[CALIBK12] MLA Citation changes--IMPORTANT

Wed Apr 1 11:21:01 PDT 2009

Hi Tom, Thanks for all of the additional information and sharing the presentation too. Did you purchase Diana Hacker's book as well as the MLA books? We too have found it valuable to have both MLA books in the library. The teachers use the style manual for questions about their own papers.

Janet HasBrouck, Librarian
Arcadia High School

>>> Thomas Kaun <tomkaun at gmail.com> 3/30/2009 3:17 PM >>>

Hi, Deb. Thanks for the info.
As I mentioned some months ago on this listserv there is a wonderful document on Diana Hacker's website <http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/> which provides a heads-up on the MLA style updates. Click on the link which says Learn About the MLA 2008 Update. It's a 58 page pdf document. I also developed a presentation using the new style which can be downloaded from my website <http://rhslibrary.org/PPT/MLA_Workshop_Presentation.ppt>.
BTW, the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (3rd ed.) was published last year and sells for $32.50 list, $21.45 on Amazon.The new Handbook for Writers of Research Paper (7th ed.) is aimed at high school and undergraduate students and is $22.00 list, $19.80 on Amazon. It's probably good to have both if you can afford them.
Tom
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On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Stanley, Deborah <dstanley at rusd.k12.ca.us> wrote:
Hello CAlibbers;            I'm sending a BIG "Thanks" to the teacher librarian in my district who alerted me to the very important changes in MLA citations style and formatting. The quoted section below is from "MLA Update 2009" from the "OWL at Purdue" Web site:  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/15.             I cannot yet find online samples from the new MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing, third edition, 2008, so I'll be buying the book ASAP. It can be ordered from http://www.mla.org./PID341,             The critical ramifications: All the citation forms in previous presentation handouts are now OBSOLETE! As soon as I have the new MLA style manual in my hands, I'll work on the re-writes and send them out. Mostly it's a matter of items being added, but see the list below for a few examples of changes.             Anecdote regarding citations: This morning I had not one but two teachers, one Science and one Language Arts, catch me in the hallway with citation questions. The Language Arts teacher is preparing her students for CST testing and is using our library handouts and materials to complete the mandated 7th grade research. The book work is over and they're ready for the computer lab. I filled her in on the MLA citation changes, and we arrived at a way to continue the lesson without having the final accurate forms. But I was SO excited that she asked! This is key advocacy for the connection between library teaching and student achievement. The Science teacher had a question about her students completing the "Work Cited" portion of their library researched unit projects. Be still my heart! Only other TLs will fully appreciate having your teachers ask citation questions so their students can learn. 
                                    Deb Stanley, Teacher LibrarianCentral MS, Riverside USDNo More Underlining! Underlining is no more. MLA now recommends italicizing titles of independently published works (books, periodicals, films, etc). No More URLs! While website entries will still include authors, article names, and website names, when available, MLA no longer requires URLs. Writers are, however, encouraged to provide a URL if the citation information does not lead readers to easily find the source. Continuous Pagination? Who Cares? You no longer have to worry about whether scholarly publications employ continuous pagination or not. For all such entries, both volume and issue numbers are required, regardless of pagination. Publication Medium. Every entry receives a medium of publication marker. Most entries will be listed as Print or Web, but other possibilities include Performance, DVD, or TV. Most of these markers will appear at the end of entries; however, markers for Web sources are followed by the date of access. New Abbreviations. Many web source entries now require a publisher name, a date of publication, and/or page numbers. When no publisher name appears on the website, write N.p. for no publisher given. When sites omit a date of publication, write n.d. for no date. For online journals that appear only online (no print version) or on databases that do not provide pagination, write n. pag. for no pagination. 

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