University Libraries Newsletter - March 2023

University Libraries monthly newsletter for March 2023. Contents include: FamilySearch Digitization Project in the Archives Rodning Gallery Hosts Alan Sealls\u27 Photography Exhibit Two Points of View Exhibit in the ArtSpace@BioMed JagWorks Off to a Great Start in 2023 Web of Science Adds PrePrint Database University Libraries Publications and Staff Updates USA Libraries Exhibits and Events for April 2023: Explore Black Food and Memory with Visiting Oral Historian Down the Bay: Food and Photos Opening Doors - Contemporary African American Academic Surgeons Two Points of View Exhibit in the ArtSpace@BioMed, by Stacy Howell and Bill Dumas Weather Things in Photos, by Alan Sealls Student Art Show - Alabama Art Education Association Southern Region A Burst of Hue, by Anna C. Sirk Morat

University Libraries Newsletter - September 2023

University Libraries newsletter for September 2023. Contents include: Lessha Coleman - new Assessment and Collections Librarian Traveling Exhibit at the Biomedical Library - Life and Limb: Toll of the American Civil War National Community Health Workers Week University Libraries Publications and Staff Updates USA Libraries Key Points and Happenings USA Libraries Exhibits and Events: 100 Years of Hank Williams Exhibit Blakeley\u27s Historic Fields and Forest: A Plant Florilegium Studio 22 Textile Artists and Azalea City Quilters Art group - Science Matter

University Libraries Newsletter September 2022

University Libraries monthly newsletter for September 2022. Contents include: Marx Librarians Provide Educational Services to the Alabama College Prep Program Precision Medicine Traveling Exhibit at the Biomedical Library McCall Library Expands Oral History Collection USA Libraries Celebrate Thigpen Collection New Resources: American Institute of Physics (AIP) Ebooks University Libraries Publications and Staff Updates USA Libraries Exhibits and Events: Fall Open Show, Wonderlust and Whimsy by Kate Thompson, Ambivalence by Ronald Bank

University Libraries Newsletter - May 2023

University Libraries newsletter for May 2023. Content includes: Marx Library Recognized Library Workers Day 2nd Annual JAWSFest Launches in the Marx Library McCall Library to Take Part in the Alabama Jewish Culture and History Symposium 2023 SPring Semester - JagWorks@USA Snapshot How to Search Current Honors College Theses in JagWorks University Libraries Publications & Staff Updates USA Libraries Exhibits & Events May/June 2023: JAWS Fest Open Doors: Contemporary African-American Academic Surgeons Exhibi

USA Libraries Newsletter - September 2024

USA Newsletter for the month of September 2024. Contents include: McCall Library Collection Spotlight -American Association of University Women of Mobile Voter Registration Drive 2024 Into Light Reception with President Jo Bonner International OPEN ACCESS Week 2024 Glass Pumpkin Patch Festival USA Libraries Art Exhibits McCall Library William C. Shrout Exhibit WoW at Marx Jag Stat

University Libraries Newsletter - February 2023

University libraries monthly newsletter for February 2023. Contents Include: New Resources: Digital Theater Marx Library Reaches Out to the College of Education and Professional Studies St. Ignatius Art Club visits the USA Libraries Art Galleries and Glass Art Program Images of Science exhibit at the ArtSpace@BioMed University Libraries Publications and Staff Updates USA Libraries Exhibits and Events March/April 2023: Explore Black Food and Memory with Visiting Oral Historian – Andre Taylor Down the Bay Food and Photos “Two Points of View” exhibit in the ArtSpace@BioMed “Weather Things in Photos” – Alan Sealls Student Art Show The Glass Program Open Theme Faculty and Student Show “A Burst of Hue” – Anna C. Sirk Morat

USA Libraries Newsletter - July 2024

Contents include: Archivist Daniel Shemwell Presents at Staff Summer Workshop 2024 SELA 2024: Recharge in Rocket City INTO LIGHT Project Coming to University of South Alabama Frankenstein Coming to USA Libraries The World of Generative Artificial Intelligence Models and University Libraries: How It\u27s Going So Far Micro Book Review Did You Know

University Libraries Newsletter - June/July 2023

University Libraries Newsletter for June and July 2023. Contents include: Kathy Wheeler Retires from USA Libraries USA Libraries DEI Council Sponsered Juneteeth Presentation with Eric Finley USA\u27s I-10 Mobile River Bridge Archaeology and Down the Bay Projects Presented ay Ben May Library USA Libraries Upgrades to ProQuest Dissertations and Theses McCall Library Hosts USA Alumna Isabel Machado University Libraries Publications and Staff Updates USA Libraries Exhibits & Events 2nd Annual JAWS Fest Lupercalia Art Show Stephanie Bromley - Out of the Ordinaire, Artist Extraordinaire Louis Tooker - Bodies of Wor

University Libraries Newsletter - November/December 2023

University Libraries newsletter for November and December 2023. Contents include: Welcome Tracy Cole - Acquisitions Librarian Marx Library Debbie Cobb Presents on the Panel at the ALA RUSA Stars, Codes, Guidelines, and Technical Standards Webinar Deborah Gurt Attends JHS Conference in Houston, TX Down the Bay Oral History Event Welcome Sarah De Loach - LTA 1 Baugh Biomedical Library University Library Presentations and Publications Key Points and Happenings in November 2023 from the Executive Director of University Libraries USA Libraries Exhibits and Events: Life and Limb: Toll of the American Civil War, Baugh Biomedical Library Veterans Expressions Art Exhibit 2023, Baugh Biomedical Librar

Teachers’ Perceptions of Reading Comprehension Among Fifth-Grade Students With Exceptionalities as a Result of the Pandemic

The problem addressed through this study is the low reading comprehension levels of fifth-grade students with exceptionalities (SwE) (e.g. dyslexia) in a local school district in Georgia. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore fifth-grade teachers’ perceptions on their successes, challenges, and suggestions when teaching reading to SwE. The conceptual frameworks were the blended learning model and the constructivism model. The methodology of this research study was a basic qualitative design. Data were collected through semistructured interviews with eight fifth-grade teachers in a large school district in Georgia to investigate the reading foundational skills SwE are lacking that contribute to their low reading comprehension levels and recommendations for addressing the problem. The data analysis consisted of thematic coding of teachers’ responses, and open and axial coding was used. The results identified the specifics about fifth-grade teachers’ perceptions on their successes, challenges, and suggestions when teaching reading to SwE. The findings of the data analysis included challenges with reading, students’ prior knowledge and experiences, vocabulary challenges, phonic and phonemic awareness challenges. The findings included strategies to address the challenges: modeling proper reading techniques, supporting reading comprehension challenges, and increased parent communication. Other specific recommendations of the fifth-grade teachers were to increase the practice of vocabulary, sight words, phonics/phonemic awareness, and syllabication frequently with SwE to improve their low reading comprehension skills. School leaders and teachers can use the result to make informed decisions that could impact SwE reading comprehension, which could have potential implications for positive social change