Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Have You Checked our Black History Month Collection Yet?
It is currently featured underneath the Contemporary Reading Shelves. With books by or about Barack Obama, Martin Luther King and Malcolm X-- and books by literary authors Toni Morrison, Ralph Ellison and Zora Neale Hurston, explore the rich history and identity of African Americans. Be sure to look behind the main desk for the Contemporary Reading shelves, which features a key event almost every month!
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
The Big Read Is Coming!!!
March 2009 begins the month long activities of Hayward's Big Read.
Please mark your calendars for the second teacher's workshop for the Big Read that will take place on Wednesday, February 25 beginning at 4:00 p.m. in Room 107A/B. This will be the workshop to share and/or learn new teaching methods in using Gaines' A Lesson Before Dying. The official email invitation will be coming...but for now, please mark your calendars!
Sean (from Hayward Public Library) wants to share a Big Read Facebook group with you. To view the group or to reply to the message, follow this link:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?inbox/readmessage.php&t=1097949727122&aref=21836160
MORE TO COME.....debbie
Please mark your calendars for the second teacher's workshop for the Big Read that will take place on Wednesday, February 25 beginning at 4:00 p.m. in Room 107A/B. This will be the workshop to share and/or learn new teaching methods in using Gaines' A Lesson Before Dying. The official email invitation will be coming...but for now, please mark your calendars!
Sean (from Hayward Public Library) wants to share a Big Read Facebook group with you. To view the group or to reply to the message, follow this link:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?inbox/readmessage.php&t=1097949727122&aref=21836160
MORE TO COME.....debbie
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Chabot Library Databases and The Zone
Hello, all. Happy New Year, and welcome to the Spring semester!
On how to access Library resources:
Please continue to find Chabot Library's webpage at: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/library or click on the Library link on the new Zone page.
Librarians from both Chabot and Las Positas served on the core Committee and have provided input to making the Zone user friendly to our students. Alas, the single sign-on will not yet work to get you or your students into the library's databases, meaning students logging into the portal will still need to log into databases when they are off-campus as they have in the past. From off campus, start either at our webpage OR go to: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/abby/dbsoffcampus.html
Thank You,
Chabot Library
On how to access Library resources:
Please continue to find Chabot Library's webpage at: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/library or click on the Library link on the new Zone page.
Librarians from both Chabot and Las Positas served on the core Committee and have provided input to making the Zone user friendly to our students. Alas, the single sign-on will not yet work to get you or your students into the library's databases, meaning students logging into the portal will still need to log into databases when they are off-campus as they have in the past. From off campus, start either at our webpage OR go to: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/abby/dbsoffcampus.html
Thank You,
Chabot Library
Monday, December 8, 2008
Get Into the Zone and Also Preview Chabot College's Web Future
Take a look at both the future college web site and the future campus portal.
Go to: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/version2.asp and get acquainted with the future college home page look.
Go to http://lum-portal-test.clpccd.cc.ca.us/cp/home/loginf and delve into the Zone--the new campus web portal. Enter your W ID number as your username and the same PIN you use to get into Class-Web and explore your own personal, campus web environment, including soon your own campus Email! The Library tab is on the right if you would like to explore your Library!
Those of us who worked hard in getting the Zone to you are certainly anxious to hear your thoughts of what you think about it. Please respond to our survey!
Go to: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/version2.asp and get acquainted with the future college home page look.
Go to http://lum-portal-test.clpccd.cc.ca.us/cp/home/loginf and delve into the Zone--the new campus web portal. Enter your W ID number as your username and the same PIN you use to get into Class-Web and explore your own personal, campus web environment, including soon your own campus Email! The Library tab is on the right if you would like to explore your Library!
Those of us who worked hard in getting the Zone to you are certainly anxious to hear your thoughts of what you think about it. Please respond to our survey!
Monday, November 24, 2008
The Library Celebrates Native American Heritage Month
The Library celebrates the rich heritage of the many different peoples who have originally lived in what we now call the United States. Originally misnamed "Indians," the Native Americans encompass many different tribes with their own rich histories.
Take a look at the Contemporary Reading shelves to learn more about many rich traditions and cultures. Also included are contemporary authors Sherman Alexie, Louise Erdrich, Linda Hogan, N. Scott Momaday, and Leslie Silko. Please take a look and read a great book!
Take a look at the Contemporary Reading shelves to learn more about many rich traditions and cultures. Also included are contemporary authors Sherman Alexie, Louise Erdrich, Linda Hogan, N. Scott Momaday, and Leslie Silko. Please take a look and read a great book!
Thursday, October 9, 2008
The Library Celebrates National LGBT History Month and National Coming Out Day
Starting next week, the Library will be featuring in its Contemporary Reading Shelves, National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered (LGBT) History month, which is celebrated every October in the United States. We feature books that tell the history and biographies of key individuals, including those who have fought for LGBT rights to the present.
