& News from GCC’s SPRING 2016 EXPLORE, INQUIRE, DISCOVER, AND LEARN Volume 9 . Issue 2 Much Cheer in 2016 and Upcoming Changes Welcome New Librarian Welcome back for the Spring Semester. We are starting this new year with a lot of We are very happy to excitement as Spring 2016 marks the welcome aboard our beginning of full collaboration of the new Digital Services/ Libraries of the Connecticut State Colleges System Librarian, and Universities, Charter Oak State College Conor Perreault. (CSCU), and the Connecticut State Library previously purchased separately will now in the implementation of a new generation be part of this new system. It will move Conor comes of Integrated Library Management System us to a fully integrated platform as well to Gateway with three (ILMS). Working under the CSCU Library as manage our extensive collections more years as a systems Directors which includes the State Librarian, efficiently, including more streamlined librarian at Goodwin the group evaluated a number of new and back-office operations. The Alma/Primo College. He holds a Master’s Degree in generation library systems and selected implementation services will cover project Library and Information Science from Ex Libris Alma for resource management management, “train-the trainer” training, Southern Connecticut State University and Ex Libris Primo for resource discovery configuration of functional areas within and Bachelor of and delivery. Alma and Primo, third party integrations, Science in Music. He also has previous What will Alma/Primo do for us? data migration and data harvesting includ- relevant library work experiences at Yale ing data modification and clean-up. University’s Mudd Library and Sterling With Alma and Primo, we will be able to Memorial Library. He will participate in improve our processes and provide our We want to make sure that the members a variety of library activities that include users with a seamless, unified search of the college community are aware of this the implementation of the new library experience regardless of their campus/ major move and the implementation system. library affiliation. The new system will take process that will take place throughout this us well beyond the capabilities of the tradi- year. The kick-off date is March 22, 2016, We are thrilled to welcome Conor to GCC tional library systems we have known for and go-live date will be in January 2017. Library and Learning Commons and to over 15 years. The new technology This will mean a lot of work and activities the GCC community! You can reach him operates in a cloud computing environ- behind the scenes by the librarians. More for research appointments at ment, with the various pieces needed to information of the system migration will be [email protected] or in Room manage 21st century library operations and shared as the project unfolds. L101. rapidly growing digital resources. Services —Dr. Clara Ogbaa, Director of Library Services Attention Faculty! Library Course Guides Now in Blackboard New Spring Library Hours Custom library guides, LibGuides designed for courses, are Monday—Thursday: 8am-9pm now embedded into Blackboard this semester, providing Friday: 8am-6pm specific library resources for students doing research as well as Saturday: 8am-1pm offering a great way to reach students at their point of need. Sunday: Closed Linking to library resources such as databases, and subject research guides within Blackboard, encourages students to use the high quality information resources offered by the library! Please contact a librarian if you have any questions about creating a guide for your class. Services We Provide Congratulations to our Reference Assistance - Librarians are available to help with your information needs and library services/resources Contest Winner! in person, by phone, text, email, or chat. Research Consultations – In-depth research assistance is The results are in for the Library Dog Naming Contest from available by appointment or on a walk-in basis for individu- students, faculty and staff. The name of STACKS had the highest als or small groups. number of votes and it is now the library dog's name. Faculty Requested Classes - Librarians are available to teach Information Literacy classes in all subject areas in Tracy Staroba submitted the name and is the contest winner. Clara Ogbaa, Library Director, and Martha Lipowski, Librarian, the library’s electronic classroom, ensuring that all stu- dents are equipped with the proper tools and skills to ac- presented a $25 amazon gift card to Tracy. cess scholarly information effectively and efficiently. Reserves – Faculty may put items/books on reserve for some courses. These are located behind the Service Desk and can only be used in the library, unless indicated other- wise. The library does not normally purchase copies of cur- rent textbooks for the collection. Interlibrary Loan – Request a book or article that