Thursday, December 16, 2010

Films on Demand - over 50 new titles addes

See the video web page at Video Web Page for the link into Films on Demand. Some of the titles added:

A Conversation with Carl Sandburg-From NBC's Wisdom Series
© 1958 - 29 Minutes
Title URL: http://Digital.Films.com/portalplaylists.aspx?aid=3888&xtid=43396
Although his father never learned to read and seemed to question the inherent value of literacy, Carl Sandburg's mother loved books and encouraged their appreciation.

Wipe Out: The Silent Epidemic of Brain Injury
Subject: Diseases, Disorders & Disabilities, Health Care & Treatment © 2008 - 50 Minutes
Title URL: http://Digital.Films.com/portalplaylists.aspx?aid=3888&xtid=43334
From the cold-blooded standpoint of statistics, one might expect the leading health threat for men under 35 to be alcohol, drug abuse, or gang violence. Instead, it is head trauma.

Hansel und Gretel: Opera in Three Acts
Subject: Music & Dance © 2008 115 Minutes
Title URL: http://Digital.Films.com/portalplaylists.aspx?aid=3888&xtid=42104
This modern retelling of Humperdinck's fairy tale opera-described by Richard Strauss as "a masterpiece of the highest quality"-combines Romanticism, lyricism, and exuberant playfulness.i

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Net Library e-books

The most popular Net Library e-books for November, 2010:

64 times Animal Experimentation : a Guide to the Issues

63 times The Eating Disorder Sourcebook : A Comprehensive Guide to the Causes, Treatments, and Prevention of Eating Disorders

51 times Black Death Great Historic Disasters


48 times The Death Penalty : For and against Point/counterpoint

43 times Primary Pulmonary Hypertension Lung Biology in Health and Disease ; V. 99

41 times The Official Patient's Sourcebook On Primary Pulmonary Hypertension

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

December, 2010 and January, 2011 hours

Dec 6 – Last Day of Class
Dec 7 – 13 – Exams
Dec 11 – Last Saturday of the semester the Library is open.

Dec 13 – Anderson Library 9 to 6
Dec 13 – Pendleton Library 7:45 to 6
Dec 14 – Anderson 9 to 6 (Anderson Campus Library last day)
Dec 14 –16– Pendleton Library Hours 7:45 to 5
Dec 17 – Pendleton 7:45 to 2 / Anderson closed
Dec 18 – Library closed

Dec 20— Pendleton 7:45 to 5 except closed noon to 2 (staff holiday lunch)
Dec 21-23 - Pendleton Library hours 7:45 to 5

Dec 24-Jan 3 – CLOSED

Jan 4 to  6 – Open 7:45 to 8
Jan 7 – Open 7:45 to 2
Jan 10 – First Day of Class Pendleton back to regular hours 7:45 to 10; Anderson open 9 to 6
Jan 15 – Library open on Saturday 9 to 1

Jan 17 – College and Library Closed - MLK

Films on Demand - New Titles Nov, 2010

See: http://library.tctc.edu/videos
Sichuan: Pandas, Bamboo, and Spices
Yunnan: Enchanted Forests and Shamans
Anhui: In the Peach Blossom Land
Hunan: Monks, Artists, and Mummies
Jiangsu: Between the Emperor Canal and Modern Skyscrapers
More Fries with That?
Teenage Drinking: Facts and Fiction
Stiffelio-From the Royal Opera House
Redesigning a Product
Georges Bizet's Carmen-From the Royal Opera House
Biomes of the Earth: Core Concepts Video Clip Library
Body Detectives: Forensic Anthropology at the Body Farm
Redesigning a Product
A Greener Workplace: Planning and Managing for Sustainability
Biomes of the Earth: Core Concepts Video Clip Library
More Fries with That?
STIs: Facts and Fiction
A Greener Workplace: Planning and Managing for Sustainability

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Hours for Thanksgiving Week

Pendleton open Monday and Tuesday 7:45 AM to 10PM;
Anderson open Monday 9 to 6, closed rest of the week.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Films on Demand - New Titles Added

Body Detectives: Forensic Anthropology at the Body Farm
Subject: Anthropology, Criminal Justice
© 2000
52 Minutes
Title URL: http://Digital.Films.com/portalplaylists.aspx?aid=3888&xtid=32682
At the Body Farm, the dead speak. This clinical program travels to the world's first open-air crime lab with founder Bill Bass, of The University of Tennessee, for a close-up look at how cadavers decay.

