Do you have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep? Do you find it hard to get up in the morning? Do you wake up feeling irritable and depressed? If you answered yes to any of these questions, come and join us Wednesday, October 15, 12:00-1:00 p.m. in the Library West InfoCommons on the third floor as we share some practical tips for getting enough sleep.
It is tempting to sacrifice sleep to squeeze in more time to study but sleep deprivation actually makes it harder to learn and to focus.Learn how much sleep you really need to be effective, how to establish good sleep hygiene and why it’s important to make sleep a priority. The program is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Laura Jordan at laujord@uflib.ufl.edu or 352-273-2615.
Yesterday’s Digital Literacy Contest in Library West drew a full capacity crowd of 50 contestants who competed in the challenging competition. The winners are as follows:
First place ($150)
Stacey Gray
Second place ($50)
YueFeng Xu
Third place ($20 each)
Alexandra Conti
Jarrod Tredway
Sey Hee Park
Fourth place
Diego Alvarez
Fifth place Catherine Tang
Mitchell Tannenbaum
Co-sponsors for the event were Hungry Howie’s Pizza, the Alachua County Library District and Books, Inc. The contest was created by Purdue graduate Daniel Poynter, www.digitalliteracycontest.org.
Wednesday, Oct 1st, and Tuesday, Oct. 14th, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Alberta’s been gator-napped! Come to the third annual Mystery in the Stacks to play detective, win prizes, find Alberta, and learn about your library resources. Open to the first 25 students. Located in the lobby at Library West.
Librarians in our nation’s 123,000 libraries make a difference in the lives of millions of Americans every day. Now is your chance to tell us why we should shine the spotlight on a librarian at your public, school, college, community college or university library. Nominate your librarian for the Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award!
Up to ten librarians will be honored. Each will receive $5,000 and be recognized at an awards ceremony hosted by The New York Times at TheTimesCenter in December 2008. The deadline is October 15, 2008. Details…
Have you looked through the microscope to find something beautiful?Is your art focused on the tools and concepts of science?The Marston Science Library invites all UF faculty, students and staff to submit artwork to its first annual “Elegance of Science” Contest.Winning entries and select other entries will be displayed on the walls of the Marston Science Library and the Health Science Center Libraries.
The contest is limited to images produced in the course of research or that incorporate tools and concepts from science. Cash prizes include $150 for first place, $100 for second place and $50 for third place winning artwork. All entries must be received by December 19, 2008.
Tim Tebow
University of Florida Gators Football Team Quarterback
Winner of the 2007 Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award,
Davey O’Brien Award and the James E. Sullivan Award
“One of the books I’ve read recently that I really liked was Tony Dungy’s book called “Quiet Strength.” My favorite would have to be “Purpose Driven Life” by Rick Warren. Both of these books really do a great job helping you keep your priorities in order. It is important for each person to sit down and be honest about making priorities and be true to themselves.”
The Library Virtual Worlds Group will be hosting a virtual lecture by Paul Fishwick, professor of computer and information science and engineering at the University of Florida, on Friday, September 12, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Prof. Fishwick will lead a discussion on the role of libraries in virtual worlds as well as providing a tour of his recent work in Second China. Pre-lecture questions posed by Prof. Fishwick will be posted on the Virtual Worlds Group wiki by September 8.
Come join the lecture in Second Life at (Cybrary City, 97 x 15 x 24; slurl), or in Library West, room 212 for a live simulcast. Questions about the event may be directed to Laura Jordan, laujord@uflib.ufl.edu .
Prof. Fishwick received his Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from the Pennsylvania State University, Master of Science degree in applied science from the College of William and Mary, and Ph.D. in computer and information science from the University of Pennsylvania in 1986. He is a Fellow of the Society for Computer Simulation (SCS) and a Senior Member of the IEEE. He has extensive experience working with games and simulations for learning and cognition.
The George A. Smathers Libraries will host the Digital Literacy Contest, a competition that tests Internet literacy and cognitive agility, on Wednesday, September 17 in Library West. Two back-to-back competitions begin at 11:00 a.m. Contestants will be given 30 minutes, 50 questions and Internet access. Correct answers earn points and incorrect answers are penalized. The highest score wins the competition and winners are awarded cash prizes.
The contest is free and open to all UF students, faculty, staff and community members. Following the competitions the libraries will host a discussion on digital information literacy. Free pizza and drinks will be provided.
The Digital Literacy Contest was created in 2007 by then Purdue University student Daniel Poynter. It has since grown to other universities across the nation including Brown University and Indiana University.
“This is the first competition in which people wield the Internet as a cognitive prosthetic, said Poynter. It’s a high speed battle of Internet-enabled intelligence. It has three main objectives: to identify people who thrive in information overload; to disseminate their insights; and to create a discussion about what it means to be digitally literate.”
“Our age is both unprecedented and pivotal,” Poynter said. “Unparalleled global access to information is accelerating technological and social change. Making sense of our increasingly complex world depends upon becoming better information filters through the help of libraries. This competition is one way to ease ourselves into this exciting future.”
