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11/12/2024
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CSU Assist logo: Assistance, Support, & Services for International Students

 

November 18th-22nd is International Education Week!


Please join us in the library throughout the week as we celebrate our international students! Look for our book display, and mark your home country on a large world map.  We'll have candies from all over the world, a new display, and conversation-starting white boards.

International education is all about expanding horizons, making connections, and establishing mutual understanding between people in the United States and other countries. 

 

How many countries' flags can you identify? Try this quiz:
https://world-geography-games.com/en/flags_world.html 

CSU Study Abroad Programs site:  https://business.csuohio.edu/academics/study-abroad-programs

International Research Guides from your Michael Schwartz Library:
https://researchguides.csuohio.edu/internationalculturalguide
https://researchguides.csuohio.edu/international

 

ABOUT INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS DAY
The first International Students Day was observed on November 17, 1941 in London to commemorate the anniversary of the 1939 Nazi capture and arrest of protesting students from Czech universities. Nine student leaders were murdered and over 1,200 students were sent to concentration camps as a result. The day was noted to celebrate the bravery of these students. Today November 17 is recognized as a day to celebrate the diversity, multiculturalism, strength, and courage of international students who make great sacrifices to move and study abroad. 

10/24/2024
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Connect with CSU Faculty for Día de los Muertos at the Library

a Mexican holiday for celebrating and remembering loved ones who have died

all events will be on Friday, November 1st the 1st floor of the Michael Schwartz Library
 

11:00 am – noon
Calavera Mask-Making

Create and wear your own calavera mask.  These masks serve multiple purposes, including honoring the dead and warding off evil spirits.  Skulls are a ​symbol​ of mortality or death and have become linked with ​Día de los Muertos​, a holiday for celebrating and remembering loved ones who have died.

Noon – 1:00 pm
Dr. Stephen Gingerich

Dr. Gingerich, Spanish Professor in the Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Presenting “Day of the Dead in Mexico and Beyond” followed by a discussion.  Part of the Friends of the Library's “Connect with CSU Faculty” series.

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Spanish conversation & snacks with CSU Café Hispano

After the presentation, relax in the Connection Lounge, converse in Spanish and enjoy refreshments with the Café Hispano group.

Join us!
 

10/21/2024
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media literacy week: celebrating 10 years


 

This week is Media Literacy Week, and 2024 is the 10th annual celebration of this important awareness-raising campaign! In celebration, we’ll be posting one Substack post each day this week with some tips and ideas for becoming more media literate. We hope you find them helpful!

Before we get into today’s tips, we wanted to invite you all (and your students if you are a professor!) to attend a misinformation workshop that the library is offering on October 22nd at 11:30am. This virtual workshop will give you some hands-on practice with the concepts we cover in this short series. All are welcome!

 

 

 


Media Literacy Week – Day Four

Media Literacy Week is nearly over, but there’s one more piece of the SIFT method to cover!
Trace Claims to Their Original Context.  

Unfortunately, many of the sources that you encounter online are not original content -- they're stories that are being re-reported or commented on. This makes some of the other steps of SIFT more difficult because the context of the information (and, sometimes, the information itself) is altered when it is re-shared. To address this problem, you may need to trace claims to their original context.

https://youtu.be/tRZ-N3OvvUs

 

Find more information, suggested resources, and assignment ideas related to Trace Claims to Their Original Context on our  Misinformation Research Guide


 

Media Literacy Week – Day Three

Let’s continue our exploration of the SIFT method for Media Literacy Week!  

Depending on your information need, you may find that the first two steps in SIFT are sufficient to verify the source you want to share or use, and your work is done. However, if you're unsure about the trustworthiness of a source, the next step in the SIFT process is to evaluate the claim by Finding Trusted Sources.  See the video below for some tips for doing that kind of fact-checking.  

https://youtu.be/wJG7kFmS0FE
 

One common strategy for Finding Trusted Sources is called “lateral reading.” The idea is that instead of relying on the source itself to tell you how trustworthy it is, you open new tabs and investigate how others assess that source’s reliability.  

https://youtu.be/GZvsGKvqzDs
 

Find more information, suggested resources, and assignment ideas related to Find Trusted Sources on our Misinformation Research Guide


 

Media Literacy Week – Day 2

Welcome to Day Two of Media Literacy Week!

Don’t forget that our Avoiding Misinformation Workshop is today at 11:30 – we would love to have you!

