DC Library Welcomes Everyone Back!!

The DC Library would like to welcome everyone back! We hope everyone had a great summer - maybe time to travel and relax!

We have a lot going on at the library. To note just a few...

- - Library Sessions. Be sure to schedule your library sessions. The Fall semester is typically our busiest time. We will make every effort to get you your preferred day and time. Come by the library or call us at 206-7267.

- - Revised Library Site! Our Library site was just released on Wednesday afternoon, so check it out. Also, due to popular demand our web space in MyPima (look for the Library tab) and our public web space are nearly identical. Check them out and let us know what you think!

- - New Items! As always, new materials came in throughout the summer, so come and check them out!  On a similar note, if you have an item that you would like to have the library add to its collection, that would supplement your course(s), please send us the name, author and year published and we will make every attempt to order it. It takes about 4 weeks for new items to appear on our shelves, so let us know early!

As always, the library is here for your students and you. If there is anything we can do for you, just let us know!

The DC Library Team
206-7267

Thank You from the DC Library and more NEW Books Have Arrived...

lThe Downtown Campus Library would like to thank everyone who came to our book sale. It was a huge success!!

With new books arriving daily, here is just a sampling of some of the newer titles that have recently arrived...
 
Psychology
My Teenage Werewolf: A Mother, A Daughter, A Journey Through the Thicket of Adolescence by Lauren Kessler
 
Your Brain on Childhood: The Unexpected Side Effects of Classrooms, Ballparks, Family Rooms, and The Minivan by Gabrielle Principe

Brandwashed: Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy by Martin Lindstrom

The Drama-Free Office by Jim Warner and Kaley Klemp

Animal-Assisted Therapy by Donald Altschiller 

An Emergency in Slow Motion: The Inner Life of Diane Arbus by William Todd

Once a Warrior Always a Warrior: Navigating the Transition from Combat to Home including Combat Stress,PTSD, and MTBI by Charles Hoge

History
Ghost Soldiers: The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II's Most Dramatic Mission by Hamptom Sides. 

Code Talker by Chester Nez

Operation Mincemeat by Ben Macintyre

Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and The Making of Modern America by Richard White

Anthropology
Margaret Mead: A Biography by Mary Bowman-Kruhm

Economics / Marketing
Capitalism As If The World Matters by Jonathon Porritt 

Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius by Sylvia Nasar


Start Something that Matters by Blake Mycoskie

Education
The New Kids: Big Dreams and Brave Journeys at a High School for Immigrant Teens by Brooke Hauser

The Academic's Handbook by Leigh Deneef

Special Interest: Teachers unions and America's public schools by Terry Moe

Literature
The Girl in the Blue Beret: A Novel by Bobbie Ann Mason

If I Bring You Roses: A Novel by Marisel Vera 

Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok

The Girl in the Polka-Dot Dress by Beryl Bainbridge  

The Cambridge Companion to Gabriel Garcia Marquez by Phillip Swanson

The Dream of Perpetual Motion by Dexter Palmer

The Radleys by Matt Haig

Last Main In Tower by Aravind Adiga

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver

Science / Math
Mad like Tesla: Underdog Inventors and The Relentless Pursuit of Clean Energy by Tyler Hamilton 

One, Two, Three: Absolutely elementary mathematics by David Berlinski

The Fact of Evolution by Cameron Smith

Smoking Ears and Screaming Teeth: A Celebration of Scientific Eccentricity and Self-Experimentation by Trevor Norton

On Human Nature by Edward Wilson

Waking Up In Eden by Lucinda Fleeson

Human Evolution: An Illustrated Introduction by Roger Lewin

American Diabetes Association Complete Guide to Diabetes

Beautiful Unbroken: One Nurse's Life

Healthy Foods : Fact versus Fiction by Myrna Chandler Goldstein

Lifelong Learning / Personal Development
The Everything Organic Cooking for Baby & Toddler Book: 300 Naturally Delicious Recipes to Get your Child Off to a Healthy Start by Kim Lutz


The Con : How Scams Work, Why You're Vulnerable, and How to Protect Yourself by James Munton

Conquering Youtube: 101 Pro Tips to Take You to the Top by Jay Miles

Starting Your Career as a Freelance Web Designer by Neil Tortorella

New Bestsellers Have Arrived!

