The library is currently hiring work study students for Fall 2010. If you have work study funding through financial aid, here’s what you do:
1. Get approved by Darah Filidore, the Work Study Placement Coordinator in room 1305.
2. Bring your approval card to the library and fill out an application.
3. Schedule an interview.
Apply early to get the best hours that fit your schedule.
Applications are accepted until 9/10/2010.
DCCC ID cards for new students who are beginning Fall 2010 will be issued at all campuses starting Monday, August 16. If you have previously been a student, please bring your ID and a copy of your class schedule to get your ID validated with a new sticker. Stickers are available at all campuses beginning Monday, August 16th. The first DCCC ID is free; the replacement charge for lost IDs is $5.
New IDs and validations of old IDs for Summer II will begin on Monday, June 28th. Please bring your old ID for validation or another photo ID if you need a new one, AND a copy of your Summer II course schedule to the Library or any of the Learning Resource Centers at the satellite campuses. The first ID is free; replacements cost $5.
Congratulations on finishing the semester! The library will be open day hours only from 8:00am to 4:00 pm on Tuesday May 18th and Wednesday May 19th. The library will be closed from Thursday May 20th (graduation day) through Sunday May 23rd. Regular summer hours (Mon-Thurs from 8:00 am through 10:00 pm) begin Monday May 24th. The library will be closed on Monday May 31st for Memorial Day.
Have a safe and happy summer.
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A Google search on baseball yields 130,000,000 sites. A search on baseball history brings up a mere 90,900,000. Let a librarian do the work and try one of these recommended sites:
Society for American Baseball Research offers additional links and the SABR-ZINE — read up on the “Lasordapalooza”
Historic Baseball — search this site by player’s name, team or league. Especially good for biographies.
Baseball Cards 1887-1914 displays 2100 cards featuring baseball great like Ty Cobb, Connie Mack and Cy Young.
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All borrowed books should be returned to the Library by May 17th, 2010. We look forward to celebrating your graduation on May 20th which can happen only after you pay any fines and return college property. Best of luck to all of our students.
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It’s that time of year again. For those looking for a modern tool to help organize your resources, check out Zotero. Zotero is a free extension for the Firefox browser that helps to collect the important information from online journal, magazine, newspaper articles and more. It will gather the data necessary to do your works cited or references page including title, author, and publisher. Zotero will also help you do your citations after you are done with the research phase of a final paper. It also lets you take notes about your sources (”This page is somewhat biased, check facts.”). Zotero is sponsored by library, museum and university groups. For more information see, www.zotero.org.
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First, take advantage of the library’s unique job search books (see previous blog post) to jumpstart your career plans. Then, consider using a free service like TweetMyJobs to help you gain the competitive edge in the current job market. This service informs job seekers immediately about brand new openings in their chosen field of work and, even better, in their area. For other ways to use current technology in your job search, consult the article “Job Hunting 2.0: Get Social in a Down Economy” Finally, keep in mind that DCCC provides other helpful career resources, like the current issue of the student employment office newsletter and the services of the Career and Counseling Center.
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The library has some unique books on job searching, published in 2009 and 2010. Here are some examples: Over 40 & You’re Hired; 150 Best-Recession Proof Jobs; Career Chronicles: An Insider’s Guide to What Jobs are Really Like; Best Jobs for Ex-Offenders; How’d you Score that Gig: A Guide to the Coolest Jobs and How to Get Them; Get Hired in a Tough Market; Gallery of Best Resumes for People without a Four Year Degree. To get the call number for the book go to the library catalog or see a librarian. Be sure the book says “available” and not “checked out” before you drive over to get it! (mg)
DCCC students and faculty have a chance to use the Gale Literature Criticism Online database between now and May 2nd, 2010. The database contains the same material as most of the series in the DCCC Library print “Gale” collection of reference books–and some additional series! Access to Gale’s Short Story Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Drama Criticism, Shakespeare Criticism and others can be accessed from this database. This product is available on a temporary free trial for DCCC students only. To access it, sign on to DelaGate and click on the LIBRARY tab at the top of the page. You will see the link to Gale Literature Criticism Online Trial in the center frame. Please send any comments about this product to our virtual librarian mailbox at library@dccc.edu Remember that Librarians are available to assist you with your research in person, email, phone or IM via the Library Homepage or via DelaGate / LIBRARY tab. Look for “Contact a Librarian” or “Ask Here PA.” (mg)