Your requests are needed!

What do you want to watch? Listen to? Read? We want to know!

We will be purchasing new DVDs, CDs, & paperback books for our recreational collections, and we want to know what suggestions you have. We will do our best to purchase all recommendations if they are available and appropriate for the collections. Feel free to leave your suggestion(s) as a comment to this post or in person at the library front desk.

Many thanks to the Brandon campus Student Government Association for funding our recreational collections.

Do you have your HCC ID Card?

Your HCC ID card is also your Library Card

Step 1: Get your HCC ID at BSSB 210 (Career Center). Hours: M 4-7, T 12:30-4, W 10-1, TH 8-11.

Step 2: Bring your HCC ID card to the Library to be activated.

Step 3: Check out library materials (books, DVDs, CDs, etc.) and access Online resources (online article databases, ebooks, and more).

(Note: Don't forget to show your HCC ID for a discount at the movies and other places that accept student IDs.)

Eight New LINCCWeb databases to be activated January 1, 2008

The new statewide eResources, acquired with funds approved by the Florida Legislature, will be activated in LINCCWeb on January 1, 2008, are listed below. They are available to students at all Florida community colleges.

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
ARTstor (ARTstor)
Business Source Complete (EBSCO)
Education Research Complete (EBSCO)
Literary Reference Center (EBSCO)
MEDLINE with full text (EBSCO)
Nursing and Allied Health Database (ProQuest)
Science Resource Center (Gale)

With the addition of these new databases, the core set of statewide LINCCWeb eResources will total 91. A list of statewide LINCCWeb eResources is available at http://www.cclaflorida.org/docs/linccweb_eresources.asp

To access the library databases, go to www.hccfl.edu/library/blrc. Click on online article databases. Log-on with your library activated HCC ID card and your PIN. For help accessing online resources view the Accessing Online Resources Tutorial.

Native American Heritage Month

Shoshone Warrior
Courtesy of LegendsofAmerica.com

First enacted in 1990 Native American Heritage Month was instituted to recognize the native peoples of America and their participation in the nation’s history. America's first peoples have endured for centuries and remain a vital cultural, political, social, and moral presence in the nation. Native Americans have brought values and ideas to society that now, more than ever, have become part of America’s consciousness. Most importantly in this era of environmental and global concerns, the idea that humans can thrive without destroying the natural environment and the understanding that people from very different backgrounds, cultures, religions, and traditions can come together to build a great country.

This month, HCC’s BLRC draws attention to the literary, artistic, political and religious experience of Native Americans with a selection of reading from our permanent collection of fiction, non-fiction and reference materials. For more about Native American Culture please enjoy the links below:

http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/History_and_Culture/AmericanIndian_History.htm
http://www.library.okstate.edu/Govdocs/browsetopics/nativeam.html
http://www.nativeamericanlinks.com/
http://www.nativeculturelinks.com/indians.html
http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/natam.html
http://www.bluecloud.org/dakota.html
http://users.ap.net/~chenae/natlink.html

El Dorado

Come by the library to see the display of Pre-Columbian Artifacts prepared by Elisa Molano-Cook for Hispanic Heritage Month at the Brandon Campus.

NEW BOOKS!

Here's a sampling of the new books available to check out from Brandon Library. Note: click on a book image for call number information, a summary and book review(s).

Give us a piece of your mind!

Click on the image to take a quick survey of our Online resources through http://www.linccweb.org/, It will only take a few moments of your time. Your feedback is essential for us to provide the best resources to support your research needs. You can access the survey through Nov. 16th. It is also linked from the Library website. Thanks for your input!

Tour the library from the comfort of your own couch

We've created a Video Tour of the library for the benefit of users who haven't had the benefit of a library orientation and/or students taking classes online that may not come to campus regularly. This video, posted on the right column, will introduce you to the library and our resources and services.

We plan on creating more of these informative videos and other media turoials in the future. The videos and tutorials are permanently posted on the library Media Resources page. The Brandon library videos are also available on our YouTube channel.

October is AIDS Awareness Month

1 in 171 :

The number of people living with AIDS/HIV

Six Degrees of Separation is a term that’s entered popular vernacular and a sociological concept that's been studied academically*. These studies concluded, depending on method, the possibility of anywhere from 6 to 90 acquaintances creating a connection between us and everyone else on earth. Viewed in this context the number 39.5 million in 6 billion is a stunning 1 in approximately 171.

Now, add in the mathematics of unprotected sexual partnering:

1 plus 1 partner, who've been with 1, 2 or 3 partners, who’ve been with 1, 2, 3, or 4 partners, who’ve had 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or more partners….and those have had 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or more partners….and all the sexual partners of those people ….and so on. The number of unseen and unknown persons affecting your life is terrifying.

