5 Lessons Library Websites Can Learn from Buzzfeed

by Christina Manzo Boston Public Library in Weave; Journal of Library User Experience, Issue no. 3

“Since its 2006 launch, Buzzfeed has become an Internet institution by recognizing and capitalizing on the insatiable life-cycle of viral media. The idea behind the website is relatively simple: bring together trending content (e.g., news, celebrity gossip, entertainment, quizzes) from around the web and organize it into a format that is short and eye-catching.

…

Buzzfeed’s business model relies on shareability, something it has in common with today’s library, which is why library website designers have the opportunity to learn from Buzzfeed’s overwhelming success. Here are the top lessons library website designers can learn from Buzzfeed.”

Article available at: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/weave/12535642.0001.302?view=text;rgn=main

@ONE releases Spring 2016 courses and more… http://www.onefortraining.org/

The @ONE Project makes it easy for California Community College faculty and staff to learn about technology that will enhance student learning and success.  @ONE’s programs provide training and online resources for free - or at a very low cost - thanks to funding from the California Community College Chancellor's Office Telecommunication and Technology Infrastructure Program (TTIP).

[On October 27^th ], “after more than a year of bickering, stalling and revising, the Senate passed its most significant cybersecurity bill to date 74–21. The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) is a controversial measure to encourage businesses and government agencies to share information related to malicious hackers and their methods…”

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-quick-guide-to-the-senate-s-newly-passed-cybersecurity-bill/

by Dan Crump

In the last few months, the Executive Committee lost three members---Michelle Grimes-Hillman, Kale Braden, and James Todd---to the administrative ranks.  Three faculty members---Adrienne Foster, Grant Goold, and Cleavon Smith--- have been appointed to fill the vacancies and will serve until the elections at the Fall Plenary Session to fill out the vacant terms of all three.

Scott Lee, Carolyn Burrell and Van Rider have been invited to make two presentations at the conference, Reference Rising: Problem-Solving Challenges and Opportunities in Reference Programming hosted by CARLDIG-South at CSU Channel Islands on December 4th.  The two presentations are: Learning Outcomes and Assessments at the Reference Desk and A Deeper Look at Reference Through Desk Tracker.  They are the only Community College Librarians invited to present.

Here is a link to more information: http://www.carl-acrl.org/ig/carldigs/2015FallProgramSchedule.pdf.

The AVC Library staff went though training on the Sirsi BLUEcloud Analytics module. This will enhance our Horizon data extraction and reporting abilities by allowing us to quickly drill down and present the results in a large variety of formats.

Join the California Conference on Library Instruction (CCLI) in scenic San Francisco at our annual practical and inspirational conference on Friday, April 29, 2016! This year, the conference theme is “Reframing Instruction: Looking at What We Do with a New Lens.” Between the release of ACRL's new Framework, #critlib discussions taking off on Twitter, a growing focus on digital literacy, and calls for tossing out the "one-shot," academic librarians are once again reframing our work in different and new ways.

When it comes to information literacy, how are you focusing on the bigger picture, zooming in on the Framework, restoring faded activities, or viewing the learning process with a new lens? Our honored keynote speakers are Jessica Critten, Instructional Services Librarian at the University of West Georgia, and Kevin Seeber, Foundational Experiences Librarian at Auraria Library. We are accepting proposals for presentations through November 24, 2015, and registration will open soon after. For more information, see http://www.cclibinstruction.org/

 Online Education and Student Equity Plans

Fall Workshops Held September 23^rd and 24^th

Strategies for Supporting Online Education:

Embedding Library Resources in Course Management Systems

Presenter: Michele Alaniz
Distance Education & Electronic Resources Librarian
Rosenberg Library
City College of San Francisco
415.452.5549 || malaniz@ccsf.edu

http://fog.ccsf.edu/malaniz

The library’s online resources are a crucial component of the evidence needed by institutions to meet accreditation standards II.A. Instructional Programs and II.B Library and Learning Support Services, particularly in regard to providing comparable instructional support services to distance education students. This workshop is about the ways in which the library can be a presence in the course management system, course plan or assignments, and the curriculum approval process. Through discussion, ideas, exchange, and small group work time, participants will develop actionable ideas they can take back to their campus

Asserting Library Resources in the Student Equity Plan

Presenter:  Dan Crump, American River College

mailto:crumpd@arc.losrios.edu

Is your library involved in your campus’ Student Equity Plan? Participants of last fall’s workshop wanted concrete ideas they could take back to their campus, and they wanted more discussion and work time on how to increase the library’s presence in their local SEP.  This workshop focuses on developing actionable ideas that library leaders may assert for inclusion in the next iteration of the Student Equity Plan (SEP), due in the Chancellor’s Office on November 23, 2015.

