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New Lesiure Books -- August 2007

Title	Author	Campus
Beyond Reach	Slaughter, Karin	North
The Burnt House	Kellerman, Faye	Cato
The Case for the Real Jesus	Strobel, Lee	Central
The Careful Use of Compliments	McCall Smith, Alexander	Harris
Critical	Cook, Robin	Harper
Deliver Me From Evil	Monroe, Mary	Harris
The End of the Alphabet	Richardson, C.S.	Cato
The Genesis Code	Forrest, Christopher	Levine
Hard Row	Maron, Margaret	Harris
The Intruders	Marshall, Michael	North
Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade	Gabaldon, Diana	Harris
Mad Dash: a novel	Gaffney, Patricia	Levine
Play Dirty	Brown, Sandra	Central
Power Play	Finder, Joseph	Harper
The Sanctuary	Khoury, Raymond	Central
The Secret	Byrne, Rhonda	Central
The Secret of "The Secret": Unlocking the Mysteries of the Runaway Bestseller	Kelly, Karen	Central
Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist's Wife	Spencer, Irene	Cato
Starburst	Pilcher, Robin	Levine
Wheel of Darkness	Preston, Douglas	North

Quiet Study Computer Lab -- Now Available!

By student request, LR205, located on the 2nd floor of the Central Campus Library, has been designated a quiet academic study area. The following restrictions will begin being enforced on Monday, September 3rd.

• LR 205 is a Quiet Study classroom for CPCC students, faculty, and staff.
• Only one user per station; group work is not encouraged in LR 205
• Cell phones are to be turned off
• Chat rooms or games not related to class work are not permitted
• Videos or music not related to class work are not permitted
• Students engaged in non-academic work will be asked to relinquish his/her computer.
• No food, but beverages with lids are permitted.

Lab hours vary, call the Reference Desk @ 704-330-6884 for more information.

Welcome Back! Fall 2007 Library Hours

Even if it doesn't feel like fall outside, the Fall Semester has officially begun and the CPCC Libraries are here to help you find the resources you need to finish your assignments. We're also here for you if you need a place to cool off between classes because it's HOT outside!

In the meantime, take a look at some of the posts from over the summer to see what's new at the Library. Our hours for the Fall Semester 2007 are as follows...

Central Campus Library

Monday-Thursday ---------- 7:30am - 8:30pm
Friday --------------------- 7:30am - 5:00pm
Saturday ------------------ 9:00am - 1:00pm
Sunday -------------------- closed

All other campus libraries

Monday-Thursday ---------- 8:00am - 8:00pm
Friday --------------------- 8:00am - 1:00pm
Saturday and Sunday------- closed

New Materials List for July

Hi, all! During July we added 103 new items to the CPCC Libraries' collections. Any new book located at the Central Library can be found on the first floor by the reference desk. Any item listed at Cato, Harris, Harper, Levine, or North campus libraries will be available when they re-open on August 20th.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is Here!

New Books: Leisure Reading Collection

July 2007

Title	Author	Campus
American legacy: the story of John & Caroline Kennedy	Heymann, C. David	Levine
Dead connection	Burke, Alafair	Harris
The dead whisper on	Hines, T.L.	North
The ever-running man	Muller, Marcia	Cato
The first commandment: a thriller	Thor, Brad	North
Girls of Riyadh: a novel	Alsanea, Rajaa	Central
Harry Potter and the deathly hallows	Rowling, J.K.	Central, Levine
High noon	Roberts, Nora	Harris
Justice denied	Jance, Judith A.	Cato
Keeping the world away: a novel	Forster, Margaret	Cato
Killer weekend	Pearson, Ridley	Central
The manny	Peterson, Holly	Central
Meet me in Venice	Adler, Elizabeth	Central
Nefertiti: a novel	Moran, Michelle	Central
The quickie: a novel	Patterson, James	Central
Sammy’s house	Gore, Kristin	Harper
The secret servant	Silva, Daniel	Central
The tin roof blowdown: a Dave Robicheaux novel	Burke, James Lee	Levine
Up close and personal	Michaels, Fern	Harper
What matters most	Rice, Luanne	Harper

Central Campus Library Closed, July 30th and 31st

In order to prepare for and move the library’s legal collection to the new paralegal library space at the Cato Campus, the Central Campus library will be closed on Monday, July 30, and Tuesday, July 31.

We’ll be packing up over 7,000 volumes of legal materials, which will then be transported to Cato and shelved in the paralegal library, with the assistance of Facilities Services.

Library Services apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause, and appreciates your understanding as we work on this important initiative.

Requests from Campus Libraries suspended during break

Requests for books and videos from other campus libraries to be sent to Central campus will be suspended during the Summer break, beginning July 18 - August 18.