Anhui: In the Peach Blossom Land
Subject: Area Studies, Art & Architecture
© 2006
43 Minutes
Title URL: http://Digital.Films.com/portalplaylists.aspx?aid=3888&xtid=42263
For Chinese painters and calligraphers, the Yellow Mountain and the Peach Blossom Land at its feet have long been places of pilgrimage. This program presents the region as a living window into China's ...


Hunan: Monks, Artists, and Mummies
Subject: Area Studies, Art & Architecture
© 2006
45 Minutes
Title URL: http://Digital.Films.com/portalplaylists.aspx?aid=3888&xtid=42264
The cultural riches of China's Hunan province have survived for 2,000 years, and are as globally significant as the vestiges of ancient Greece or Egypt. This program explores the area with help from a ...

Jiangsu: Between the Emperor Canal and Modern Skyscrapers
Subject: Area Studies, Art & Architecture
© 2007
45 Minutes
Title URL: http://Digital.Films.com/portalplaylists.aspx?aid=3888&xtid=42265
This program reveals the varied cultural landscape of China's Jiangsu province, which is marked by a number of venerable waterways. Viewers visit the old city of Suzhou, which contains gardens recogni ...


Sichuan: Pandas, Bamboo, and Spices
Subject: Area Studies, Art & Architecture
© 2007
45 Minutes
Title URL: http://Digital.Films.com/portalplaylists.aspx?aid=3888&xtid=42266
Surrounded by an awe-inspiring mountain landscape, China's Sichuan province is celebrated for its natural wonders and distinctive cuisine. This program guides viewers through many of Sichuan's feature ...


Yunnan: Enchanted Forests and Shamans
Subject: Area Studies, Art & Architecture
© 2007
45 Minutes
Title URL: http://Digital.Films.com/portalplaylists.aspx?aid=3888&xtid=42267
Located in the southwest of China, Yunnan province is home to more ethnic minorities than any other region of the country. This program examines several Yunnan-based societies and aspects of their cul ...


Redesigning a Product
Subject: Art & Architecture
© 2010
23 Minutes
Title URL: http://Digital.Films.com/portalplaylists.aspx?aid=3888&xtid=42221
Not all products are perfect from the day they are launched. There are many examples of this, even in the fashion industry, where the goal is always the "perfect" look and fit. This program illustrate ...

Stiffelio-From the Royal Opera House
Subject: English & Language Arts, Music & Dance
© 1993
123 Minutes
Title URL: http://Digital.Films.com/portalplaylists.aspx?aid=3888&xtid=42115
Once regarded as a “lost” opera because of early censorship and controversy, Stiffelio has now established its rightful place in the Verdi canon. In this cherished recording from the Royal Opera House ...


Biomes of the Earth: Core Concepts Video Clip Library
Subject: Geography
© 2010
118 Minutes
Title URL: http://Digital.Films.com/portalplaylists.aspx?aid=3888&xtid=41392
This comprehensive video clip library of 50 two-to-three-minute segments-breathtakingly filmed in locales around the world-will open viewers' eyes as they learn key biological, environmental, and geol ...

Georges Bizet's Carmen-From the Royal Opera House
Subject: Music & Dance
© 2006
185 Minutes
Title URL: http://Digital.Films.com/portalplaylists.aspx?aid=3888&xtid=42098
An introduction by conductor Antonio Pappano sets the stage for this Francesca Zambello production of Carmen, one of the world's best-loved operas-a tale of passion, betrayal, and revenge featuring th ...


Teenage Drinking: Facts and Fiction
Subject: Psychology
© 2009
23 Minutes
Title URL: http://Digital.Films.com/portalplaylists.aspx?aid=3888&xtid=42241
How does drinking, especially binge drinking, affect a teenager physically, socially, and psychologically? What are the short- and long-term effects? What are the direct and indirect consequences? Exp ...

More Fries with That?
Subject: Sociology
© 2010
26 Minutes
Title URL: http://Digital.Films.com/portalplaylists.aspx?aid=3888&xtid=42228
Obesity is a widely discussed issue, and yet one of its principal causes-fast food consumption-shows no sign of going away. This program explores the popularity of convenience meals and the growing he ...


