Great Article

Great article about plagiarism and copyrights issues,

The Ecstasy of Influence:A plagiarism/From Harpers.org

By Jonathan Lethem.

Interesting Book

I just got a new book today the title is Gay Life and Culture: A World History, here is the book review from Amazon ( they sum it better then I could)

Editorial Reviews

Book Description
In the years since Stonewall, the world has witnessed an outpouring of research, critical inquiry, and re-interpretation of gay life and culture. This book draws on groundbreaking new material to present a comprehensive survey of all things gay, stretching back to ancient Sumeria and ranging to the present day. Critically acclaimed historian Robert Aldrich and ten leading scholars juxtapose thought-provoking essays with an extensive selection of images, many never before seen. This masterful combination reveals the story behind gay culture from the industrialized world to the remotest corners of tribal New Guinea. The book covers such topics as the Old Testament relationship between Jonathan and David, the Age of Confucius, Native American berdaches, Polynesian mahus, Berlin in the '20s, Stonewall and the disco-flavored hedonism that followed, and the advent of AIDS, Act Up, and Angels in America. This book is an important contribution to understanding what makes gay life and culture universal throughout human culture and across time. A side note the book includes wonderful pictures and is just beautiful in itself.
And just for fun, check out this Geoffrey Chaucer Blog, very funny stuff.

Fun Translation Sites

Hi Everyone, I found a couple of fun sites the first is TRANSLATOR, BINARY
it translates text into a binary language (and more) and another one is Words by William Whitaker
which translates English into Latin, and the best for last, the Universal Translator Assistant, which translates English into Klingon, Vulcan and Romulan, ok, ok, I think they are cool.

American Heart Association

The Detroit Lakes campus has shown great support for the American Heart Association April 21 Heart Walk. Six people have signed up to walk and have received pledges in the amount of $730 to date!

Team captain, Mary Lynk, originally set a modest goal of $300 but $1,000 is beginning to look possible!

HEART FELT THANKS to all who have contributed.

If you can help us hit the $1,000 mark, please send your contributions to Mary at the DL Campus or contribute via internet. Contributions of $25 or more can be recorded on line at http://heartwalk.kintera.org/detroitlakesmn. It will do your heart good!

Art Auction

There is an Art Auction tonight at MSCTC Moorhead from 7:00pm-9:30pm in the new student commons area. Tickets are $5.00 and are available at the door.
The work of professional and amateur artists, along with gift baskets, memberships, and art lessons will be featured in the silent auction. Additional event highlights include hors d’oeuvres prepared by MSCTC’s culinary chefs and music by Darin Henze.
More information available at http://www.minnesota.edu/foundations/moorhead_art/

For more information about art in general, check out these cool websites:

The Louvre, France http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home_flash.jsp
Egyptian Museum - Cairo, Egypt http://www.egyptianmuseum.gov.eg/
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam http://www3.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsp?lang=en
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York, New York http://www.metmuseum.org/
The Heard - Phoenix, AZ http://www.heard.org
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts - Minneapolis, Minnesota http://www.artsmia.org/
The Plains Art Museum - Fargo, ND http://www.plainsart.org/

Free Frontline Video Online/DLC Library

I found a site today that offers free Frontline videos from of course, the PBS. The subject matter is from the Iraq War to Inside a teenage mind, both very complex issues. One other site I'd like to share is actually where I ran across the PBS offering, the site is called Online Education, this has everything from online lectures from major school and universities (Berekley, MIT ect), to etext books, Learning Languages on iTunes and more, for of course free..be sure to cruise, there is some great stuff.

On the Road

Kristen and I were on the road last week-for most of it! While we were out, we learned quite a few new things about some really advanced functions and tools in Microsoft Excel. Additionally, we spent some time at the libraries on our Detroit Lakes and Wadena campuses. While there, we introduced them some of the new online tools and projects we recently embarked on.
We had a really nice time at the other campuses and it was really great to work with everyone in-person for once.

Registration Window for Summer 2007 & Fall 2007

From the Detroit Lakes Campus:

The registration windows will be open for the Summer 2007 and Fall 2007 as follows:

April 2, 2007 - Window opens at 8:00 am for students that have 40 or more completed credits.
April 2, 2007 - Window opens at 1:00 pm for students that have 24 or more completed credits.
April 3, 2007 - Window opens at 8:00 am for students that have 12 or more completed credits.
April 4, 2007 - Window opens at 8:00 am for students that have 0 credits.

Note: Completed credits means as of Fall 2006 semester.

Tuition Policy

All Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, including MSCTC, are now required to drop registered students unless one of the following applies:

a) You have paid for registered courses in full.

b) You have made a down payment of $300.00 or 15% of your tuition and fee charges, whichever is less.

c) You have applied for financial aid and MSCTC has received your FAFSA results from the US Department of Education. The FAFSA website is www.fafsa.ed.gov.

d) The MSCTC Business Office has received advance payment of a scholarship or scholarship notice, to cover tuition and fees.

e) You have submitted a third party billing authorization to the MSCTC Business

Office. Examples of funding agencies are Minnesota CEP, Vocational Rehab, Workers Comp., etc.

f) You are an international student and have an active I-20 or DS20.19 on file.

MSCTC’s deadline for having one of the following in place for Fall Semester is Thursday, August 23, 2007.

And remember the MSCTC Libraries are open in the summer months, look forward to seeing you .

Detroit Lakes: American Indian Awareness Week

On March 17th Detroit Lakes is holding it's 22nd Annual American Indian Awareness Week Traditional Pow Wow at the Detroit Lakes Middle School gymnasium, there is One Grand Entry at 1:00 pm with the Feast at 5:00 pm, this event is free and open to the public
For more information contact:
Sue Holt 218-847-4491
Joe Carrier 218-847-9228
Bill Stech 218-846-3756

Detroit Lakes Library

Hi just want to share a few things, Detroit Lakes campus Library has created a tool bar for you download, which includes MSCTC Databases, MSCTC library catalog, New Books and DVDs in the library and a site called del.icio.us which has sites geared to the DLC's programs.
Also I started a Wiki with the some of the same information and a little more fun stuff, music, movie sites and my picks of the month for movies and books.

IM Reference Now Available!

Working from home and need a quick question answered? We can help. We have recently created two IM accounts. Here is their information:

Service: AOL
User Name: msctcLibrarian

Service: Yahoo!
User Name: msctcLibrarian

We're not available 24/7, but we will try to be online as much as we can between 7:30am-10pm Monday through Thursday, 7:30am-4pm Friday (maybe later in a few weeks), and 9am-1pm on Saturdays for the rest of Spring Semester-excluding break hours.

Welcome to the Minnesota State Community and Technical College Libraries Blog!

We have started this blog as a space to announce new services and items about our libraries and to let you know about some of the things we already have. Additionally, we will be sharing with you some things we think are fun or interesting! Since we are just starting, we do not have all of the features turned on, yet-like commenting. As soon as we get the hang of this, we will begin adding them.