We received a number of questions and comments on the library survey (May 16 - 22 2011); this is the first in a series of responses.
Q: Why don't you add more computers?
A: In December 2010 Information Services and the student technology fee allowed us to begin checking out 61 laptops to students for use within the library and beyond. Last month (May 2011) we checked them out to students a total of 371 times!
While the library's budget does not provide for additional computers, Information Services continues to evaluate student needs and explore options for expanding computer access in the future. Students should be aware of our computer access policy and let us know if they cannot find a computer for their primary purpose: CBC classwork and other academic needs. We can often find a computer for you in the Epicenter, and (as some of you pointed out) there are usually students using our computers for non-academic purposes who the librarians can ask to vacate the lab.
Update (12/7/2011): We now have 150 laptops that check out for 1 week (7 days) at a time. All of the open computing and collaborative study room computers were replaced during the past quarter and 10 units were added.
Friday, June 3, 2011
Library Survey 2011 Results
We would like to thank everyone who took our library survey between May 16 and May 22. While we are still compiling the results of the paper surveys, we'd like to share with you the initial results of the online version. View Slides.
We are very happy to see that the highest rating goes to our "Quality of customer service" and "Quality of research help" in Question #4. We are also honored to read the 142 positive comments on "The Library's greatest strength". At the same time, we received 88 questions and comments on "Areas for future improvement".
We greatly appreciate your time for taking the survey and giving us the feedback. We'd like to take this opportunity to offer what we hope will be some interesting and helpful responses to the most frequently commented issues. View responses here and join the discussion on our Facebook page.
We are very happy to see that the highest rating goes to our "Quality of customer service" and "Quality of research help" in Question #4. We are also honored to read the 142 positive comments on "The Library's greatest strength". At the same time, we received 88 questions and comments on "Areas for future improvement".
We greatly appreciate your time for taking the survey and giving us the feedback. We'd like to take this opportunity to offer what we hope will be some interesting and helpful responses to the most frequently commented issues. View responses here and join the discussion on our Facebook page.
Monday, May 23, 2011
Audiobooks Online - Cancelled
This subscription was not renewed due to low usage and technical issues. Our students and faculty have access to downloadable audiobooks through Mid-Columbia and Richland public libraries. May 2012.
The library has added our first collection of audiobooks, an ‘academic’ subscription collection from Recorded Books with several hundred titles. They are available now to Search in OneClickDigital. To be able to ‘check out’ books you will have to create a free account, either on campus or after logging in with our quarterly password.
You will then be able to download titles to your computer and/or Mp3 player.
May 2011.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Find Your Zones in the Library
Collaborative Zone
• Active Learning
• Normal Conversations
• No Cell Phone Calls
• Turn Cell Phone Ringers Off
Quiet Study Zone
• Occasional talking
• Low speaking voice
• No cell phone calls
• Set cell phone to silent
Silent Study Zone
• Strictly for silent study
• No talking
• No cell phone calls
• Set cell phone to silent
When, why, & how did we start the library zones program?
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Choose Privacy Week 2011
May 1-7, 2011 is the second annual Choose Privacy Week, an ongoing program by American Library Association.Library Display:
View the list of books on display at the CBC Library.
Handouts:
- How does the CBC Library protect your privacy[1 page PDF]
- Privacy Myth Buster [1 page PDF]
Have you ever "googled" your name? Were you surprised by what you found online? Take some time to watch the following thought-provoking video.
Choose Privacy Week Video from 20K Films on Vimeo.
Here is another video that explores how technology has influenced our concept of privacy.
More Videos
More Websites:
What They Know. A Series of articles on digital privacy from The Wall Street Journal.
Privacy in Peril.
The Paranoid's Guide to Facebook
Please Rob Me: Raising awareness about over-sharing and locational privacy.
securepasswords.net
Annette Cary. "Protecting ID easy as A-b-C. " Tri - City Herald 5 May 2011,Washington State Newsstand, ProQuest. Web. 5 May. 2011.
updated 5/5/2011 yy
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
New Subscription Titles available in Ebrary
Ebrary added over 1000 more titles to our College Complete subscription near the end of April. Here are just a few of the wide variety of titles offered:
In The pleasures and sorrows of work [Vintage, 2009] Alain de Botton muses on whether someone with the job title ‘Brand Supervision Coordinator, Sweet Biscuits’ can find meaning in his work and visits with the founding member of the Pylon Appreciation Society as part of an idiosyncratic journey through the world of work. Includes lots of great black and white photos by Richard Baker.
Those looking for something more practical might appreciate
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2010 by Carole Boggs Matthews, an entry in the QuickSteps series of “recipe books for computer users” from McGraw-Hill. Step-by-step instructions are accompanied by lots of illustrations and helpful tips. Word 2010 and Excel 2010 are covered in separate titles.