Books by prominent authors such as David Leavitt, Adrienne Rich, Alice Walker, and Tony Kushner will be featured, and available for checkout.
Meanwhile, out of spirit of National Coming Out Day, which occurs on October 11, but the college is honoring it today (October 9) , we have a display already featured on one of the new books shelves, next to the reference desk. Please take a look!
The Contemporary Reading Shelves are located behind the main desk of the Library. Walk behind the desk to scope the shelves of books to browse. If you are looking for a key LGBT book in the collection, and are unable to find one, be sure to also look at these shelves, or ask assistance from our friendly librarians.
(Note: Our current Contemporary Reading Shelves collection, which honors National Hispanic Heritage month (which is actually celebrated from September 15 to October 15) will be concluding this Friday).
Books by prominent authors such as David Leavitt, Adrienne Rich, Alice Walker, and Tony Kushner will be featured, and available for checkout.
Meanwhile, out of spirit of National Coming Out Day, which occurs on October 11, but the college is honoring it today (October 9) , we have a display already featured on one of the new books shelves, next to the reference desk. Please take a look!
The Contemporary Reading Shelves are located behind the main desk of the Library. Walk behind the desk to scope the shelves of books to browse. If you are looking for a key LGBT book in the collection, and are unable to find one, be sure to also look at these shelves, or ask assistance from our friendly librarians.
(Note: Our current Contemporary Reading Shelves collection, which honors National Hispanic Heritage month (which is actually celebrated from September 15 to October 15) will be concluding this Friday).
Monday, September 29, 2008
Banned Books Week: Sep. 27-Oct. 4, 2008
"Intellectual Freedom is the right of every individual to both seek and receive information from all points of view without restriction. It provides for free access to all expressions of ideas through which any and all sides of a question, cause or movement may be explored. Intellectual freedom encompasses the freedom to hold, receive and disseminate ideas." -- www.ala.org ( http://www.ala.org/ ) (Intellectual Freedom and Censorship Q & A)
Chabot Library will once again mark Banned Books week with a DISPLAY in the library of books that have been challenged over the years.
Stop by for a copy of the list: "The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000"
"The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) received a total of 420 challenges last year. A challenge is defined as a formal, written complaint, filed with a library or school, requesting that materials be removed because of content or appropriateness. Public libraries, schools and school libraries report the majority of challenges to OIF.
'The number of challenges reflects only incidents reported,' said Judith F. Krug, director of the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom."
Chabot Library will once again mark Banned Books week with a DISPLAY in the library of books that have been challenged over the years.
Stop by for a copy of the list: "The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000"
"The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) received a total of 420 challenges last year. A challenge is defined as a formal, written complaint, filed with a library or school, requesting that materials be removed because of content or appropriateness. Public libraries, schools and school libraries report the majority of challenges to OIF.
'The number of challenges reflects only incidents reported,' said Judith F. Krug, director of the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom."
Sunday, September 14, 2008
What to Do When the Library and College Web Sites are Down
1. Bookmark the blog. You will get the latest information on this page, as well as key links.
2. The link to your Blackboard courses is: http://clpccd.blackboard.com/
3. For Library research purposes, you have access to one of the following:
a. The Library Catalog can be searched at: http://tinyurl.com/8mo5z
b. Proquest Diversity Databases: http://tinyurl.com/8mj36
c. EBSCOhost Databases: http://tinyurl.com/65ztma
The username and password for EBSCOhost is different. To get this information, Email the Library at: chabotref "at" clpccd.cc.ca.us
d. Find sources that have been selected for quality by searching Public WWW Sites Selected by Librarians at: http://tinyurl.com/yugjcn
e. With your Alameda County Library card, enter your library card number for a desired database at: http://tinyurl.com/6yk6h8
2. The link to your Blackboard courses is: http://clpccd.blackboard.com/
3. For Library research purposes, you have access to one of the following:
a. The Library Catalog can be searched at: http://tinyurl.com/8mo5z
b. Proquest Diversity Databases: http://tinyurl.com/8mj36
c. EBSCOhost Databases: http://tinyurl.com/65ztma
The username and password for EBSCOhost is different. To get this information, Email the Library at: chabotref "at" clpccd.cc.ca.us
d. Find sources that have been selected for quality by searching Public WWW Sites Selected by Librarians at: http://tinyurl.com/yugjcn
e. With your Alameda County Library card, enter your library card number for a desired database at: http://tinyurl.com/6yk6h8
Friday, September 5, 2008
The Library Celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month
Right behind the Main Desk of the Library, we always have great books to read from contemporary authors or people's history, and this month, the Library is honoring National Hispanic Heritage Month. Authors featured include Isabel Allende, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Esmeralda Santiago, Sandra Cisneros, and Carlos Fuentes. Please take a look at our selection on the contemporary reading shelves, and by all means check out a great book!
