We present the new WCC Library Webpage tour for faculty. The tour will take you through the updated WCC Library webpage and point out useful information that you will want to know as a faculty member at WCC. It will also show you contact information in case you have any questions about any services or resources at the WCC Library.
Every September, Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated across the nation. At the WCC Library, we celebrate the month with an exhibit celebrating the people and nations that make up this group. Check out a biography on a Hispanic figure or country or a children’s book that is part English and part Spanish. For more information on Hispanic Heritage and some interesting Hispanic personalities, visit the Library of Congress Hispanic Heritage website.
Each September also promises the beginning of many things: school, sports and fall. Since many of the sports seasons start in the fall, the WCC Library is celebrating them on this month’s book exhibit in the newspaper area of the library. From basketball to football to baseball, including all sports in between, you can find fictional stories as well as true stories on the exhibit.
For more information on sports, you can visit a number of sports websites such as NBA.com (National Basketball Association), NCAA.com (National Collegiate Athletic Association) and NFL.com (National Football League).
This new resource from NC LIVE will allow any library patron to build a professional resume and cover letters, search local and national job listings, match his or her interests with career opportunities, and practice interview questions, as well as employ many other online careers aids to assist in a job or career search.
As part of the Learning Express Library, you can also take practice tests in career areas you are investigating, or in ones you have been matched to by the Job & Career Accelerator.
To use the Job & Career Accelerator you will need to create either another brand new username and password, or use the username and password you have already created through the Learning Express Library. If you have any questions or comments about the Job & Career Accelerator, please contact WCC Library staff at 739-6891 or at wcc-library@waynecc.edu.
We present the newly revised WCC Library Webpage tour. The tour will take you through the updated WCC Library webpage and point out useful information that you will want to know when you use the Library. It will also show you contact information in case you have any questions about any services or resources at the WCC Library.
This month both of the WCC library exhibit areas will celebrate North Carolina and all that our state offers.
The bulletin board area showcases North Carolina history and some of the symbols of the state. Books on exhibit and ready for you to check out include North Carolina history from Mayberry to the Outer Banks and many points in between. To learn more about the Old North State’s vivid past visit the newly updated North Carolina Encyclopedia.
In the newspaper exhibit area, we are showcasing books on vacationing in North Carolina. From the mountains to the piedmont to the coast, North Carolina provides so many interesting places to visit. For more information about vacationing in North Carolina visit the official travel and tourism website of North Carolina, VisitNC.
NC LIVE has released twenty-four new PBS videos to be included in its PBS Video Collection. Among many other additional titles, this new release offers films such as Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park, and Persuasion as well as Ken Burns’ The War, Dickens’s Oliver Twist, and Shakespeare’s King Lear. Also, the video collection interface has been upgraded to allow you to place a URL link to a video from NC LIVE on a Blackboard course page, or any other type of webpage.
If you have any questions or comments about the PBS Video Collection, please contact the WCC Library Circulation Desk staff at 739-6891 or at wcc-library@waynecc.edu.
On Tuesday, July 6, 2010, NC LIVE will reveal its new and improved homepage interface for everyone to use. This new homepage has been available in a beta version as a link on the NC LIVE website since the beginning of the 2010.
Changes to NC LIVE include an expanded list of subject categories for the databases, new offerings in e-books, audio books and databases, as well as new business and job portals.
Visit the new LIVE homepage by using the NC LIVE link at the top of our Research Databases drop-down menu on the WCC Library homepage. If you have any questions or comments about the new NC LIVE webpage, please contact us at 739-6891 or at wcc-library@waynecc.edu.
The WCC Library features two book exhibits for July 2010. The main exhibit area’s books focus on American History, particularly the founders of the American Revolution and, eventually, the United States. For more information about American History and some great photographs and audio presentations about various periods and people in U.S. history, visit the American Memory site at the Library of Congress.
Books in the WCC Library newspaper exhibit area for July highlight Beach Reads, since July is a month when many people go to the beach and may need something new and exciting to read. We have a variety of books from Nicholas Sparks novels to some great Young Adult fiction. If you’re looking for a beach to visit, North Carolina has plenty of sand to lure you. We’ll help you find a book to take with you; these websites will help you decide on a destination:
On Thursday, June 10th the Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources held a press conference in the WCC Library to announce that the WCC Library had received a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant of $19,986 from the State Library of North Carolina.
This money will be spent to update and expand the library’s book collections in the LC subject areas of applied, business and computer technology. For example, many new books about sustainable agriculture and computer and video game design will not only complement new college programs, but help people looking for jobs, or to improve their job knowledge and skills, in these high profile areas. For more information about LSTA grants for 2010-2011, visit the NC Department of Cultural Resources website.
The WCC Library book exhibit for June anticipates the Dog Days of Summer. This saying comes to us from astronomy and a star named Sirius (which means Dog Star). The Dog Days start in early July and usually end in early September. For more information about Dog Days visit this website from Cornell University.
Naturally our Dog Days of Summer exhibit highlights books about dogs: from children’s books, to books about special dogs, to books regarding care of your dog. To learn more information about dog breeds, or how to deal with your dog, visit the dog guide and the dog breed selector from the Animal Planet website.