Tell your Students...Academic Success Workshops in the Library!

The DC Learning Commons and Library is hosting a series of workshops...Academic Success Workshops!

They will be held in the Library's Learning Studio. 

Please post this to your class. If you would like handouts, just call the Library (7267) and we can bring some by for you to hand out.  

And of course, if you have questions, just call or stop by the Library or Learning Commons.

Theresa Stanley
DC Library Director 
tcstanley@pima.edu

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Academic Success Workshops!!

·      PowerPoint Pointers & Microsoft Word Tricks

[Oct 14, Oct 15: 12:30pm-1:30pm]

This workshop will answer students’ questions about how to create a dynamic, impressive presentation for classes or for their careers. In addition, students will learn how to use Microsoft Word more effectively, with tips on how to format papers and assignments.

·      Research Techniques

[Sept 30, Oct 1, 7 & 8: 12:30pm-1:30pm]

This workshop will focus on using PCC Library’s Discovery Megasearch and Research Guides to conduct scholarly research for your classes.

·      The Study Cycle

[Oct. 17: 4:00pm-5:00pm]

The study cycle is a method of studying that takes the monotony out of studying. This workshop will teach you how to organize information in a way that is easy to remember, so that you can perform better on exams. It is a great way to learn material that you really want to retain.

·      Strategic Reading

[Nov. 7: 4:00pm-5:00pm]

Research indicates that effective or expert readers are strategic. A strategy is a plan selected by the reader to accomplish a particular goal or to complete a given task. This workshop will help students become expert readers. Expert reading skills can help strengthen students’ learning capabilities. It can lead to career success in any field.

·      Citations

[Oct. 24: 12:30pm-1:30pm]

This workshop will go into detail about how to use MLA Style and APA Style citations for student essays and reports.

Workshops will be held in the Library’s LB 153.

Questions? Just call the DC Learning Commons at 206-7311

or the DC Library at 206-7267.
[If students have missed any of these and are interested in another session, please let us know; if there is enough interest we can repeat the sessions.]

Meet Our New Librarians!!

The DC Library would like to introduce our new librarians - Marianne Harris and Lisa Hodgkins. You may remember Marianne from last year, as she was one of our Administrative Appointments.

Marianne (right) is a Tucson native, Pima grad, and loves the work she does as a librarian at the Downtown Campus.  If you ask her, she’ll tell you all those quotes you’ve heard and read about the benefits of finding your heart’s work are true.  In addition to doing the magic librarians do, she and her husband are now full-fledged “dog people” thanks to “Maibe”, their adorable 3-year old lab.

Lisa (left) has been a librarian in academic, public and corporate settings.  She was the Librarian for the London office of Condé Nast Magazines as well as a Faculty Liaison Librarian at Buckinghamshire New University in England.  Before coming to Pima, Lisa was working as the librarian and archivist for the Postal History Foundation in Tucson, and recently published a children’s book entitled “Camille Carries the Mail” to benefit the Foundation. 

Marianne can be reached at 206-7086 or mharris12@pima.edu. Lisa can be reached at 206-7250 or lhodgkins@pima.edu. Of course, you can stop by the library to talk with them (or Joe and Theresa) or call us at 206-7267. We are here to help you and your students with all of your research and information needs.

Fall Book Sale...

The DC Library's Fall Book Sale is next week in the Amethyst Room!

• Tuesday, September 10th, from 10am - 5pm
• Wednesday, September 11th, from 10am - 4pm

Prices are very reasonable: 

• $ .50 for pocket paperback
• $1.00 for softcover
• $2.00 for hardcover
• $3.00 for audiobooks

 All proceeds benefit the DC Library!!

and it is never too late to donate items...call 206-7267 or come by the library. We can even meet you at your car with a book cart! Donation receipts for tax purposes is available. 
(We take donations all year long, so if you miss this one, we have another sale in the spring.)