SGA Media Collection

As promised by the Student Government, there are now DVDs available for student checkout here at Addlestone. They are located on the Calhoun side of the library on the first floor, next to the periodicals. Students may check out as many as three titles for three days at a time. We also now check out chargers for Dells and Macs. Here is a list of the currently available DVDs:

 

30 Rock. Season 1

2 Greenberg
3 The blind side
4 Alice in Wonderland
5 The Karate Kid
6 Stranger than Fiction
7 C’est arrivé près de chez vous/Man bites Dog
8 The kids are all right
9 Despicable me
10 Sherlock Holmes
11 Shrek
12 Shutter Island
13 Youth in revolt
14 Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
15 Män som hatar kvinnor / Yellow Bird
16 Winter’s bone
17 Dinner for schmucks
18 The social network
19 Un prophète [videorecording] = a prophet
20 True grit
21 International spies collection– Austin Powers international man of mystery, Austin Powers : the spy who shagged me, Austin Powers in Goldmember, Spies like us.
22 The king of Queens–the complete series
23 Twilight
24 Eclipse
25 New moon
26 Freaks and geeks
27 Sixteen candles
28 Everybody loves Raymond, Seasons 1-9
29 To kill a mockingbird
30 The fresh prince of Bel-Air, Seasons 1-5
32 Arrested development. Season one
33 District 9
34 The Apartment
35 Mean girls
36 The Reese Witherspoon collection
37 Secretariat
38 Pineapple express
39 Robin Hood
40 Restrepo
41 Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
42 Nick & Norah’s infinite playlist
43 Something’s gotta give
44 Georgia rule
45 Shottas
46 Sleepers
47 Beat Street
48 Avatar
49 Fast times at Ridgemont High
50 Requiem for a dream
51 Inception
52 Matilda.
53 Bruce Almighty
54 Toy story 3
55 He’s just not that into you
56 Dumb and dumber
57 Eat pray love
58 National Lampoon’s Animal house
59 Elf
60 30 Rock. Season 2
61 30 Rock. Season 3
62 Arrested development. Season two
63 Arrested development. Season three.
64 The breakfast club.
65 Weird science

 

Save lids to save lives!

The Addlestone Library Circulation department is collecting Yoplait lids to support the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure campaign during the months of October to December 2010. Last year the organization reached their goal, raising $1.5 million for the cure.

Yoplait will donate $.10 to the Susan G. Komen foundation–up to $1.6 million dollars for every pink lid collected and mailed to Yoplait by December 31, 2010.  Come join us in supporting of Cancer Research.

Bring your clean, pink Yoplait lids to the Circulation desk  in the Addlestone Library and place them in the pink Yoplait box on the Circulation desk.

Faculty Reserve Letter

Dear faculty,

We are ready to begin processing “electronic and hard copy” reserve materials for the fall.  I hope this letter finds each of you well, as we prepare to move from summer break into the fall semester.  The library and the Circulation department want to ensure that you are well informed of updates and changes made to our electronic and traditional reserve services before we transition into another academic semester.  Also, we hope you will find these updates and changes to be timely, efficient and helpful.

The Reserve Process

Please bring the separate collated articles along with citations since all paper documents must be scanned before they can appear on your electronic course page.   Please bring the best quality copy to be scanned.  Also, be sure to include the title as it appears on the course syllabus.  Although, we try to process reserves as quickly as we receive them, please keep in mind there is a 72 hour processing period.  Due to the number of reserves we receive at the beginning of a semester, it may be even longer.  It is very important that you submit the electronic reserve form before sending your reserve documents.  You may access the reserve form at http://www.cofc.edu/library/faculty/eres/course/index.php.  Sending the documents before submitting the form will delay processing.  For those who may want to put articles from microfilm on reserve, the library has added a state of the art microfilm scanner. Please be advised due to time constraints we are unable to scan your microfilm documents.

Also, in the summer of 2009 the Shelving Department merged with the Circulation Department.   As a result of the merger, we are pleased to offer you some additional services.   We are prepared, upon request, to retrieve books from the library’s collection to be processed for faculty hard copy reserves.  However, we are unable to make photo copies from books or journals at this time.

