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Welcome to JCCC, Summer Semester I

What’s crackin’? Summer Semester I is now underway and whether you’re new or returning, we thought it might be a good idea to remind you of some of our resources here:

  • Obviously, we’ve got this blog for noise about what’s happening in the library.
  • We have a Twitter feed and Facebook page, and we’re not above asking to be your friend. Plus, we use the Twitter feed to answer any questions you might have.
  • Our LibGuides area  collection of study resources based around topics that you’re likely to be assigned at some point, as well as an RSS Feed that pumps out all of our new books.
  • And of course, our library’s website has our catalog, a lot of databases, and plenty of other resources to help you out.

Don’t ever hesitate to swing by for help, to relax, or to say hi! We’re glad you’re at JCCC and hope we can be helpful during your time here!

Tweets in the Workplace

The library has a Twitter feed, and you should follow it!  Provided, you have a Twitter account of your own (or you are RSS savvy).

But maybe you’re curious about Twitter, or maybe you have horrid Twitter etiquette:  I’m looking at you, ladies who retweet everything @diablocody posts! But as with all social networking, there’s professional “rules” on top of the basic ones. For that check out Twitter for Business: Twitter for Friends. It is a fantastic guide for not just how to avoid upsetting people, but also how to reach out to the avenues you’re interested in, broadcast to a larger base, and even a little bit about different applications and APIs. So check it out, hit us up, and see what it’s all about.

Welcome Back

So, hey, what’s up?

Welcome to the first day of Fall Semester ’09! The library has a lot of new resources like Mango (learn languages… lots of them!), new LibGuides to help you research, and plenty of new books to help you cheat… at video games.

Okay, you have to do your own coursework… but we’re certainly here to help you along the way.

And we’re able to be reached multiple ways:

  • Leave a Facebook note
  • Reply or Direct Message @jccclib on Twitter
  • Use our chat client (to your right!)
  • Shoot us an e-mail
  • We also still answer the phone
  • And we exist in person

Despite the weather today, it’s going to be a good year.

Summer at the Library

What’s up? This blog is getting dusty, and that’s because the slowness of summer is the excuse we use here at Billington Library to start getting more done.  Some things end up getting skipped over: you’re looking at one of them.

DSC_0001That right there is a gaggle of dress forms. I’m not comfortable with them hanging out so bare, so they’ve been covered for the time being.  The reason they’re around is because we have this fashion collection out here at JCCC, and we’re ready to digitize it all.   We’ll be throwing dresses on these and hammering our photographs for the rest of summer, and then fall… it is likely a year or two year project. And it is time consuming. Eek.

Meanwhile, we’re still getting quite a bit of new books, and still doing instruction for classes throughout summer.

Coming up soon is SIDLIT, the summer conference for distance learning. JCCC’s ScholarSpace is the new home for digitally archiving the conferences proceedings, and we’re super-psyched to be attending and collecting presentations.  We’ll probably be following it at our Twitter account, on SIDLIT’s Twitter account, or collectively at #sidlit, starting when the conference goes down: July 30th – 31st.

Also, supposedly in the next two weeks, we’ll have the Campus Ledger in our posession: digitally.  From creation to 2007, the only gap being one year that seems to have left this earth in its entirety.  Exciting? Yes. I hold my breath, though, in anticipation of its arrival.

And yet, there’s more.  I’ll talk about it when it is more solidified.

Twitter – Social Networking

The library is now on Twitter

With a forced minimum of less than 200 characters, Twitter is a way to follow library happenings in digestible formats.  Adding the library as a Twitter friend will inform you of minor happenings, when we add blog posts, when a new subject guide is created, when special events take place, and if needed, possibly some policy reminders!  Add us as a friend, and don’t hesitate to start a message “@JCCCLib: to ask us a question.

If you aren’t familiar with Twitter, check it out here.  We’ll let you know as more creative uses develop!