Library Hours - Winter Break

Winter Break Hours

December 15, 2007
Saturday
Closed

December 17-21, 2007
Monday - Friday
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

December 22, 2007 - January 1, 2008
Closed

January 2-13, 2008
Monday - Friday
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Regular hours resume on Monday, January 14th.

Library Art Annex Exhibit: 100 Drawings

Come see the newest Art Annex exhibit - 100 Drawings - now through Wednesday, January 2, 2008. Read more about this student exhibit here.

Fond Farewell to the Library Fridge

The library faculty and staff bid a fond farewell to the beloved refrigerator. The fridge made its debut back in the summer of 1978. The staff were thrilled to get it then and are sad to see it go now. As you can tell from the photo, it was not a new refrigerator at the time. Date of manufacture is unknown. Sometime in the 50's is the best guess.

The fond memories of defrosting layer upon layer of ice will remain. Goodbye, dear fridge. It is time to let you go.

Finals Week = Free Coffee & Tea!

The library is offering free coffee and tea for students every day during finals week. Stop in between exams or as a study break.

Good luck on your exams and final projects!

The Parkland Library

Danger Danger

Do you like your stuff? You know, that lovely laptop of yours or your spiffy new iPod? Or silly things like your credit cards? We all like those things, so now is the time to be aware. Watch your stuff because chances are someone else is watching it too.

So, don't run off to the bathroom or to the print station without keeping track of your stuff. Library staff cannot be responsible for lost or stolen items.

Theft happens all of the time...especially at the end of a semester. Don't let it happen to you.

Parkland Reads Survey

Please take the ( Parkland Reads Survey ). Whether or not you read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time or used it in a class, we’d love to have your feedback on the Parkland “One Book, One College” program.

Group Study Room

As Finals Week approaches, so does the need for a group study space. The library has a Group Study Room for students to use. Ask at the Information Desk to reserve a time...or, use it on a first come, first served basis.

The Group Study Room comes equipped with a large meeting table and cushy chairs, television, VCR/DVD player, and general library ambiance...it doesn't get any better than that!

Can't find it? Ask at the Information Desk!

Parkland Student Digital Print Silent Auction

Limited Edition digital prints created by our own talented Parkland Art Students will be the feature of a silent auction to benefit the Parkland Art Gallery!

The Silent Art Auction is Tuesday, December 4th, 11am-2pm.

The work is currently on display in the Art Annex in the Parkland Library. Check them out and be ready to bid! Bids start at $20.

Cookies and beverages (including hot chocolate!) provided by the Parkland Library.

The generous artists participating in the auction are students in ART 128: Digital Photography and GDS 273: Illustration I. They include:

Sierra Berry, Jennifer Bonilla, Sarah Broadfoot, Gail Broom, James Campbell, Chantal Haas, Samantha Hylla, Debra Jamieson, Jana Johnson, Jessica Johnson, Eun Lee Lim, Liz McMillen, Danielle Meador, Carissa Okreglicki, Nicole Piccietti, Gretchen Reger, Efrat J. Rothenberg, Jennifer Sproston, Melissa Verkruyse, Ashley Whittaker, and Daniel Zaingerl.

Special thanks goes out to Peggy Shaw and Matthew Watt for coordinating with their students to provide the artwork for this fundraising event.

Questions? Call the Art Gallery at 217.351.2485.

Library Hours - Thanksgiving Week

Thanksgiving Holiday Hours
November 21-25, 2007

Wednesday
7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Thursday-Sunday
Closed

Chronicle of Higher Education Online

Want to keep up with the latest happenings in academia? Check out our full online access to The Chronicle of Higher Education. If you're on campus, simply click the link to get in. If you're off campus, click the link and log in. Students use your Parkland student email information. Faculty and staff use your Novell log in information. It's that simple.

Parkland Reads - Final Events

November 13
College-Wide Book Discussion
12 noon-1pm
Mark your calendars for the final Curious book discussion in the Library International Lounge hosted by Raeann Dossett, information services and outreach librarian. Students are particularly welcome. Refreshments and interesting discussion guaranteed!

Book Giveaways
Step into the Library and enter your name to win one of five copies of the book. The drawing will take place on November 13.

November 15
Curious Stars in the Night-Time
12 noon
The William M. Staerkel Planetarium will examine the skies over Swindon, UK, home of Christopher Boone, and how they are different from our own. The first 15 people to attend will receive a free planisphere, like Christopher used in the story.

