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Shows Polish and original titles and other useful info about movies showing in Poland. - ACC Library

Listings of films shown in Poland, by genre, popularity, gives country of origin and language. - ACC Library

Turnitin is imperfect and controversial. - ACC Library

The imperfections of Turnitin's inability to keep track of the Web for plagiarism detection, as explained by this economics professor, whose experience with Turnitin was less than good. - ACC Library

Complete instructions how to use the iPad. - ACC Library

Discussion of sociology papers and some topic ideas for sociology papers. - ACC Library

Listings of sociology topic suggestions and sources of information for the topics. - ACC Library

In talking about science, whether to the public or to students, we scientists often assume that they share with us a common idea of science. In my experience that is often not the case. To oversimplify, scientists think of science both as a process for discovering properties of nature and as the resulting body of knowledge, whereas most people seem to think of science, or perhaps scientists, as an authority that provides some information—just one more story among the many that they use to help make sense of their world. Can we close that gap in understanding? - ACC Library

Letters to the editor in Physics Today in response to the Quinn article about what science is. Some criticisms of Quinn's views and interesting discussions about science. - ACC Library

Physics instructor Erik Christensen of South Florida Community College is an advocate of open textbooks, which he feels benefit him and his students. The customization of the open textbook with his own teaching materials contributed to making physics “more fun and interesting” for his students. Also, costs to students dropped from $178 to $13. Watch his testimonial on YouTube. - ACC Library

When Congress drafted the 1976 Copyright Act, they included specific exemptions for libraries and archives. These exemptions are part of Section 108 of the Copyright Law, and they allow a library or archive to make copies of works without first getting the permission of the copyright owner. Section 108 has some very specific requirements to exemption. To be eligible, libraries and archives must: have collections open to the public, OR available to others doing research in a specialized field (not just affiliated researchers) make copies without any purpose of direct or indirect commerical advantage include the original copyright notice from the work, OR if no original notice, a legend stating the work may be protected under copyright. make copies on "isolated and unrelated" occaisions so as not to engage in "systematic" copying Section 108 in no way affects your right to argue a fair use. Additionally, it in no way trumps any contractual obligations that may be in place (these - ACC Library

When I give seminars to librarians on copyright, the most popular question is: "What happens if we get sued? How much money are we talking about?" Answer? In ever popular lawyer-speak, "It depends." The good news for libraries, archives, and nonprofit educational institutions, is that a good understanding and application of Fair Use can reduce your liability down to $0. This article aims to help you evaluate a given situation involving the fair use of copyrighted materials. "Fair Use?" , you say. "Absolutely. Everything we do is Fair Use. That is, we think it's fair." That kind of thinking won't go too far in court. Although Fair Use is the grayest area of copyright law (I always color my PowerPoint slides on Fair Use gray), 17 U.S.C. § 107 outlines criteria including four specific factors that courts weigh to determine if what you've done would lawfully be considered Fair Use. Copyright Infringement When considering whether or not you've infringed on someone's copyright, you'll fir - ACC Library

Guidelines for libraries, as well as Legal Foundation Library Exemptions Fair Use Effective License Negotiation - ACC Library

Funded by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, College Open Textbooks is a collection of colleges, governmental agencies, education non-profits, and other education-related organizations that are focused on the mission of driving the awareness and advocacy for open textbooks. This includes providing training for instructors adopting open resources, peer reviews of open textbooks, and mentoring online professional networks that provide support to authors who open their resources. Through our community outreach, we have found that open textbooks should be: easy to use, get and pass around, editable so instructors can customize content, cross-platform compatible, printable, and accessible so they work with adaptive technology. - ACC Library

A guide for exploring open textbook options for faculty. What is an "Open Textbook"? For those new to open textbooks Sources for Finding an Open Textbook & Other Open Resources Commerical Sites with Open Texts Other Sources for Open or Free Content: Books Other Sources for Open or Free Content: Music, Videos and Other Media Resources for Creating and Hosting Your Own Textbook Presentation Files Other Helpful Resources - ACC Library

Hi, Connecting Librarian is known in other circles as Michelle McLean. I am Information Librarian at Casey Cardinia Library Corporation – a public library service, serving a population of over 270,000 in the local government areas of Casey and Cardinia in the outer south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. I am responsible for the library’s virtual services and work as part of the wider Information Services team. In 2006 I was awarded a Ramsay & Reid Scholarship by the State Library of Victoria, which enabled me to conduct a study tour of US public libraries providing cutting edge virtual services, in 2007. I have been blogging professionally for nearly 6 years and have been published in books and journals and presented at several conferences including Computers Online (US), ALIA and VALA. I have a Bachelor of Arts (Librarianship) (Ballarat CAE 1985) and a Master of Business (Internet Technology) (RMIT 1999). My professional interests are Web 2.0, virtual services and referenc - ACC Library

A slide show about how you can print remotely from your smartphone. - ACC Library

By connecting your printer with the Google Cloud you will be able to print to your printer from any computer or smart phone, regardless of where you are. Just activate the Google Cloud Print connector in Google Chrome and your printer will automatically be available to you from Google Cloud Print enabled web and mobile apps. - ACC Library

Google’s Cloud Print service allows phones, tablets, and computers to print to printers without first installing traditional drivers. You can read more information here. Basically, Cloud Print requires you to run a “proxy”, a small server on a computer that is connected to your printer. You can then make this printer available, either to yourself or to others with a Google account. This then enables them to print to your printer from any Google Cloud Print enabled device. - ACC Library