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Michael J. Grant Campus

www.sunysuffolk.edu/Library

The Dog Ate My Library Book

Vet Science Tech Program Showcased You might not expect to see cat and dog skulls, dental instruments, and strange medical-looking devices in the library, but they were here in the our display cases last month as part of the library’s outreach program meant to showcase college academic programs and departments, as well as to highlight celebrations such as Black History Month (February.) The display for the Veterinary Science Technology program included the aforementioned skulls, various medical devices that students learn to use during hands-on classes, and information about the program. Upcoming months will feature displays for the new campus Student Veteran’s Association and local history. Any other clubs or programs interested in highlighting their activities in the library can call Sue DeMasi (ext. 6557) for details.

The library has added thousands of electronic books to its collection over

the past year. Covering the humanities, social sciences, physical sciences

and more, these full-text books are available via a few

clicks through the library catalog. To find and use an

e-book, start at the library homepage and then click on

Electronic Book Collection to begin your search. Use your

SCCC user name and password to access the books from

home. Recently added titles include Poetry Criticism, the

Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion, and

Globalization, Education and Social Justice.

The nursing curriculum is well-covered with Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!, a collection of over 50 electronic books covering topics ranging from cardiovascular care to pharmacology.

The Perfect Puppy: How to Raise a Well-Behaved Dog was one of the highlights of the display described above. The book had recently been returned by a student who’d hoped to learn dog training techniques for his new puppy. Unfortunately, the puppy had other ideas, and ate part of the book, showing that books can be satisfying in many ways.

Phone Numbers

Reference

851-6744

Circulation

851-6740

Media Services

851-6742

“ ...its presence in a

town or a city reminds

us that there are things

above profit, things that

profit knows nothing

about, things that have

the power to baffle the

greedy ghost of market

fundamentalism, things

that stand for civic

decency and public

respect for imagination

and knowledge and the

value of simple delight.”

— Author Philip Pullman

on why he loves libraries.

Electronic Resources: Focus on Newspapers

Get a Room Individual and group study

rooms are available to students

on a first-come, first-served

basis, for a minimum of one

hour, or longer if no other

students need a room. These

rooms can’t be reserved, and

students must show their I.D.

cards to use them. We

encourage groups to make use

of these spaces in order to keep

the reference section a quiet

study area.

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SCCC’s extensive collections of databases are essential to our information literacy program. In addition to the magazine and journal articles, students and faculty can also access articles from local and national newspapers. Here, we highlight just a few of our newspaper databases: The New York Times Historical Archive (1851-2006) offers searchable full-text, along with images of articles, back to the first issue. Suffolk Newspapers is a searchable collection of six historical newspapers, covering Suffolk County History in the late 19th and early 20th centuries: The Long Islander (Huntington); The Corrector (Sag Harbor): South Side Signal (Babylon); Long Island Traveler (Cutchogue); Port Jefferson Echo and The County Review (Riverhead). Newspaper Source Plus includes more than 700 full-text newspapers, providing nearly 31 million full-text articles. The database also features more than 600,000 television and radio news transcripts. Alt-PressWatch is a full-text database of newspapers, magazines and journals from alternative and independent presses. HarpWeek provides access to Harper’s Weekly during the Civil War era. To access these databases, go to www.sunysuffolk.edu/library, click on Periodicals, then

Newspapers. (For off-campus access, enter your username and password.) We

encourage instructors to schedule library sessions to learn how to incorporate these

resources into assignments.

Congratulations to our library colleagues at the Eastern Campus on the opening of the new Montaukett Learning Resource Center. A ceremony celebrating the opening will be held in March. The Grant Campus looks forward to its own new library building which is now in the planning stages.

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Textbooks On Reserve LIBRARY FACULTY

David Quinn

Campus Head Librarian

quinnd@sunysuffolk.edu

Susan DeMasi,

Professor of Library Services

demasis@sunysuffolk.edu

Kevin Peterman,

Professor of Library Services

petermk@sunysuffolk.edu

Bruce Seger

Instructor of Library Services

segerb@sunysuffolk.edu

MaryPat Takacs,

Assistant Professor of Library Services

takacsm@sunysuffolk.edu

Gayle Sheridan, Associate Professor

Instructional Media Coordinator

sheridg@sunysuffolk.edu

Victoria Sinacori,

Professional Assistant—Media

sinacov@sunysuffolk.edu

Newsletter Editor, Sue DeMasi

Photography, Victoria Sinacori

Library Staff

Lynn McCloat

Mary Ann Oliva

Deborah Skolom

The library continues to purchase some textbooks for student use. We encourage the faculty to join us in giving students accessibility to required texts by putting an extra copy of the textbook on reserve in the library. Please contact circulation clerk Debbie Skolom at ext. 6740 for details.