A Greener Workplace: Planning and Managing for Sustainability
Subject: Business Education, Management
© 2009
18 Minutes
Title URL: http://Digital.Films.com/portalplaylists.aspx?aid=3888&xtid=42217
Businesses across the globe are embracing an environmentally sensitive approach-not only to maintain credibility and protect the bottom line, but also to attract the best employees. This program explo ...

Biomes of the Earth: Core Concepts Video Clip Library
Subject: Biology, Earth Science, Environmental Science, Geography, Physical Geography
© 2010
118 Minutes
Title URL: http://Digital.Films.com/portalplaylists.aspx?aid=3888&xtid=41392
This comprehensive video clip library of 50 two-to-three-minute segments-breathtakingly filmed in locales around the world-will open viewers' eyes as they learn key biological, environmental, and geol ...


A Greener Workplace: Planning and Managing for Sustainability
Subject: Environmental Science
© 2009
18 Minutes
Title URL: http://Digital.Films.com/portalplaylists.aspx?aid=3888&xtid=42217
Businesses across the globe are embracing an environmentally sensitive approach-not only to maintain credibility and protect the bottom line, but also to attract the best employees. This program explo ...


STIs: Facts and Fiction
Subject: Diseases, Disorders & Disabilities, Personal Health & Wellness, Public Health
© 2009
20 Minutes
Title URL: http://Digital.Films.com/portalplaylists.aspx?aid=3888&xtid=42240
It's a disturbing reality: the decision about whether or not to become sexually active is now often made in high school or even earlier. Unfortunately, it often occurs without a clear understanding of ...


More Fries with That?
Subject: Nutrition, Personal Health & Wellness
© 2010
26 Minutes
Title URL: http://Digital.Films.com/portalplaylists.aspx?aid=3888&xtid=42228
Obesity is a widely discussed issue, and yet one of its principal causes-fast food consumption-shows no sign of going away. This program explores the popularity of convenience meals and the growing he ...


Redesigning a Product
Subject: Technical Communication
© 2010
23 Minutes
Title URL: http://Digital.Films.com/portalplaylists.aspx?aid=3888&xtid=42221
Not all products are perfect from the day they are launched. There are many examples of this, even in the fashion industry, where the goal is always the "perfect" look and fit. This program illustrate ...

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Additional JSTOR titles

The following journals have been added to JSTOR. More detailed information about titles and collections, along with delimited lists, can be accessed from the Archive Collections page.

The Agricultural History Review (Arts & Sciences VIII)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=agrihistrev
Coverage:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (1953) – Vol. 52, No. 2 (2004)
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: British Agricultural History Society
ISSN: 0002-1490

American Libraries (Arts & Sciences VI)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=amerlibr
Coverage:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (January, 1970) – Vol. 37, No. 11 (December, 2006)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: American Library Association
ISSN: 0002-9769

Anuario de Estudios Centroamericanos (Arts & Sciences VI)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=anuaestucent
Coverage:
Nos. 1-8 (1974-1982); Vols. 9-32 (1983-2006)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Universidad de Costa Rica
ISSN: 0377-7316

Chronology of International Events [1953-1955] (Arts & Sciences VI)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=chrointevents
Previous Title: Chronology of International Events and Documents [1945-1953] (0959-5376)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=chrointevendoc
Coverage:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (June/July, 1945) – Vol. 9, No. 24 (December, 1953);
Vol. 10, No. 1 (December/January, 1953/1954) – Vol. 11, No. 24 (December, 1955)
Publication of this title ceased in 1955.
Publisher: Royal Institute of International Affairs
ISSN: 2044-1533

Musurgia (Arts & Sciences VIII)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=musurgia
Coverage:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (1994) – Vol. 6, No. 3/4 (1999)
Moving Wall: 10 years
Publisher: Editions ESKA
ISSN: 1257-7537

Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos (Arts & Sciences VI)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=revicanaestuhisp
Coverage:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (Otoño, 1976) – Vol. 31, No. 1 (Otoño, 2006)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos
ISSN: 0384-8167

Victorian Review [1989- ] (Arts & Sciences VIII)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=victrevi
Previous Title: Newsletter of the Victorian Studies Association of Western Canada [1972-1988] (0703-5500)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=newvicstuaswc
Coverage:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (Fall, 1972) – Vol. 14, No. 2 (Fall, 1988);
Vol. 15, No. 1 (Spring, 1989) – Vol. 32, No. 2 (2006)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Victorian Studies Association of Western Canada
ISSN: 0848-1512