AIDS does not just happen.....

-to other people
-in far off countries
-or other sectors of society.
AIDS happens everywhere.

-More than 25 million people have Died of AIDS since 1981

-Africa has 12 Million AIDS Orphans

-AIDS is estimated to have killed over a million Americans

-People living with HIV/AIDS as of 2006: 39.5M

KNOW THE RISKS:

The Center for Disease Control: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/prev_prog/AHP/resources/other/print/Sample_article.htm).
The Mayo Clinic:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hiv-aids/DS00005/DSECTION=4
American Academy of Family Physicians: http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/common/sexinfections/hiv/005.html
*Stanley Malgram, Harvard University, 1967. Duncan Watts Columbia University, 2006.

Constitution Week September 2007

We the People:

For most of us these are words we learned in school and set aside for future reference. Beyond that many give little thought to the document that secures our rights and structures our government. We hear about the Fifth Amendment or Freedom of Speech if they are thought under threat, but do we understand the fragile historical document and the words it contains? Do we understand the limits of constitutional power in our governmental branches? Is there a historical significance to the concept “the pursuit of happiness?” Do we ever contemplate how words on paper can create a nation? Who is the government in America?

The week of September 17th is Constitution Week so take a moment and look at our constitution in the link to the National Archive below. It provides an in depth look at this document which affects our lives daily, including all the amendments, the Bill of Rights and links for more reading.

To know your rights

is to know the rights

of others.

For Constitution resources in the library and online visit HCC Brandon Library's U.S. Constitution Resources.

or

http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution.html

Obscene, dangerous, profane, racist!

It’s difficult to believe these words have been used to describe the classic works of Mark Twain, Harper Lee and William Shakespeare. Yet at some point in the last fifty years anyone of these terms has been used to place a ban on such familiar authors as Joseph Heller, Judy Blume, J.D. Salinger, Stephen King, Alice Walker and Arthur Miller. Twain, Lee and Shakespeare have all been labeled racist for their honest portrayal of contemporary attitudes and James Joyce’s Dublin masterpeice, Ulysses, has become the main target for a number of censorship cases, as outlined in Paul Vanderheim's book, James Joyce and Censorship, the trials of Ulysses (available in the BLRC collection).

The list of challenged books and plays below provide a measure of the profound effect literature has on a nation and its culture, serving to remind everyone of the value of intellectual freedom. For this reason libraries, book sellers and readers take time every September to observe Banned Book Week and draw attention to the many works of literature that have been challenged. For additional lists of recently challenged books and most frequently challenged books of the 1990’s go to the American Library Association links below.

Lord of the Flies

The Diary of Anne Frank
The Living Bible

Farewell to Arms
Catcher in the Rye

East of Eden
Brave New World

The Grapes of Wrath
Catch-22

Huckleberry Finn
A Clockwork Orange

I know why the caged bird sings
The Color Purple

The Red Pony
The Crucible

To Kill a Mockingbird
Death of a Salesman

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Challenged books 2000-2005: http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bbwlinks/topten2000to2005.htm
Most frequently challenged books of the 1990’s: http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bbwlinks/100mostfrequently.htm

Global Warming Slide Show

Roberta Fernandez, of the Climate Project
SEPT. 27th – 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
BSSB AUDITORIUM

Many people believe that the Earth is too vast to be influenced by human activity. However, technologies have increased to the point that the global climate balance is tipping. Florida will be especially hard hit. Learn how small efforts can make a difference now. The Climate Project is a non-profit group that brings education, information, research and citizen action programs to communities around the country. Roberta Fernandez’ informative slide program, will be based on Al Gore’s book, An Inconvenient Truth. The DVD of that title will be available in the library for checking out.

This program is sponsored by the Brandon Campus Speakers Committee. If you have questions, please call Wendy Foley at 813-253-7812.

Top 10 ways you can help save energy!

The following is a list of 10 ways you can help make a difference by conserving energy. The list was compiled by Roberta Fernandez of the Climate Project (http://www.climateproject.org/). She will be presenting a slideshow based on the documentary An Inconvenient Truth on campus at the HCC Brandon Campus Auditorium on Thurs., Sept. 27th at 1pm. Also note that we do have the DVD of the movie in the library available for check out. Check this blog in the coming months for more information.

