The Black Law Student Association will be hosting the semi-Annual Blood Drive (co-sponsored by the Library Staff Association & the School of Law) Thursday March 13 from 10:00am - 3:30pm at the School of Law in Room 2326. This is a great opportunity to help those in need, earn some "blood time" (4 hours of administrative leave), see some of your co-workers and friends and enjoy some Diddy Riese cookies.

If you have any questions about using leave time to come and donate, please contact UCLA Human Resources.

If you have any questions about the donation procedure feel free to contact Adam Sexton (sexton@law.ucla.edu) or the Blood Center at x50888.

While walk-ins are more than welcome, we ask that you sign-up for a time. Please email Ned Boehme (boehme2009@lawnet.ucla.edu) or Adam Sexton (sexton@law.ucla.edu) to sign-up for an appointment. Not only will this help streamline the process, but it will allow the Blood Donation center to know how many donors to expect and how many staff are needed.

Volunteers are needed for set-up & clean-up too

Here is some additional information from the Blood Center:

When you donate, you will receive a free movie ticket or 4 hours administrative leave.

You make a difference when you give blood because:

• The residents of the LA area donate blood at the very lowest rate of any city in the nation.
• Donations go to the UCLA Blood and Platelet Center, the source for UCLA Medical Center. The UCLA emergency room is a Level One Trauma Center that performs many procedures that require huge amounts of blood.
• Every local donation helps reduce the amount of blood that must be purchased away from other areas, thereby preserving blood resources for others in need.

Plan to spend approximately one hour (including intake interview, donation, and resting period) on the day of donation. Please remember to bring your ID.

Additional Information to help you determine if you should donate:

• You cannot donate if you are a man who has had sex with a man since 1977. You also cannot donate if you have had sex with a man who has had sex with another man since 1977.
• Most medications are ok, but you may be deferred if you are taking certain antibiotics, steroids, and other medications.
• Do not donate if you have had flu or cold symptoms in the 24 hours prior to donation.
• Do not donate if you have any new tattoos or tongue, nose or genital piercing in the past 12 months. Do not donate if you have any new ear, navel, or eyebrow piercing in last 12 months unless performed in a commercial establishment or by a physician.
• You must not have traveled to a malaria risk area in the past year, visited or lived in the UK for more than 3 months between 1980 to 1996, or spent more than 5 years in Europe since 1980. Travel to certain parts of Africa may also result in deferral.
• You cannot donate if you have ever injected drugs not prescribed by a doctor or had sex with someone who has.

The US Food and Drug Administration's current blood donation policy discriminates against gay and bisexual men, despite testimony by the American Association of Blood Banks, America's Blood Centers, and American Red Cross that such a policy is "medically and scientifically unwarranted" (Statement before the Blood Products Committee, March 9, 2006). BLSA and OUTLaw disagree with the lifetime deferment of donations by gay and bisexual men. They do, however, acknowledge the blood shortage in this country, and strongly encourage everyone who is able to donate on behalf of those who cannot.

To read the complete Statement before the Blood Products Committee, go to www.americasblood.org/download/releases/stmnt_060309_deferrals-msm.pdf.

Lunch and Learn Mini-Workshhops
Submitted by Michelle Jacobs

The College Library and the Information Literacy Project (ILP) are pleased to offer a series of Lunch and Learn mini-workshops to interested librarians and staff. The presenter will be Michelle Jacobs. This is a chance to network and partner with colleagues on using Web 2.0 applications and other emerging technologies.

Special thanks to the ILP who will be providing a light lunch to help kick off the first in the series, You and YouTube. For the March 11th and 18th workshops please bring your lunch and we will provide tea, coffee and cookies. All workshops begin at 12:15 and will be held in the College Library Conference Room, 228. Laptops will be available but feel free to bring your own.

Please to RSVP to Michelle at michellejacobs@library.ucla.edu. We will only be able to accommodate drop-ins if space allows.

Call for Proposals: "How Students Learn"

The New England Library Instruction Group (NELIG) of the New England branch of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is calling for proposals to present at its annual program, "How Students Learn." The event will take place on Friday, June 6, 2008 at Western New England College in Springfield, MA. Proposals of interest will address factors that impact student learning and ways that librarians can use this knowledge to teach information literacy skills effectively.

Proposal topics may include:

• Studies on student learning or research habits (in the library, at home, online, etc.)
• Innovation in instruction and information literacy programs to accommodate student learning styles
• Learning styles in an online environment
• Innovative uses of library spaces to enhance the student learning experience
• Learning styles of specific generations (GenX, GenY, The New Silent Generation, etc.)
• Cognitive abilities of college students
• Gaming as a learning tool
• Managing the e-classroom to enhance learning

Proposals from individuals, panelist groups or those interested in facilitating lunch time round table discussions are encouraged. Each speaker or panel group should plan to present for 25 minutes out of a 45-minute session to allow time for questions and discussion afterwards.

Please submit a one-page proposal including contact information and technology or equipment requirements. For round table facilitators, please submit a brief paragraph describing your round table, three to five potential questions you would use to facilitate a lively discussion, and your contact information. Technology and equipment will not be available at round tables.

All proposals should be submitted to Sara Marks (smarks@fsc.edu) or Laurie Sabol (laurie.sabol@tufts.edu) by February 22, 2008.

Call for Chapters: Wired for Learning: An Educator's Guide to Web 2.0

Editors Terry T. Kidd (University of Texas Health Science Center) and Irene Chen, Ed.D (University of Houston-Downtown) are calling for chapter submissions for their upcoming publication, Wired for Learning: An Educator's Guide to Web 2.0. The objective of Wired for Learning is to present a realistic framework of Web 2.0 for teaching and learning practices aimed at addressing the educational challenges of learners in diverse settings. The publication will serve as a compendium of terms, definitions and explanations of concepts, processes and acronyms. The chapters will be authored by leading experts who will provide in-depth descriptions of key terms and concepts related to various issues and trends in Web 2.0. The chapters can be research-oriented in focus or they can offer more pragmatic applications. Case studies are also welcomed.

Recommended topics include, but are not limited to:

• Introduction and historical background: What is Web 2.0?
• Philosophy of Web. 2.0
• Legal, cultural, social and political issues regarding Web 2.0
• Overcoming the digital divide with Web 2.0
• Web 2.0 learning styles
• Instructional design and pedagogical issues with Web 2.0
• Web 2.0 tools: virtual worlds, language learning, podcasting, wikis, blogs, social networking and online communities
• Instructional uses for blogs, wiki’s, RSS and podcasting in an educational or industrial setting
• Institutional issues related to Web 2.0 and social informatics (e.g. strategy, policy and infrastructure)
• Web 2.0 and learning management systems
• The future of Web 2.0
• Real world case studies and exemplars of Web 2.0 in university and K-12 settings

The editors welcome other Web 2.0 topics in addition to those listed above, particularly if they are related to research in your area of expertise.

Those interested in submitting a chapter should send a one to two-page proposal (in MS Word format) to the editors at wiredforlearning@gmail.com by March 1, 2008. Please include a clear statement of the mission and concerns of your proposed chapter. Those whose proposals are accepted will be notified by March 31, 2008. Chapter submissions should be 3,000-5,000 words and should include five to seven related terms and their appropriate definitions. Specific formatting guidelines will be sent upon notification of your approved proposal. The deadline for chapter submissions will be June 1, 2008. The chapters will be subjected to a double-blind peer review process.

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