Featured Online Resource: Webinar on MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses)

This week's Featured Online Resource is a recording of a webinar held July 11th, on the topic of MOOCs or Massive Open Online Courses.

The web is all abuzz lately on the topic of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Classes), with the introduction of edX, a joint partnership between Harvard and MIT, that will offer free online classes.  If you want to learn more about what a MOOC is, you can listen to the recording of a webinar sponsored by JISC, held July 11, 2012.  JISC is a UK-based institute that provides leadership for educational institutions in the use of digital technology in research, teaching, and learning in the UK.

The link for information on the webinar and to listen to the recording of the webinar is: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/events/2012/07/webinarmooc.aspx

The recording is about 1 hour and 15 minutes and will launch in Blackboard Collaborate.  To start the playback of the recording, select the Playback link at the top and then Play.

Every week, the Ort Library brings you a new and outstanding resource from the Web or from one of the library's databases. To get an archive of all FOR entries, click here. Also, you can suggest a website that provides well-organized access to useful info.

New Exhibit: Roswell @ 65: Paranormal Goes Mainstream

The Lewis J. Ort Library is pleased to announce the newest exhibit in the library: “Roswell @ 65: Paranormal Goes Mainstream”.  On July 8, 1947, the Roswell Daily Record reported that the US Army had recovered a “Flying Saucer” on a ranch in Roswell, New Mexico.  It has been 65 years since this incident.  Since the purported UFO crash landing in Roswell, sightings of UFOs, Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster and other paranormal phenomenon have increased in number.  

The paranormal has entered popular fiction with the introduction of television shows like The Twilight Zone, In Search Of…, and The X-Files, along with movies such as Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Fire in the Sky.  Reality TV shows about the paranormal has also exploded in recent years.  We now programs on television purporting to explain and understand the paranormal with titles such as:

• Ghost Hunters
• Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files
• Finding Bigfoot 
•  Ancient Aliens
• UFO Files
• Monster Quest

This display highlights some of the resources the library offers on the subject of the paranormal.  It also provides information gathered resources from the Internet to highlight the plethora of paranormal information that can be found there.

The display is on the main floor of the library (3^rd floor) and will run through the end of July. Please contact Theresa Mastrodonato at tmmastrodonato@frostburg.edu or MaryJo Price at mprice@frostburg.edu if you have any questions about the display.

Featured Online Resource, Patriotic Melodies Collection from Library of Congress

In honor of the upcoming 4^th of July Holiday, this week’s Featured Online Resource is the Patriotic Melodies Collection from the Library of Congress.  This collection provides background information on many of the songs that are part of the American consciousness.  The collection includes hymns, national songs, and other songs relevant to the American experience.  Some songs included are America the Beautiful, My Country ‘Tis of Thee, and This Land is Your Land.  Each entry contains information about the song, the sheet music, song sheets, and sound recordings.  Many of the songs have multiple recordings.  For example, America the Beautiful has recordings by the US Marine Band and the US Navy Band.

Every week, the Ort Library brings you a new and outstanding resource from the Web or from one of the library's databases. To get an archive of all FOR entries, click here. Also, you can suggest a website that provides well-organized access to useful info.

Accessing Research Port - A Reminder

We are now in the “swing of things” during the summer sessions.  This is just a quick reminder that if you are doing research from off-campus you must first log into Research Port with your barcode and last name in order to access the library's databases.

Your 14-digit barcode can be found on your Bobcat ID.  If you do not have a Bobcat ID or don’t have it with you, you can find out your barcode using PAWS.

To find your barcode:

1.  Log into PAWS
2. Select Self Service
3. Select Student Center
4. Under Other Area at the bottom of screen select Library Acct Info
5. The barcode will be listed there

If you need additional help with your research, please contact the reference desk: in person, via e-mail (libref@frostburg.edu) or by phone (301-687-4424).

The library also offers several tutorials on how to use Research Port.  You can access them from this link: http://www.frostburg.edu/lewis-ort-library/userserv/tutorials/

Books Available to Support the New B.S. Degree in Secure Computing and Information Assurance

The library currently houses books in support of the new Bachelor of Science Degree in Secure Computing and Information Assurance.  A list of some of the resources available in the library are provided below.

Books:

•  Digital Evidence and Computer Crime: Forensic Science, Computers, and the Internet
• Author: Eoghan Casey
• Year Published: 2011
• Location: Stacks 4th floor
• Call Number: HV6773.C35 C35 2011

•  Critical Incident Management: A Complete Response Guide
• Author: Vincent Faggiano, John McNall and Tom Gillespie
• Year Published: 2012
• Location: Stacks 4th floor
• Call Number: HD58.9 .F334 2012

• System Forensics, Investigation and Response
• Authors: John R. Vacca and K. Rudolph
• Year Published: 2011
• Location: Stacks 4th floor
• Call Number: HV8079.C65 V32 2011

 E-Books:

•  Security and Game Theory: Algorithms, Deployed Systems, Lessons Learned
• Author: Milind Tambe
• Year Published: 2012

• The Basics of Information Security: Understanding the Fundamentals of Infosec in Theory and Practice
• Author: Jason Andress
• Year Published: 2011

• Encryption for Digital Content
• Authors: Aggelos Kiayias and Serdar Pehlivanoglu
• Year Published: 2010

To find out more information about accessing e-books, see our past blog post at: http://fsuortlibrary.blogspot.com/2012/04/e-books-now-available.html