The satellite campus libraries (all but Central) will be closed during that time and no staff will be available to put the requested materials in transit to Central campus. Item requests will resume August 18. Thanks for your patience!

New Books, DVDs, etc. for June 2007

We've had many new acquisitions for the month of June including: 131 books, 47 DVDs, and 3 audio books. But we would rather you use them rather than count them, so take a look at the list of titles and come get some! Remember, if the title is not at your campus library you can always request to have it delivered there. Click here for details.

New Library Hours for Summer Break

The summer semester is almost over and we hope everyone has had a great one! CPCC Libraries will have shortened hours for intersession. Our hours for July 18th - August 18th are as follows --

Central Campus Library
Monday - Friday
7:30a - 5:00p

Cato, Harper, Harris, Levine, and North Libraries
CLOSED

We'll resume normal hours on the first day of classes for fall semester. If you need to access library materials remember that we have thousands of Electronic books as well as journal and magazine articles available through our website 24/7.

June 2007 Leisure Reading Books

New Books: Leisure Reading Collection

June 2007

Title	Author	Campus
Bungalow 2	Steel, Danielle	Central
Dedication: a novel	McLaughlin, Emma	Central
The double agents	Griffin, W.E.B.	North
Double take	Coulter, Catherine	Harper
Drop dead beautiful	Collins, Jackie	Levine
The fourth order: a novel	Frey, Stephen W.	Levine
The good guy	Koontz, Dean R.	Harper
The gravedigger’s daughter: a novel	Oates, Joyce Carol	Harris
The lady in blue: a novel	Sierra, Javier	Cato
Lean mean thirteen	Evanovich, Janet	Central
Love kills: a Brit Montero novel	Buchanan, Edna	Central
The Maytrees	Dillard, Annie	Harris
The navigator: a novel from the Numa files	Cussler, Clive	North
New England white	Carter, Stephen L.	Harris
The overlook: a novel	Connelly, Michael	Cato
The penny: a novel	Meyer, Joyce	Levine
Robert Ludlum’s the Bourne betrayal	Lustbader, Eric	Central
The sleeping doll	Deaver, Jeffery	North
The sonnet lover: a novel	Goodman, Carol	Harper
Spare change	Parker, Robert B.	Central
Stalin’s ghost: an Arkady Renko novel	Smith, Martin Cruz	Cato
When day breaks	Clark, Mary Jane Behrends	Harris

New Books, DVDs, and more @ the Library

Throughout the month of May CPCC Libraries added a ton of new material for our community to enjoy. Additons include new books, DVDs, and even a few audiobooks. At Harris Campus we added books on early childhood education and Cato Campus added materials to enrich our horticulure collection, but that's not all...

Please take a moment to scan a full list of the new additons to our collection.

We strive to support the curious minds of our students, faculty, and staff and hope you enjoy these new additions!

Library Summer Hours

The regional campus libraries will be closed May 10-20, and starting May 21st, the summer hours will be:

Levine, Cato, Harper: Monday – Thursday, 9-6, closed 1-2 for lunch
North: Monday – Tuesday, 9-6, closed 1-2 for lunch
Harris: Wed – Thursday, 9-6, closed 1-2 for lunch

New Books @ the Library -- March 2007

Settle into your favorite easy chair, relax, and crack one open -- a book that is. We've been busy throughout the month of March adding new Books and more to our collections. Below are a few highlights. For a complete list follow the link at the bottom of this post. Enjoy!

HB615 .G665 2007 -- Trump University Entrepreneurship 101: How to Turn Your Idea into a Money Making Machine

HV6529 .S32 2005 -- Natural Born Celebrities: Serial Killers in American Culture

NK1980 .M3 2001 -- Interior Design in the 20th Century

PR3093 .A46 2004 -- Almost Shakespeare: Reinventing his Works for Cinema and Television

TH139 .R37 2004 -- High Steel: The Daring Men who Built the World's Greatest Skyline

http://www1.cpcc.edu/library/library-services/faculty-resources/cd/resolveUid/4627bb00787d3d645ffbb9e1bde5a2a8

BookMarks -- April 20, 1:30-2:30 LR404

What’s the greatest book you’ve read recently? BookMarks returns April 20th, 1:30-2:30 in LR404. The event is an open forum where those from the CPCC community can share recommendations with one another.

The week of April 20th is National Library Week, and we’d love to celebrate all types of fiction and non-fiction. If you’ve read a great or not-so-great book recently, we’d love to hear about it. Refreshments and an assortment of sweets are provided.

If you'd like to write a review for the BookMarks newsletter submit it here... http://www.cpcc.edu/forms/library/bookreview1.asp

CPCC Faculty and Staff? Register in Learner Web!

April is Amnesty Month!

Amnesty Month begins today!