If you are using our electronic reserve system for the first time or have in the past and wish to manage and maintain your own course page, you may do so by contacting the Circulation Department and scheduling an appointment.  Faculty members who manage their own electronic reserve pages are responsible for adhering to copyright guidelines.

Students can request and purchase course packs thru the College bookstore or an outside company such as SasE-ink, A&E, etc.  A percentage of the revenue generated from course packs requested and sold thru the bookstore goes toward CofC scholarships.

If you are not in position to bring your reserve material at this time, please bring reserve items to be processed to the Circulation desk before 08.16.2010.  This will allow us to process your request more quickly and accurately.  Our objective is to have your material processed and available for your students the first week of classes.  Receiving reserve materials after 08.16.2010 may delay the processing and completion of your e-reserve course page.

We look forward to assisting you with your reserve materials this fall semester.  If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at reserves@cofc.edu or contact us at 953-8001.

Thank you.

What’s New? A State of the Art Microfilm Scanner

With the growing demand for innovative technology and prompt efficient service, the library has added a state of the art microfilm scanner.  The new Scan Pro desk top compact microfilm machine is a high resolution, fast speed machine that will support all type of microforms.  The Scan Pro is connected to a windows PC.  You have the option to save images to the computer hard drive or you can save to a thumb drive.   Also, images may be sent across the network to a distant device or even sent via email.   “Its software automatically applies filters to enhance the image and remove the effect of scratches and other blemishes on your microfilm images, quickly and efficiently”.  The Scan Pro is located near the color printer in the Addlestone computer lab.  In addition, there are two Minolta microfilm machines and a laser printer in the open space near the microfilm cabinets on the second floor.  The microfilm room on the second has been re-purposed and is now being used as a study room for students.

Donate to Better World Books!

Better World Books (www.betterworldbooks.com) is a national organization that hosts student-run book drives on various university and college campuses. Upon singing up to participate, all the required materials are sent directly to the individuals organizing the book drive (i.e. all flyers, donation boxes, shipping boxers). The donated books are then either sold online, with all profit going to one of five charities, or the books are directly donated to one of the literacy charities. Currently, Better World Books is affiliated with these five charity programs: Books for Africa, Room to Read, Worldfund, the National Center for Family Literacy, and Invisible Children.

The box to donate the books is on the first floor near the main staircase in the alcove.

Pass the message along!

Renewing books

Dont’ forget that you can renew your books three different ways:

1. Online: log into “My library account” under Quick Links. If you renew online, make sure that you do it before the due date. Otherwise, call or come to the desk.

2. In person: just bring your CofC ID.

3. Over the phone–call 953.8001.

If you have any questions or have problems renewing, call 953.8001.

Breast Cancer Awareness: Save Lids to Save Lives at the Circulation Desk

During the months of October through December Yoplait will donate .10 cents towards cancer research for every pink Yoplait lid collected and turned into Yoplait by the end of the year.

Please bring your donated pink Yoplait lids to the Circulation Department and placed them in the pink collection box on the Circulation desk.

The drive is being sponsored by the College of Charleston’s Women Studies Group.

Jacob Murray Scholarship

The Jacob Murray Memorial Book Fund is a textbook stipend to support students who have demonstrated financial need. The fund was established in 1986 to honor Jacob Murray, an excellent reference librarian at the College of Charleston. He served the College in addition to his full time work in the Charleston County Schools, including holding the rank of Assistant Principal and coach at James Island High School for many years.

Jacob Murray was one of Charleston’s most outstanding citizens. He was an entrepreneur and was widely known through out the business community.

Applications may be submitted to the Circulation Department at the Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library Monday through Thursday from 7:30 AM to midnight, Fridays from 7:30 AM to 8:00 PM, Saturdays from 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM and Sundays from 10:00 AM to midnight by November 16, 2009. Applications for submission may be downloaded from the Jacob Murray link.