CCL LIBRARY LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIPS--CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

The Council of Chief Librarians (CCL) announces a new scholarship award for community college library leaders.  The purpose of the CCL Library Leadership Scholarship is to encourage and support the leadership development of community college library leaders. The CCL Library Leadership Scholarship subsidizes the attendance for a library leader to be an active participant in a leadership training, institute, or seminar. A list of recommended leadership programs is provided.

Eligibility

Applicants must be a CCC library leader (common titles include library dean, director, department chair, head librarian, and/or coordinator). Scholarship recipients are required to write an article about their leadership experience for CCL Outlook and/or present on their leadership experience at the annual CCL Deans, Directors, & Department Chairs meeting.

Award

The award for the CCL Library Leadership Scholarship is up to  §3¨000†. Scholarship funding is intended for costs of registration, accommodations, and transportation as needed. The award may not cover all expenses depending on the program costs and location.

APPLICATIONS for the 2016 CCL Library Leadership Award are due by December 31, 2015

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PROGRAM AND APPLICATION FORM ARE AVAILABLE

Cerritos librarian Paula Pereira has authored a book.

How I Learned English: The Story of a Brave Mexican Girl is a pedagogical picture book that aims to inspire English learners to become proficient in their new language. It describes the journey of Claudia Sanchez, a young woman who immigrates to the United States. It was written in basic English to ensure reading comprehension. Each page of text is followed by a page of illustration and caption. Study questions are available to encourage discussion about topics related to the story, such as immigration, higher education, study skills, culture shock, family separation, perseverance, and cultural values. For more information about the book, including a recent Library Journal review, visit the author's website at www.paulamassadaspereira.com

Cerro Coso Community College has added a new tenure-track faculty librarian position. Sharlene Paxton joined Julie Cornett, who had previously been the lone librarian for a college with five campuses and a robust distance education program. Sharlene worked for 18 years in a variety of roles at the high school level, first as English teacher, then a teacher librarian, and most recently as a technology integration coach, overseeing a $3 million DoDEA grant. She also spent the past two years moonlighting as an adjunct librarian for Cerro Coso Community College, staffing the reference desk two evenings per week and teaching the for-credit information literacy and library research course on campus and online.

Sharlene received her Master's Degree in Library and Information Science from SJSU in 2008. She currently serves as the president of the Southern Region of the California School Library Association. She is looking forward to getting involved with professional associations for academic librarians and working with Julie to provide greater library support to Cerro Coso's students throughout the Kern and Mono counties.

City College of San Francisco is advertising for a Dean of Library and Learning Resources.  The search has been extended until December 11, 2015.

Renewals and New Orders

The deadline for returning the fall renewal order forms is November 16th (please note that some of the offers for new databases have different deadlines posted). Please fax your renewal or new order forms to the League office by their posted deadline.  When we place the fall orders with the vendors we will provide them with updated IP addresses. Please check your IP addresses in the consortium procurement system to verify we have the correct IP’s on file. To do so, login to your procurement account. Click on Settings and you will see a section called My College IP addresses. This is where new IP’s would be added.

CountryWatch

Students and faculty in all of the California community colleges will continue to have free access to one of the premier online information databases covering countries of the world, CountryWatch Premium.  The database, which is a major resource tool for businesses, consultants and researchers, contains up-to-date economic, political, and social data about every country on the globe.

