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Writing
Workshops
 The
Parkland College Writing Center, in cooperation with Parkland
Library, is offering a series of workshops on writing and
researching topics of interest to our students. The first
workshop, "Improving Proofreading Strategies," is
scheduled to begin at 11 a.m., Thursday, January 27th, in the
Library Classroom R227. There is no need to sign
up. See The Writing Center's website
for more details and a schedule of all the workshops for
this semester.
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LAS 111
Begins Mid-Term
Faculty and counselors --
Encourage students to register for LAS 111 "Information
Literacy," a one-credit course
offered by the Library faculty, starting at midterm this
semester. LAS 111 is an introduction to research and
information skills needed for college success. Students learn
to find and evaluate information tools and consider legal and
ethical issues related to life in the information age.
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Finals
Week is a stressful time for students. Study, study, study!
The Library is the perfect place for students to settle into
the study mode. Parkland Library again supplied free coffee
and hot tea as an offering of support to our students and to
help them get through this sometimes exhausting week. Students
are appreciative of this gesture, and we plan to continue this
service during spring finals. Sorry, doughnuts will not be
included. :-)
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Recommend
New Books and More
Each year, Parkland Library
adds hundreds of new items to our collection including books,
DVDs, music recordings, etc. If we don't have an item that
you'd like us to acquire, we'd like to hear from you.
Please take a moment to fill out a suggestion
(including your name and contact information) or get in touch
with the liaison
librarian assigned to your department.
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Day's a Holiday!
You probably know that
February 2nd is Groundhog Day. But did you know that it is
also the anniversary of sled dogs saving Nome, Alaska,
Self-Renewal Day, and Bonza Bottler Day? Bonza what!!? Bonza
Bottler Day occurs each month when the number of the month is
the same as the number of the day (e.g., February 2), and it
is heralded as "an excuse to have a party at least once a
month." For more dates of interest, see Chase's
Calendar of Events (REF GT 4803 .C48 2005).
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Native
American Film Series  In
tandem with National American Indian Heritage month,
the Library hosted a series of films and discussions during
the fall semester on Native American themes. Parkland social
science instructor Joyce Meyer organized the three-part series
which was co-sponsored by Parkland Library and the PCA
Diversity Committee. The first film, I Will Fight No More
Forever, tells the story of Chief Joseph. Smoke Signals,
the second in the series, is a Native American-directed
feature film about Native American teens on a journey out of
the reservation. Participants in the third and last session
were fortunate in having an opportunity to meet local
documentary filmmaker and University of Illinois assistant
professor, Jay Rosenstein, who came to lead a discussion
following the screening of his film, In Whose Honor,
about Native American mascots in sports. All three films are
available in Parkland Library, so stop by our audiovisual area
if you missed out on the fall events. Thank you to all those
students, staff and faculty who attended, joined in the
discussions, and enjoyed the popcorn.
New Art for
the Library
During
the fall semester Suizan
Mochizuki, Japanese master artist of ancient
pictography, visited Parkland's campus and a collection
of his paintings was displayed in the Library. Instructors
brought their classes to view the paintings, and Mr. Mochizuki talked
with students and community members (through an interpreter)
during the opening reception. Japanese tea and snacks
were served. During the week-long visit, Mr.
Mochizuki gave demonstrations of his black ink brush
paintings which are based on Chinese character engravings. The
Library and International Education purchased three scroll
paintings, and these are now on permanent display in the
Library's south study area.
[Pictures
in the fall newsletter.]
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During
the fall semester French librarian Philippe Cantié visited
with Library staff and spent time learning about Parkland's
Library and our role in academic services.
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U.S. libraries circulate about the same number of items as
FedEx ships per day.
~ U.S. public
library cardholders outnumber Amazon customers by almost 5 to
1.
~ Each day, U.S.
libraries circulate nearly 4 times more items than Amazon
handles.
~ One out of every
six people in the world is a registered library use.
~ Five times more
people visit U.S. public libraries each year than attend U.S.
professional and college football, basketball, baseball and
hockey games combined. [source:
"Libraries: How They Stack Up" www.oclc.org
c2003] |
