Tuition and Book Loans

Peggy Buchmiller, Director of the Resource Center announced that the Center "has tuition and book loans for Summer Quarter available for students who qualify. We will begin accepting Summer tuition loan applications on Monday, June 1st. Summer book loan applications will be accepted beginning Wednesday, June 24th after book buy back is completed. Applications are available in the Resource Center Office in the HUB."

She also explained that there is no interest and no fee and no low income requirement, but students will have to show financial ability to pay back the loan by the end of the quarter. This would be helpful for some students who are working but could benefit from paying the tuition in three installments over the summer. Students who have financial aid already should not apply for the loan unless for some reason their aid payment did not arrive on time and they need help.

HIV/AIDS Certification

Information regarding the 7 hour/4 hour "HIV/AIDS Education for Health Care Providers" DVD videos and the test available at the CBC Library.

For test takers:

• There is no charge to take the test at the CBC Library.
• Once you’ve completed the test, the Library sends it to the CBC Health Science Department in Richland.
• The Health Science Department has between 3-20 days to grade your test and get your results to you.
• To pass, you must earn a minimum of 75% correct on the test. If you pass, a certificate will be mailed to you using the address you provide on the back of the test.
• If you do not pass, you have the opportunity to retake the test.

For Library Staff:

• The HIV 25 page handout is now available for students to print (and pay for) or email to themselves on computer Ref 01 at the Pasco campus and MEDLIB01 in Richland. We’re no longer providing these optional, resource-intensive handouts for free. Examples of the handout (for students to refer to and decide if they want to print/ email it) are stored in the back of the HIV binder.
  
• In addition, new, single-page handouts are available to give to students when they have questions (or first sign up to take the test); the handout addresses FAQ’s, tells them what to expect when they’re taking the test, and provides Library hours, phone numbers, and test result information.
  
• Very clear staff instructions are located at the front of the binder in attempt to make it as easy as possible for staff members to help students sign up/ take the test.
  
• Staff members will always collect the test when student is finished for the day or leaves the library, even on a break. Students are required to have picture ID to sign up or request an incomplete test. For privacy purposes, staff should write the information down on the sign-in sheet—not the student him/ herself. The information logged includes student’s full name (directly from ID), job title the student is working toward, number of hours required for that job title (a list of job titles/ video hours are included in the binder), and the date.
  
• Those who do not wish to take the training at the CBC Library for free may visit http://www.healthinfonetwork.org/ for more options.

Desiree G.
Circulation Supervisor, 509-542-4458

Primal Pictures - Cancelled

As of 4/30/09 Primal Pictures has been removed from our database lists. This was not renewed due to high cost and low use.

Food for Fines Results

The Food for Fines food drive results are in!

In one week, 236 pounds of food was collected and donated to Tri-City Second Harvest food bank.
And $493 in overdue charges were waived from student’s library accounts.

Many thanks to all those who donated and helped make the Library’s first ever Food for Fines drive a real success!

Desiree G.
Library Circulation Supervisor

Resources on Ref 1 Computer

Here is a list of all resources on Ref1

• 3D Globe
• ALLDATA Online
• CompuCram Promissor Real Estate
• Digital Histology
• Drug Identifier
• Exploring the French Revolution
• Gilbert's Living with Art
• Google Earth
• Handbook of Chemistry & Physics
• JAMA
• Mitchell On Demand
• Starry Night Pro
• The Merck Index v 14.0
• The New England Journal of Medicine Research & Review Articles on Diseases & Clinical Practice
• The New Oxford Annotated Bible
• U.S. News
• Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 3.0
• HIV Handouts
• Student Timecard

Food for Fines

In celebration of National Library Week, the first annual Food for Fines Food Drive begins today!

What: For every non-perishable food item donated during the drive, the Library will waive $2.00 in overdue charges (up to a maximum of $20.00).
When: All week, beginning today and running through Saturday (April 13-18).
Bring your donations: to the circulation desk, at the Library
Donations will go to: the Second Harvest Tri-cities Food Bank.

DG
Library Circulation Supervisor

Press Release

Christian Science Monitor

The Christian Science Monitor announced in October that it is changing format, effective April 2009. Articles will continue to be published daily online, but the print edition will be issued weekly instead of daily.

The CBC Library received our last daily print edition on March 27th (available at Circulation) and has just received the first weekly print edition, dated April 12 2009, available on our Magazine browsing racks.

EBSCOhost appears to have ceased coverage as of 3/27/09. ProQuest continues to offer full text, but coverage is incomplete and it is not known if the weekly will be included.