Now that we know more about the first step of SIFT, Stop, let’s move to the next step. The second step of SIFT is to Investigate the Source. It can be tempting to immediately begin to debate the merits of a claim that a source makes (and, depending on how outrageous it is, you may be able to dismiss a source based on its claim alone). However, it's often a good idea to begin by investigating if the source of the claim is credible. See the video below to learn why the strategy you use to investigate a source can mean the difference between an inaccurate conclusion and a successful fact-check.

https://youtu.be/yBU2sDlUbp8

In the next video, learn a quick method for investigating a source.

https://youtu.be/hB6qjIxKltA

 

Find more information, suggested resources, and assignment ideas related to Investigate the Source on our Misinformation Research Guide
 


 

MEDIA LITERACY WEEK:  DAY 1

The SIFT Method

Today we’ll start by introducing the SIFT method.  What is SIFT?  

Stop
Investigate the source
Find trusted coverage
Trace claims, quotes and media to the original context.
Infographic showing the steps of SIFT: Stop, investigate the source, find trusted coverage, trace claims, quotes and media to the original context.
Learn more from the creator, Mike Caufield

The first step in the SIFT method is to Stop when you are considering sharing information online or using it as evidence in an assignment. Consider the following:

  • Do you have a deeply-held belief about this topic? Do you have an emotional reaction to the claim?  
  • What is your information need and context? Are you going to be using this information for a low stakes task, like deciding what movie to watch, or a higher stakes decision, like whether to share political information on social media?  

If the source you plan to use evokes a strong emotional reaction, be extra cautious to verify its claims before sharing. Also, return to this stage of SIFT if you are feeling frustrated or stuck -- take a pause and re-evaluate what you've learned in your investigation.

https://youtu.be/dNmwvntMF5A?si=Uwwl21H461vfW896

 

Find more information, suggested resources, and assignment ideas related to the Stop of SIFT on our Misinformation Research Guide.  

10/16/2024
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Become a member of the Friends of the Library FREE for one year

AND be entered in a drawing to win a $50.00 Amazon gift card.
 

We love the friends of the library

This week, Oct. 20-26, we are celebrating National Friends of Libraries Week. If you are not already a Friends member, we invite you to join us free for one year and be entered into a drawing for a $50.00 gift card!

The Friends organization supports the Michael Schwartz Library in many ways and sponsors a diverse range of events for faculty, students, alumni, and the general public. These include book discussions (both in-person and virtual), bus excursions to local areas of interest, a Meet and Greet with a Local Author, the Connect with CSU Faculty series, an Annual Book Sale, and more. There's something for everyone!

JOIN NOW!
 

With your free Friends of the Library membership, you will:

· Gain early access to the Annual Book Sale

· Be given early registration access to the annual bus excursion

· Receive an invitation to the Annual Meeting in the spring, where the Friends plan programs and events for the following academic year and discuss other topics of interest.

· Be added to the e-newsletter list, the Friends monthly publication filled with our upcoming events, book discussions, and other interesting topics (unsubscribe at any time)
 

This complimentary one-year membership is open to everyone--CSU faculty, staff, students, alumni, current Friends members, and the general public. There's no obligation to continue after the first year. However, we always welcome voluntary donations to support our work. We're all in this together.


To start enjoying the benefits of the Friends of the Michael Schwartz Library,  join us for a year, absolutely free.


JOIN NOW!

 

Donate to the friends of the library here

 

Show some #librarylove to the Friends of the Michael Schwartz Library and donate today! 
Click the Donate button and then select "Friends of the Library" under Fund Designation. 
Any size donation is appreciated!



 

 

10/15/2024
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In observance of Conflict Resolution Day, the COM 366 classes will be hosting an event in the Student Center innerlink on Thursday, October 17, from 2:00 pm to 3:15 pm. Diane Kolosionek, Communication Librarian, will be there to share some of our library resources, so please plan to drop in if you can. Can't make it? Here are a few samples:

 


Select Electronic Resources related to Conflict Resolution
available from your Michael Schwartz Library

Need help using these resources?  We're here for you...Ask a librarian!
 
Journalsconflict resolution materials at the MSL

E-books
More Conflict Resolution materials from the Michael Schwartz Library and from OhioLINK
 

About Conflict Resolution Day


Conflict Resolution Day is a global observance dedicated to promoting peaceful conflict resolution, fostering understanding, and encouraging collaboration. It serves as a reminder of the importance of resolving disputes and conflicts through non-violent means and finding common ground for the betterment of individuals, communities, and the world. Conflict Resolution Day encourages individuals, organizations, and governments to embrace conflict resolution techniques and work together to build a more harmonious and just society.