Media Services The Media Department offers a wide range of services including scheduling equipment and materials for classroom use, video recording, digital imaging, and multimedia production. Professor Kevin Peterman (ext. 6747) and Coordinator Gayle Sheridan (ext. 6560) are available to discuss any ideas you have concerning the use of educational technology. To order equipment or media materials (videos, DVDs, etc.) call ext. 6742. Please allow at least three days lead time for the booking of materials and at least 24 hours for equipment requests.

Below, new additions to our media collection. For more information on these materials (i.e., running time), go to the library home page, click on BOOKS AND MEDIA, enter titles or keywords, and select MEDIA from the

drop-down menu (under “more collections”).

Earth Days DVD 826 Killing Us Softly 4: Advertising’s Image of Women DVD 818 Money Driven Medicine DVD 788 The Other Side of Immigration DVD 866

Welcome Join the library staff in welcoming Lynn McCloat, senior clerk typist, to her new position as media clerk. Lynn started at SCCC as a college aide on the Grant Campus. After working as a clerk typist in the Adjunct Services office at the Ammerman Campus, she returned here in November. She’s happy to be back at the Grant Campus Library, as are her colleagues. Be sure to say hello when you call for media materials or to schedule a library class. Joining us for the semester is library intern Kate Hanley, who is about to complete her final semester at San Jose State University's School of Library and Information Science. Kate grew up in Huntington. She studied music and English at Cornell University, and graduated from there with an AB in 2004. In her spare time, Kate is a drummer, an all-purpose musician, and a fire performer (a popular hobby in Northern California.)

OCEANS OF PLASTIC (DVD 838 )—The oceans are becoming the

world’s trash dump. Every mile of ocean now contains an average of

74,000 pieces of plastic, a "plastic soup" of waste, killing hundreds of

thousands of animals every year. What will be the long-term impact

of this "plastic pollution?"

Our “ask-a-librarian” chat service has been up and running since last semester. Called QuestionPoint, it allows direct communication with a librarian. To use this service, look on the library home page for the icons below.

Research Assistance for Faculty Faculty members working on advanced degrees were able to get tips on research strategies through a recent TLC workshop taught by MaryPat Takacs, Assistant Professor of Library Services. She demonstrated strategies to help participants focus their research activities, find current academic publications, and take advantage of the interlibrary loan system. For anyone who missed the workshop and would like to make an individual appointment, please contact Prof. Takacs at ext. 6349.

Chat, Anyone?

This Just In — New on the Shelves Spring 2011 Semester Hours

January 29—May 22

Monday—Thursday:

8:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m.

Friday: 8:00 a.m.—7:30 p.m.

Saturday: 8:30 a.m.—4:00 p.m.

Sunday: 11:30 a.m.—4:00 p.m.

——————— Exceptions

April 18-22; May 18-20

8:00 a.m. — 4:00 p.m.

Closed

February 21; March 22;

April 16-17, 23-24; May 21-22

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Library faculty taught 177 classes during the fall 2010 semester. This

includes subject-specific classes, College Seminar library orientations and

LIB 101 (Research Essentials, Library and

Internet). All classes need to be scheduled ahead

of time. Subject classes are highly encouraged;

librarians are happy to work with instructors to

develop research sessions. Contact Professor

Bruce Seger, coordinator of information literacy,

or your librarian liaison to make arrangements.

To schedule a COL 101

orientation or a subject

specific library research

class, please call Lynn

McCloat at ext. 6742.

Below, just some of the newest additions to our book collection. Check

the catalog for the call number. (www.sunysuffolk.edu/Library)

100 Questions & Answers About Schizophrenia : Painful Minds Americo Paredes: In His Own Words, an Authorized Biography Autobiography of Mark Twain Balancing the Banks : Global Lessons from the Financial Crisis Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms Forgotten Readers : Recovering the Lost History of African American Literary Societies Gabriel Garcia Marquez: the Early Years Girl Zines: Making Media, Doing Feminism Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg: the Letters John Oliver Killens: A Life of Black Literary Activism Living in a Microbial World

During inclement weather, check the College Home page (www.sunysuffolk.edu) for weather cancellations. Please note

that the library is closed when classes are cancelled.

Makeover TV: Selfhood, Citizenship and Celebrity Matisse : Radical Invention, 1913-1917 The Pen and the Sword: Press, War and Terror in the 21st Century Pink Ribbon Blues : How Breast Cancer Culture Undermines Women's Health Requiem for a Species : Why We Resist the Truth About Climate Change Sudden Fiction Latino: Short-Short Stories from the United States & Latin America True American: Language, Identity and the Education of Immigrant Children The University of Google: Education in the (Post) Information Age What is Happening to News: the Information Explosion and Crisis in Journalism