This project’s goal is to create an “open” exhibition of Trexler Library’s Robert C. Horn Papyrus Collection. In consultation with Muhlenberg’s Special Collections Librarian, Susan Falciani, we have decided on a clean layout, that presents easy access to the images of the papyri themselves, along with transcription and translation. Additionally, several tools will be presented in the exhibit that will …
Over the past year, I have coordinated a Faculty Learning Community on Open Scholarship. In this post, I briefly discuss the progress on the project associated with my participation and some of the lessons that I have learned through organizing and participating in this FLC. First, my project has morphed significantly over the year. What… Read more Final Post- FLC …
My project for this Open Scholarship learning community has combined to of some of my favorite things – open access and creative visual design. I’ve created an Open Resources subject guide, which directs Muhlenberg Trexler Library users to information about creative commons and resources that are in the public domain in hopes that people will be inspired to create derivative …
Throughout our OER reading group, I have explored the idea of how instructors in different disciplines could consistently incorporate critically thinking about information in their teaching, including but not limited to issues such as access (open and otherwise), authority, and power structures. In pursuit of this goal, I led a session at the Information Literacy Roundtable (at Muhlenberg) in January …
Throughout this academic year, fourteen colleagues and I are engaging in a faculty/staff learning community investigating open scholarship. This fall semester we have built our shared understanding and our co-constructed meaning around this concept of open. During the spring semester ahead, we will pivot toward more practical and applied work in the form of individual projects. As this semester speeds …
One way that individuals can make a difference with regard to sustainability is through their portfolio choices in their retirement plans or other investments. There are now many opportunities to invest in companies, organizations, and funds with the objective to both generate a measurable, beneficial, social or environmental impact and provide a financial return for the investor. This type of …
[adapted from a statement by President John Williams of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA] The House and Senate are now reconciling versions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act—the farthest-reaching national tax legislation in decades. The House version contains provisions that, if passed into law, will make it harder for many young people to afford college. The potential impacts include: Students and their families would …
One way that individuals can make a difference with regard to sustainability is through their portfolio choices in their retirement plans or other investments. There are now many opportunities to invest in companies, organizations, and funds with the objective to both generate a measurable, beneficial, social or environmental impact and provide a financial return for the investor. This type of …
I haven’t chosen a specific project for the FLC. I’m already involved in FOSS outreach, several FOSS projects, and several OER repositories. I could use one of them as the basis for a project. For example: for FOSS learning activities, install & configure several MediaWiki plugins, and create more & better links between materials. for POGIL activities for CS, update …
Muhlenberg College is the proud owner of the Robert C. Horn Papyrus Collection which consists of 36 papyrus fragments that date from late-antique Egypt (~400 C.E.). Through the hard work and dedication of Susan Falciani, these pieces are now available online through a platform called “Shared Shelf”. This platform, however, is not particularly user friendly, and can provide a barrier to our …