Subscribe to Our Blog via Email

Now available...get the Parkland Library News delivered directly to your email. No more checking the blog every 5 minutes to see if we've added new stuff (unless you really want to). It will only send you an email on days there is a new blog post, so no daily inbox damage unless there is news to tell. Emails will come out in the mornings. So, sign up today in the upper right hand box. If you have questions, feel free to comment on this post.

Steppin’ into "The Silent Zone"

The 3^rd floor of the library is now The Silent Zone. Take advantage of this area to study in silence, read a book, or head up there just to chill.

In honor of this renaming, we offer you a few “Rules of the Road.”

Do’s: mime, headphones (only YOU should be able to hear the music), cell phones on vibrate/silence, enjoy the silence…

Don’ts: cell phone rings or conversations (take the call to the 2^nd floor or outside the library), talking, whispering, music anyone else can hear, whistling, singing, and, last but not least…snoring.

Report noise by using the campus phone next to the restrooms on the 3^rd floor. A library staff member will respond as soon as possible.

Parkland ID

Need to check out a book? Or print in the library? Then you need to bring your Parkland ID card.

Have an old ID card...one that only has one black stripe on the back? If so, get a new ID card in the Student Life Office (X161). The library can't check out a book for you with an old ID card. Student Life will replace the old with the new...free of charge!

To see how you can use your ID card for printing, stop by the Information Desk. Printing is 5¢ a page (25¢ a page for color printing). If you don't have your ID card, you will need to buy a print card.

Grants Awarded to Parkland Library

The Parkland Library has been awarded three CARLI grants to purchase materials in each of the following subject areas:

• Jane Smith - $2,000 - Popular Culture in Latin America

• Nancy Jeckel - $2,000 - Legal and Ethical Issues in Special Education

• Frances Drone-Silvers - $3,000 - Green Building Design & Construction

Please feel free to contact the librarians listed if you have purchasing suggestions.

College-Wide Book Discussion

Parkland Reads. One Book. One College.

Please join us on October 24th for the College-Wide Book Discussion, 2-3 p.m. in the Library's International Reading Lounge.

Campus students, faculty, and staff are invited to discuss The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon facilitated by Matt Hurt of the Humanities Department. Refreshments will be provided.

Chat Us Up!

Have a library-related question, but

1. don't feel like going to the Information Desk?
2. you're too shy?
3. a friend super-glued you to your chair?
4. you're tongue-tied?

Now you can get answers without getting out of your chair! Take a look at the newest service available at the library...Ask-a-Librarian via Chat. Be the cool kid & chat with a librarian...come on, you know you want to. Chat us up here:

http://www.parkland.edu/library/pro_chat.html

Bloggin' It

Welcome to the Parkland Library News blog! This is where to find out what is going on in the library. We’ll keep you posted on new resources, people, events, and anything else that pops into our minds.

You can subscribe to our blog by clicking the “Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)” link at the bottom of this page. Another way of seeing the blog headlines is to check out the library home page...we have a feed listing the latest blog entries.

Take a look to the right -- we’ve included links to the library home page, catalog, articles and databases, and the Ask a Librarian page. Feel free to browse the archived entries using the monthly archives. And, if that weren’t enough, you can search our blog using the handy search box!

So, read on…and enjoy!

Who's new? Jing Shi, our newest librarian!

Come into the library and introduce yourself to Jing, our new full-time Access Services Librarian.

Jing recently finished her master’s degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois. She also has a master’s in English Linguistics from Hebei Normal University, China.

Jing began work in the library on October 1. Before coming to Parkland, she was a graduate assistant at the Veterinary Medicine Library at the University of Illinois. She was also an English instructor in China at Hebei Normal University.

Art Annex Show - Umeeta Sadarangani

Come into the library to see the newest art exhibit in the Art Annex. Umeeta Sadarangani is a local artist and Professor of English at Parkland College. Her exhibit includes works in watercolor, photography, and mixed media. The exhibit is up now through Thursday, November 8.

Read her artist statement and more...

Parkland Reads - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Parkland Reads/One Book, One College is about engaging with each other as a community over a commonly shared work of literature, by encouraging students, faculty, staff, and the public to read the same book and participate in discussions and campus events related to the work.

Read more about the program & get a schedule of events.