Here are a sampling of our new Bestsellers that have just arrived! Look for them in the front, next to our new book display.

Trauma: My Life as an Emergency Surgeon by Dr. James Cole

Seriously...I'm Kidding by Ellen Degeneres

Top Screwups Doctors Make and How to Avoid Them by Joe Graedon MS

Phil Gordon's Little Gold Book: Advanced Lessons for Mastering Poker 2.0 by Phil Gordon

The Visible Man: A Novel by Chuck Klosterman

The Walking Dead : rise of the governor by Robert Kirkman

It's So Easy and Other Lies by Duff McKagan

Trust Me I'm Dr. Ozzy by Ozzy Osbourne

Survivors by James Rawles

And Nothing But the Truthiness by Lisa Rogak

Shatner Rules by William Shatner

And don't forget about the Library Book Sale!
November 29th & 30th
10 am - 5pm in the Amethyst Room

Library Book Sale Nov 29th & 30th!!

The dates have been set! 

The Downtown Campus Library will have their book sale on:

Nov 29th and 30th 

Amethyst Room

10 am - 5pm. 

Most items will be 50 cents to $2.00!! Lots of items to choose from!

All proceeds benefit the Downtown Campus library.

Remember, we will also take your donations for the book sale.  (Donations are eligible for tax deduction - see your tax preparer for more information.Receipt provided upon request.)

DC Library Fall Book Sale!

The DC Library is Preparing for Its Book Sale Later This Month!

If you would like to donate items to the book sale, please bring them by the library. (We can give you a receipt for tax purposes.) All proceeds go to the DC Library!!

We are also looking for clean grocery bags for large purchases.

If you have any questions, contact Theresa at 206-7267 or via email at: tcstanley@pima.edu

Thank you for your support!! 

Don't Forget Your Course Reserves...

If you haven't brought your course reserve items* to the library, now is the time to do it! We process items on a first come, first serve basis and to be sure the items are available for your students, we need them as soon as possible. (We do try and get the items processed in 48 hours or less.)

If it is something that you would like available to your students later in the semester, or if you have a late start or 2nd 8-week course, please bring your item(s) in a couple of weeks ahead of time so it can be processed. We are able to put library materials on reserve for short periods of time or for the entire semester.

Course reserves can be any item you would like to be put on reserve in the library for your students. It could be a textbook, supplemental readings, or even a DVD. The item will be available to students during regular library hours, for a two hour period - library use only (unless you note otherwise).

Students will need their Student ID to check the items out.

Of course, if there is anything else the library can help you with - just call us at 206-7267 or stop by!

Your DC Library Team
Kyle, Susan, Veronica, Joe, Nancy, Erica and Theresa

Check Out These New Items at the DC Library!

NEW BOOKS
Getting permission: how to license & clear copyrighted materials online and off by Richard Stim

Cooking from the farmers' market by Tasha De Sergio

Mathematics 1001 : absolutely everything that matters in mathematics by Richard Elwes

The Flexitarian diet: the mostly vegetarian way to lose weight, be healthier, prevent disease and add years to your life by Dawn Blatner

My Life as a night elf priest : an anthropological account of world of warcraft by Bonnie Nardi

The limits to union : same-sex marriage and the politics of civil rights by Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller

The Girl in the Song : the stories behind 50 rock classicsby Michael Heatley

Science 1001 : absolutely everything that matters in science by Paul Parsons

Mask Makers and Their Craft by Deborah Bell

Making Our Democracy Work by Stephen Breyer

In Fashion : from runway to retail, everything you need to know to break into the fashion industry by Annemarie Iverson

NEW DVDS
Monsoon Wedding

Kicking and Screaming

After the Wedding

Life of Brian

Gomorra

Library Database Trials Extended!

Due to some access issues and spring break, I’ve extended the database trials to April 15, 2011.

http://libguides.pima.edu/trials

Please give us your feedback and let your students know about these trials

If you have trouble with any link, please let me know.

