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See the display of tax forms and instruction booklets in the hallway near the elevators. If you do not see the form or instruction you need, ask at our desk. We have every form available for photocopying.
In addition, forms are available at the following web sites:
Federal
http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/index.html
New York State
http://www.tax.state.ny.us/forms/default.htm
Wednesday, March 3
Noon - 1pm
1916A Room - E.S. Bird Library
Join Yuming Tung, Head of Syracuse University Library's Information Systems Division, and SU Library systems staff, for a Peer to Peer discussion entitled: Everything You Always Wanted to Know about the Library's Network and Computer System...But Were Afraid to Ask.
Stop by for a brief explanation of the servers and computer networks we use at SU Library everyday, followed by discussion of topics such as: What are the Pros and Cons of Decentralized vs. Centralized Computing? Why the Different Configurations for Public vs. Staff Workstations? How are we Responding to Viruses, Security Holes and Spyware? Which Specific New Technologies are Impacting Academic Libraries and Campuses Most (e.g., wireless networking, etc.)
Those interested in reading more about this topic are also welcome to review the following online articles:
Bradley Mitchell's "About" page on Wireless/Networking
http://compnetworking.about.com/
Crawford, G & Rudy, Julia A. (2003). Fourth Annual EDUCAUSE Survey Identifies Current IT Issues. EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 26(2), 12-26.
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eqm0322.pdf
Canadian Broadcasting Company (2003, July 23). Beware Using Public Computers.
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/07/23/Consumers/Internet_030723
Peer to Peer Library Dialog is a staff initiated program of monthly discussion about trends and current topics of interest in librarianship. Send comments or questions to Michael Pasqualoni mjpasqua@syr.edu
Thursday, March 4
4:00pm
6th Floor Gallery
E.S. Bird Library
On Thursday, March 4, 2004, at 4 p.m. in the sixth-floor gallery of E.S. Bird Library on the SU campus, William La Moy will offer an introductory talk and guided tour of the exhibition titled Paper-Type-Image: Elements of the Fine Press Book, which is currently on display in the Special Collections Research Center. According to La Moy, fine press books are collaborative productions "in which the individual components have a unity that overcomes their disparateness." His selection of primarily recent works from the Center's holdings includes books to which local artists contributed, among them printers Michael and Winifred Bixler of Skaneateles, and the Library's conservators, Peter Verheyen and Donia Conn. The exhibition can be viewed Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through March 26, 2004.
La Moy joined Syracuse University Library's Special Collections Research Center on December 1, 2003. Previously, he was James Duncan Phillips Librarian and director of publications of the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts. He has been involved in large-scale scholarly editing projects, including the catalogs of the Harvard-Yenching Library and The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence. La Moy holds a B.A. in English language and literature from Yale University and an M.S. from Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science.
CONTACT
Mary Beth Hinton
Syracuse University Library
315-443-2130
mbhinton@syr.edu
Cost is not just a matter of dollars and cents. Discover the hidden costs of creating online courses "on the cheap," how to calculate the true costs, the resources needed to develop effective online courses, and ways to control costs without degrading quality.
"Thanks, but we already know our costs," you may say. But in the same way that developing and teaching courses online requires new paradigms and methods, "costing" methodology for online courses also requires new approaches.
Colleges and universities understandably want to compare the costs of online and face-to-face instruction, but the way budgets are often built and tracked may make it difficult to know all the real costs.
To make the most of your resources--and achieve your goals--you must understand the true costs. Whether your institution is new to online courses, wants more accurate financial data for the online courses it already offers, or needs tips on how to spend its distance education dollars more effectively, this teleconference will help you discover and understand the true costs and make more informed decisions.
You'll examine:
Panelists
Katherine Cobb is President of the Brevard Community College Virtual Campus in Cocoa, FL, where her responsibilities include overseeing the creation and implementation of over 300 online courses enrolling over 9,000 students each year.
Brian Finnegan plays a key role in evaluating, budgeting for and supporting instructional technologies to be used in online and other courses at all 34 public colleges and universities in the University System of Georgia.
Dennis Jones played a major role in the development of the Technology Costing Method, which is widely recognized as the most authoritative approach to establishing and analyzing the costs of distance education courses.
The teleconference is cosponsored by Syracuse University Library and Faculty Computing and Media Services.
LexisNexis Academic, Congressional and Statistical were unavailable due to technical problems from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Thursday, February 26
Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI) is now available through a different interface -- the Internet Database Service from CSA (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts). The database can be access via the Library's catalog and the Databases Main Menu.
DAAI is the main bibliographic source for current material and information in the areas of design and the applied arts worldwide -- an indispensable resource for researchers, students, and librarians in the field, as well as for professional designers and artists.
The database also provides access to the Periodicals Directory, an international directory of design and craft journals, and to the Education Directory, an international directory of universities and colleges that offer courses in design and craft subjects.
All Kluwer Online Journals sites, including the gateway pages at
http://journals.kluweronline.com and http://www.kluweronline.com, will be
down on Sunday, Feb 15 2004 from 3-4PM EST for hardware maintenance.
Other Kluwer Academic Publishers web sites, including www.wkap.nl,
http://ebooks.kluweronline.com, http://reference.kluweronline.com will be
unaffected.
Kluwer apologizes for this inconvenience and will make this technical
change as quickly as possible.