World Affairs [1932- ] (Arts & Sciences VI)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=worldaffairs
Previous Title: Advocate of Peace through Justice [1920-1932] (2155-7802)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=advopeacjust
Previous Title: The Advocate of Peace (1894-1920) [1894-1920] (2155-7799)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=advopeac1894
Coverage:
Vol. 56, No. 1 (January, 1894) – Vol. 82, No. 2 (February, 1920);
Vol. 82, No. 3 (March, 1920) – Vol. 94, No. 1 (March, 1932);
Vol. 95, No. 1 (June, 1932) – Vol. 167, No. 2 (Fall, 2004)
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: Heldref Publications
ISSN: 0043-8200

The World Today [1945- ] (Arts & Sciences VI)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=worldtoday
Previous Title: Bulletin of International News [1925-1945] (2044-3986)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=bullintenews
Coverage:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (February 16, 1925) – New Series, Vol. 22, No. 13 (June 23, 1945);
Vol. 1, No. 1 (July, 1945) – Vol. 62, No. 12 (December, 2006)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: The Royal Institute of International Affairs
ISSN: 0043-9134
________________________________________

Previous Title Added to Currently Published Title
The following journal has been added to JSTOR as a previous title to an already present journal.

Washington History (Arts & Sciences V)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=washhist
Coverage:
Vol. 21 (2009)
Moving Wall: Zero
Publisher: Historical Society of Washington, D.C.
ISSN: 1042-9719
________________________________________

Previously Missing Issues
The following previously missing issues have been added to JSTOR.
Africa Today (Arts & Sciences VI)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=africatoday
Coverage:
Vol. 9, No. 2 (March, 1962)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISSN: 0001-9887

Feminist Teacher (Arts & Sciences VI)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=femteacher
Coverage:
Vol. 3, No. 1 (Fall, 1987)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISSN: 0882-4843

Film Quarterly (Arts & Sciences III)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=filmquarterly
Coverage:
Vol. 21, No. 2 (Winter, 1967/1968)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: University of California Press
ISSN: 0015-1386

Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences (Arts & Sciences VIII)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=histstudphysbiol
Coverage:
Vol. 24, No. 1 (1993) – Vol. 31, No. 2 (2001)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: University of California Press
ISSN: 0890-9997

Infection Control (Health & General Sciences; Life Sciences)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=infectioncontrol
Coverage:
Vol. 6, No. 1 (January, 1985)
Moving Wall: N/A
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISSN: 0195-9417
Note: Infection Control is the previous title to Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.

Qui Parle (Arts & Sciences VIII)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=quiparle
Coverage:
Vol. 1, No. 2 (Spring, 1987)
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
ISSN: 1041-8385

Review of Research in Visual Arts Education (Arts & Sciences VIII)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=reviresevisuarts
Coverage:
Vol. 5, No. 1 [9] (Winter, 1978)
Moving Wall: N/A
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISSN: 0160-3221
Note: Review of Research in Visual Arts Education is a previous title to Visual Arts Research.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Ferguson's Career Guidance Center

New Feature: Comprehensive School Search
Now more than ever, obtaining the right education is an essential part of career development, and choosing the best school is the first step in that process. With this latest update, Ferguson's Career Guidance Center now offers a comprehensive, current database of more than 4,000 undergraduate institutions in the United States and Canada. Users may search schools based on a number of factors--such as admissions difficulty, curriculum offerings, housing options, location and setting, student body, and tuition--to identify ones that best match their career aspirations, educational needs, and personal preferences. All schools included have full accreditation or are pre-accredited and grant degrees at the associate's and/or bachelor's level.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Want to know what is happening at TCTC?

Follow various Twitter and Blog posts:

Library
Blog - tctclibrary.blogspot.com
Twitter - tctclibrary

Bookstore
Twitter - tctcbookstore
Facebook - Tri-County Technical College Bookstore

General information about TCTC
Twitter - tctcedu
Facebook - Tri-County Technical College

And don't forget to check the official announcements on the eTC portal.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Palmetto Portraits Project

Ever wonder what the face of South Carolina looks like? Stop by the Library to view the Palmetto Portraits Project book.

The Palmetto Portraits Project is a collaboration aboung the Medical University ofSouth Carolina, Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston, and the South Carolina State Museum.