For more information about CountryWatch, including a description of its current features, visit the following URL:   http://www.countrywatch.com/home/about

The Council of Chief Librarians and the Community College League are continuing their joint commitment to full coverage of the cost.  This is the fourteenth year that the resource has been provided to the colleges at no cost.  Both organizations – partners in the cooperative purchasing program for online resources for CCC libraries – use a portion of the fees generated by the program to provide the database to every college regardless of the level of participation in the purchasing program.  CCL and the League see this as an opportunity to use the program to benefit the colleges over and above the main focus of the purchasing program.

Respectfully submitted,

James Wiser,   Library Consortium Director
Community College League of California
310.463.9312
jwiser@ccleague.org

From Bucknell University Library:

In the interest of collaboration and sharing, we created a series of posters related to the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. Our goal in designing the posters was to make the Framework accessible to students by creating visually attractive posters that would get students thinking. The posters decorate the walls of our Library Lab (instruction classroom that moonlights as a group study room) and we feature them within a libguide:

http://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/framework

Feel free to download and customize them based on your needs.

Regards,

Ben Hoover, Evening Library Services Specialist

Jill Hallam-Miller, Blended Learning Librarian

Nancy Frazier, Instructional Services Librarian

Darryl Swarm (Feather River College): Committee Chair 

The first in-person meeting of the 2015 academic year for the CCL-EAR Committee took place over two days in the San Diego area on Thursday, October 15 and Friday, October 16. A good portion of one day was dedicated to our ambitious discovery review project. Several discovery team members had stepped down due to competing obligations, so four members stepped up to help the team lead to provide much-needed support.  Sections being considered include various phases of the discovery adoption process, including: procurement, implementation, customization, administrative interface, reference and librarian experiences, student/end-user experiences, refinements and troubleshooting. An interested librarian guest from the San Diego area joined us for the first day of meetings to gain insight into the project. Members of the CC-EAR committee related their experiences and brainstormed ideas on how to proceed with the review. Please keep an eye out for our survey to gain feedback from existing discovery product users. Also, if you have implemented and/or used any discovery products and would like to provided much-needed perspective as part of our review process, please don’t hesitate to contact the CCL-EAR Chair, Darryl Swarm (dswarm@frc.edu). Your contribution to the survey could provide essential insight into the various aspects of our review. There will be an intensive discovery project work session at our Spring meeting, tentatively scheduled for February 4 and 5 in the Sacramento area.

After a productive breakout session, members reported on their in-progress reviews and previews, including: LexisNexis, web-based language products (Mango Languages, Rosetta and Duo Lingo, Swank Digital, and JSTOR. Some of the teams were well underway or very close to completion at the time of our meeting (LexisNexis and the language product team), so please check our website for those reviews that are of interest to you: https://cclibrarians.org/consortium/reviews. Our recent reviews feature an interactive component where you can post comments, feedback, and share your experiences with the database and we would appreciate your feedback.   Our consortium director, James Wiser, announced that vendor inquiries about colleges with four year degrees and college FTES should be referred to him so he can effectively advocate for us. For the meeting, he arranged for vendor presentations from three streaming video providers: Sage Video; Swank Digital Library and Kanopy Streaming Video. Since the Swank product has a major interface update scheduled for release on December 1, 2015, the review team is awaiting the update before completing the review.   New products being considered for reviews, previews and updates include: Gale Primary Source Collection; IBIS World (market research data); ACLS Humanities eBooks, Data-Planet (statistical data repository); BroZine and Flipster (mobile-friendsl journal content); and PrepStep (a remedial skills and eLearning platform, formerly known as Learning Express (recent EBSCO acquisition).   We would like to remind everyone that materials deselected as part of the CCL-EAR eBook deselection project will be deactivated by EBSCO by the end of December, 2015, so for any participating libraries that have these records active in their respective library catalogs, the links will eventually not present the related eBook content to your patrons in their search process. Please remove those records from your catalog as appropriate. If there are any electronic databases you would like the CCL-EAR Committee to consider reviewing, please send suggestions to Darryl Swarm (dswarm@frc.edu) or to your regional representative (CCL-EAR Committee Roster http://cclibraries.org/committee/members.html). If you would like to attend any of our virtual or in-person meetings as a guest, please contact me and I will forward you the details.

