Month: March 2010

For All the Faculty Mentors and Mentees

You may be a faculty mentor, or perhaps have one.  My faculty mentor was awesome, and I hope yours is, too.  If you are on either side of this relationship and struggling for things to talk about or ways to handle it, check out our new book: Faculty Success Through Mentoring : A Guide for Mentors, Mentees, and Leaders. It’s probably for the best.

And mentees: make your mentor buy you coffee! A lot happens over coffee.

The Only New Item Added Today

The only item we’ve added to our catalog today is a romance called Wedding Season. Here’s the first sentence from the description:

Sarah is a wedding planner hiding a rather inconvenient truth – she doesn’t believe in love.

I think you know where the story goes from there. So if romances are your thing, then it’s your lucky day up in JCCC.  While you’re here, check out other books in the McNaughton Collection: leisure reading on loan to academic institutions.  They’re on the second floor next to the circulation desk (as seen below).

An Abundance of Opposing Viewpoints

You may be aware of our Opposing Viewpoints database. However, if you have a paper or interest based around a topic that might be attached to a controversy or be related to current issues, you might want to check out our collection of Opposing Viewpoints published collections.  They take on a topic, highlight issues within the topic, and present scholarly articles and opinion pieces to explain the pros and cons within.

A quick list of some of the new topics added or updated:

  • Fashion Industry
  • Mass Media
  • Male and Female Roles
  • Latin America
  • Immigration
  • Global Warming
  • Debt
  • Culture of Beauty
  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Copyright Infringement
  • Gangs
  • Behavioral Disorders

… and so on.  Check’em out.

Second Chances: We’re All About Them

Look, we know that some people come to JCCC to rebuild from a past they’re not necessarily proud of.

That’s OK. In fact, I’m encouraged by every single student that walks through our door hoping to make their life better.

So let’s say you’ve got a few marks on your legal record. Part of the social contract is that when you’re out, we as an institution don’t really care about what has happened; it’s our job to get you back on your feet.

It is why we have books like Best Jobs for Ex-Offenders.  If you, a friend, or a loved one is in what sports teams call “The Rebuilding Phase,” then it might be worth figuring out what career paths JCCC can lead you to. Flipping through this book will hopefully help you realize that the scope of a professional future aren’t as narrow as it may seem.

This Book Is OVERDUE!

What’s more exciting than Titus Andronicus playing the Pitchfork Music Festival or the Bears acquiring Julius Peppers, or (I guess) the Chiefs trying to get Darren Sproles?

Not much: this is a cap-free year! But if you’re a librarian, any good book that makes us look awesome is worth promoting.

Enter This Book is Overdue! How Librarians and Cybrarians can Save Us All. First admission, I hate the term “cybrarian”. That being said, this book argues that even though you may think Google and the Internet are killing the notion of a useful librarian, editor Marilyn Johnson shows all of the cool stuff librarians are still doing. From digital archiving to, what the Amazon review calls “curators of a community legacy.”

So if you dig it, you could check out this book.  For a shortcut to what we’re doing, check out some of the library links here.

We Just Want You to Know…

… That this book exists.

Fashion Law: A Guide for Designers, Fashion Executives, and Attorneys. Edited by Guillermo C. Jimenez, Barbara Kolsun.

I’m beyond curious. Do people copyright or trademark buttons or ways of stitching? or fancy pleating? Check it out at JCCC. I can only imagine how crazy some of these things must be.