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Library Orientation
Welcome Back Faculty!!
The Chabot College Librarians offer orientation sessions during each semester, including the summer, covering basic library and research skills. We customize each orientation based on the given assignment.
Whether your students are required to write a report, a critical essay, or a research paper, the librarians will show them how and where to begin. We will make sure they don’t get lost in the overwhelming sea of information.
They will learn about:
· Organization of the Chabot College Library
· Finding Books Using the Online Book Catalog
· Finding Articles Using Periodical Indexes
· Internet Resources
· Research Strategies and Techniques
· Selection and Evaluation of Sources
· Citation Formats
You can submit the online Library Instruction Form for Faculty that can be found at http://www.ushosttech.com/chabot/library/request.cfm
The Chabot College Librarians offer orientation sessions during each semester, including the summer, covering basic library and research skills. We customize each orientation based on the given assignment.
Whether your students are required to write a report, a critical essay, or a research paper, the librarians will show them how and where to begin. We will make sure they don’t get lost in the overwhelming sea of information.
They will learn about:
· Organization of the Chabot College Library
· Finding Books Using the Online Book Catalog
· Finding Articles Using Periodical Indexes
· Internet Resources
· Research Strategies and Techniques
· Selection and Evaluation of Sources
· Citation Formats
You can submit the online Library Instruction Form for Faculty that can be found at http://www.ushosttech.com/chabot/library/request.cfm
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
New Students, Welcome to the Fall Semester!
The Library welcomes you to the Fall semester. We will be open Mondays through Thursdays 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. and Fridays, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
We welcome you to a wonderful education at Chabot College. If you ever need help in your research, a librarian is available for you, on the left side of the main desk.
The Library provides many resources, both in print and electronic. Print resources can be checked out with your student ID card and you can find them in the Library Catalog. Electronic resources are available to you from the Library Databases page (as well as other pages). Go to How to Get Into Databases Off Campus to learn how to access them from your home.
The Library is also a study area, so please do not have loud conversations and have your cell phones on vibrating. If you receive a call, politely step outside to have your conversation.
Study rooms are available for groups of two or more. The sign up sheet is available at the reference desk. You can sign up to one week in advance.
Your library card is your student ID card. Have your picture taken in the photo ID center, located just above the cafeteria. You will need your Student ID card to check out books, for other on campus needs, let alone some movie houses out there will actually give you a student discount if you show it to them! So keep your student ID card in your wallet.
Books are purchased at the Chabot bookstore, not the Library. The Library has SOME textbooks available on reserve, but only if your instructor(s) have placed them there. They are most often available for only ONE HOUR checkout and are NOT to leave the Library (the time is there for you to make photocopies). Do NOT assume it will be there, even if the textbook is sold out at the bookstore. If the textbook is NOT in the Library's reserves collection, be sure to notify your instructor.
If you have any questions, please be sure to see a librarian on the left side of the main desk.
We welcome you to a wonderful education at Chabot College. If you ever need help in your research, a librarian is available for you, on the left side of the main desk.
The Library provides many resources, both in print and electronic. Print resources can be checked out with your student ID card and you can find them in the Library Catalog. Electronic resources are available to you from the Library Databases page (as well as other pages). Go to How to Get Into Databases Off Campus to learn how to access them from your home.
The Library is also a study area, so please do not have loud conversations and have your cell phones on vibrating. If you receive a call, politely step outside to have your conversation.
Study rooms are available for groups of two or more. The sign up sheet is available at the reference desk. You can sign up to one week in advance.
Your library card is your student ID card. Have your picture taken in the photo ID center, located just above the cafeteria. You will need your Student ID card to check out books, for other on campus needs, let alone some movie houses out there will actually give you a student discount if you show it to them! So keep your student ID card in your wallet.
Books are purchased at the Chabot bookstore, not the Library. The Library has SOME textbooks available on reserve, but only if your instructor(s) have placed them there. They are most often available for only ONE HOUR checkout and are NOT to leave the Library (the time is there for you to make photocopies). Do NOT assume it will be there, even if the textbook is sold out at the bookstore. If the textbook is NOT in the Library's reserves collection, be sure to notify your instructor.
If you have any questions, please be sure to see a librarian on the left side of the main desk.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Library Closed Until August 20
The Library will be closed until the first day of the Fall semester, August 20. Our Fall hours will be 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. M-TH and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Fridays.
Any overdue books can be returned during daytime hours on the week of August 11, Monday through Thursday, but the Library will be otherwise, closed.
Any overdue books can be returned during daytime hours on the week of August 11, Monday through Thursday, but the Library will be otherwise, closed.
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