BCCC Catalog back online

The BCCC Library Online Catalog is back online after routine maintenance was performed this morning.

Library Online Catalog Will be Down For Maintenance Morning of Dec. 16

The BCCC Library Online Catalog will be down in order to run routine maintenance on the morning of December 16. The catalog should be available again by noon on the 16th.

If you need assistance locating library materials during the outage, please ask a librarian.

An announcement will be made as soon as the catalog is available again.

Thank you.

New! Mobile Device Interface for EBSCOhost

EBSCOhost, our most popular collection of databases, now has a mobile interface.  BCCC students, faculty and staff can search thousands of full-text journal, magazine and newspaper articles easily from their mobile devices.  There’s a special link just under the regular EBSCOhost link on the Online Resources page of our website.  If you’d like to try it right now, go to http://proxy.bucks.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=emob.  Bucks login is required.

Tom Slattery promoting the BCCC Celtic Collection

Tom Slattery promoted the BCCC Library’s Celtic Collection on Saturday, Oct. 10th, when the Martin Family Band visited the Newtown Campus Library Auditorium for an evening of Celtic music, dance and storytelling.Tom Slattery, Celtic Collection at the BCCC Library

Pearl S. Buck Exhibit in the Library Display Cases

When entering the library, please note the exhibit reflecting the life and accomplishments of Pearl S. Buck. Buck was the first American woman to receive both the Pulitzer and the Nobel Prizes for literature, and held that distinction for 55 years. She spent the first 40 years of her life in an unexplored and threatened China. The last 40 years of her life was spent just 20 minutes north of BC3 at Green Hills Farm. Over 1,000 published pieces of literature are attributed to Buck. Miss Buck is also associated with her groundbreaking successes in introducing biracial adoption which still continues today through Pearl S. Buck International. The intact collection and home of Miss Buck is open for visitors Tuesday through Sunday offering guided tours of the house, community events and self guided tours of the outdoor sculpture and water garden. www.pearlsbuck.org

What Happened to the Reference Desk???

Just look to the right instead of to the left as you enter the Newtown Campus Library.  Now we’re conveniently located right in the middle of the reference area.  And while you’re passing through, look to the left and check out the art exhibit space at the entrance to MInDSpace.

Reference Desk Relocation

New Issue of Learning Resources Newsletter

The Fall 2009 issue of the Learning Resources Newsletter is now available online at http://www.bucks.edu/library/pdf_files/lrnews5_1.pdf. The Newsletter is published three times a year and is packed with timely information about our services, information resources, and teaching and learning technologies. Highlights of this issue include articles on MInDSpace, Online Teaching Best Practices, LibGuides, and Google Books.  Previous issues of the newsletter are available at http://www.bucks.edu/academics/learn/publications.php.

President Obama Declares October National Information Literacy Awareness Month

http://tinyurl.com/yam9q5n

For information about Information Literacy at Bucks, see http://www.bucks.edu/library/infolit/.

Reception for A-Team Artists- October 1

The artists and writers from the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen whose work is currently on display in the library will be on hand for a reception in their honor on Thursday, October 1 from 4:30pm-6:00pm. Please join us, and tell your students about this opportunity to meet and support these artists. All the works are for sale with all of the proceeds supporting the A-Team.

Requesting Information Literacy Sessions

Attention Faculty: Please  use our electronic form to request an information literacy session for your class. It is located in Faculty Services which resides inside our Services link. Once we have that information, we can create a custom presentation that will help students find the best scholarly information for their assignments. Please give us at least a week’s notice. Very Important: if you don’t receive an automatic confirmation after submitting the form, or if you don’t receive a confirmation email from a librarian, please contact us right away. Call the Reference desk at 215-968-8013 or Margaret Montet at 215-968-8373.

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