Wikipedia Turns Ten

As Wikipedia hits its 10th year of operation, it is making efforts to involve academics more closely in its process. The latest is a new plan to build an “open educational resource platform” that will gather tools about teaching with Wikipedia in the classroom.

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As Wikipedia Turns Ten, it Focuses on Ways to Improve Student Learning--Wired Campus--The Chronicle

Tutoring at the Extension Centers

Click on the link below to find the schedule for tutoring at extensions for the Spring 2011 semester.

Extension CentersTutoring Schedule

Holiday Semester Break Hours

Friday, Dec 24 - Sunday, Jan 2  CLOSED

Semester Break (Jan 3 - 17)

Monday - Friday  8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Saturday & Sunday  CLOSED

Monday, Jan 17  CLOSED for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE

The final exam schedule is now available.

Click the link below to see the details.

http://www.sunywcc.edu/academics/final_exams/exam_scheds.htm

Thanksgiving Holiday Library Hours

THANKSGIVING WEEKEND HOURS:

CLOSED: Thursday, 11/25 and Friday, 11/26

OPEN: Sat 11/27 -- 9:00am - 5:00pm

Sun 11/28 -- 1:00pm - 5:00pm

How Google Counted the World's 129 Million Books

In a blog post published this week, search mammoth Google explained the deep and thoroughly elaborate algorithm used by its literary offshoot, Google Books, to count just how many books exist in the world, right now.

 

How Google Counted the World's 129 Million Books

Click on the link above to find out more.....

Redefining the Library in the Age of Google

Redefining the Library in the Age of Google

Are libraries - hallowed, dusty halls lined with shelves and shelves of books in popular imagination - going extinct soon?  Click on the link above to find out more!!