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    <div class="html-content">DoIT is offering drop in Blackboard Drop-in sessions to assist and help faculty prepare for the summer sessions.<p>
    
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<Title>Blackboard Down for Maintenance from 10 am to 1 pm Fri. 5/27</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">The UMBC Blackboard server will be down for three hours of maintenance starting this Friday, May 27, at 10 am.  DoIT staff will be performing MS Windows Server maintenance and updates during this time.
    
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    Maybe you’re waiting to see the Thor movie until after finals are over.  Maybe you’ve seen it and you’re dying to get more back story on the mythical God of Thunder. Maybe you’ve been staring at journal articles all morning and just need a break.  Maybe you just love comics loaded with exclamation points! Whatever the reason, Special Collections has just the thing for you.  As part of our fantastic Comic Books Collection, we have more than 200 back issues of the original Thor comic books dating from 1965 through 1990!  The first issue in our collection, number 119, even includes a battle against one of Thor’s movie foes, The Destroyer! </p>
    
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    <img alt="Avengers_93%20web.jpg" src="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/library/Avengers_93%20web.jpg" width="193" height="290" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"> But Thor isn’t limited to his own book.  You might also know him as part of The Avengers, along with Captain America, The Hulk and Iron Man!  Don’t worry; we’ve got you covered there as well, with more than a hundred issues from the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s.  Catch up on the Avengers back story now, before their movie comes out next year!  And before you ask, yes, we’ve got classic 60’s and 70’s issues of Captain America, the Incredible Hulk and Iron Man as well!</p>
    
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    <p><img alt="Hulk_324.jpg" src="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/library/Hulk_324.jpg" width="193" height="290" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;">  <img alt="Iron_Man_100.jpg" src="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/library/Iron_Man_100.jpg" width="193" height="290" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"> <img alt="Captain_America_235.jpg" src="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/library/Captain_America_235.jpg" width="193" height="290" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"> </p>
    
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    Maybe you're waiting to see the Thor movie until after finals are over.  Maybe you've seen it and you're dying to get more back story on the mythical God of Thunder. Maybe you've been staring at journal articles all morning and just need a break.  Maybe you just love comics loaded with exclamation points! Whatever the reason, Special Collections has just the thing for you.  As part of our fantastic Comic Books Collection, we have more than 200 back issues of the original Thor comic books dating from 1965 through 1990!  The first issue in our collection, number 119, even includes a battle against one of Thor's movie foes, The Destroyer!</p>
    
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    Special Collections will be open from 1 until 4 pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday all the way through Finals Week, and until 8pm on Thursdays.  During the summer, we'll be open by appointment only.  To find our superhero lair, enter the Library Gallery and walk straight back- you'll see our doors on the right. No secret decoder ring required! </p>
    
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    <div class="html-content">Are you a graduate student who is interested in obtaining some teaching experience? Were you previously interested but for some reason could not participate? Participation in the PROF-it “Professors-in-Training” program, provides graduate students at UMBC with an opportunity to draw upon the partnership between UMBC and the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) to teach [...]</div>
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<Title>End of LO Building Block in Bb (Blogs/ Wikis/ Journals)</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">UMBC Blackboard update is provided by the Division of Information Technology for students, faculty and staff using Blackboard at UMBC. If you have questions or need help, please consult the Blackboard Help tab inside Blackboard or directly at <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blackboard/help">http://www.umbc.edu/blackboard/help</a>. You can also contact the DoIT Help Desk at 410.455.3838, ENGR Room 020, or submit an RT ticket via the myUMBC Help menu or directly at <a href="http://rt.umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://rt.umbc.edu</a>.
    
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    1. <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2011/04/su2011_bb_cours.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Summer Course Shells Created on 4/19</a>
    2. <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2011/04/end_of_247_supp.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">End of 24/7 Bb Support for Students / DoIT Help Desk Moving to RLC</a>
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    4. <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2011/04/hybrid_course_r_2.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Hybrid Faculty Workshop June 9</a>
    5. <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2011/04/fa2011_lab_lect.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Call for Software for Lecture Halls/ Lab Images</a> &amp; <a href="https://spaces.umbc.edu/display/ENGRLabs/ENGR+Computer+Lab+Scheduling+Guidelines" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Preliminary Lab Reservations</a>
    6. <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2011/04/fyi_bb_courses_2.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Bb Courses Older than Fall 2005 Will Be Deleted August 25</a>
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