Gregg Atkins, Executive Director

I was sitting in a TTAC (Telecommunications and Technology Advisory Committee) meeting at the CCCCO when details about the system's budget proposals were presented –

Yes! Funding for a Statewide ILS! -- was detailed.

It's not a done deal, of course.  And remember how long we have been talking about it.  And the time and work it took to get funds to get a statewide database ... to get a purchasing consortium which makes multiple databases affordable on our budgets ... to actively organize to preserve our accreditation standards ... and much more.

CCL works " ... to make the world safe for California community college libraries."  And it's able to do that because you all stay active, contribute, serve when asked, lead when asked, and provide financial resources to undergird it all.

There are already 78 colleges with memberships paid!  Thanks to them ... thanks to those whose checks are on the way ... and thanks in advance to those who will decide to get that done today!

Check for a star next to your college’s name on the MEMBERSHIP 2015-2016 list at: http://cclccc.org/directory.php

Gregg T. Atkins, CCL Executive Director

P.S. -- Need another copy of the invoice?  Just email me at greggatkins@cclccc.org

With mixed feelings we are about to bid farewell to our systems librarian, Pam Wilkes, who is retiring after ten years at the Foothill College Library. With her expertise in library technology, she brought the library into the 21^st century, was unfailing in her dedication to improving resources and services for students, and became a valued member of the college community by serving in a variety of shared-governance venues. She soon made herself indispensable, hence the mixed feelings about her departure: sadness and a little trepidation about the future mixed with good wishes for Pam’s future. Her plans for the near term include some much-needed R&R and a trip to Italy.

The ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education Advisory Board launched a "Framework Spotlight on Scholarship" column this month on the Framework website. Curated by Framework Advisory Board Member Donna Witek, this weekly post series will highlight scholarship that uses, builds on, critiques, or responds to the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. The new feature will appear on the Framework website on a weekly basis.

 Category Archives: Spotlight on Scholarship

http://acrl.ala.org/framework/?cat=17

The Spotlight references include links to the full text of an article when available.

“How Data Visualization Supports Academic Library Assessment. Three examples from the Ohio State University Libraries Using Tableau.”  By Sarah Anne Murphy in College & Research Libraries News October 2015

“Tableau is a data visualization and analysis software that improves decision-making by giving libraries the ability to query, blend, explore, discover, and then analyze and present data in new and compelling ways. Tableau helps librarians to rapidly “see and understand their data” using an intuitive drag and drop interface and a powerful data engine.”

Article can be found at: http://crln.acrl.org/content/76/9/482.full.pdf+html

In an “Update from Infopeople” mailed to the calix listserv on November 4^th Kathy Gould included the following announcement:

Based on the work of the Task Force to date*, the Advisory Board decided to increase the price of all Infopeople courses from $75 to $100 for in-state participants effective July 1, 2016.*  Similar price increases will also be made for out-of-state and out-of-country participants.

Webinars, both live and archived, will continue to be offered at no charge.  The Board recognizes that the price increase, the first implemented by Infopeople since the 1990s, may particularly impact rural libraries, and plans to work with the State Library to address this concern.

In an earlier letter to California librarians State Librarian Gregg Lucas noted that Infopeople and other programs needed to become self supporting. The organization will lose 25% of its state LSTA support every year beginning July 2016. On August 18^th Mr Lucas wrote that Infopeople was a valuable program but he believed that “comparable – even superior – services can be delivered at less cost.”

Laney College will be advertising soon for a Media / Instruction Librarian for spring 2016.

As we wrap of the year 2015, this will also be my final letter as the interim president for the Council of Chief Librarians. It has been an honor to serve the organization again, especially in light of the item included below. We should all look forward to Meghan Chen taking the reins in January to lead us through the next year.

As you may know, the Council of Chief Librarians has been advocating for a centralized library automation system for the California community colleges for several years. Our proposal has now reached some traction in the form of the budget proposal from the Board of Governors. The budget proposal includes $4 million for an integrated library system and discovery tool as part of the overall $22 million technology budget proposal. This is an exciting opportunity but there are still many hurdles ahead. Let's work together to keep this element in the budget as the state budget is developed through the governor's office and the legislature this coming spring.

