LIBRARY NEWSLETTER TAKOMA PARK/SILVER SPRING CAMPUS Volume 16, Issue 1 Fall 2014
Library Renovation!
During the summer, the Library was part of the renovation for the new ventilation system in the Resource Center and a brand new carpet was installed on the lower level of the library. During the renovation we kept our hours and our ability to serve the students! We will have an open house October 21st from 8:30-11:30. We hope you can stop in to see the new look and learn more about our Collaborative Workstation. There will be Coffee & Pastries!
Collaborative Workstation Now Available in Library!
The three libraries now each have a collaborative workstation to assist students in group study. The collaborative workstation allows students to view online material from their laptops on a big screen as a group. To view the video created by the Faculty Service librarians showing how to use the collaborative workstation, go to Faculty Services on the Library Web page and click the link Professional Development. Also included is the transcript of the video and a handout. The direct link is: http://libguides.montgomerycollege.edu/newsevents
New Librarian Joins TP/SS Library
Vickie Drake joined the staff at Montgomery College in May 2014 as a reference librarian at the Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus library. Vickie is returning to the College from Arlington Public Library where she was the Manager of the Columbia Pike Branch Library. Vickie was a part-time reference librarian at the Rockville Campus library prior to that, where she worked with social media and library displays.
Before moving to the District of Columbia metropolitan area in 2009, Vickie spent almost a decade working for the University of Texas at Austin’s Libraries. She was the Branch Manager of the Walter Geology Library from 2003 to 2008 and the Evening and Sunday Supervisor of the McKinney Engineering Library from 1999-2003. Vickie also has experience working with Strayer University and the University of Texas at Dallas. Vickie earned her MLIS from the University of North Texas in Denton, with a specialty in Management of Libraries. She earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in history and anthropology from Texas State University-San Marcos. When she is not immersed in library work, she likes to spend her time collecting and selling vintage items and antiques, fossil and rock hunting, archaeology, working on home and garden renovations, and traveling.
MC Libraries’ Online Tutorials & Quizzes
Almost 3,000 MC Library tutorial quizzes were submitted by Takoma Park students this past academic year! The majority of those were from the Academic Integrity & Avoiding Plagiarism tutorial, but students also completed many of our other tutorials.
If you would like your students to receive a basic introduction to research skills and using the MC Libraries’ resources, please encourage them to complete an online tutorial. The full list of our online tutorials includes an introduction to the research process (Begin Your Research) and a tutorial on evaluating information. Most tutorials end with a quiz, which students can email to you for credit or just to confirm completion.
All of the MC Libraries’ online tutorials are aligned with the competencies in the College’s Information Literacy rubric, developed by the General Education and Outcomes Assessment committees.
For more information please contact Jenny Hatleberg at [email protected] Kathy Swanson Faculty Services Librarian TP/SS Library 240-567-1537 [email protected]