Monday, July 26, 2010

Anderson Campus Open House

Ever been curious about what our Anderson Campus has to offer? Come take a look around August 4, 11 AM to 2 PM. See the complete flyer.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Why The Next Big Pop-Culture Wave After Cupcakes Might Be Libraries (provided by NPR)

Have you read this article from NPR? Link is here and story is posted below. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128651136&ps=cprs

I realize we're picking the bones from the Old Spice campaign at this point, but when I saw that the Brigham Young University parody of the Old Spice ads had gotten more than 1.2 million views (Old Spicy himself — that's what I'm calling him — did a video for libraries), it got me thinking.
Specifically, it got me thinking about the very enjoyable Librarians Do Gaga video that everyone sent my way after the debut of the NPR Does Gaga video.
And about the fact that a local news story skeptically questioning whether libraries are "necessary" set off a response from Vanity Fair, and a later counterpunch by Chicago's Public Library Commissioner won her support from such diverse, non-library-specific outlets as The A.V. Club and Metafilter, and from as far away as The Guardian.
Call it a hunch, but it seems to me that the thing is in the air that happens right before something — families with a million kids, cupcakes, wedding coordinators — suddenly becomes the thing everyone wants to do happy-fuzzy pop-culture stories about. Why?
Libraries get in fights. Everybody likes a scrapper, and between the funding battles they're often found fighting and the body-checking involved in their periodic struggles over sharing information, there's a certain ... pleasantly plucky quality to the current perception of libraries and librarians. Yes, it plays a little ironically against the hyper-stereotypical buttoned-up notion of what a librarian is, but the sense that they're okay with getting mad in public — like Chicago's Public Library Commissioner did — gives library people a spark they might not otherwise have.
Librarians know stuff. You know how the words "geek" and "nerd" have gone from actual insults to words used to lovingly describe enthusiasts? Well, if we haven't gotten past venerating people who don't know anything, we've certainly reduced, I'd argue, the degree to which we stigmatize people for knowing a lot. This alone might not make libraries cool, but it takes away from the sense that they're actively not cool. More specifically, they live in the world of information, and are employed in part to organize and make accessible large quantities of data. If your computer had feet and a spiffy personality, you see.
Libraries are green and local. This is where there's a lot of potential appeal for the same people who like organic produce and reusable grocery bags. You can pretty easily position a library as environmentally friendly (your accumulation of books and magazines you are not reading is fewer trees for the rest of us, you know), not to mention economical (obvious) and part of your local culture. This is the part of the potential appeal that's anti-chain-store, anti-sprawl, anti-anonymity, and so forth.
Libraries will give you things for free. Hi, have you noticed how much hardcover books cost? Not a Netflix person? They will hand you things for free. That's not an especially hard concept to sell.
"Open to the public" means "some days, you really have to wonder about people." This is where you get the spark of an idea for TLC or somebody to do some goofball show called The Stacks, which follows a small local library through funding problems, trying to get book clubs started, whatever. When your building is open to the public, that means open ... to ... the ... public. And you know what's a little unpredictable? The public. This is where you might get your drama. (When I was in college, the information desk used to post the best questions it received, one of which was "How long do you cook spaghetti?" I suspect many libraries have similar stories.)
There seems to be a preposterous level of goodwill. Quite honestly, I feel like you can go on YouTube and act like a complete goof (in the best way), and if it's for libraries, people have that same rush of warmth that they used to get about people who had sextuplets, before ... well, you know. Before.
I don't know whether it's going to come in the form of a more successful movie franchise about librarians than that TV thing Noah Wyle does, or a basic-cable drama about a crime-fighting librarian (kinda like the one in the comic Rex Libris), or that reality show I was speculating about, but mark my words, once you've got Old Spicy on your side and you can sell a couple of YouTube parodies in a couple of months, you're standing on the edge of your pop-culture moment. Librarians: prepare.

Friday, July 2, 2010

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Ferguson's Career Guidance Center

Ferguson's Career Guidance Center has been enhanced with an exciting new feature: a career interest assessment tool that helps users explore occupations and industries that best match their personal interests. With this essential career discovery feature, users can identify and understand what interests them and then apply that knowledge toward choosing an occupation. The Career Interest Assessment tool is perfect for students exploring possible future occupations and for professionals seeking a new career path. The Career Interest Assessment tool is based on the O*Net® Interest Profiler™. By asking users to respond to a series of statements, it ranks the importance of six key interest categories: Artistic, Conventional, Enterprising, Investigative, Realistic, and Social. For each interest area, lists of related industries and occupations are provided, with links to information about each one from Ferguson's Career Guidance Center's database of more than 3,400 jobs and 94 industry articles.

