NEWS FROM THE STACKS

Beginning August 2010, there have been significant changes made to the interlibrary loan policy and procedures that affect how items are borrowed from other lending institutions.  The change made are listed below:

• Standardized Loan Dates: All borrowers in the I-Share system will be given a standard 28 day loan period.  This does not affect JJC patrons borrowing JJC materials. This is only for JJC Patrons borrowing materials from other institutions.
• User accounts: New user accounts that are accessed using username and passwords.
• Item Requests: New feature that allows user to chose which institution to materials from.

You must create an account in I-Share to request Interlibrary Loan items.

For more information regarding these changes, as well as tutorials to help guide you through the new processes, please see the link on the Library homepage.

Chicago, Joliet and Illinois

Check out the latest display of books and DVDs related to Joliet and Chicago.

Films on Demand

Thanks to iCampus the college has a subscription to Films on Demand.   You can access a variety of streaming films and view them on your computer.   To link is located in the Article Search page of the Library website here.

We have Art Stor!

Hi Everyone!

We have ArtStor!   You can access the database via our webpage and access from here (JJC) or home (through the library website with a your login).  You can create an account so that you can store your content for later use.   Be sure to take the quick tour on the website and check out the Digital Library FAQ and the Get Started Guide.

Credo Friday Brainteaser

Every Friday Credo (one of our  subscription databases) provides a trivia quiz.  This week’s quiz has to do with numbers.  Here is a sample question:  “In the song about the twelve days of Christmas, how many drummers were drumming?”

Give it a try or subscribe at the Credo Reference Blog.

Listen Up!

We have a great collection media to listen to both audio books, cds, and sound files from out databases.  Check out our newest display: Listen Up!  Talk to one of our librarians about the options available to you.

Be sure to check out Books to Films

We have a great collection of books and plays that have been translated onto the screen.  Some of the books are great (and the movies not-so-great) and some of the books are just okay and the films were brilliant – a classic example is The Godfather.  Of course, many folks would argue that the sequel is better than the original.

PLAYAWAYS ARE HERE!!

(From the “JJC Communications”)

Library Now Offers New Self-Playing Digital Audio Books

The JJC library is now offering Playaway–the first self-playing digital audio book–to its patrons.

Each unit is around half the size of a deck of cards and can hold up to 80 hours of content. Using clearly marked buttons, Playaway gives listeners the ability to move back and forth within or between chapters and alter the speed of a narrator’s voice, as well as an automatic bookmark feature that remembers where you left off.

Playaway also has a universal headphone jack that works with almost any type of headphone or mobility accessory.

There are over 140 titles on Playaway in the library, including many selections for language learning programs, bestselling adult fiction, and curriculum classics.

Student and staff IDs are required to check out materials from the library. Playaways circulate for one month.

For more information, call the library at ext. 2665.

ALL THE WORLD’S A DISPLAY.

Hi JJC community! 

It’s been a while since we last talked, things here at the library have been busy busy busy!   Along with our daily work of helping students find information for their academic endeavours, checking out/in materials, and trying to keep copies of the works of Stephanie Meyers (the author of “Twilight”) on the shelf for our voracious patrons, we have been putting together displays to exhibit the wide and diverse interests here at JJC.

The displays that you see throughout the library are a way for us to bring attention to important, or popular topics in our lives — in and out of the college world.   It is our hope, that when you come to visit the library, you will take some time and peruse the displays, pick out something that interests you and tell your friends all about it.  Remember, this library is not just for your academic papers, it is also a place to satisfy your other interests — we have a large collection of popular fiction, music and film available for check-out. 

Here’s some of the displays for this semester:

St. Patrick’s Day

Women’s History Month

African American History Month

Women’s History Month

Telescope History

Books to Film

Only Connect : Music in Literature

FOOD!!!!!

JJC loves food!  The JJC Culinary Arts Department has time and time again proven itself as a first-class program.  Students and Chefs have amassed an impressive collection of national and international awards–taking first place time and time again.   To celebrate their overwhelming acheivements, and the fact that we librarians love to eat, a display of culinary materials, from books to ice sculpting tools have been put on display for all to enjoy.  Come and see great cake models and ice sculptures–before they melt!!