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

Reserve Your Library Sessions Now!

DC Library Learning Studio

Welcome Back Everyone! We hope all had a great summer.

This is just a reminder that if you haven't already made your library session reservation for your class, to please do so soon. Our room is heavily requested and we would like to give faculty a chance to schedule their classes before we open it up to the other departments.

Remember, we can customize your library session to meet your needs - if fact, we love doing that so that the session is relevant to your students. We can do a short session of 15 minutes or an entire class period. We can do one session or a couple of sessions. (Of course, if we do a short session you can stay in the learning studio for the remaining portion of your class.) We can even do a library session in your classroom if you want. (If you don't have a computer classroom, we can bring some computers with us.)

If you are not familiar with our learning studio, it seats 40 students, has dual SmartBoards and writable walls. These features give us greater capability for interactive activities and collaboration. If you haven't seen our new room, feel free to stop by the library and we will show you around.

You can call the library at x7267 and we can set a session up for you. Faculty have priority until September 6th, when the learning studio calendar will be opened for other Downtown requests.

Your DC Librarians
Joe, Theresa, Nancy and Erica

4K National Academies Press Books Available for FREE !

The National Academies Press (NAP) is now offering over 4,000 books (in PDF format) as a FREE download!

From their website...
"For more than 140 years, the NAS, NAE, IOM, and NRC have been advising the nation on issues of science, technology, and medicine. Like no other collection of organizations, the Academies enlist the nation’s foremost scientists, engineers, health professionals, and other experts to address the scientific and technical aspects of society’s most pressing problems. The results of their work are authoritative and independent studies published by the National Academies Press.
NAP produces more than 200 books a year on a wide range of topics in science, engineering, and health, capturing the best-informed views on important issues."

One of their most popular books, America's Climate Choice, is included. (Look for the "Download Free PDF" button.

Note: if you have an iPad, when you open the book (PDF) in your iPad, you will be given the option download these books directly into iBooks. If you choose this option, the book will appear in your iBooks bookshelf and you will have access to it at any time. (Even when you are offline! Great option for reading when traveling. I catch up with these type of readings while I am on a plane ... I can only do so many Sudokus!)

You can browse all the topics in their entire library at National Academies Press.

Summer Reading ... The DC Library has New Books!

Before you start off on your vacation, stop by the DC Library to browse through our new books and videos!

We have fiction, with best selling authors like James Patterson, Charlaine Harris, Tom Clancy, Anita Sheve, Danielle Steel, and Nicholas Sparks. Memoirs by Betty White and Susan Lucci.

And of course videos including: Taxi Driver, Raging Bull (Blu-Ray), Forrest Gump (Blu-Ray), The Kids are All Right,and Chasing Amy. If you can't get enough Johnny Depp on the big screen, we have Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, both on Blu-Ray.

If you are looking for some more serious titles we have them also...

• The Longest War: the enduring conflict between America and Al-qaeda

• Fighting the Devil in Dixie: How Civil Rights Activists Took on the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama

• Fountains and Water Features: from ancient springs to modern marvels

• The Other Wes Moore: one name, two fates

• Avoiding the Con in Construction

• Gay Rights and Moral Panic
  

• One L : the turbulent true story of a first year at Harvard law school

• Houses and Gardens of Kyoto
  

• Growing A Farmer
  

• I Love a Broad Margin to my Life
  

• How I Killed Pluto and Why it had it Coming

• His Father's Son

• Origins : how the nine months before birth shape the rest of our lives
  

• Pig : king of the southern table
  

• Sugar Changed the World

• The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama

• My Father at 100
  

• In the Shadow of the Buddha

• Women Lead the Way
  

• Shark : in peril in the sea
  

• Is the Internet Changing the Way You Think?

It's Never Too Early to Schedule Your Library Sessions...

For those that will be teaching during the summer, remember to schedule your library sessions once you have your syllabus done. We have already had a few reservations, so call now to be sure to get the day and time you need!
Our summer hours are:

• 8 am - 7 pm Monday - Thursday
• 8 am - 5 pm on Fridays

Call us at 206-7267 to reserve the day and time.

On a similar note, feel free to call and reserve your Fall sessions once you have an idea on the day and time. We also have had some reservations for the Fall (and Spring 2012!) semesters. Even if your syllabus isn't final, you can still set up tentative days. Us librarians would love to be able to start work on prepping for your classes during the summer.

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

Library has Laptops to Check-Out!

In case you didn't know... the Library has laptops, netbooks and Google ChromeBooks* available for checkout!

You or your students can borrow the units for two hours anywhere on campus - not just in the library!

So if your class was to work outside, or a couple of students were headed to the learning commons or cafeteria to work, and they needed computers, stop in and borrow one.

(A Student ID is required for students. The first time one is borrowed, a user agreement needs to be signed.)


* Google ChromeBooks are made available through Pima's participation in the Google ChromeBook pilot. Each Pima library was given 20 ChromeBooks to checkout.

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