Seek Out Strangers

A recent Chronicle of Higher Education article by Daniel Everett of Bentley University in Massachusetts considers that “the less comfortable we are, the more we learn.” Most of us understand the value of learning from diverse perspectives, but sometimes it’s  hard to ensure exposure to multiple alternative points of view. GRCC’s Library provides two databases that make it easier to read about diverse perspectives:

• Alt-Press Watch
• Ethnic NewsWatch

Take a look at what those databases have to offer, as well as others on the News Subject Guide. Off-Campus users should logon with last name and 7-digit Raider number.

 

 

Faculty Resource: Chronicle of Higher Education Online

The premier source for higher education news is the Chronicle of Higher Education.   Whether you’re looking for breaking educational news and opinion, statistical data, or job postings, the Chronicle should be one of the first places you look.  The Library licenses access to the most recent issue, as well as searchable back issues of PDF articles available through Academic OneFile.

You’ll find Chronicle of Higher Education on the Library’s Database page, as well as on the Faculty Resources Subject Guide  and our print issue is available on the LLC’s second floor.  On-campus networked users can click right into the database.  Off-campus and wireless users need to logon with last name and 7-digit Raider number.   Try it today!

Geeks at the Beach Summer Reading List

The Chronicle of Higher Education recently posted a summer reading list, Geeks at the Beach: 9 intriguing summer reads (and a video) about technology’s turning society upside down, so pick up that beach reading at GRCC’s Library & Learning Commons! Click each title for complete title and location information here at GRCC!

• Alone Together: Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other by Sherry Turkle
• Cognitive Surplus: How Technology Makes Consumers Into Collaborators by Clay Shirky
• The Future of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence on Stanford’s YouTube
• In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives by Steven Levy
• The Googlization of Everything (And Why We Should Worry) by Siva Vaidhyanathan
• The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires by Tim Wu (Use MeL’s “Get This For Me” for free delivery to GRCC)
• Merchants of Culture: The Publishing Business in the Twenty-First Century  (Use MeL’s “Get This For Me” for free delivery to GRCC)
• The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom by Evgeny Morozov
• Nightwork: A History of Hacks and Pranks at MIT by T.F. Peterson (Use MeL’s “Get This For Me” for free delivery to GRCC)
• The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr

-bns