Do click on the link to the Mauger: A Father and Son Dabbling in Landscape article to see a collage of pictures of notable folks who attended the Friday afternoon reception. It was a lot of fun and instructive.

This issue includes the results of our eReader and Tablets user preference survey. Not surprisingly – the iPad was the favorite tablet and the Kindle was the favorite eReader. Click the table of contents link to learn more.

The table of contents also links to various announcements about library services (like JoVE), professional activities (NANOS, AAMC WRC, personnel transitions, library faculty output), and upcoming events and celebrations (InfoFair 2012, National Library of Medicine Changing the Face of Medicine exhibit, Library Grand Re-opening, etc.)

It is a big issue, filled with lots of information. Please enjoy the read!

Summer Issue Table of Contents:
From the Director – Cultivating Innovations and Discoveries
Gerrie V. Barnett — Library Champion
Introducing . . . Jeff Folsom
User Preferences for eReaders and Tablets (survey results)
National Library of Medicine Training Center (NTC)
Cool Tools: Hootsuite and Protopage
Librarians Presented at NANOS 2012 and AAMC WRC 2012
Sally Patrick Receives Special Services to Libraries Award
Congratulations! Digre and Varner Receive the 2012 Rosenblatt Prize
Announcing Expanded Access to JoVE
Finding the Evidence for Systematic Reviews
GPO Notable Achievement Awarded to Eccles Library
Mauger: A Father and Son Dabbling in Landscape
A Triple Celebration
Eccles Library Professional Activity June 2011 to May 2012
Library Personnel Transitions 2011-2012

Questions can be directed to the newsletter editor:
Jeanne Le Ber; 801-585-6744 or jeanne.leber@utah.edu
Assistant editors:

• Julie Quilter; 801-581-5534 or julie.quilter@utah.edu
• Amy Honisett; 801-587-9246 or amy.honisett@utah.edu

Thanks to Stephen Mossbarger for his help with the PDF documents

eSynapse is published using open source software. The Open Journal Systems is a complete online journal management and publishing package that has been developed by the Public Knowledge Project through its federally funded efforts to expand and improve access to research. OJS assists with every stage of the publishing process, from submissions through online publication and indexing.

Jeanne Le Ber, MLIS, AHIP
Associate Director for Education and Research

The Guardian’s campaign to improve the teaching of computer science and IT kicks off with a live Q&A featuring experts from Microsoft, the Open University, Cardiff Metropolitan University, e-skills UK, and the Computing at School Working Group.

The presentation took place January 10, 2012, on a “live blog” with guest speakers from Google, teachers and experts from higher education, and a “live Q & A” session.

Efforts to teach information literacy with a focus on news are also taking place here in the U.S., as mentioned previously in this column. This kind of outreach can have lasting effects only if the students have access to computers and the Internet not just in the classroom, but at home as well.

Do you know of similar outreach efforts by news and other organizations? Have your kids had this kind of instruction? What benefits have you seen? Tell us what you think!