Reference titles include Bud Hannings' American Revolutionary War Leaders : A Biographical Dictionary [McFarland 2010], Webster's new world medical dictionary [Wiley, 2008], and the 5th edition of The dictionary of human geography [Blackwell, 2009].
Finally, Curtis J. Bonk’s The world is open : how Web technology is revolutionizing education; Ebooks, E-Learning, Open Source software, OpenCourseWare, Learning Object Repositories, and Electronic Collaboration are only a few of the topics covered in this wide ranging discussion of the ‘Open Learning World.’
You will need an internet connection and the quarterly library database password in order to read these.
In The pleasures and sorrows of work [Vintage, 2009] Alain de Botton muses on whether someone with the job title ‘Brand Supervision Coordinator, Sweet Biscuits’ can find meaning in his work and visits with the founding member of the Pylon Appreciation Society as part of an idiosyncratic journey through the world of work. Includes lots of great black and white photos by Richard Baker.
Those looking for something more practical might appreciate
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2010 by Carole Boggs Matthews, an entry in the QuickSteps series of “recipe books for computer users” from McGraw-Hill. Step-by-step instructions are accompanied by lots of illustrations and helpful tips. Word 2010 and Excel 2010 are covered in separate titles.
Reference titles include Bud Hannings' American Revolutionary War Leaders : A Biographical Dictionary [McFarland 2010], Webster's new world medical dictionary [Wiley, 2008], and the 5th edition of The dictionary of human geography [Blackwell, 2009].
Finally, Curtis J. Bonk’s The world is open : how Web technology is revolutionizing education; Ebooks, E-Learning, Open Source software, OpenCourseWare, Learning Object Repositories, and Electronic Collaboration are only a few of the topics covered in this wide ranging discussion of the ‘Open Learning World.’
You will need an internet connection and the quarterly library database password in order to read these.
Friday, April 22, 2011
New to Ebrary
April 2011 - 53 single-user titles:
- A companion to ancient Egypt 2010
- Jordan-Young, Rebecca M., Brain storm 2010
- Thomas, Peter, Ecology of woodlands and forests 2007
- Chen, Milton. Education nation 2010
- Reevy, Gretchen. Encyclopedia of emotion 2010
- Axelrod, Alan, Encyclopedia of the American armed forces 2005
- Evidence-based nursing care guidelines 2008
- Verchick, Robert R. M. Facing catastrophe 2010
- Makdisi, Ussama Samir, Faith misplaced 2010
- Vigdor, Jacob L. From immigrants to Americans 2009
- Clark, Neils. Game addiction 2009
- Markovits, Andrei S. Gaming the world 2010
- Black, Brian, Global warming 2010
- Christerson, Brad. Growing up in America 2010
- Guide to nutritional supplements 2009
- Hispanic American religious cultures 2009
- Bergad, Laird W., Hispanics in the United States 2010
- Anderson, Stuart. Immigration 2010
- Internet fraud casebook 2010
- Liu, Goodwin. Keeping faith with the Constitution 2010
- Latino America 2008
- Varcarolis, Elizabeth M. Manual of psychiatric nursing care planning 2011
- Memory in mind and culture 2009
- Mormonism 2010
- Mosby's comprehensive review of nursing for the NCLEX-RN examination 2009
- Zerwekh, JoAnn Graham. Mosby's pharmacology memory notecards 2008
- Curtis, Edward E., Muslims in America 2009
- Eisenberg, Laura Zittrain. Negotiating Arab-Israeli peace 2010
- Doenges, Marilynn E., Nursing diagnosis manual 2010
- Ngo, Christian. Our energy future 2009
- Drisdelle, Rosemary, Parasites 2010
- Nelson, Margaret K., Parenting out of control 2010
- Ruddiman, W. F. Plows, plagues, and petroleum 2005
- Religions of the world 2010
- Newton, David E. Same-sex marriage 2010
- Serving America's veterans 2009
- Newton, David E. Substance abuse 2010
- The atlas of emergency medicine 2009
- The Cambridge dictionary of Christianity 2010
- Regan, Margaret, The death of Josseline 2010
- Gwinnell, Esther. The encyclopedia of addictions and addictive behaviors 2006
- The encyclopedia of Middle East wars 2010
- The encyclopedia of political science 2010
- Siegel, Ronald D. The mindfulness solution 2010
- Vaughan, J. G. The new Oxford book of food plants 2009
- The quotable woman, revised edition 2010
- The Routledge companion to ethics 2010
- Fredriksen, John C. The United States Army 2010
- Gambone, Philip. Travels in a gay nation 2010
- Ness, Cindy D., Why girls fight 2010
- Women and politics around the world 2009
- Oermann, Marilyn H. Writing for publication in nursing 2010
- Quiggin, John. Zombie economics 2010
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