Q: Why doesn't the Pasco library provide free printing like the other labs?
A: The other labs support printing with the student technology fee. Also, unlike the other labs, the library is open to students and faculty from other schools as well as members of the public. With our current technological and staff resources it isn't possible for us to sort free CBC student from paid non-student printing, even if we did receive tech fee funds to support it.
Friday, June 3, 2011
Survey Q & A - Computers
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.
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.
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.
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