March Library Book Sale Weds. Mar. 13 & Thurs. Mar. 14; 9 AM - 4 PM Wednesday & Thursday
March 13 & 14, 2013
9 AM - 4 PM each day
Location: AOK Library, first floor behind the Reference room

Items sold include books, CDs, LPs and more! Prices generally range from $.25 to $5 with some individually priced items. We accept cash or checks - sorry, no credit cards. Proceeds will be used to purchase new library materials and equipment.

The book sale is open the the public. Contact 410-455-2341 for further information.
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Bb Instructors are encouraged to compare their official course rosters in Peoplesoft, with the list of users enrolled in their Bb courses.  If they find students who have officially dropped the course but who are still listed in Bb, they can either change the student's availability to "unavailable", or they can remove them completely from the Bb course.  If students find they are still listed in a Bb course that they have officially dropped, they should submit an RT ticket and ask to be removed.
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Blackboard Collaborate Web Conferencing will be undergoing IP renumbering during the regularly scheduled maintenance window on Saturday, March 2, 2013.  Please read KB article 2798

Begin Time: Saturday, March 2, 2013  10:00 PM (US Eastern / GMT-5)

End Time: Sunday, March 3, 2013 4:00 AM (US Eastern / GMT-5)

Duration: 6 hours

Affected Users: All Web Conferencing & Elluminate Live! Users

Details: During the upcoming maintenance, Blackboard Collaborate Web Conferencing and Elluminate Live! North American Hosted sessions and recordings will be intermittently unavailable.  System administrators should review KB article 2798 for important details regarding potential changes that may require a CMS restart and network updates.

Updates to this article can be found at: 
http://support.blackboardcollaborate.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=8336&task=knowledge&questionID=1857

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This hands-on workshop will focus on setting up an account, importing and transferring citations, using the Cite While You Write plug-in for Microsoft Word, and managing groups of citations.  For all students, faculty, and staff.

Choose from two sessions:

3/7/2013 or 3/11/2013
 

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm;  LIB 259


RSVP to Katy Sullivan at sullivan@umbc.edu or 410-455-3604.

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CFD Logo V01

 

 

 

 

 

DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS

POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS

 

The Consortium for Faculty Diversity at Liberal Arts Colleges invites applications in all disciplines of the liberal arts and engineering for Scholar-in-Residence appointments. Applicants should either be working toward a Ph.D. or a M.F.A. degree, or should have been awarded the degree no more than five years prior to the time of their application. Applicants must be either U.S. citizens or unconditional permanent residents, committed and willing to contribute to enhancing the diversity of member colleges and their faculties.

 

Scholars will receive compensation equivalent to that for beginning instructors or assistant professors with similar credentials. Scholars will be expected to conduct research, teach the equivalent of one or two semester-long courses, and participate in other activities at the host institution. Mentoring of teaching and scholarship will be provided. 

 

Applications are shared with all Consortium member schools who subsequently award appointments according to their policies and procedures.

 

Consortium Members: 


Allegheny College

Bard College at Simon’s Rock

Bard College at Simon's Rock

Bowdoin College 

Bryn Mawr College 

Carleton College

Centre College

Colorado College

Denison University

DePauw University

Dickinson College

Gettysburg College

Goucher College

Grinnell College

Hamilton College

Haverford College

Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Lafayette College

Lawrence University

Luther College

Macalester College

Mount Holyoke College

Muhlenberg College

New College of Florida

Oberlin College

Pomona College

Reed College

Rhodes College

University of Richmond

Ripon College

Scripps College  

Skidmore College

Smith College

Southwestern University

St. Olaf College

Swarthmore College

Transylvania University

Trinity College

Vassar College

Wellesley College

Willamette University

The College of Wooster



Please visit http://www.gettysburg.edu/about/offices/provost/cfd/for information and to apply.

For inquiries contact sgockows@gettysburg.edu

 

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  1. Check with your Department about purchasing Scantron forms.  The UMBC Bookstore has the current forms that our Scantron machine reads.
  2. Use a number 2 pencil to fill out the answer key.  After all answer keys have been bubbled in, please make sure to use AA00000 for the Campus ID field for ALL exam keys. If you have multiple versions of an exam and also multiple keys, use Column K (under the Special codes section on the Scantron form) to designate the exam version that corresponds to that key.  Make sure to tell the students to indicate which version of the exam they are taking on their Scantron form, so that they may be graded correctly.
  3. Remind students to use a number 2 pencil and to fill in their own Campus ID in the lower left corner of the Scantron form.  The Scantron software recognized students my Campus ID, not by name.
  4. When Scantron forms are collected please make sure that all forms face the same directions, with all keys placed on top.
  5. A new Testbook Form cover sheet must be placed on top of each exam submitted for grading.  The cover sheet can be downloaded ffrom this FAQ article: https://wiki.umbc.edu/x/EgGRAQ.
  6. Please make sure to fill out all information on the form (most importantly the course/section portion).  If you neglect to indicate the grading method desired (percent or points), your exam will be graded using points.
  7. Prior to submitting your exam, place the Scantron forms in an interoffice envelope.  If there are too many to fit in one envelope, use multiple envelopes and include your name and course/section on each.  Exams may be dropped off with a full time Instructional Technology staff member in suite 101, Engineering Bldg. between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm.  *Under no circumstances should Scantron forms be left on an unattended desk or chair *. If no one is available to receive your exam (or if you teach in the evening), place the envelope in the secure drop slot next to the door of room 004, Engineering Bldg.  There are intercampus envelopes and Testbook cover sheets on the door of 004 if needed.  If you use the secure drop slot, we request that you enter an RT ticket alerting us that you have done so.  Make sure to include the instructor's name, and the course name and section in the ticket.
  8. Once the exam is scanned and scored, the resulting CSV file (and SDF file if requested) will be placed in a Scantron folder in the files portion of the Blackboard shell associated with your class.  At this time you will receive an RT ticket resolution email alerting you that the exams have been completed.
  9. Please remember that there is a 48-hour turn around time on all exams.  Though DoIT staff may often complete exam scoring sooner, this is not always possible due to volume.
  10. Finally, and most importantly, PLEASE COME BACK AND PICK UP COMPLETED EXAMS!  . 

If you have further questions concerning the Scantron Test Scoring process please contact the Technology Support Center at 410-455-3838 or visit our Scantron FAQ's.

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UMBC is always looking for ways to gather feedback from our Faculty and Students. We would like to invite you to join a focus group on Friday March 8th to discuss your experience with Blackboard, use of technology on campus and customer service preferences.

These focus groups are by invitation only and will last up to 75 minutes.  

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Synthesis is an innovative information service for the research, development and educational communities in engineering and computer science. It combines authoritative content with advanced digital delivery to create a product that is substantially more useful than traditional print and digital publications.

The basic component of the library is a 50- to 100-page electronic book (called a Lecture) that synthesizes an important research or development topic, authored by a prominent contributor to the field. 

Subjects include:
  • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
  • Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
  • Communication Networks
  • Computer Graphics and Animation
  • Energy & the Enviroment
  • Information Security, Privacy, & Trust
  • and much more
For off-campus access, please login via VPN first (http://vpn.umbc.edu) and follow the link to the UMBC Library Homepage. Then follow the link under "News & Events" on the Library's homepage to return to this post and click on the "Visit Website" button to access the database. For more info on remote access, see http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/services/remoteaccess.php.

The trial runs through March 31, 2013. Feedback on the usefulness of this database is appreciated. Please contact Drew Alfgren at alfgren@umbc.edu, or leave us a comment to let us know what you think.
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