People's Choice Award Winners - Library Style

Congratulations to Columbia College Chicago Library staffers Molly Beestrum (Library Instruction Coordinator) and Amy Wainwright (Access Services Assistant) and Kerri Willette (Emerging Technologies Librarian at University of Wisconsin – Parkside) who won a People’s Choice Award for their presentation, When Social Media Fails to Inspire: Transforming your Library’s Social Media Presence at the 2013 Association for College and Research Libraries Conference in Indianapolis, IN. 

People’s Choice awards were selected by conference attendees onsite using their mobile devices to rate the sessions, and  the group won in the Cyber Zed Shed category which highlights technology-related innovations in academic libraries.

Take a class with Lynda this summer!

 

Looking for something to do this Summer?

Why not brush up on some of your computer skills by taking a class or two with Lynda at Lynda.com?   

Lynda.Com offers over 900 online training courses that cover topics such as photography, business software, web development, graphic design, editing video, sound and much more!  All these videos are available to Columbia College students, staff and faculty free of charge.

Some of the new courses offered at Lynda.com include:

Outlook Web App (OWA) 2010 Essential Training

Learn how to access your Microsoft Exchange account online using Outlook Web App (OWA). In this course, author Gini Courter takes you on a tour of OWA, and shows how to send, receive, and manage your email on the web. Learn the ins and outs of tagging and organizing your email and discover how to create appointments, request meetings, and view multiple calendars. Plus, find out how to add, group, and search for contacts and use the task feature to manage your to-do list effectively.  Duration 3h 27m

InDesign Secrets

In this series, David Blatner and Anne-Marie Concepción, co-hosts of the web's top resource for InDesign tips and tricks, InDesignSecrets.com, share some hidden and sometimes surprising workflow tips that will make working in InDesign more efficient and more fun. The course covers built-in timesaving features such as Quick Apply and auto-expanding text, but also little-known tricks, such as using the eyedropper to copy and paste character and paragraph text attributes and making accurate selections by selecting through or even into objects.  Duration 8h 37m

Enhancing a Travel Photo with Photoshop and Lightroom

Learn how to develop a travel photo into a wonderful memory of your trip in this short start-to-finish project from author Jan Kabili. Jan shows you how to combine the power of Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom to achieve the best possible results from your corrections. The course covers adjusting tone and color, correcting hue/saturation and lightness, precisely targeting adjustments with masks, and removing distracting objects with the Content-Aware toolset in Photoshop.  Duration: 54m 

Use your Columbia Login to view all of the courses available at:  Lynda.com

MANIFEST @ the Library - Friday May 17th

Columbia's annual spring rite of passage, the MANIFEST Urban Arts Festival is finally here!  Eighty departmental showcases of work by over 2,000 students as well as performances, gallery exhibitions, and many activities will be occurring throughout the day around campus.  The Library is a big supporter of Manifest, featuring art exhibits throughout the day including:


Bill Russo Concert Posters: selected concerts from the archives of the legendary founder of the Chicago Jazz Ensemble. 1st Floor
The Jane Alexandroff Exhibition:  a celebration of the first lady of Columbia College. 2nd Floor, West
The  Columbia College Project 2: 1972: tells the story of 540 N. Lake Shore Dr., Columbia’s home in the 1960s and early 70s.  2nd Floor East
Art in the Library:  Presenting the work of Columbia College Chicago students, faculty, staff and alumni.  3rd Floor North
Chicago: A Celebration: featuring photographs by Archie Lieberman and text by Robert Cromie.   
3rd Floor East
Alumni on 5 Exhibition:  looks at Columbia alumni teaching artists and the connection between studio practice and their teaching practice. 5th Floor
The Big Read at Manifest: showcasing artwork dealing with  broad themes addressed in Julia Alvarez’s novel,  In the Time of the Butterflies including violence against women, political activism, equal rights, and the history of the Dominican Republic 1001 S. Wabash.

The Library is also a stop on the Manifest Gallery Walk  tonight, so come by and see lots of wonderful art work from the Columbia community and enjoy refreshments from 5-7pm during your visit.  For more Manifest information, go to: www.colum.edu/manifest.

Congratulations to our graduating Library Student Assistants!

The Columbia College Chicago Library staff wish the very best to our graduating student assistants.  We appreciate them and the work they have done for us in the Library.

Congratulations to the Class of 2013!

Access Services

Ade Adewole - Film & Video

Antonio Hernandez - Film & Video

Caroline Browne – Cultural Studies

Jerrica Martin - Television

Lynette Velazquez – Art & Design

Sean Struble – Film & Video

College Archives

Jay Seawell - MA Photography

Nick Albertson - MA Photography

Library Administration/Access Services

Joy Thornton – Music

Library Marketing, Outreach and Special Initiatives

Samantha Funt – MA Arts & Entertainment Management

Julius Baldridge – Film & Video

Reference & Instruction

Rachel Doe - Film & Video

Technical Services

Ahmad Daniels – Game Design

Ram Catapang – Film & Video

Free Coffee During Finals Week--This Monday thru Thursday Evenings!