Key features include:
Detailed 180-item questionnaire ranks each user's personal interest areas
Users may adjust their answers or retake the assessment at any time
Users may save their assessment results
Lists of related industries and occupations provide a springboard for career exploration.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Historic Newsreels

This month, Films Media Group has added over 250 historic newsreels from United News to the FMG Digital Library. Focusing on World War II, these films offer an intriguing glimpse into American life during turbulent times. Useful as a primary source for historical and cultural research, each newsreel is segmented by subject for convenient searching and viewing, and can be integrated into custom playlists just like video content currently in your collection.

Titles are available immediately: in the "View By Subject" bar, click on the link "Archival Films & Newsreels" to browse over 1,200 newsreel segments, or use Advanced Search for keyword searches by selecting "Archival Films & Newsreels" in the "Subject" drop-down menu.

More archival film footage and newsreels will be available to subscribers soon.

FMG is available linked from the Library homepage at http://academics.tctc.edu/lynx

Thursday, May 6, 2010

State Library Publishes Day in the Life Report

(TCTC contributed our stats of March 30, 2010)

COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina Common Cause, a group of librarians and representatives of South Carolina’s major library organizations united in concern for the support and progress of libraries of all kinds, presents this report to create awareness of the astonishing growth in library usage in this time of economic recession. David Goble, Director of the South Carolina State Library and founding member of the group, called for a shared effort from all of the State’s libraries to gather information about library services. Goble’s vision endorses a collaborative effort to improve library conditions for all.
According to Goble, “Nothing is as important to a free society as the provision of information to all who need it, young and old. South Carolina libraries, working together with a common interest and a common goal, can ensure the future of free access to information, to literature, and to library services. This survey demonstrates the power of libraries to meet the needs of South Carolina citizens, even in a single day.”
The results of the survey revealed that in one day, 162,760 people visit South Carolina libraries. A total of 408 of South Carolina’s K-12, public, academic, and special libraries responded to the survey.
The report is published on the South Carolina State Library’s web site: http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/docs/newsroom/prdocs/day_in_the_life_2010.pdf. For more information, contact David Goble, Director of the South Carolina State Library at 803-734-8656 or dgoble@statelibrary.sc.gov.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Films on Demand

Needing to understand a subject and want something other than a book? Then look at our new database, Films on Demand. Instantly watch thousands of videos--and tens of thousands of video segments--across all subject fields. See our home page for direct links to specific collections. Or go to Films on Demand website. As a reminder, if you are off-campus, you will need to enter your T number.

Monday, March 22, 2010

GeoSocial Apps

Questions about geosocial apps: See Stephen's Lighthouse at http://stephenslighthouse.com/ March 21, 2010 entry which discusses geosocial apps. He discusses:

1. Foursquare
(Works for iPhones, Blackberries, Androids)

2. Gowalla
(Works for iPhones, Blackberries, Androids, Palm)

3. Loopt
(Works for iPhones, Blackberries, Androids – US phone numbers only)


The apps are good for:
1. finding friends in close proximity to where you are – serendipitously. Hey, these are apps that have the potential to increase your face to face interactions!
2. getting coupons (and ads about sales and specials) in context that match the shops you’re in or near – like Starbucks, Lord & Taylor, or whatever.
3. finding new restaurants, bookstores and coffee shops nearby.
4. being told your books you have on hold are ready when you’re in the vicinity of your library!
5. finding your local library and programming.
6. figuring out how to get through the huge ALA, SLA or SXSW/NXNW conferences.
7. finding events in your area.

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Women and Social Movements, Scholar's Edition

March is Women’s History month. Alexander Street Press has madeand to celebrate, Women and Social Movements in the U.S., 1600-2000, Scholar's Edition, freely accessible for the entire month. Click http://wass.alexanderstreet.com for access.


A mainstay of women’s history scholarship and teaching in universities worldwide, this online collection is edited by Professors Kathryn Kish Sklar and Thomas Dublin of SUNY Binghamton. This extensive collection of primary historic documents, books, images, scholarly essays, teaching tools, and book and Web site reviews documents the history of women’s activism in public life, and is one of the most heavily visited resources for women’s studies and for U.S. history on the Web. Organized around document projects written by leading scholars, the collection is a powerful research and classroom tool designed to help users develop the skills needed to analyze primary documents and conduct research. Document projects are organized around interpretive questions, each with 20-50 primary documents that address the question.

