Spring 2017 newsletter
- 1. This past September, the STCC Library learned that it was one of sixteen recipients of an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Sparks! Ignition Grant for Libraries. Back in June 2016, the Library and STCC’s Grants Of- fice drafted a proposal for a Chromebook and Wifi Hotspot Loan program, the idea for which grew out of student need for computers and internet connec- tivity outside of campus in order to complete college assignments. The money received from the IMLS grant has been used to purchase 20 Chromebooks and 20 wifi hotspots. The equipment will be available for loan to stu- dents beginning Spring semester 2017. Students may borrow a Chromebook and wifi hotspot or just a Chromebook or wifi hotspot. Students must have a valid RamCard and will be asked to sign a user agreement. The loan period for the equipment will be 14 days. For more infor- mation about borrowing Chromebooks and wifi hotspots, stop by the library and speak with a library staff member. To read the full Sparks! Ignition Grant proposal, “STCC To Go” see https://www.imls.gov/grants/ awarded/sp-02-16-0004-16 The following has been adapted from The Sheridan Libraries of The Johns Hopkins University (Originally published in Johns Hopkins Magazine, February 2003.) TIME: It’s yours and it’s limited; don’t waste it slogging through 10,327 search results when a librarian can often very quickly guide you to the best information resources for your needs. MONEY: You’re paying lots of it to be in school; librarians spend lots of it on high-quality electronic and print re- sources not available for free on the Web. We love it when you use them! Get your money’s worth: Check out our collections in person or at our website at www.stcc.edu/library DISGRACE: Fact: Not everything is available on the Web. Often this has to do with money and/or copyright. While you’re at STCC you’ll need to find scholarly information from reputable sources in your field of study. STCC Librari- ans are subject specialists and can help you learn to navigate the literature of your field. You’ll avoid the embar- rassment of turning in a paper in which you’ve cited inappropriate sources. SANITY: Information in libraries is organized; information on the Internet is not. Search engines can throw you into page forty-six of some document whose beginning, end, or origin is a mystery. Don’t get us wrong, we love the Web. But it’s important to understand the differences between information that is freely available on the Web—lots of great stuff, lots of junk, depending on your purposes– and information that libraries license that may be delivered via the web but that isn’t found by any search engine. We can help you determine the best places to look based on the type of information you need. We’re happy to show you around the STCC Library—both online and in person—and help you learn to find what you need efficiently. Visit our website, stop by and say hello—we want to meet you! STCC Library Receives Grant to Fund “STCC To Go”, a Chromebook & Wifi Hotspot Loan Program By Anna Bognolo I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E : OER Grants 2 Research Guides 2 New Library Staff 3 Building 19 3 Spring 2017 Tech Talk Schedule 3 Library Hours & Contact Information 4 Why use the Library instead of Google? S P R I N G F I E L D T E C H N I C A L C O M M U N I T Y C O L L E G E L I B R A R Y STCC Library NewsS P R I N G 2 0 1 7V O L U M E 4 , I S S U E 2 S P E C I A L P O I N T S O F I N T E R E S T : Chromebooks & Wifi Hotspots for loan in the library! OER making headway on STCC campus! New faces in the Library Library Re- search Guides Getting ready for Building 19
- 2. P A G E 2 Useful Information in Library Research Guides STCC Faculty Receive Grant for Open Educational Resources By Chelsea Delnero Six STCC faculty have been awarded Go Open Grants to replace their current course materials with open educational resources. Professor Shannon Trueman has been awarded the grant for BIO 141; Professor Ann Simao for MTH 100; Profes- sor Linda Belton for OIT 220; and Professors Eileen Cusick, Renee Tetrault, and Katarzyna Toskin for OIT 110. The conver- sion of these courses will save students over $72,000 in text- book costs. Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching or learning resources that have been licensed in a way that makes them free to use, share, and adapt by anyone. OER can be textbooks, worksheets, vide- os, presentations, or even en- tire courses. OER may be free but they are just as effective as higher-cost learning materials. Courses that offer OER in place of traditional textbooks save students hundreds of dollars in textbook costs. The adoption and development of OER re- quires a lot of time and prepa- ration. The Go Open Grant will offer support to faculty as they complete their course conversion. The grant is funded by the Massachusetts Commu- nity Colleges Guided Pathways to STEM (GPSTEM) program via the U.S. Department of Labor. If you have questions or would like to learn more about the Go Open Grant or the OER initiative at STCC, contact the Chelsea Delnero in the library (cadelnero@stcc.edu). Community Resources includes state, local and campus resources to help individuals, families, veterans, seniors and ex-offenders in need of hous- ing, food, medical, legal or mental health assistance. Fake News with tips on how to spot fake news and verify misleading or false information on the web. Includes infor- mation on what makes a news story fake, how to choose your news and how to fact check like a pro. STCC Library Information Literacy Assignment Tips is designed for faculty and in- cludes a 2017 booklet on pre- venting plagiarism along with resources on information liter- acy and library services for faculty. plify your research. We have over 100 guides that cover a wide variety of subjects in all disciplines from humanities and science to current