Cannell Library: The Blog

ebrary® has created a publicly available research center featuring a highly interactive, searchable database of documents pertaining to the H1N1 influenza pandemic. Available at http://h1n1.ebrary.com, the new site contains a growing selection of reports, papers, newsletters, posters, and other important materials from government agencies and other trusted sources.

During the summer quarter reserve materials were checked out by students 1,485 times. This fall, the Library has 153 copies of 99 different textbooks for 76 courses available on reserve.

eLearning has a blog for Clark College Blackboard Users; Smart Penguin – http://www.smartpenguin.org/smartpenguin/

The Information Commons at CTC launched their own blog, the East Side Story: http://www.clark.edu/Library/ctcblog/

The Library’s laptop loan program is becoming an increasingly popular service for Clark students. During fall quarter the loan period was increased from 2 hours to 3 hours. Total check-outs for fall 2008 were 144 and as of week 3 of fall 2009 the seven laptops in the Cannell Library circulated 265 times (an increase of 45.67%).

CTC students, faculty, and staff are now able to access the Clark College library catalog and Summit catalog to request books and other research materials. Library materials are delivered approximately twice a week via Clark courier or Orbis Cascade Alliance courier.

Want to read quick, common sense information about food and food choices?  Click on the following link to read the full-text of the Nutrition Action Healthletter, available through our EBSCO databases.  Nutrition Action

Check out this new book in the library: Cannell New Books LB2395 .R76 2008.  Preview this book on Google Books.

Image copyright Chris Van Dusen

What is an Exquisite Corpse?  Why should you follow this story for the next year?  Who are the people behind this project?  All of your questions and more can be answered by visiting Read.gov at the Library of Congress, or just click on the Exquisite Corpse Adventure

During the summer the library installed a laptop counter along the east windows on the second floor. There are electrical outlets spread along the top of the counter for easy access.

This fall has been very busy due to an increase in traffic in the library. This means that the noise level has also increased. If you are looking for a quiet place to study try the Quiet Study Room. It is located on the second floor down the last hallway past the computer lab.

There are 2 hand sanitizing stations in the library. On the first floor it is located next to the photocopy room. On the second floor it is located along the wall in the computer lab.

Try our free trial of American History in Video, available until November 15, 2009, and let us know what you think.

American History in Video provides the largest and richest collection of video available online for the study of American history, with 2,000 hours and more than 5,000 titles on completion.

The collection allows students and researchers to analyze historical events, and their presentation over time, through commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries.

This release now provides 1526 titles, with new videos from California Newsreel and PBS, equalling approximately 528 hours.

Do you use maps in your classes? If yes, take a look at a new database on the library website – A to Z Maps Online. Included in the 4,000+ maps are: political maps, physical maps, outline maps, population maps, precipitation maps, climate maps, and other thematic maps. New maps are added to the collection every month.

Did you know that Cannell Library has a lot of resources for you to use in addition to books and article databases?  Some of the resources we have available at the library include:

• Laptops and calculators.  You can check out laptops and calculators for three hours from the Check Out desk.  Laptops must stay in the library, but calculators can be used outside the library.
• Videos.  You can check out videos (both DVDs and VHS format) for six days. 
• DVD, VHS & CD players.  Need to watch a video for a class assignment?  Want to listen to some music in between classes?  We have televisions with DVD and VHS players and we have CD players on the second floor of the library.
• Group Study Rooms & Quiet Study Rooms.   Both are available on a first-come, first-served basis on the second floor of the library.

That’s just a few of our resources - come visit us at Cannell Library to discover more.

Hello! Cannell Library would like to warmly welcome everyone and wish them a fantastic fall term.

The library is open and ready to help you. Here are the library hours for fall term:

• Monday-Thursday: 7:00 am – 8:30 pm
• Friday: 7:00 am – 5:00 pm
• Saturday-Sunday: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• NOTE: The 2nd floor computer lab closes 15 minutes earlier than the library

And don’t forget to visit our new Information Commons at the Columbia Tech Center (CTC). Fall term hours are:

• Monday-Thursday: 8:00 am – 6:30 pm