Extended Fall and Spring Library hours on Fridays and Sundays beginning Friday, September 13, 2013

You asked for extended hours, and you got them!  Beginning Friday, September 13th, Library hours are extended on Fridays and Sundays!  

The new schedule for the Fall and Spring Semesters will be:

Monday - Thursday:       8:00am -10:00pm

Friday:                         8:00am - 8:00pm
Saturday:                      9:00am - 5:00pm
Sunday:                       Noon - 7:00pm 

We appreciate your comments and suggestions about the Library and do our best to make them happen.  Keep them coming!

Welcome to our new and returning students and faculty!

Columbia College Chicago Library, 624 S. Michigan Ave.

Welcome to our new students and faculty, and welcome back to our returning students and faculty!  It has been quiet around campus without you here, but that is already beginning to change.  Friday marked the official kickoff of the school year with Convocation, and today is the first day of classes!   

Library staff are ready to help, so stop by and see us in person.  We are located at 624 S. Michigan Ave., next to Follett's Bookstore. Or,  learn about what we have to offer through our web page including information about our collections, policies, services, events and more. Check us out at www.lib.colum.edu

The Library at Convocation

The Library was among many organizations welcoming new and returning students to the Columbia College Chicago campus.  Here are a few photos taken during Friday's Convocation.  For more, see our Library Facebook Page.  Who knows, your photo may be posted!  If so, be sure to tag yourself and "like" our page!

 

 

 

Does the Library have my textbook?

This is a great question and it can be easily answered!

The tool you’ll need to fuel your search is the title of the book.

For extra insurance, it’s really good if you also have the name of the author of the book. (It’s amazing how many books have the same title!)

Start your search at the Library Home Page, and follow these steps:

1. Key the title of the book into the search box. 
2. Before hitting enter, click on the word “keyword” [to the right of the search box] and change it to “title”. 
3. Also, click the link below the search box that says “Just books”.
4. Now press enter and… voila!

Be sure to write down the location and the call number. 

If the textbook costs more than $40 in the bookstore then we will always have a copy available on course reserve. These items can only be used in the library. Present your Columbia ID along with the title and call number of the book at the 1st floor desk. 

Don’t know the name of the book?
You can find it on your course syllabus or your schedule in OASIS.

Classroom Upgrades Coming Soon!

The library classroom is receiving a fancy upgrade.  Most of the changes will be in place by early September so keep an eye out for more posts on the progress.

First, the obligatory BEFORE pictures.  In case you haven't visited recently, here's what it looked like until last week:

The view from the back of the room

The view from the front of the room. 

The first order of business is to remove the power poles, paint and re-carpet the room.

Power poles. Yuck!

This week the laptops were removed...

No more laptops

And the furniture was re-located.

So much space!

Now, the power poles get removed...

And then new carpet and paint!

This is a work in progress - but there's no turning back now!

I don't think we'll miss all those cords!

We'll be posting updates along the way - so keep checking back!

The Library at New Student Orientation 2013

The Columbia College Chicago Library is a proud participant in New Student Orientation sessions this summer!  Hundreds of new students and their guests have stopped by to chat with Library staff and take some neat freebies with them! We look forward to seeing our new students this fall and helping them through the semesters to come.

Here are just a few of the orientation attendees we met during New Student Orientation 2013:

 

 

 

New Ask A Librarian

If you click the Ask A Librarian button 

you'll now go to a new resource.  

It's super easy - all you have to do is start typing your question in the search box...

...and if we've already answered it, a link will appear as you type.  

If we haven't answered your question before...

...not to worry, you can enter your question in the form provided.   

And someone will get back you ASAP.  

Easy as can be! 

New Way to Renew Books and Check Fines...

New Way to Renew Books and Check Fines... 

The MyAccount button takes you to a new login page: 

The first time you use this you will be required to create an account. 

CREATE A NEW ACCOUNT

1. Start here (or once in I-Share, go to LOGIN & Create New Account):
   
   
2. Create a new username & password -- anything you want! (We recommend using your email Columbia username and password)
   
   
3. Enter your Borrower ID*:
   
   
   
   *Borrower ID is the 14-digit number on the back of your Columbia ID.

Bike to Work Week, June 8-14, 2013

In honor of Bike To Work Week we've put together some resources on cycling:

Photo courtesy of U.S. National Archives on Flickr Commons

Biking Around Chicago:

• City of Chicago Bike Maps
• Chicago Online Bike Map & Trip Planner
• Protected & Buffered Bike Lanes - Active Transportation Alliance and CDOT
• Maps and Route Tools - Chainlink: A Chicago Bicycling Online Community

Photo courtesy of State Library Queensland on Flickr Commons

Bike to Work Week

• Bike Commuter Challenge
• City of Chicago Bike Week Events & Partnerships
• Bike to Work & Bikes on Transit - Active Transportation Alliance
• Bike to Work Week Events - Higher Gear Chicago

Photo courtesy of  Nationaal Archief on Flickr Commons

A round-up of Library resources on bicycling from our collection on Pinterest:

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.