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.