Founders Memorial Library will host a Member Meetup for RAILS, the Reaching Across Illinois Library System. RAILS serves all libraries in northern and west-central Illinois, providing delivery service, professional development, and much more. The event will take place on Thursday, May 11 from 10 am until noon. The library will
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We know research can be intimidating and Chat GPT seems like the answer to finding sources and writing papers. However, it is important to know that these AI text generators frequently include factual errors, misinterpretations of concepts, and fabricated citations. They should be used with caution. But the Founders Learning
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This spring, NIU’s Course Materials Affordability Taskforce (CMAT) presented the inaugural Affordable Course Materials (ACM) Department Awards. These awards are part of the taskforce’s Leading Impact Program, which supports and recognizes academic departments and individual faculty for their adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER) and low-cost materials in courses. In
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The conference theme is “At the Crossroads of the Urban-Rural Divide” and the program will feature panel sessions with presentations on a variety of topics and projects related to Northern Illinois’ changing communities, evolving land-use, and how history influences regional identity. The purpose of the conference is to engage a
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