events, as well as course specific guides. There are also How-To guides to help you with the research and writing process, citing your sources and more. Check out our Special Interest guides for further information on library and campus events and special topics such as HiSET/GED Resources and Open Educa- tional Resources. Look under Research Guides on our webpage to view the guides in each category or select a guide from our A to Z list. Faculty can contact a reference librari- an to have a specialized guide created for a class or an assign- ment. Below are some of the newest guides that STCC Librarians created during the semester break: By Dot Moore The Library has created Library Research Guides to make it much easier for you to com- plete your research assign- ments. Research Guides bring together the best information resources from our library collection, online databases and the web to streamline and sim- S T C C L I B R A R Y N E W S Follow Us On
- 3. New faces and changes in the STCC Library! P A G E 3V O L U M E 4 , I S S U E 2 By Ruth Alcabes In our Fall 2016 newsletter, we highlighted a number of staff com- ings and goings. Since then, we’ve had a few new faces join us in addition to a full-time hire! Read on to learn more about the STCC Library staff! Dot Moore joined the STCC Li- brary in mid- September 2016, as a part- time Reference and Instruction Librarian work- ing primarily evenings and Satur- days. Dot was previously em- ployed as an Adult Reference and Outreach Librarian at the Wilbra- ham Public Library. She has a BA in English/Business and an MLS from Florida State University and has worked in academic, corporate and school libraries over the course of her ca- reer. She is glad to be back in an academic environment. Marko Packard is our new Li- brary intern. Marko is com- pleting his MLS degree from the Simmons College School of Library and Information Science, focus- ing on providing reference ser- vices to the public. While from Ohio originally, Marko has lived in New England for much of the last 25 years, and has worked before in public li- braries and academic library preservation departments. Finally, We are pleased to welcome Chelsea Delnero to her new posi- tion as Refer- ence, Electron- ic Resources & Open Electron- ic Resources Librarian. Chelsea has worked at STCC as a part-time Refer- ence and Instruction Librarian since 2014, and she also has experience at both Holyoke What’s the big deal about Fake News?! March 6, 2017, 12:15-1:15 Library Computer Lab Using Gmail and Google Drive February 15, 2017, 12:15-1:15 Library Computer Lab space. And because we want to keep as many study spaces as possi- ble for students, we’re going to take fewer books with us instead. One thing to remember: just be- cause we have fewer books in our library doesn’t mean you can’t get whatever book you need. We be- long to C/WMARS, a group of more than 140 libraries in central and western Massachusetts. As an STCC student, you have access to those collections, which include both printed books as well as e- books (that can be downloaded onto most devices), through our shared catalog. You can search what is avail- able in C/W MARS on the library’s web site (http://www.stcc.edu/ library) or ask a library staff member to help you if you can’t find what you are looking for– we’re ALWAYS happy to help! By Eric Warren You may have noticed some chang- es on the 2nd floor of the library. There are fewer books and more empty shelves, for example. These changes are directly related to our upcoming move to Building 19, where we’ll share space with many other campus offices. Because so many different services will be of- fered in Building 19 (Tutoring, Ad- vising, the IT Help Desk, etc), we’re going to have a little bit less Tech Talks Spring 2017 Saving your Family History! May 3, 2017, 12:15-1:15 Library Computer Lab Community College and St. Francis Hospital Library in Hartford. She is a graduate of the Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Infor- mation Science, and is a mem- ber of the Academy of Health Information Professionals. Chelsea will continue to help students at the reference desk and in library instruction ses- sions, and she will also manage the library's electronic re- sources such as our article da- tabases. Looking ahead to Building 19… Citations: Ins and outs April 5, 2017, 12:15-1:15 Library Computer Lab
- 4. Library Intern: Marko Packard mpackard@stcc.edu 413-755-4549 Circulation Services: Kim Noel Access Services Manager knoel@stcc.edu 413-755-4564 Mayre Sullivan (Part-time) Circulation Assistant mfsullivan@stcc.edu 413-755-4532 MaryBeth Lizek (Part-time) Evening Circulation Assistant mclizek@stcc.edu 413-755-4845 Technical Services: Dorothy Austin Technical Services Assistant daustin@stcc.edu 413-755-4536 LIBRARY STAFF Interim Dean: Eric Warren ewarren@stcc.edu 413-755-4555 Librarians: Ruth Alcabes Collection Development/Reference Librarian raalcabes@stcc.edu 413-755-4550 Anna Bognolo Outreach/Technical Services/Reference Librarian agbognolo@stcc.edu 413-755-4565 Erica Eynouf Information Literacy /Reference Librarian eweynouf@stcc.edu 413-755-4064 Chelsea Delnero Electronic Resources/OER/Reference Librarian cadelnero@stcc.edu 413-755-5634 Dorothy Moore Reference Librarian (Part-time) dwmoore@stcc.edu 413-755-4549 Dan Jarvis Technical Services Assistant (Part-time) dpjarvis@stcc.edu 413-755-4531 Library Assistant: Scott Letendre 2nd Floor Monitor sletendre@stcc.edu 413-755-4521 1 Armory Square Building 27 Springfield, MA 01102 413-755-4549 (Reference) 413-755-4845 (Circulation) Springfield Technical Community College Library Exceptional Connections, Content and Community. http://www.stcc.edu/library/ Monday 7:45 a.m.—7:30 p.m. Tuesday 7:45 a.m.—7:30 p.m. Wednesday 7:45 a.m.—7:30 p.m. Thursday 7:45 a.m.—7:30 p.m. Friday 7:45 a.m.— 7:30 p.m. Saturday 8:30 a.m.—2:00 p.m. Sunday CLOSED Spring Semester 2017: Library Hours