The Chancellor's Office has also released the 2015-16 Student Equity budget allocations on October 20, 2015. Each district has to submit a plan for using these funds by December.  Student equity funds could potentially be used in the area of library support and services to serve your underrepresented students in the areas of access, ESL and basic skills, course completion, certificate and degree completion, and transfer. Most importantly, do you know what's happening on your campus and how the plan for funds is being determined? Are you part of that conversation? You can learn more about Student Equity efforts on the Chancellor’s website - http://bit.ly/1kFX61S.

Building upon the equity planning, during our fall Council of Chief Librarians workshops, several colleagues asked for examples of library-related proposals around Student Equity and Student Success and Support Program (SSSP) (formerly Matriculation). We have established a method by which you can share your proposals and then have the ability to see what others are doing around the state on these important programs.

You may UPLOAD your plans and proposals at the links below. No login required. Please select the appropriately linked folder and upload files in either Word or PDF format for the widest audience.

Student Equity - https://www.dropbox.com/request/6fanvxgyhRoZyj5lcKoY

SSSP - https://www.dropbox.com/request/fkMyOfc56RUsRLE37wbh

Basic Skills - https://www.dropbox.com/request/n2czSXzo8csawZdYlmaQ

Other - https://www.dropbox.com/request/I6zgkiy1UYh6vys2W8Gc

The links above are only for uploading. If you want to see what others are sharing, then use the link below to VIEW the submissions. Again, no login required (though Dropbox may suggest you create an account,  it's actually not required).

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5zjna57qlqul8c5/AAB4tcA7KY30-brHMjQz6CJEa?dl=0

We hope this will help those in the field as they pursue funding to support our students.

Finally, please mark your calendars for the annual Deans and Directors meeting to take place at the Capitol Plaza Holiday Inn in Sacramento. The dates are March 3-4, 2016 with a pre-meeting boot camp for new library deans and directors. Our keynote speakers will be Julie Todaro, ALA President-Elect and Meredith Farkas, faculty librarian at Portland Community College and American Libraries columnist. Registration announcements will come in the new year.

If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact me at neufeld@sbcc.edu.

Kenley Neufeld

LIBRARY AND LEARNING RESOURCES PROGRAMS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, by Dan Crump

I will be meeting with LeBaron Woodyard, Dean of Instructional Services and Special Programs in the Chancellor’s Office very soon.  We anticipate that the Annual Data Survey for 2014-15 will be distributed out to the field sometime in the next month.

As noted in the “First Friday Update” for September 2015, data trends from 2005-06 to 2012-13 are located on the Library and Learning Resources page http://extranet.cccco.edu/Divisions/AcademicAffairs/InstructionalProgramsandServicesUnit/LibraryandLearningResources.aspx  on the Chancellor’s Office website.  Terrence Willett’s  “Library Data Trends” PowerPoint and an Excel file with Pivot Tables for the Library Data Trends are linked  from  the lower right hand corner of the webpage under the label “2005-06 to 2012-13 Library Data Trends.”

Contributed by Dan Crump (American River College)

Recently, I found out that the Academic Affairs division of the Chancellor’s Office has a “First Friday Update for the Chief Instructional Officers,” pretty much on a monthly basis.  Copies of the Update are available in the Notes and News section of the lower left column of the “Academic Affairs Division Profile” page on the Chancellor’s Office website---  http://extranet.cccco.edu/Divisions/AcademicAffairs.aspx.  It is very informative and I advise librarians to take a look.

Los Angeles Harbor College is happy to welcome Tamar Khajadourian as our new full-time librarian this fall! Tamar's strengths in teaching and curriculum development will give our students the boost they need to succeed!

Tamar's MLIS is from San Jose State University, and she's been an educator for Whole Foods Market, having worked there 16 years. Tamar works part-time at Palos Verdes Library District and East Los Angeles College, and has worked for Santa Monica Public Library, West Los Angeles College, Los Angeles Southwest College, El Camino College, and Pasadena City College!   

