Fogler Library Faculty Newsletter 12-4-2019

Including Information Literacy Curriculum in Your Courses; Hour of Code; Grants 101: Seeking, Analyzing, and Writing Basics

In this issue

  1. Including Information Literacy Curriculum in Your Courses
  2. Hour of Code
  3. Grants 101: Seeking, Analyzing, and Writing Basics

Featured Resource: Maine Town Reports
Full-text searchable reports from forty-two towns are available. The ongoing project currently represents a range of geographic, cultural and business interests across all sixteen counties in the state. The focus has been on the earliest reports published up through 1950. The Maine Town Reports Digital Project is a collaboration between Fogler Library and the Maine State Library.


1. Including Information Literacy Curriculum in Your Courses
As you prepare for next semester, you may want to include information literacy skill building into your curriculum, as appropriate for your discipline. Fogler Reference Librarians are able to assist with identifying concepts and designing assignments, as well as provide instruction in this area. Contact your subject librarian if you would like to discuss this.

2. Hour of Code
December 11, 7:00pm – 8:00pm
Fogler Library Classroom 1

Celebrate the winter season and the worldwide Hour of Code at Fogler Library. In this introductory, hands-on workshop, learn how to use the programming language Python to draw snowflakes on your screen.

No previous coding experience required. Children are welcome to attend if accompanied by an adult. We recommend bringing fully charged laptops, with Python already installed. Laptops will be available for attendees who need to borrow one.

About the Presenter
Kendra Bird is a PhD student in the School of Computing and Information Science and a member of the Fogler Library staff.

3. Grants 101: Seeking, Analyzing, and Writing Basics
December 18, 10:00am – 12:00pm
Fogler Library Classroom 1

The Office of Research Development and Fogler Library are sponsoring “Grants 101: Seeking, Analyzing, and Writing Basics” throughout 2019-2020.

At the workshop, participants will:

  • search for grants in PIVOT
  • analyze an agency’s Request for Proposals
  • learn grant writing basics

Space is limited. Please RSVP.