Questions?  Contact Diane Kolosionek, Head, Research & Liaison Services

Sharp: The Women Who Made an Art of Having an Opinion
by Michelle Dean

Thursday, October 24, 2024
Noon - 1:00 pm
Free and open to all
Lunch will be served for those attending in-person

Location: In-Person and virtual
Please register here for location and Zoom details and to provide a count for catering

The ten women―Dorothy Parker, Rebecca West, Hannah Arendt, Mary McCarthy, Susan Sontag, Pauline Kael, Joan Didion, Nora Ephron, Renata Adler, and Janet Malcolm―who are the focus of Sharp came from different backgrounds and had vastly divergent political and artistic opinions. But they all made a significant contribution to the cultural and intellectual history of America and ultimately changed the course of the twentieth century.

Mixing biography, literary criticism, and cultural history, Sharp is the exhilarating story of ten brilliant women who used the power of their pens to carve out space for themselves in a world where men wrote the rules. It serves as an engaging introduction to their works, and a testament to how anyone who feels powerless can claim the mantle of writer, and, perhaps, change the world.

Richard Fox will lead the discussion during National Friends of the Library week in October.

Join us for a discussion of shared intellectual and cultural history - and enjoy lunch with Friends of the Library.

Registration link:  https://forms.office.com/r/y56a5FxfF6

10/14/2024
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MSL Librarian Insights: Your Source for Tips on Emerging Research Tools 

Your Librarians at the Michael Schwartz Library have created a Substack called MSL Librarian Insights
 

subscribe to MSL Librarian Insights
Subscribe to MSL Librarian Insights! 

Dive into the MSL subject librarians’ new Substack newsletter, MSL Librarian Insights! Subscribers will receive occasional emails with helpful information and training content, especially related to Generative AI, emerging research tools, open education, and other information literacy topics. 

Since the library’s AI Playground Sessions were so popular this summer, we've decided to continue to offer AI-related content throughout the year.  Faculty and students are invited to subscribe to receive short videos and blog posts from CSU Librarians related to AI and other research-related topics via email.

This semester we’ll regularly share videos and posts focused on Generative AI. In the 5 minutes it takes to read or view a post, you’ll have the opportunity to explore the latest in generative QR code: https://librarianinsightsmsl.substack.com/AI and essential research tools designed to elevate your academic work. Whether you're a student or faculty member, these bite-sized videos will keep you informed and ahead of the curve.  

 

Sign up for MSL Librarian Insights now to get these valuable insights delivered straight to your inbox! 

Questions or suggestions? Contact your personal librarian. We're here for you!

 

Dr. Phil Wanyerka
Dr. Phil Wanyerka


Connect with CSU Faculty
featuring Dr. Phil Wanyerka 
CSU Department of World Languages, Literatures & Cultures
Presenting “13,000 Years of Native American History in Northeast Ohio”

Monday, October 14, 2024
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Rhodes Tower, Michael Schwartz Library,

Free and open to all CSU faculty, staff, and students and the general public.


The arrival of the first peoples to Northeast Ohio some 13,000 years ago marked the beginning of a long and enduring Native American presence. For over 150 years archaeologists have been studying the prehistory of Northeast Ohio in order to examine and investigate the native peoples who called this area home. Dr. Wanyerka has been investigating the ancient prehistory and cultural achievements of these prehistoric peoples for over 40 years. Please join us on Indigenous Peoples' Day for this fascinating illustrated lecture on the prehistory and archaeology of Northeast Ohio.


Join us for this free event on Indigenous Peoples' Day


Dr. Phil Wanyerka is a Senior College Lecturer and Director of Anthropology Program in the Department of World Languages, Literatures, & Culture here at Cleveland State University. Dr Wanyerka is a leading archaeologist who works in two different geographic regions: Mesoamerica and North America. Dr Wanyerka is a renown Mayan archaeologist and expert epigrapher who is an authority on the ancient prehistory of Southern Belize. In addition, Dr Wanyerka has spent more nearly 40 years conducting archaeological and geophysical  investigations at numerous prehistoric and historic sites throughout the Woodlands of Eastern North America, specializing in the archaeology and prehistory of Northeast Ohio.

 

“Connect with CSU Faculty” is a pilot project initiated by the Friends of the Library to recognize the research of Cleveland State University faculty. This event is co-sponsored by the CSU Student Anthropology Association from the Department of World Languages, Literatures, & Culture in honor of Indigenous Peoples' Day.

 

09/24/2024
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New books this fall
Just a handful of the hundreds of books we've added to our collection recently…

 

Cover ArtFrom Slavery to Freedom by John Hope Franklin; Alfred A. Moss

ISBN: 0070219079
Publication Date: 1994-02-01
This work charts the journey of African Americans from their origins in the civilizations of Africa, through slavery in the Western Hemisphere, to their struggle for freedom in the West Indies, Latin America and the United States.
 

