Online Newsletter of Roxbury Community College Library

December 2004

DISPLAY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

Come see 28 stunning color photographs of refugee victims of the crisis in the Dafur region of Sudan. They are in the library windows this month. Jeffrey Cornish, Country Director of Sudan Operations for Concern Worldwide, an international aid organization took them. The photographs are on loan to the library from Veronica McCormack of the ESL department. This display highlights Human Rights Day, December 10. It also coordinates with a panel discussion on the topic organized by Nancy Teel of the English faculty. The panel will feature Cynthia Gabriel of Amnesty International and Patrick Seyon, Dean of Liberal Arts. This will be held in Room 121 in the Academic Building, December 10 from 10:30 to 12:00. Students and faculty will have a chance to ask questions and offer their input.

Also on display at the entrance to the library: a selection of books dealing with various aspects of human rights.

STUDENTS GIVE THUMBS UP TO NEW COPIERS

After 10 years and some 2 million copies per machine, the library finally has new copy machines. They print on both sides! They collate! They accept bills! They even (if you can believe it) give change back! On the negative side, library staff will miss seeing Pablo Llanos, manager of the Copy Center, who has been a frequent visitor tirelessly repairing the old relics. But students are generally enthusiastic. Judith St. Cyr and Julius Parker, pictured here, were among the first users.

UPDATED CAREER BOOKS

The Career section in the library is being spiced up with over 100 new career books. Come in and take a look. The Career section is right next to the Reference Desk near the entrance. Here’s a taste:

A SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING GENEROUS DONORS TO THE RCC LIBRARY DURING THE PAST YEAR.

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Pascal Nouna

Cambridge, MA

Christopher Dea

Nursing Department

Roxbury Community College

Patrick Seyon, Liberal Arts Division

Roxbury Community College

Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA

Jean Claude St. Louis, Liberal Arts Division

Roxbury Community College, Retired

Virgilio Acevedo, Social Sciences Department

Roxbury Community College

Hugh Stringer, Division of Business and Technology

Roxbury Community College

Sylvia McDowell, Roxbury Community College Foundation

Sterling Giles, ESL Department, Roxbury Community College

David Becker, Nursing Department, Roxbury Community College

Javad Moulai, Science Department, Roxbury Community College

William Larson, Facilities Department, Roxbury Community College

Nancy F. Cott, Director, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Cambridge, MA

Frank Wharton

Quincy, MA

Company profiles in Lexis-Nexis

If you are looking for in-depth, up-to-date information on companies, the Business section of the Lexis-Nexis database is an excellent place to start. Here’s how:

· Go to the library web page www.rcc.mass.edu/lib

· Select Databases

· Select Subject list

· Select Business

· Select LexisNexis On Campus

· Select Business, in the left column

· Select Company Profiles

· Type in Microsoft, for example, and hit Search

· Many records come up. Select #9 Hoover Company Records—In-depth Records for November 23, 2004, Microsoft Corporation. Here is a wealth of information on the company including description, history, market and financial information, long list of corporate officers including William H. (Bill) Gates III, Chairman and Chief Software Architect, age 48, salary and bonuses for last year-- $865,114.

Try your own search and experiment with this valuable resource.

NEW POPULAR AND BEST SELLING BOOKS

The library now chooses its popular books from best sellers on college campuses across the country.

Did you know that you can place a HOLD on a book if someone else has it out? We will contact you when it is returned. Ask at the circulation desk for details. Or, do it online like this:

· Go to the library web page www.rcc.mass.edu/lib

· Select iLink

· Search for the book you are interested in.

· If someone has it you get the message: “No copies currently available.”

· To place hold:

o Select I Need Material

o Select Place Hold

o Enter User ID (your bar code number) and password. If you have forgotten your password, contact library.

· Questions? Contact library at 617

December 2004

	FICTION		NON-FICTION
	Shopaholic & Sister Sophie Kinsella		America: a citizen’s guide to Democracy inaction. Jon Stewart
	Plot Against America Philip Roth		Chronicles-Vol. 1 Bob Dylan
	Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell Susanna Clarke		Eats, Shoots & Leaves Lynne Truss
	Northern Lights Nora Roberts		The Family Kitty Kelly
	War Trash Ha Jin		My Life Bill Clinton
	Incubus Dreams Laurell Hamilton		Alexander: the ambiguity of greatness Guy M. Rogers
	The Sunday Philosophy Club Alexander M. Smith		Home- Alone America Mary Eberstadt
	The Five People You Meet in Heaven Mitch Albom		How to Talk to A Liberal Ann Coulter

To build a better college library and provide superior customer service, we need your comments. Send both praises and gripes to mlawrence@rcc.mass.edu.

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Welcome to the Library, published by Roxbury Community College Library, Roxbury Crossing, MA

Mark Lawrence, Acting Library Director