“Measuring the Academic Impact of Libraries” (2015).  By DeeAnn Allison. Faculty Publications, UNL Libraries. Paper 320. abstract: University and college libraries often seek ways to demonstrate their impact for the academic community. This article reports the results from a two-year study that analyzed library use as demonstrated through checkouts and off-campus access to full-text resources against grade point averages (GPAs) of undergraduates and graduates at a large Midwestern library. The study found that undergraduates with a GPA above the mean university GPA used the library more than those with a GPA below the mean. There was a correlation between greater use of the library and increases in GPA between the two years—that is, as one grew, so did the other. The study also showed that students who checked out materials in one year returned for additional checkouts. Full Article at: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1336&context=libraryscience  

MJC hired a new librarian, Susan Cassidy, who is enjoying her first semester here. She comes to us with plenty of experience but with fresh eyes and new energy.

Susan Cassidy: Full-time, Tenure Track Librarian

Susan Cassidy has been an adjunct librarian and adjunct English instructor at MJC for six years. Before coming to MJC, she worked as a children’s librarian in public libraries for over 25 years.  She has a BA in English from UC Santa Barbara, an MA in English from CSU Stanislaus, and an MLS from the University of Oregon.  She loves to read, bake, travel to anywhere (but especially to where her adult children happen to live), and take long walks. She and her husband and their dog live in Modesto.

Saddleback College Library has received a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant to host a series of viewing and discussion events hosted by prominent scholars of Latino American history from colleges and universities throughout southern California.  Each event includes a screening of a segment from Latino Americans, an award-winning documentary that chronicles Latinos in the United States from the 16th century to the present day, followed by scholar-led presentations and open discussions.

Consult our Latino Americans web site for events, speakers, and contact information.

Saddleback College Librarian Ana Maria Cobos was awarded a $3,000 Latino Americans: 500 Years of History (the 2013 PBS video series) grant from the American Library Association and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The public programs will highlight Latino American history and socio-political issues in Orange County. Public screenings of the video series for students, faculty and the local community will be followed by scholar-led lectures. The programs will take place this fall and in spring 2016.

Two positions are open at San Diego Mesa College Library:

Assistant Professor, Librarian (Cataloging and Technical Services Coordinator)

Under the general direction of the Library Department Chair and supervision of the Dean of Learning Resources and Academic Support, the Librarian will assist in the planning, organization, management, and implementation of various library services and programs as assigned. This is a 12-month position at the Assistant Professor level at San Diego Mesa College. The successful candidate will have primary responsibility for coordinating the activities of cataloging and technical services. Assignments will include, but are not limited to, some of the following activities: cataloging, technical services (including the maintenance of a bibliographic, database and system site administration), reference duty, instruction, collection development, formation of library policy and procedures, direction of paraprofessional staff, and participation in campus-wide committee work.

Closing date: 12/4/15

Further information: https://www.sdccdjobs.com/postings/7210

Assistant Professor/Librarian (Electronic Resources and Periodicals Coordinator)

Under the general direction of the Library Department Chair and supervision of the Dean of Learning Resources and Academic Support, the Librarian will assist in the planning, organization, management, and implementation of various library services and programs as assigned. This is a 12-month position at the Assistant Professor level at San Diego Mesa College. The successful candidate will have primary responsibility for coordinating the activities of electronic resources and periodicals. Assignments will include, but are not limited to, some of the following activities: coordinating the selection, acquisition, and management of print periodical and electronic resources, including: selecting resources, conducting trials, negotiating prices and licenses, managing budgets, promoting the use of electronic collections, collecting and analyzing usage data, developing the collection policy in concert with the Collection Development Librarian, serving as the library’s internal coordinator regarding the use, creation and dissemination of copyrighted works, providing direction regarding copyright, content and related licensing and permissions, reference duty, instruction, book selection, the formulation of other library policy and procedures, the direction of the paraprofessional staff, and participation in campus and district committee work.

Closing date: 12/4/15

Further information: https://www.sdccdjobs.com/postings/7208

The SF / East Bay Region group met at the newly renovated Las Positas Library on Friday, October 30, 2015.  The group shared news and advice in a large, glass-walled study room featuring smart technology.  Equity and other special funds were a major topic of discussion.  College President Barry Russell greeted the group during lunch.

