March into Environment Month

The Library is spotlighting the environment throughout the month of March.  Send your students over to learn about recycling and find out how to reduce their carbon footprint. 

RAFFLE!

Students can win cool recycling stuff, displayed in the first floor lobby and donated by the California Department of Conservation.  Fill out entry forms at the Reference Desk on the second floor of the Library.  The drawing will be held on March 31.

 

Readings by SCC Staff and Faculty Authors

The Learning Resource Center is spotlighting staff and faculty authors.

Join your SCC colleagues on Tuesday, December 9th at 2pm in LR105 as SCC’s published staff and faculty share selections from their writing:
Steve Cirrone, English
David Dayton, English as a Second Language
Ed Gallup, Advanced Transportation Technology
Tim Kahl, English
Gloria Lopez, Early Childhood Education
Tom Miner, English
Hossein Moftakhar, Psychology
Danny Romero, English

Stop by the library second floor display of staff and faculty publications and take home a good read!

American Indian Heritage Month ~ Library Display

The SCC Learning Resource Center has a rich collection of Native American materials.  What piques your interest?  History?  Poetry?  Theater?  Medicine?  Sports?

Visit the Library Display

Here’s a sample of what SCC has to offer:

Winds of Freedom: the Story of the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II by Margaret Bixler
Genocide of the Mind: New Native American Writing edited by MariJo Moore
American Gypsy: Six Native American Plays by Diane Glancy
Cherokee Medicine Man: the Life & Work of a Modern-Day Healer by Robert Conley (e-book)
Team Spirits: the Native American Mascots Controversy edited by C. Richard King & Charles F. Springwood

Prefer to kick back and watch a movie?  Smoke Signals is based on Sherman Alexie’s story The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven.

There’s much more in LOIS, the library catalog.  Do a keyword search for Native Americans, Indians of North America, Indigenous Peoples, or related terms.  Phone, visit, or email a librarian with your questions.

Staff and Faculty Authors ~ We Know You’re There!

Did you write a book and forget to tell the rest of us?  For some of you, the secret is out.  President Kathryn Jeffery announced in convocation that Jeff Knorr, Jan Haag, and Steve Cirrone had books just off the press.  Congratulations!  Library staff would like to highlight your literary accomplishments.   We are in the process of adding these and other books by SCC authors; search for books by author or title in LOIS.

                            

How about the rest of you?  Are your books listed in LOIS?  Please tell us what you wrote; we’d like to give you a little air time, too.  Your work will be featured in an upcoming library display!

Exercise your Freedom to Read

The SCC Library is celebrating banned and challenged books throughout October with an exhibit on the second floor.

• A challenge is an attempt to remove material from the library in order to restrict the access others have to those materials.
• Banning is the actual removal of materials from the library.

Which books were challenged most often in 2007?  Come to the second floor of the library and find out.  Send your students.  Borrow a few of our banned and challenged books and judge for yourself. You can also visit the American Library Association’s page on Banned Books Week to investigate the issues further.

Freedom to Read poster

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

Looking for ways to commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month?

On Campus:

• See the Hispanic Heritage Library book display on the 2nd floor.  Check one out!
• Did you catch the Mexican Independence Day celebration in the Quad today?  Check online for upcoming Cultural Awareness Center events.

Library display of Hispanic heritage books

Online:

• Trace Spanish influences in the Americas on Scholastic’s interactive map.
• Explore Arte Latino’s treasures online, from the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

In a Museum:

• Visit “Latinas: the Spirit of California” at the California Museum for History, Women and the Arts.
• Take a field trip.  Paintings by Frida Kahlo are on display at SFMOMA through September 28th.

Got Poetry?

In celebration of National Poetry Month, SCC poetry will be displayed throughout April on the 2nd floor of the library. Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to submit poetry for display.

Email your poems to Judy Howe or drop them off at the library’s 2nd floor reference desk. Include your name and e-mail address.

Women’s History Display

To celebrate Women’s History Month, the SCC library is currently presenting a display of books showcasing the achievements of women.

Test your knowledge of women’s history with our Women’s History Quiz and read about a variety of women inventors. Come to the second floor of the LRC and discover!

Library Display Celebrates Asian Heritage and Chinese New Year

To celebrate the Chinese New Year, the SCC library is currently presenting a display of books on Asian heritage on the second floor of the Learning Resource Center.

What is your Zodiac? Are you a Haiku poet? Come to the library and find out!