Studying late for finals? Need a little pick me up? Stop by the Library for a free cup of coffee during finals week to help get you through!

When and where, you ask?

Monday May 13th - Thursday May 16th, 2013 from 6:00-9:00pm at the Coffee Cart (first floor of the Library), courtesy of your friends at the Library!

Good luck on finals!

Julia Alvarez: Keynote Speaker for The Big Read, Friday May 10, 2013

Photo credit: Bill Eichner

Julia Alvarez, author of In the Time of the Butterflies, and other books such as How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent and Return to Sender joins us via videoconferencing as the keynote speaker for The Big Read.  The program will be held on Friday, May 10, 2013 at Columbia College Chicago's Ferguson Lecture Hall, 600 S. Michigan Ave., 1st Floor from 6:00-7:30pm.  A reception follows the program.
 
Ms. Alvarez is a novelist, prize-winning poet, children's author, essayist and currently a writer in residence at Middlebury College in Vermont. Her latest work, A Wedding in Haiti was published by Algonquin Books in 2012. The program will be moderated by Jesus Macarena-Avila, faculty member in the Humanities, History and Social Sciences Department at Columbia College Chicago.

Also on the program will be Grupo Marivilla, a Chicago area senior citizen Latina/o folk dance group who will be performing dances of the Domincan Republic in native dress. They are based at Centro Maravilla, part of Alivio Medical Center in the Pilsen neighborhood.  Members of the dance troupe are between the ages of 65-93.

The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.  This program is also made in part by a grant from the Illinois Humanities Council, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Illinois General Assembly.

The Big Read Screening TONIGHT: Tropico de Sangre

The Big Read Screenings conclude with Tropico de Sangre, starring Michelle Rodriguez in the role of Minerva Mirabal.  The film, directed by Juan Delancer, focuses on Minerva Mirabal and tells the true story of how she and her sisters came to represent the greatest threat to dictator Rafael Trujillo and his regime.

She, along with her sisters, Patria and Maria Teresa would eventually be murdered by Trujillo on November 25, 1960 for their underground work toward overthrowing his dictatorship.





The film came under fire in 2008 by Carlos Leiter, president of the Minerva Mirabal  Foundation for using Rodriguez due to her past legal troubles and illegal use of the Mirabal name.  Find out what happened here.

Trópico de Sangre
Wednesday, May 8 from 6:30-8:30pm 
Columbia College Chicago Film Row Cinema
1104 S. Wabash, 8th Floor, Chicago IL

Finals Fridays - Open until 8pm

Library hours expand on the last three Fridays of the semester!

The Columbia College Chicago Library will be open later on the last three Fridays of the spring 2013 semester.

Hours will be expanded to 8pm for the following dates:

• Friday, May 3rd

• Friday, May 10th

• Friday, May 17th

CALL FOR ENTRIES: THE BIG READ @ MANIFEST ART EXHIBIT

As part of The Big Read and Manifest, the Columbia College Chicago Library is looking for visual artwork of all media that deals with the broad themes in Julia Alvarez’s novel,  In the Time of the Butterflies.

We are looking for original art which encompasses themes including:

• Violence against women
• Political activism
• Women’s rights/Equal rights
• The history and politics of the Dominican Republic

Accepted works (or reproductions) will be reproduced from emailed jpg files as ephemeral prints for distribution at Manifest, the college’s annual arts and media festival.  These prints will include the artist’s name, website, and email (if they wish to release this information). 
NO ORIGINAL WORKS WILL BE ACCEPTED

There is no fee to submit. Submissions should be:

•  3000 pixels on the long side (ie 10” @ 300 ppi)
•  Level 12 jpg files
• Naming: files should be named FIRSTNAME_LASTNAME#.jpg (ie robertson_cole1.jpg)
• The body of the email should include title, date, medium, size, artist's website, email, and contact info for the back of the print

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 3 PM, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
PLEASE INCLUDE “ARTWORK SUBMISSION” IN SUBJECT LINE

Email Cole Robertson to submit, or for additional information: crobertson@colum.edu

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The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. This program is also made possible in part by a grant from the Illinois Humanities Council, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Illinois General Assembly.

The Big Read Film Screenings

As part of The Big Read, Columbia College Chicago will be sponsoring several film screenings related to the In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez.  In the Time of the Butterflies transports us to the Dominican Republic in the mid-twentieth century when the country struggled under the brutal dictatorship of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo. A work of historical fiction, the novel honors the lives of Patria, Minerva, and María Teresa Mirabal, who became icons of freedom and women's rights when they were assassinated in the autumn of 1960 for their role in the underground movement against Trujillo's regime.

There will be several screenings of the "In the Time of the Butterflies," the feature motion picture, starring Salma Hayek, Lumi Cavazos, Marc Anthony and Edward James Olmos.

