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02/18/2025
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CSU's 12th annual Giving Day event is on Thursday, February 27th, 2025
Please support the Michael Schwartz Library
 

Once a year, CSU alumni, friends, students, faculty and staff come together for a virtual celebration of Cleveland State's campus community, supporting the programs, colleges, groundbreaking research, and Division I athletics teams that make up CSU's urban footprint.  To maximize the impact of your generous gift, we encourage you to direct all or part of your donation to the Michael Schwartz Library, CSU’s center of research, learning & creativity.

We are so much more than books!  As the heart of Cleveland State’s campus, the Library provides access to learning and research resources, collaborative and quiet study spaces, computers, software, and loanable technology. Our expert librarians and staff are available to work with students and faculty on and off-campus, in person, via telephone, chat, text, or Zoom.

Our track record is impressive: we have a long history of using donations and partnerships to build collections, update technology, and enhance our facilities to ensure student success. Your gift helps ensure that CSU students and faculty have access to the research tools, facilities, unique local resources, and personalized support and guidance they need to succeed. We encourage you to review our current priorities and support what matters most to you.

While no one has ever graduated from the Michael Schwartz Library, no one at CSU has ever graduated without our resources!   All gifts, of any size, make a difference in the lives of CSU students. And since over 70% of CSU graduates remain in the area, a gift to CSU is ultimately an investment in Cleveland. Please consider giving what you can, and help us spread the word!

 

GIVE TO THE MICHAEL SCHWARTZ LIBRARY NOW!

01/24/2025
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Black Trailblazers, Leaders, Activists, and Intellectuals in Cleveland:
a pathfinder to Black local history


As most readers of this blog know, our Cleveland Memory Project showcases tens of thousands of historical images from the Michael Schwartz Library's Special Collections. One of the very first of these exhibits featured Black Clevelanders, and we celebrated Cleveland Memory's 20th anniversary a few years ago by reworking and renaming that original site. Far beyond the original collection of images, the site is a pathfinder to our extensive collections focusing on Black Clevelanders and Black Cleveland history, providing context to these pictures through articles, e-books, audio interviews, speeches, oral histories, and carefully curated links to essential off-site reading. 

A 2020 analysis found Cleveland to be the most ethnically and racially diverse city in Ohio. While Cleveland Memory cannot attempt to serve as a comprehensive history of the Black experience in our city, we are happy to offer this rich sampling of materials that collectively enable us to describe a broader story of half the city's population.  We invite you to explore, and to share your favorite sites for us to add to this constantly-growing resource.

Visit Black Trailblazers, Leaders, Activists, and Intellectuals in Cleveland

 Black Trailblazers, Leaders, Activists, and Intellectuals in Cleveland: a pathfinder to Black local history

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Project Management: Navigating the Complexity with a Systematic Approach, 2nd ed.

Cleveland State University's MSL Academic Endeavors, publishing imprint of the Michael Schwartz Library, is pleased to announce the publication of the 2nd edition of Dr. Abdullah Oguz’s Project Management open textbook!

 

Project Management: Navigating the Complexity with a Systematic Approach, 2nd ed.

https://pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu/projectmanagement2ndedition/

ABOUT THE BOOK
In light of unprecedented changes, project managers must be prepared in response to the demands of their organizations and key stakeholders like clients, customers, and government agencies. This book covers the fundamentals of project management and aims to guide undergraduate and graduate students to acquire the building blocks of project management. This book also includes Microsoft Project tutorials for project scope, schedule, resources, and cost, and monitoring and controlling.

The first edition of this OER (Open Educational Resource) book was made available in October 2022. Since its release, significant advancements have occurred, including the rise of AI tools like ChatGPT and other Large Language Models (LLMs), which have influenced the education sphere. However, the revisions in this edition were not solely driven by AI developments.

 

The 2nd edition includes a new chapter on Generative AI, and a new section on Scrum, the most common agile framework. New exercises were included in all chapters, with answers provided only for instructors. Updated PowerPoint presentations and Blackboard question pools are also available for instructors. All sections were revised and reformatted.

 

Please consider sharing this announcement with faculty who teach project management!

Licensed under a CC BY NC 4.0 International License 

Book[BL1] [AG2]

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Abdullah (Apo) Oguz (oʊ−uːz, Oh-ooz) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Information Systems at Monte Ahuja College of Business at Cleveland State University (CSU). He was an Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems in the School of Business at Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) between 2022 and 2024 and a visiting lecturer at CSU in 2020 and 2021. Dr. Oguz has a Ph.D. in Information Systems from the University of North Carolina Greensboro. Prior to that, he worked as a senior member of the Projects and Technical Systems Department of the Turkish Customs Administration. 

 

His research interests include workplace cyberbullying and cyber deviance, utilization and impact of Artificial Intelligence, project management, and the effects of IT use on social well-being. His research has been published in journals such as the Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Internet Research, Organizational Dynamics, and the Journal of Information Systems Education, as well as conferences.

 


 

Faculty who plan to adopt this textbook are encouraged to let us know using this form: https://forms.office.com/r/m1MQCaQNVB 

01/03/2025
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you can check out more than books at your Michael Schwartz Library
Check out the list of things you can borrow!

NEW for SPRING 2025: 

In order to offer the best student experience and make the most efficient use of our staff and space, we have consolidated the service point for Digital Design Services with the first floor Library & Research Help Desk. You may now make room reservations, use software, and borrow room keys and equipment right inside the front doors of the library.  

All services and resources previously accessed from the 3rd floor Digital Design Studio - including student rooms & spaces and digital production equipment - are now available from the 1st floor Library Help desk.  Check out the list of things you can borrow!

Multimedia production computers, including Adobe Creative Cloud software, are now available in the 1st floor Learning Commons Computer Lab.

To reserve a room or to borrow keys or equipment, visit the 1st floor Help Desk, or call (216) 687-2479.

For questions about library support for multimedia and digital projects, contact Ben Richards at b.c.richards@csuohio.edu.

 

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

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