Cover ArtOne Asian Eye by Jean Giovanetti

ISBN: 9780595335879
Publication Date: 2004-11-01
"The great thing about being ostracized is there's no peer pressure." Jean is the ultimate outsider. With a white father and Asian mother, she is too dark to be considered "white" and too white to be considered anything else. She catches grief from whites and minorities alike as she tries to piece together clues from her ancestry among a predominantly white populace. This personal anthology is composed of a series of telling moments. Headed by popular songs, each carefully crafted short story and essay provides humor, drama and powerful insight into the changing face of America. "One Asian Eye fills two important gaps in Asian American literature: accounts of the condition of being multiracial and literature in any genre about growing up in the Midwest.
 

Cover ArtKorean-Americans by Ilpyong Kim (Editor)

ISBN: 1565911210
Publication Date: 2004-08-01
History of Korean immigration to the US and the status of Korean-Americans at present and future. Commemorating 100 years of immigration.

Cover Art

Evolutionary Psychology by David Buss

ISBN: 0205370713
Publication Date: 2003-08-06
Focuses on the field of evolutionary psychology. This second edition offers a logical progression of topics by discussing adaptive problems that humans face. It integrates material on cognition and language throughout the text. It includes stories, media and cultural examples and illustrations, and applications to the personal lives of students.
 

Cover ArtStanding Again at Sinai by Judith Plaskow

ISBN: 0060666846
Publication Date: 1991-02-01
A feminist critique of Judaism as a patriarchal tradition and an exploration of the increasing involvement of women in naming and shaping Jewish tradition.
 
 

Cover ArtStill I Rise by Roland Owen Laird; Taneshia N. Laird; Charles Johnson (Foreword by); Elihu Bey

ISBN: 0393045382
Publication Date: 1997-10-01
A complete documentary history of African Americans in one cartoon narrative. Art Spiegelman and Larry Gonick opened the door for an all-out renaissance of the cartoon form, bringing a medieval form of history -- through pictures -- together with a modern sensibility. In Still I Rise Roland Laird and Elihu Bey take the form to another level, using cartoons to tell the rich history of the achievements, struggles, hopes, suffering, and triumphs of people of African descent in America. In the process, they bring to light many surprising and little-known facts of American history, making the book a joy to both those who thought they knew it all already and those learning history for the first time. As National Book Award winner Charles Johnson points out in his introduction, the history of African American cartooning is itself a vibrant one, and almost unknown.
 

Cover ArtThe Amish by Jan Folsom

ISBN: 0811725588
Publication Date: 1995-06-01
Through personal stories and photographs the author reveals the Amish beliefs, values, and traditions, and conveys their view of the outside world.
 

Cover ArtAhead of Her Time by Dorothy Sterling

ISBN: 0393030261
Publication Date: 1992-01-01
The biography of a nineteenth-century activist who dedicated her life to abolitionism by lecturing, organizing, and fund-raising for human rights.
 
 

Cover ArtQueenship in Europe, 1660-1815 by Clarissa Campbell Orr (Editor)

ISBN: 0521814227
Publication Date: 2004-08-12
This pioneering survey of court cultures in the age of the High Baroque through to the age of Enlightenment uses the role of the queen consort as the principal means of inquiry. The principal themes explored are the consort's formal and informal power, her religious role, and her cultural patronage. The book reveals the dynamics of dynastic politics as courts used their family linkages to advance themselves in the hierarchy of European powers, and suggests how women sometimes formed their own networks. The courts surveyed include those of France, Spain, Russia, Sweden, Denmark, the Imperial court at Vienna, and the three German electorates linked to monarchies: Brandenburg-Prussia, Saxony-Poland and Hanover-Great Britain. Also included is the duchy of Württemburg, which achieved royal status by the end of the period, and Savoy, which attained it through acquiring Piedmont at the beginning.
 

Cover ArtThe Oxford W. E. B. du Bois by Henry Louis Gates (Editor)
(19 volumes)

ISBN: 9780195311808
Publication Date: 2007-03-15
W. E. B. Du Bois was a public intellectual, sociologist, and activist on behalf of the African American community. He profoundly shaped black political culture in the United States through his founding role in the NAACP, as well as internationally through the Pan-African movement. DuBois's sociological and historical research on African-American communities and culture broke ground in many areas, including the history of the post-Civil War Reconstruction period. Du Bois was also a prolific author of novels, autobiographical accounts, innumerable editorials and journalistic pieces, and several works of history. The Oxford W. E. B. Du Bois is a collection of Du Bois's works in 19 volumes. Each work is introduced by a brief essay by an eminent scholar and each volume includes a general introduction from the series editor, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Spanning over a half-century, this collection is essential for anyone interested in African American history.
 