Today is the first day of amnesty month at the CPCC Libraries! So get busy looking under your bed, in your closets, in the trunk of your car, or any where you think you have overdue or lost library materials (e.g. books, DVDs, videos, etc.) This is your chance to bring ‘em back without any questions being asked. What’s even better is that outstanding fines will be waived if the materials are returned in good condition. So how does this work, you ask? It’s simple. All you have to do is:

Return any overdue or lost library materials to any CPCC library.
Bring in a canned good or other nonperishable food item, and outstanding, unpaid fines from overdue items already returned will be waived. This excludes lost materials. Replacement fees for damaged materials will not be waived.

Library materials and food item donations will be received at all campus libraries until April 30. Food contributions from students, faculty and staff without current fines or overdue materials are also welcomed.

All food items collected will be donated to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina, Charlotte.

Spring Break Library Hours

Central Campus Library

Sunday, March 4th --------------------------- CLOSED

Monday, March 5th - Friday, March 9th ------ 7:30a - 5:00p

Saturday, March 10th ------------------------- CLOSED

Cato, Harper, Harris, Levine, and North Campus Libraries

will be CLOSED.

Have a great break!

Black History Month Events Calendar

A Celebration of Black History

“Remembering the Past…Gaining Knowledge and Encouragement for the Future”

Below is the calendar of planned activities for Black History Month:

“Legends and Legacies: Remembering the

Hopes and Dreams of the Civil Rights Movement”

- A Live Panel Discussion

Wednesday, February 7, 10:30am-12:00pm

Pease Auditorium, Central Campus

This panel discussion will feature legendary individuals who were involved in different aspects of desegregation efforts and the civil rights movement in North and South Carolina. Guest panelists include: Mr. Harvey Gantt, former Mayor of Charlotte, Mr. J. Charles Jones, renowned civil rights attorney, Dr. Reginald A. Hawkins, a legendary political and civil rights activist and Ms. Fannie Watermann, a pioneer in the integration of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System. Dr. Robert Smith, Assistant Professor in the Africana Studies Department at UNCC will moderate the discussion.

This event is being co-sponsored by the CPCC Foundation and Student Life.

SANKOFA - A Special Film Presentation

Written and produced by Haile Gerima, Mypheduh Films, Inc.

Wednesday, February 7, noon, Harper Campus

Thursday, February 15 and Tuesday, February 27, 11am-1pm,

Overcash (2nd fl.) -Tate Recital Hall, Central Campus

SANKOFA, is an Akan word that means, “One must return to the past in order to move forward.”Synopsis: Mona, a self-absorbed contemporary African American model is on a shoot at the infamous slave forts in Ghana, West Africa. Lingering spirits in the dungeons used to enslave Africans over a century earlier possess her and she is taken back in time to experience life as a slave. This film can serve as a platform for great discussions and research topics across several disciplines (e.g., sociology, psychology, political science, history, economics, etc).
This event is being co-sponsored by the CPCC Diversity Committee

Art Exhibition

Wednesday, February 21, 11am-2pm

Hagemeyer Learning Resources Center (Library-LR404), Central Campus

T’Afo (Tony) Feimster, a local artist and cultural educator will display select pieces of his original art works in the Library-LR404. Tony is the owner and director of T’Afo Arts, and co-founder of A.D.E.P.T. Artist, Inc., a non-profit organization whose mission is to assist in the development of emerging artists.


Exhibits, Books Displays and other activities in the Library – Central Campus

• African American Innovators – an exhibit featuring inventions by African Americans

• Photo exhibit of the Charlotte and Rock Hill Sit-In Reunion (courtesy of the Levine Museum of the New South)

• Books Displays featuring the history, culture and achievements of African Americans

• Brain Quest Challenge – a series of trivia questions to test your knowledge of African American history. Prizes will be given each week.

New NetLibrary IT E-Book Collection

The CPCC Libraries are pleased to announce that students, faculty, and staff now have access to the latest NetLibrary Information Technology (IT) e-book collection. The 40 titles in this e-book collection are the latest editions of IT books released by such popular and well-regarded publishers as McGraw-Hill, John Wiley & Sons, and Elsevier. Topics covered in this collection include SQL, Java, Ajax, Photoshop, Gaming, and Information Security, among others. The new IT collection was designed by NetLibrary for community college programs.

The CPCC Libraries are pleased to announce that students, faculty, and staff now have access to the latest NetLibrary Information Technology (IT) e-book collection. The here for additional information on NetLibrary.

Need information about hot social topics?

Many of you may be familiar with the print series of Opposing Viewpoint books. Each book in the series contains information on some of today’s most controversial topics like the abortion, the death penalty, and global warming. Now this popular series has been expanded upon and is available online 24/7!

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (OVCR) is more than just an electronic version of the print series! It features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to websites. It can be found in the Find an Article section of the libraries’ website or you can start searching here.