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LSS Foreign Film Collection Continues to Grow

July 3, 2009 by Mary Prochniak

Each year the UW-Madison campus and Van Hise Hall host several summer language learning programs. L&S Learning Support Services has received a grant from the Friends of UW-Madison Libraries to purchase contemporary films in support of these programs:

•    Arabic and Persian Immersion Program
•    BALSSI (Baltic Studies Summer Institute, including Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian)
•    SASLI (South Asian Summer Language Institute)
•    SEASSI (Southeast Asian Summer Studies Institute)

The films are in DVD format and can be checked out for three days to anyone with a UW-Madison ID. The collection is located in the Learning Lab, 259 Van Hise Hall. Summer hours are Monday-Friday, 10 am to 4 pm through August 7. See the Hours page for more hours.

See the Library Collection webpage for more information, or stop by and browse!

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LSS Contributes to New Media Initiative

June 26, 2009 by David Macasaet

L&S Learning Support Services recently helped produce a series of short digital audio stories for Inside Islam: Dialogues and Debates.

In the first short story of the series, Talant Mawkanuli, a prominent linguist of Central Eurasian Turkic languages and an accomplished dombra player, talks about the connection between music and Islam in Central Asia and the sound and feeling of the Koran.

Listen to the Audio Story

Learning beyond the classroom with iTunes U

June 16, 2009 by Doug Worsham

iTunesU Homepage - University of Wisconsin Madison

University Communications' recent launch of iTunesU for UW-Madison offers a great new platform for instructors to share instructional media with their students as well as with a wide audience outside the walls of campus classrooms.

One of the first features on the new site, Personalidades, shows how an iTunesU podcast can serve UW-Madison students and at the same time bring the work of the University to people throughout Wisconsin and around the world.

Summer at Learning Support Services

June 8, 2009 by Lisa Jansen

L&S Learning Support Services is open all summer long!

Not only are LSS staff available to assist with summer and fall courses, but also items from the AV Pool and media collection are available for reservation and checkout (even when the AV Pool and Learning Lab are closed.) Summer hours are listed below.

To contact a specific LSS staff member, see our staff directory. Have a great summer!

Hours

LSS Main Office (279 Van Hise) 262-1408
Open all summer, Monday-Friday, 8 am-12 noon and 1-4 pm.
LSS AV Pool (275 Van Hise) 262-1678 / 262-4965
Open June 15-August 7, Monday-Friday, 8 am-12 noon.
LSS Learning Lab (259 Van Hise) 262-1678 / 262-7759
Open June 15-August 7, Monday-Friday, 10 am-4 pm.
LSS InfoLab (464 Van Hise) 262-4575 / 262-3004
Open June 15-August 7, Monday-Friday, 11 am-4 pm.

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Securing your Laptop from Theft

April 15, 2009 by Sara Ziemendorf

There has been recent publicity regarding the surge in laptop thefts campus wide. UW Police reports that the most thefts are not involving students, but staff. It’s very easy for thieves to walk into open offices or unattended classrooms and take what they’d like. That can easily be your laptop as well as your wallet.

UW Police says that there has been a 300% increase in laptop thefts over the previous year. The FBI is anticipating a 48% increase in laptop theft this year alone.

LEARNING LAB (Van Hise 259)
	Open	Close
Monday-Thursday	10:00 a.m.	4:00 p.m.
Friday	10:00 a.m.	4:00 p.m.
AV EQUIPMENT POOL (Van Hise 275)
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Monday-Thursday	8:00 a.m.	12:00 noon.
Friday	8:00 a.m.	12:00 noon
INFOLAB (464 Van Hise)
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Monday-Thursday	11:00 a.m.	4:00 p.m.
Friday	11:00 a.m.	4:00 p.m.

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