Nancy Schuler

Downtown Campus Librarian

206-7250

Library system & research databases unavailable March 17th

The PCC library system and access to library research databases will be unavailable Thursday, March 17 to perform a required hardware upgrade.

	From:	Thursday, March 17 at 8:00 a.m.
	Until:	Thursday, March 17 at 5:00 p.m.

Services that will be unavailable include, but are not limited to:

• Online catalog searches
• Online renewals
• Library research database access

Library staff will provide manual check-out service during this outage for some material in the campus library collections.

Staff will work as quickly as possible to restore service. We apologize for any inconvenience.

If you have any questions, please contact the DC Library at 206-7267.

Reminder - - Get Your Course Reserves in before Winter Break

Here's an easy to-do that you can cross off your list... get your course materials into the library before the Winter Break!

Course reserves are one of the many services the Downtown Campus library offers to its students. What are course reserves? Course reserves are materials (textbooks, reading materials, audio-visual materials) that faculty put on reserve for their students to use during the semester. These items are library use only, with a two hour check-out period. Typically they are textbooks and supplemental items that help those students who don't want to carry their books back and forth from home to school but want to study between classes, or they could be readings and/or AV items, that the instructor wants the students to read/view outside of class.

So far this semester, we have had almost 4500 checkouts of course reserve materials from 42 disciplines!!

If you would like to have items in the library for your students to use for the Spring semester, please bring them to the library before Winter Break. Each item is individually added to our system, which takes some time and by having the item to us before January, it will ensure that those items available to your students the first day of classes!

If you have any questions, please feel free to stop by the library or call us at 206-7267.

Happy Holidays!
The Downtown Campus Library
Joe, Nancy, Erica, Kyle, Susan, Veronica and Theresa

Online Access to Arizona Daily Star...

Just wanted to update you on the status of access the Arizona Daily Star online. We know many of you use it in your classrooms, so wanted to give you a heads up.

It appears that the PCC libraries will not have access to America's Newspapers (by NewsBank) this semester.

Due to issues with the vendor, PCC Libraries will be unable to offer access to America's Newspapers (by NewsBank) which provides access to many state newspapers, including the Arizona Daily Start (1991-current), as well as local papers such as La Estella de Tucson and The Explorer.

Full-text articles from Arizona Daily Star (2001-current) are still available through Newspaper Source (by Ebsco), which can be accessed via the Library Home page (www.pima.edu/library or via the library tab in MyPima) >> Magazine, Newspapers, and Journal Articles >> Newspapers >> Newspaper Source. Older issues of the Arizona Daily Star going back to 1870 are available on microfilm at the West Campus Library.

Current issues, as well as some archives of La Estella de Tucson and The Explorer can still be accessed directly through the websites of each newspaper.

Please take this into account as you are planning assignments for your classes. For more information, please feel free to contact any of the librarians here at the Downtown Campus Library (x7267).

Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
Downtown Campus Librarians.
Joe, Nancy, Erica and Theresa

DC LIbrary Welcomes You Back!

The DC library wants to welcome everyone back for our Spring semester! We hope everyone had a relaxing holiday break.

Just a couple reminders about the library...

• Schedule your class - Now is the time to schedule your classes for library instruction. We will be coming to your class this semester and bringing along the laptop cart. The laptops will allow us to do sessions like we have in the past, with the exception of printing. We only have one laptop cart, so the sessions are first-come-first-served. Call us at x7267 to set up a day and time!

• Course Reserves - If you have any items you need on course reserves for this semester, please bring them in as soon as possible! Also if you need to reserve items for a specific time for your class, please come and make arrangements to have those items put on reserve for you.

• Amethyst Room - Reminder we are in the Amethyst Room, sharing space with the computer commons. While our collection may be limited, we brought our most popular items. Also, remember we can request books from other campus libraries to be sent here. (usually a two day delivery)

If there is anything else we can help you with, or if you have questions, please feel free to stop in or give us a call at x7267.