After lunch the group took a tour of the revitalized library, a bright, welcoming space.  Among the highlights, besides the cheerful ambiance, are two large dedicated library teaching rooms, additional teaching areas integrated into the library floor plan and study rooms with marker-friendly walls (cleaned weekly by staff).

The SF/East Bay regional group is aiming to meet twice a year, with preliminary plans to meet at Contra Costa, CCSF and DVC in the coming semesters.

CCL SF/East Bay Meeting Group at Las Positas (left-to-right):  Nghiem Thai (Merritt), Ruth Sison, (DVC), Judy Flum (Contra Costa), Kim Wentworth (Los Medanos), Karen Saginor (CCSF), Evelyn Lord (Laney), Tina Inzerilla (Las Positas), Angela Amaya (Las Positas), Frances Hui (Las Positas)

Exploring the ACRL Framework

Smita Avasthi, Public Services Librarian at Santa Rosa Junior College, will be presenting via webconference at the ACRL Distance Learning Section’s Fall Presentation, “The Research as Inquiry Framework in Distance Education Courses.” Her presentation is titled, “Research as Pursuit: Lines of Inquiry in Information Literacy Instruction.”

Join in via webinar, with the following information:

Name: ACRL DLS The Research as Inquiry Framework in Distance Education Courses

Date and time: Thursday, November 12, 2015 Noon Eastern, 9AM Pacific Time

Duration: 1:00 hour

URL: https://acrl.webex.com/acrl/onstage/g.php?MTID=e249df6bfe28d5fbb0a13fa92aac44f30

Framework Conversations

Interested in integrating the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education into library instruction? Many librarians are experimenting with this new direction in instruction. Smita Avasthi will be leading a series of conversations about the framework and its applications through the academic year in order to foster an exchange of ideas. The discussions will be held at Santa Rosa Junior College, but CCC Confer participation is available.  Contact Smita Avasthi savasthi@santarosa.edu for participation and schedule details.

The first meeting will be November 13 from 10:30-12:00, Pacific Time and the theme will be Scholarship is a conversation.

Future discussions will be scheduled each month with the following themes:

• December: Research as Inquiry
• January: Authority is constructed and contextual
• February: Search as strategic exploration
• March: Information has value
• April: Information creation is a process

War Comes Home Exhibit at Santa Rosa Junior College, Petaluma Campus, Mahoney Gallery

Samantha Lange, Public Services Librarian at Santa Rosa Junior College, has coordinated a special presentation of the traveling exhibition “War Comes Home” that is well-timed to coincide with the nation’s recognition of Veterans Day.

Through private correspondence from almost every major conflict in U.S. history, War Comes Home offers insight into the thoughts and emotions of veterans and their families upon their homecoming. These intimate perspectives reveal how war can shape a life, a family, and a community.

This exhibition is sponsored by Cal Humanities and aims to raise awareness of and promote greater understanding of our veterans and explore the impact of war on our communities.

SRJC will host a panel discussion and reception on Thursday, November 12 from 4PM to 6PM.  The exhibit will be at the Mahoney Library Gallery from November 3 through December 6, 2015.

Contact Samantha Lange slange@santarosa.edu or learn more online at: http://www.santarosa.edu/library/art/mahoney/

Academic Achievement for Phyllis Usina

Phyllis Usina, Public Services Librarian at Santa Rosa Junior College, has earned her Doctorate of Education with focus on higher education leadership. Her dissertation explored on the impact of information literacy instruction on student achievement.  Congratulations, Phyllis!

Happy Halloween from Skyline College Library and friends. Dressing as Minions and Gru from movies. The team costume idea was suggested by the staff member wearing Minion scarf.

Why IoT Security Is So Critical (Posted on TC Crunch Network October 24^th by Ben Dickson)

“Welcome to the era of the Internet of Things (IoT), where digitally connected devices are encroaching on every aspect of our lives, including our homes, offices, cars and even our bodies. With the advent of IPv6 and the wide deployment of Wi-Fi networks, IoT is growing at a dangerously fast pace, and researchers estimate that by 2020, the number of active wireless connected devices will exceed 40 billion.”

http://techcrunch.com/2015/10/24/why-iot-security-is-so-critical/?ncid=tcdaily#.awzzl7:DzI7