The Top 3 from the LMC & IT this week 6/3/19:
1. Looking for something to read this summer? We have some great books for YOU to read- some of the Alex award winners (crossover YA/Adult books) are in stock, as well as the newly released 2020 Lincoln nominees (here is a You Tube video book talk) and our #Weare204 titles are available for you as well. All of these books are, of course, available at your local public libraries and bookstores and online. If you read any, stop by and tell us what you think, and promote them to your students as well!
2. Another example of copyright/fair use violation and a big $$ lawsuit, this time in Houston. Read on, and please be fair with what you use for and with students.
Wondering if the materials you are using/copying fall under fair use guidelines? Here is an excellent article to help you understand. Quoted from this article, "Despite longstanding myths, there are no cut-and-dried rules (such as 10 percent of the work being quoted, or 400 words of text, or two bars of music, or 10 seconds of video). Fair use is situational, and context is critical."
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3. Next year there will be a few changes with the LMC Academic databases. We will be adding some new Gale databases but will be dropping our ABC-Clio Social Studies databases. The Gale databases will replace the content found in ABC and will streamline the research process for our students. We will also be dropping Noodletools, based on the survey I sent out earlier this year. Most of the teachers who responded to this survey used alternate methods of citation resources, the biggest being the free Chrome extension Cite This For Me. If you have concerns about any of these changes, please come talk to me. Over the summer, I'll be making changes to the LMC website to reflect this. I invited you to head over there and see what's new during your downtime this summer. We also plan to bring back our Gale Rep, Kira, to do another Lunch and Learn to familiarize yourself with all that Gale has to offer. Use the summer to gather your questions as you start your planning for students' academic research for the 2019-2020 year!
