JollyLibrarian

This is another easy week for us; once again, I’m jumping on someone else’s bandwagon. The NSCC Staff Assembly is sponsoring a food drive for Second Harvest this week. 
Drop-Off Locations for Food Drive:
 
·         Security (A70)
·         WorkForce & Community Development (C251)
·         Social & Life Sciences (K120-B)
·         Library Circulation Desk (K150)
·         Records (S207)
·         Admissions (S215)
·         Weld Bldg. [...]

The official standard goes like this: The information literate student understands many of the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information and accesses information ethically and legally.
But what does this all mean in the real world. Well, for beginning researchers, it centers on the following:

Plagiarism. While most plagiarism is unintentional, coming from [...]

For most cases, your purpose is to argue a specific point. Therefore, you want to make sure that you use the information you gather in the most effective way possible to make that point:

Use quotations and paraphrases in a way that best supports the thesis of the paper.
Use various methods, such as presenation software, to [...]

In a perfect world, you could trust all information that crossed your path to be true, accurate, and reliable. But let’s face it. You have to read your sources with the skill and skepticism of a good CSI investigator. Even solid source material can sometimes have facts wrong: Newspapers may rush to print before all the [...]

NSCC is participating in Earth Hour 2009!
 
You can participate, too!
Wear black or dark blue to school on Friday, March 27
Turn off your lights at home on Sat. March 28, 8:30-9:30 PM
Sign up at EarthHourUS.org/Nashville
Watch the Earth Hour 2009 video on YouTube
 

With so much going on in the library, I had put aside my information literacy series. But it’s time to get back to business. If standard 1 deals with the ability to know when you need outside information and what type, standard 2 is the stage when you go get it!

What kinds of sources will [...]

Every so often a student will say that he or she is having problems in a class. “I need a physics (or chemistry or grammar or etc) for dummies,” they’ll say. Well, now if you need it, you can check it out. The Kisber Library has just cataloged a huge selection of the dummies, idiots, [...]

This comes from Richard O’ Connor, Ph.D. , author of Happy at Last. This exercise has been shown to increase feelings of happiness and decrease feelings of depression.
Each night before going to bed, think (or write down) three good things that happened that day. They can be small or large, anything that made you smile [...]

Starting March 16, the library will be open extended hours to better serve students. They are as follows:
M-R    7:30 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
F          7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Sat.     9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
This is an experiment for the rest of spring semester. We hope to accomplish three things:

Allow morning students enough time to print off [...]

Students are often surprised to find out that the library is open during breaks. “What do you do when we’re gone?” they ask. Well, here’s what we’re doing during spring break:

Emily Bush has done a research workshop for students and a general orientation about library services for the admissions staff.
Sally Robertson is cataloging new books.
Pam [...]