Have a great semester!!
The DC Library Team
Joe, Nancy, Erica, Kyle, Susan, Veronica and Theresa

The Downtown Campus library is pleased to announce

our 1st Annual Holiday Video!

http://goanimate.com/movie/08zwzsBFSX5g?utm_source=linkshare&uid=0QHy0uj6ZVaA

Have a Happy and Safe Holiday Season!

The Downtown Campus Library

Joe, Nancy, Erica, Kyle, Susan, Veronica and Theresa

LIbrary has Books for your Holiday Reading!

Before you leave on the long holiday break, don't forget to stop by the library to pick up a few of new releases! Here is just a sampling ...

• Adland: Searching for Meaning of Life on a Branded Planet / James P. Othmer
• The Philosophy of the Coen Brothers / edited by Mark T. Conard
• Immersion travel USA: the best and most meaningful volunteering, living, and learning excursions / Sheryl Kayne
• Gandhi : a pictorial biography: with more than 150 historical photographs / text by Gerald Gold ; photograph selection and afterword by Richard Attenborough
• Heatstroke: nature in an age of global warming / Anthony D. Barnosky
• A.D.: New Orleans after the deluge / Josh Neufeld
• Living off the Grid: a simple guide to creating and maintaining a self-reliant supply of energy, water, shelter, and more / Dave Black
• Border Crosser: one gringo's illicit passage from Mexico into America / Johnny Rico
• The Last Indian War: the Nez Perce story / Elliott West
• Stargazing Basics: getting started in recreational astronomy / Paul E. Kinzer
  

... and don't forget our leased bestsellers and DVDs! We have Anne Frank: the Book, the Life, the Aftermath, The Simpson's: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History, The Bloom County Library, Vol 1, The Complete Peanuts, Sully's Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters, the Twilight books, Star War series books, books by James Paterson, David Balducci, Janet Evaovich, Bill O'Reily, Geraldo Rivera, and much more! To name just a few of our DVDs ... Gran Torino, Hotel for Dogs, Land of the Lost, National Geographic's Hidden Hawaii, I Love You Man, and Pink Panther 2.

A reminder, we will be open during winter intersession EXCEPT for the week of December 28th. Our hours are Monday - Friday 8 am - 5pm.

Have a Safe and Happy Break!
The DC Library
Joe, Nancy, Erica, Kyle, Susan, Veronica and Theresa

DC Library and Computer Commons - Up and Running!!

The Downtown Campus' Library and Computer Commons are up and running in the Amethyst Room. The boxes have been unpacked and we are settled in.

Remember, while in the Amethyst Room, we are still offering

• course reserves (remember to bring them in for next semester)
• a core collection of items - both reference and circulating items
  
• reserves (holds) from other campuses to be picked up at DC
  
• reference service
  
• 24computers for students with printing capabilities
• copiers
• study space

In the spring semester, our library instruction will be coming to YOUR classroom. We will bring laptops to continue with our interactive sessions with your students. Call 206-7267 now to reserve your day and time!

Please stop by and take a look at our new "digs." We are open our regular hours.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at 206-7267.

Happy Holidays!
The DC Library Team
Joe, Nancy, Erica, Kyle, Susan, Veronica, and Theresa

DC Library - Our move has begun!

Starting early this morning, the library's move to the Amethyst Room began. We will be open on Wednesday, December 2nd. We will resume with our regular hours once open.

The computer commons is already up and running in the Amethyst Room. The students have access to 24 computers and printers. The copiers will be up and running by Tuesday, December 1st.

Remember, once the library reopens, we will have all of our course reserve materials available, as well as a core collection of items.

If you have any questions, please feel free to call us (206-7267) or stop by. (Theresa is on campus and can answer any questions you may have.)

Computer Commons moves in 3 days! Closed during move...

We just want to remind you (and please remind your students) that the computer commons will be closed on Monday November 23rd and Tuesday November 24th! Students will need to make other arrangements for computer usage. (The other campus computer labs will be open.) The computer commons will open on Wednesday November 25th in the Amethyst Room, with regular hours (8am - 9pm).

Other reminders...

