Merrill Library Newsletter – November 7, 2023

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In This Issue:

• Immigration Challenge - New!
• Locating Open Education Resources for Courses
• Discovering the Dennys: A River Through Time
• Silent Reading Party
• Featured Resource: Guide to Altmetrics

Immigration Challenge - New!

Want to know more about immigration and the lives of immigrants? Sign up for the Immigration Challenge, a collaboration between Fogler Library and UMaine's Office of International Programs! Every day for five days (November 13-17), you'll receive an email focused on a different aspect of immigration and immigrants' experiences, with links to articles, videos, books, and more!  To sign up for the Immigration Challenge, visit this link.

Locating Open Education Resources for Courses

Interested in learning about textbooks and other course materials you and your students can access for free? Come to Fogler Library's Open Educational Resources workshop, where you can learn more about where to find these types of resources and can work with your subject-area librarian to find resources for the courses you teach or will be teaching.

Date and Location: December 1 from 10-11 AM on Zoom (the Zoom link will be sent to registrants before the meeting)

You can register to attend here.

Please contact Amber Gray (amber.gray@maine.edu)

if you have questions.

Discovering the Dennys: A River Through Time

Last Friday, Merrill Library hosted a presentation on the making of the Dennys River Historical Society’s interactive story map, Discovering the Dennys: A River Through Time. Team members Tora Johnson, Colin and Ron Windhorst and student Patricia Tilton (with team members Louise Merriam and Jim Oberly joining remotely) led us through the layers of the interactive story map and discussed the work that went into researching and utilizing mapping skills to create the map. If you missed this informative presentation and you have a fondness for maps, learn more about it by visiting https://dennysriverhistory.org/.  

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Dr. Colin Windhorst, Executive Director Map Project; Dr. Tora Johnson, Professor of GIS and environmental studies at UMM and serves as director of the GIS Laboratory and Service Center; Marianne Thibodeau, Director Merrill Library; Rev. Ronald Windhorst, President Dennysville Historical Society.

Silent Reading Party - Tomorrow!

The last Silent Reading Party of the semester will take place tomorrow, Wednesday, November 8th at 6pm in Merrill Library.

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How Many Smarties in the Jar??

Stop by anytime to take a guess - How many Smarties are in the jar?? Winner will score a $25 gift card to Pat's Pizza. Disclaimer: Winner must be present at the Silent Reading Party to win.

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