Monday, February 15, 2010

Mobile Libraries blog

For those that like to keep up with a variety of mobile libraries. Per their blog "Mobile Libraries Is Devoted To Documenting Any and All Topics Relating To Services Provided By Libraries To Patrons Within Mobile Environments. Library Mobile Services Are Defined As Any And All Library Services That Are Provided Via Mobile Technologies."


http://mobile-libraries.blogspot.com/

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Classical Music Download - Skryabin's 8 Etudes for Piano, Op. 42

Our featured download from Classical Music Library is Skryabin's 8 Etudes for Piano, Op. 42, performed by pianist Nicole Afriat. More information about this piece is available on the Alexander Street Music blog,
and if your library subscribes to Classical Music Library you can browse works by Skryabin here. Click here for the TCTC Music Subject Page

Thursday, January 28, 2010

National Gallery images added to Credo




Credo is excited to announce the addition of images from the National Gallery, London. The collection is comprised of over 2,200 high definition images from the National Gallery. Each entry includes a description of the work along with its artist, medium, dimensions, acquisition credit and date made.

Browse all the images in Credo's National Gallery Collection.

Image: A Wheatfield, with Cypresses, Vincent van Gogh

Writer's Reference Center

The Facts On File database server and streaming video platform will be down for approximately seven hours on Saturday, January 30th from 12:00 AM to 7:00 AM (EST). This continued maintenance is necessary to perform hardware updates to meet the traffic demands of our Facts On File users.

This will impact the Writer's Reference Center

Friday, January 22, 2010

Classical Music download

Alexander Street Press's featured download from Classical Music Library is Richard Strauss' Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40, performed by the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Serge Baudo, conductor. More information about this piece is available on the Alexander Street Music blog. TCTC Library subscribes to Music Online which means you can see a wealth of content on Strauss here. If you are off campus, you will be asked to supply your "T" number.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Book Club Discussion Group

SPRING 2010 DATES and BOOKS

1:30 to 2:15 in the Casual Reading Area of the Library.


January 27 (Wed) – Please join us in the Casual Reading Area of the Library. We will talk about our format for the semester. Books for this semester are Ron Rash’s “Serena” and Adriana Trigiani “Big Stone Gap: A Novel. For students participating, books will be provided. On this first meeting, we will pass out Serena.

February 3 (Wed) – Discussion of Serena

February 24 (Wed) – Discussion of Serena

March 10 (Wed) – Final discussion of Serena, pass out copies of Big Stone Gap

March 24 (Wed) – Discussion of Big Stone Gap

April 7 (Wed) - Discussion of Big Stone Gap

April 21 (Wed) – Final discussion of Big Stone Gap

Serena by Ron Rash
The year is 1929, and newlyweds George and Serena Pemberton arrive from Boston in the North Carolina mountains to create a timber empire. Although George has already lived in the camp long enough to father an illegitimate child, Serena is new to the mountains—but she soon shows herself the equal of any worker, overseeing crews, hunting rattlesnakes, even saving her husband’s life in the wilderness. Together, this Lord and Lady Macbeth of the woodlands ruthlessly kill or vanquish all who fall out of favor. Yet when Serena learns that she will never bear a child, she vengefully sets out to kill the son George had without her. Mother and child begin a struggle for their lives, and when Serena suspects George is protecting his illegitimate family, the Pemberton’s intense, passionate marriage starts to unravel as the story moves toward its shocking reckoning.

Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani
Ave Maria Mulligan lives in the small town of Big Stone Gap, Virginia. She has inherited her father's pharmacy and has settled into the life of a spinster who eagerly awaits the arrival of the Bookmobile each week. The death of her mother, an Italian immigrant, lets some family skeletons out of the closet and she finds her dull stable life has taken on an excitement for which she was not prepared. She suddenly finds herself with romantic suitors and a real father she has never met. Her life is further disturbed by an uproar in the whole town: the impending visit of Elizabeth Taylor.

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Poverty Awareness Month - January

January is Poverty Awareness Month. Take time out of your schedule to learn more about our country's less fortunate citizens and think of the many ways that you can help. Some of the books on the library book display are: Working at the Margins: moving off welfare in America; The Working Poor: invisible in America; Inner-City Poverty; American Dream: three women, ten kids, and a nation's drive to end welfare; and Hot, Flat and Crowded.