Gateway doesn’t own from another library (there is no charge for this service but some restrictions apply). Assistive Technology Room– Located on the 2nd floor, includes hardware and software for students registered with the SAS Office located in Room S202. Also includes audiovisual equipment for viewing DVDs/VHS or listening to audiotapes. Staff News Study Rooms – Group study rooms are located on the 2nd floor and single study rooms are located on the 1st floor. Group study rooms can be reserved 2 weeks in advance online through the library’s home page or at the Service Congratulations to Desk. Librarian Shauna C-Pods - Collaboration pods for academic group work DeStefano are located in the Library Learning Commons and several study rooms for student and faculty use. on her new bundle of joy. Computers - All library computers include Internet access Carmine was born on and word processing software (MS Office) and can be ac- 9/29/15 at 8:36am, cessed with your NetID and password—the same one you use to access myCommNet. 6 pounds, 13 ounces, 20 inches. Printing - Free printing however your college account has a limit of 500 pages per semester. And 25 pages at a time. Wishing the proud Wireless - The college provides wireless Internet access in parents and their new the library but no wireless printing. Log onto the ConnSCU angel all the best! Internet network then enter your NetID and password to access. Scanner- Located on the 2nd floor, scan images onto your flashdrive or email to yourself. Copyright laws apply. Copy machine – Available on the 2nd floor of the library at a cost of 10 cents per page. Copyright laws apply. You asked We listened Individual Quiet Study Rooms Now Available on the Library First Floor L100C & L100D New Magazines for Leisure Reading Black History Month-Faculty Book Club Spring Semester Please join us February 25th 2-3pm in the Library Multipurpose Room S217 for a Faculty Book discussion Book Club about The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skoot. Henrietta Lacks was a resident of Dundalk, Baltimore County, Maryland, which at the time was one of the earliest and largest communities of African Ameri- cans. In 1951, she developed cervical cancer and was treated at Johns Hopkins-the only hospital treating African Americans in the community. Samples of Lacks’ cancerous cervix were removed, without her knowledge, and since 1951 (year of her death) have been bought and sold for billions of dollars for biomedical research. These cancerous cells, known as HeLa cells, have been used for research though-out the world, yet Lacks’ family remains poor. This is her story, which addresses critical and pivotal issues about ethics, race, and medicine. Copies are available in the library. Facilitated by Dr. Clara Ogbaa, Director of Gateway Community College Library and Renee Gaines, Professor of Humanities. Savage Inequalities in Book Review: Cross Game American Schools by Jonathan Kozol By Patrick Barret, GCC Student Come and share your views about Mitsuru Adachi's Cross Game (8 vol.) is the greatest sports Kozol’s haunting observations about manga I’ve read. Yet it focuses not on baseball, but on people. In fact, it has as much to do with baseball as Casa- American Schools. Join a lively book blanca has to do with WWII. discussion on Amateur baseball player Ko Kitamura has a puppy-love Date: Wednesday, March 16, 2-3 p relationship with Wakaba Tsukishima, whose family Location: Library Multipurpose Room operates a nearby batting cage. As the story begins, Ko’s S217. team plays against a rival team featuring Wakaba’s young- er sister Aoba, who resents Ko for the time he spends with Light refreshments will be served! Wakaba. Ko’s loss of the game only heightens their dislike. Copies of the book are available in Early on a major emotional twist occurs, best discovered the Library. by the reader. It drastically changes the story’s direction, our expectations of what will come, and leaves several characters emotionally shattered. Contact Us What raises Cross Game above many sports manga is the characters’ slow, realistic development. It may seem that we are kept distant from them, but we understand them South Building, 2nd Floor more as the story progresses. The characters drive the story, not the other way around. Room L200 Adachi’s artwork and narrative style are untypical of most manga, since Cross Game Phone: 203-285-2057 lacks a regular narrator, as well as access to the characters’ thoughts. Reactions aren’t Text: 203-212-8329 over the top, but quiet and reserved. Similarly, the artwork can’t be pigeon-holed into [email protected] Shonen or Shoujo styles, but contains aspects of both. It has a soft, no-frills feel. Cross Game has one of the best endings I’ve ever encountered. Some may find it unsatisfy- ing, however it is true to the characters, and makes sense in the cohesive whole of the work. This is a work that proves manga is an art form.