Cover ArtThe Muslim Diaspora by Everett Jenkins
(2 volumes)

ISBN: 0786407441
Publication Date: 2000-07-01
This volume, the second of a series that chronicles the most significant events in the dynamic spread of Islam, covers the period from 1500 to 1799. This era saw the spread of Islam to the Americas and the precipitous decline of the powerful Muslim states of the Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal empires.
 

Cover ArtLet Nobody Turn Us Around by Manning Marable (Editor); Leith Mullings (Editor)

ISBN: 0847683451
Publication Date: 1999-10-01
This anthology of black writers traces the evolution of African-American perspectives throughout American history from the early years of slavery. The essays, mainfestos, interviews and documents included, show the character and important controversies of each period in black history.
 

Cover ArtConscience and Slavery by Victor B. Howard

ISBN: 0873384113
Publication Date: 1990-08-01
A history of the struggle in both the church and the state over the issue of slavery and the roles they played in events leading to the Civil War. The author chronicles the domestic missions in Calvinist churches in the antebellum period, linking free-soil concepts with post-millenialist thought.
 

Cover ArtReason in the Age of Science by Hans Georg Gadamer (Editor); Frederick G. Lawrence (Translator)

ISBN: 0262070855
Publication Date: 1982-03-23
The essays in this book deal broadly with the question of what form reasoning about life and society can take in a culture permeated by scientific and technical modes of thought. They attempt to identify certain very basic types of questions that seem to escape scientific resolution and call for, in Gadamer's view, philosophical reflection of a hermeneutic sort. In effect, Gadamer argues for the continued practical relevance of Socratic-Platonic modes of thought in respect to contemporary issues. These essays, which are not available in any existing translation or collection of Gadamer's work, are remarkably up-to-date with respect to the present state of his thinking, and they address issues that are particularly critical to social theory and philosophy. He is recognized as the chief theorist of hermeneutics, a strong and growing movement here in a number of disciplines, from theology and literary criticism to philosophy and social theory. A book in the series Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought.
 

Cover ArtChildren of the Roojme by Elmaz Abinader

ISBN: 0299157342
Publication Date: 2018-12-31
In this lyrical memoir of her Lebanese-American family, Elmaz Abinader offers a vivid account of uprooted and resettled lives.  Spanning four generations and two continents, Children of the Roojme is the story of a family from the mountains of Lebanon and their emigration to western Pennsylvania. More than that, it bears intimate witness to the hardships of World War I, the disintegrating Ottoman empire, abandonment of centuries-old villages, and the New World conflict between cultural tradition and assimilation.
09/22/2024
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September 22 - 28, 2024 is Banned Books Week

have you read one of these banned books?

Take a Mugshot With Your Favorite Banned Book

Stop by our display on the first floor of the Library and take a mugshot with your favorite banned book. Post it on Instagram with the hashtag #bannedbooksweek to show your support for free and open access to information.

 


Free Webinar
Tuesday, September 24th, 2024 at 11:30 AM
Banned Books Week: “Stand Up and Speak Out! How you Can Help Fight Library Censorship”
with Belinda Boon MLIS, PhD, Kent State University iSchool
Via Zoom

Over the past several years, schools and public libraries have experienced unprecedented numbers of challenges from conservative groups and lawmakers targeting books on the experiences of Black, indigenous, and people of color and the LGBTQ+ community. But a growing number of individuals and groups are fighting back against would-be censors and helping to combat the growing spread of mis- and dis-information. This webinar covers some of the issues involved in preserving intellectual freedom and offers suggestions for how you CAN make a difference!

The webinar is FREE and open to all. Please register at https://forms.office.com/r/bBKuszk6j9 to receive a Zoom link.

About Our Speaker
Dr. Belinda Boon is a non-tenure track professor in Kent State University’s MLIS program where she has taught since 2006. Before moving to Ohio, she was the Manager of Continuing Education and Consulting and a CE Consultant with the Texas State Library & Archives Commission. Her early career included directing a small community public library and serving as a Children’s Librarian in a large urban library system. Her areas of expertise include public libraries, collection management and reference services. She has presented workshops and webinars for public, academic and school library staff since 1995 and has also taught undergraduate courses in information fluency.

 

This free event is part of the Library's Democracy 101 series of events and is sponsored by the Friends of the Michael Schwartz Library.

 

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