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Fall 2009 Library
Newsletter
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New classroom for Research Workshops
Over the summer the Library’s
demonstration area was converted into a beautiful new classroom for
library research workshops. Make a reservation now to bring in
your class(es) for
research workshops. A librarian will teach
your students how to find quality sources on any topic. We can
also explain how to evaluate web pages, discuss the pros and
cons of Wikipedia, or any
other research issue, tailored to your needs. For more
information, call the Reference Desk at x4312 or just schedule a
workshop on our online Research
Workshop Request Form.
Read Mistress
of Spices with our community
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Skyline joins the Peninsula Library System in
hosting its annual One Book, One Community county-wide reading
event. This year’s book is The Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. Ms. Divakaruni
will kick off the month-long program on October 1st by appearing at the
San Mateo County Performing Arts Center.
Thanks to a grant from
the President’s Innovation Fund, Skyline is delighted to present 3 events
highlighting the book and its themes:
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On Oct. 7th at noon, Professor Lori Slicton will
give a talk on the Anthropology of Cooking: Food & Memory.
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On Oct. 8th at 7:00 pm, the Duniya
Dance & Drum Company will perform in the Theatre.
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On Oct. 14th at 1:00, we will conclude our
celebration of reading with a book discussion in the Library, followed by
refreshments and a screening of the film version of The Mistress of
Spices.
All events are
free and open to the public. For more information, contact Barbara Daley at ext. 4306.
Information
literacy requirement to be
set
The Curriculum Committee decided at its May 20,
2009 meeting to form an Information Literacy Subcommittee, which
is charged with determining the most effective options for information
literacy instruction at Skyline
College, and how
this subject will be established as a required area of study. This
subcommittee will begin its work this semester and make its
recommendations to the Curriculum Committee in Spring 2010. If you have
any questions regarding information literacy at Skyline, please contact Dennis Wolbers at x4184 or Wolbers@smccd.edu.
Library Staff Changes
In August, we said goodbye to Angela Viviani (Enjoy your retirement,
Angela!) and we have welcomed Li Wang, who is working evenings and
Saturdays.
Do
you have a suggestion for us?
Click here to use the Library’s new
E-SUGGESTION
BOX
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Did you know?
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In the spring
2009 semester, librarians taught information literacy
skills to 77 classes across the curriculum—over 1500 Skyline students.
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An
average of over 950 students per day have used Skyline
Library so far this semester.
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During the
first 4 weeks of September 2009, the library checked
out over 3,000 books, periodicals, reserve readings, and other
materials.
Download our eBooks
eBooks for on-screen reading can be
used on a variety of devices such as PCs, laptops, and supported PDAs in the Adobe® Reader® and Mobipocket
Reader formats. Check them out through our PLS library catalog by
clicking here.
Media
collection
now in Library
DVDs move up from Learning Center
Skyline Library
is now the place to put media items on reserve for your classes. Over
the summer, the media collection moved from the Learning Center
to the Library. Students check out DVDs and CDs on their PLS library
cards and play them on any library computer. They need to bring their
own headphones or ear buds. We also have two VHS players. To put media
on reserve, please use our Faculty
Reserve Request Form and if you have any questions about any
media items, call or email Sandra Kirkpatrick
at x4311 or kirkpatrick@smccd.edu.
Skyline Library now features wireless printing
Print
directly from laptops or from your home computer!
If you want
to print files from your laptop when you are in the library, you no
longer have to first email them to yourself and then download and print
them from library computers. Also, if you’re at home without access to
a printer and would like to print out at the Skyline Library printers,
you can now simply click on the link from our Library home page and
send your files to our printers. When you come into the library,
the files will be waiting for you to print out. For directions on
how to use our wireless printing, click here.
Can’t
find the full-text of a journal article?
Do you have
a citation to a journal article, but you can’t find the full-text
online? Have you seen an abstract of an article on the Web, but to
retrieve the full article will cost $$? It is likely Skyline
librarians can access the full article and send you a copy of the
article within a day at no cost. All you have to do is use our Article
Delivery Service on the Library home page.
Ask a librarian online
Anytime you have a question for a librarian,
you can post your question on our online eReference form and a librarian will
respond to you within 24 hours (during weekdays.) Of course, you
can still call us at x4312 or come in and see us in person!
Get your library
card here
Students, faculty and staff
may get library cards in a matter of minutes. All that’s needed
is photo ID. (For students who live outside San Mateo County,
proof of registration is also required.) The Peninsula Library
System (PLS) card provides access to the collections of over 30 city
and county libraries, the three SMCCD college libraries, and the
combined database subscriptions to thousands of journals, magazines and
other periodicals. It just might be the last free thing on earth!
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