In the Time of the Butterflies
Upcoming Screenings

Wednesday, April 24, from 6:30-8:30pm 
Columbia College Chicago Film Row Cinema
1104 S. Wabash Ave, 8th Floor
Chicago IL

Wednesday, May 1, from 3:00-4:30pm 
Harold Washington College Library
30 E. Lake St., Rm 102
Chicago IL

Wednesday, May 8 from 7:00-8:30pm 
Cicero Public Library
5225 W. Cermak Rd.
Cicero IL

Code Name: Butterflies - Nombre secreto: Mariposas
The first documentary to tell the powerful story of the Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic.  Directed by Cecilia Domeyko.

Code Name: Butterflies 
Wednesday, May 1 from 6:00-8:00pm 
NOTE LOCATION CHANGE:
624 S. Michigan Ave., Collins Hall, 6th floor
Chicago IL 

Trópico de Sangre
In 1960, The Dominican Republic's historic heroine, Minerva Mirabal and her sisters were assassinated by dictator Rafael L. Trujillo for daring to oppose the dictatorship.  Their death gave life to revolution.  The film focuses on Minerva Mirabal and tells the true story of how she and her sisters came to represent the greatest threat to dictator Rafael Trujillo and his regime. The Mirabal sisters were involved in an underground movement against the government, and were assassinated in 1960 by men under the instruction of the Trujillo regime.  Starring Michelle Rodriguez.

Trópico de Sangre
Wednesday, May 8 from 6:30-8:30pm 
Columbia College Chicago Film Row Cinema
1104 S. Wabash, 8th Floor
Chicago IL

  

For more information about The Big Read at Columbia College Chicago, please visit the Columbia College Chicago Library Big Read website.   All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.

Celebrate National Library Week 2013

This week is National Library Week, an annual celebration of libraries and library staff across the nation.  First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. It is a time to support, promote and recognize the contributions and impact that libraries have on the communities they serve.  Libraries provide key resources as budgets are reduced, speaking out forcefully against book-banning attempts and advocating for free access to digital content in libraries.

The theme for this year's National Library Week is "Communities Matter @ Your Library" reflecting the wide variety of users libraries serve each day. The 2013 National Library Week Honorary Chair is best-selling author Caroline Kennedy. Well known for her public service and charitable work, Kennedy is also an advocate for reading, literacy and libraries. 



For more information on National Library Week, check out the American Library Association's At Your Library page here.

P.S.  Tuesday, April 16th is National Library Workers Day.  Show the staff at your favorite library some love by letting them know how they have made a difference for you.

Source: "ALA Press Release", American Library Association, April 16, 2013.

http://www.ala.org/news/pr?id=12840 (Accessed April 16, 2013)
Document ID: 05cfb8ed-667c-c924-5d8c-8fda9a020650

Book Discussion/ In the Time of the Butterflies FREE at the Library!

Join Sonja Smally, staff member of Follett's Bookstore, as she leads a spirited book discussion about In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez at the Columbia College Chicago Library, on Thursday April 18th from 2-3:30pm in Room 305 (3rd floor North).

 

 

Whether you have read the book, are reading it or are planning to for the first time, join us for conversation about an important work in literature whose themes of political oppression, violence against women and the courage to fight against a brutal system have both historical and contemporary relevance.  In celebration of The Big Read and National Library Week, free copies of In the Time of the Butterflies will be available in both English and Spanish at the Library beginning Monday,  April 15th while supplies last!

  
The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. This program is also made possible in part by a grant from the Illinois Humanities Council, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Illinois General Assembly.

Library Named #57 Most Social Media Friendly College Libraries

The Columbia College Chicago Library has been selected as one of the "Top 100 Most Social Media Friendly College & University Libraries" for 2013 by the Editor of LibraryScienceList.com.

LibraryScienceList.com is a new social community for librarians around the world whose focus is to "showcase creative editorial around the field of librarianship".  As part of the evaluation process, their staff searched the most popular social media platforms to identify academic libraries engaging in social media.  Nearly 450 college and university libraries around the country were reviewed on how they were "actively using their accounts to promote library events, notify students of new materials, or interact with patrons in other ways".  Out of the 100 academic libraries making the final list, Columbia College Chicago's Library was ranked at #57. Find out who else made the list here!

14th Annual Edible Books & Tea

In conjunction with The Big Read at Columbia College Chicago, the 14th Annual Edible Books and Tea will be held on Tuesday, April 16th, 2013 from 6-8pm in the Columbia College Chicago Library, 624 S. Michigan Ave., 3rd Fl, North.

This year, entries can be inspired by Julia Alvarez's novel, In the Time of the Butterflies as this year's themes are "Influences of the Caribbean" and "Protest, Sacrifice and Hope" or any literary-oriented theme of your choice.

We invite you to create a book-like sculpture from edible materials reflecting these themes and bring it to the Columbia College Chicago Library where it will be consumed by book-loving gourmets! Prize categories include: Best in Show, Most Book-Like, Best Visual Pun, Best Presentation and Most Likely to be Devoured.

Need some inspiration?  Check out past entries here.

For general information and a registration form visit: colum.edu/bookandpaper


$10 General Admission | $5 Columbia College Students
| $5 Members of the Friends of the Library or CBPA

FREE for entrants!

The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.