• Your course reserves will be NOT available for students during the library's move on November 30th and December 1st. Please remind your students to come in early to complete assignments that may be due around that time. When we reopen on Wednesday, Dec 1, all services will be available once again.

• FREE POSTERS, FREE POSTERS, FREE POSTERS! We have finished going through our posters and we have more than we can handle!! These are art, history, military, science posters that we have accumulated over the years from conventions, conferences, exhibits, etc. Please come, browse, decorate your office!
  

• If you have not done so, you have a few more days to come to the library and look over our collection to select items to go with us to the Amethyst Room. Remember, anything we don't take will NOT be available for 6 months! So if there is a special project or special book your students will need, come NOW and select it.

As always, if you have questions, please feel free to stop by or call us at 206-7267.

DC Library Team
Joe, Nancy, Erica, Theresa,
Kyle, Susan and Veronica

8 Days and Counting Until Library Moves!

In 8 days the Library is moving. The Library will be closed November 30th & December 1st, reopening December 2nd in the Amethyst Room.

We are finalizing our list of items to take. Come and be sure your courses are represented! (We are beginning to feel like Santa - making a list, checking it it twice...)

Faculty checklist...

• be sure someone from your discipline comes to the library for book selection. It only takes a few minutes of your time to wander in our circulating section and identify books to move with us to the Amethyst Room. Don't wait for someone else to do it. You don't have to be a depart chair. Come down to ensure your course(s) are represented. (Remember, what we don't take goes into storage and is not accessible until we return in June 2010!)
  
• schedule your Spring library sessions once you have a date. We will be coming to YOUR class to do the sessions, so less disturbance for you and your students!
  

Be sure to remind your students that...

• the Computer Commons will be closed November 23rd -24th, reopening in the Amethyst Room on Wednesday November 25th. They may need to make arrangements to visit other campuses during those two days if they need to work on a paper
• Computer Commons and Library hours will remain the same: Monday - Friday 8am - 9pm, Friday 8am - 5pm, Saturday 9am - 3pm
  
• your course reserves will still be available in the library and then in the Amethyst Room

If you have any questions, please feel free to call us at 206-7267, or feel free to come in.

DC Library
Joe, Nancy, Erica, Theresa,
Kyle, Susan and Veronica

LIBRARY MOVE BEGINS NOV 30th!

Just 12 days and we begin our move! We will be closed Monday and Tuesday, November 30th and December 1st. We expect to reopen on Wednesday, December 2nd.

(The Computer Commons will move the week before - Monday and Tuesday, November 23 & 24, and reopen on Wednesday, November 25th.)

• If you haven't visited the library yet to select the items for our core collection, the items we DEFINITELY need to take, please do so ASAP. Our selection needs to finish up soon, so we can amend the catalog to indicate what will be in storage. (Remember: if the items are noted as "Storage", they are unavailable.)

• Please remind your students to start their research as soon as possible for the largest selection of items.

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As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to call us at 206-7267 or just stop by!

The Downtown Campus Library is moving! Here is what you need to know...

• Collection Selection Begins next week! Starting November 2nd, we are inviting faculty to come into the library to look over our items and identify any item we DEFINITELY need to take. As you know the Amethyst Room is much smaller than our current space, so unfortunately, some items will need to be stored. Stored items will NOT be available while we are in the Amethyst Room! Be sure the items your students need next semester is available by coming to the library and selecting items to go with us.

• We will be closed the week of November 30th while we move. There is a good chance we will be open towards the end of the week. If so, an email will go out announcing we are open.

• Course Reserves will still be available! If you would like an item on course reserve it is always recommended to do it earlier than later, as the volume gets to the point where we can no longer guarantee a 24 turnaround on having it available to students. Also, if you have VHS tapes on course reserve, we will be contacting you. The Amethyst Room will not have a VHS player and students will have to be accommodated elsewhere.

• Next semester we will be coming to your classrooms for bibliographic instruction. Schedule your Spring 2010 sessions as soon as you know your dates!

• Please remind your students of these important dates!

As always, i f you have any questions, please feel free to contact the library at 206-7267 or just stop by!