Top 10 Ways To Save Energy

1. 
   Carpool, walk, ride a bike, use mass transit: If every commuter did this 1 day at home,
   we’d save 5.85 billion gallons of gas and 143 billion tons of CO2
2. 
   Get better gas mileage: Every 3 miles per gallon improvement can save 3,000 lbs. of CO₂
   per year; A hybrid car can reduce CO₂ by 16,000 lbs. and save you $3,750 per year;
   Rapid acceleration can decrease mileage by 5 to 33%
3. 
   Replace your bulbs with CFL’s: If every house used only 1 CFL, it would be equivalent
   to removing of 1 million cars from the roads; Lighting accounts for 20% of all electricity
   consumed in the US
4. 
   Set your thermostat at 78 in the summer and 68 in the winter: Heating/cooling your home
   accounts for about 45% of a home’s total energy use.
5. 
   Seal your doors and windows, insulate. The average home causes more pollution than our
   car because of the fossil fuels burned to supply the power we need.
6. 
   Unplug everything you are not using: Standby power can account for 9-10% of
   household energy. A television uses 25% of its energy when it is turned off.
7. 
   Take shorter showers: aim for 5 minutes; 1883 low flow shower heads will save 472,630
   lbs. of CO₂
8. 
   Stop junk mail: The production of junk mail consumes as much energy as 2.8 million
   cars. There are 200 million trees cut for junk mail every year – that’s like cutting down
   the Rocky Mt. National Park 3 times per year
9. 
   Use refillable and reusable containers, recycle: 1.5 million barrels of oil is used for
   America’s bottled water. This equals fueling 100,000 cars for a year. 8 out of 10 bottles
   end up in landfills; Worldwide, 500 billion plastic bags are manufactured each year, that
   is nearly 1 million per minute. Use cloth bags instead
10. 
    Use the power of your voice and your votes: Write your local, state and federal officials
    to let them know you think this is a critical issue that needs to be addressed with
    appropriate measures.

Don't Panic

Sam Rockwell as Zaphod Bebblebrox in The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy*

Thanks to the hard work and generosity of the Student Government Association we have a 101 new DVDs in the HCC Brandon LRC collection. This has expanded our Drama selection and added new titles in Comedy, Action, Horror and Family. We’ve also added to our Shakespeare performances for those who would like to see what they’re reading come to life in production. Below is a list of some of the new titles.

DVDs are available free of charge for a three day check out.

The Holiday

Volvar

Match Point
Riddick

House of Flying Daggers

The Prestige
The Illusionist

Beowulf and Grendel

Munich
Saw III

Copying Beethoven

In Her Shoes

* Image from hitchhikers.movies.go.com

Who wants to be in a Video?

OK, it's not that exciting...We are filming a short promotional video for the library Thurs. morning (6/14) from 9:30-12noon. As it is summer term, the library is a bit slower than usual so we need students to come to the library and fill out the "scenes." Please come by and help us promote the library!

Video of Ray Paul exhibit

In case you missed the great art exhibit we had in the library from April to June, check out the brief video.

Adopt a Cat June 2007

49,557

That’s how many animals were destroyed in Hillsborough,
Pinellas and Pasco Counties last year.
29,872 were in Hillsborough County alone.*

*Statistics provided by the ASPCA

June is designated as Adopt a Shelter Cat Month, but adoptions are not limited to cats alone. Dogs and other shelter animals are in need every day. For pet owners who can make room for one more or others who can give to their resources or time, this is a reminder of what a difference one person can make. And helping animals it not just an issue of making homes or providing shelter. Animal protection organizations strive to educate the public about animal care and population control. Spaying, neutering and proper care can make a difference for thousands of animals and help to relieve the overload, expense and tragedy of animal destruction in shelters.

Please visit some of links below and find out what you can do to help.


The ASPCA: http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer

Cat Call Adoptions: http://catcall.org/

Tampa Pets: http://www.tampapets.org/site/

Humane Society of Tampa Bay: http://www.humanesocietytampa.org/links/index.cfm

Ray Paul Exhibit -- Extended!

Ray Paul Exhibit at HCC Brandon Campus Library
April 9th – June 4th 2007


The artwork of one of Tampa's premier local artists, Ray Paul, will be showing at Hillsborough Community College’s Brandon Campus Library. Mr. Paul’s absorbing artwork has been shown in numerous exhibitions over the years, both locally and nationally as well as having graced the covers of books and the pages of magazines.

The artwork will be exhibited in the Brandon Campus Library from April 9th through June 4th. The exhibit is free and open to the public to come view the work of this extraordinary artist. Library hours are Mon-Thu 8am-8pm; Fri 8-4:30pm; Sat 8-2pm.

For more information on the artist, visit Ray Paul’s website:
http://www.raypaul.artistsunlimited.org.

Feel free to Chat in the library

That is, using our Meebo IM/chat service (on the library website: http://www.hccfl.edu/library/blrc/askalib.html).

If you have a question and we are online line drop us an IM. You can also use your own chat service (AIM, Yahoo, Google, MSN). Just add us to your buddy list: hccbrandonlibrary

Earth-like Planet Discovered

But don't pack your bags just yet. Click here to read or listen to the article on NPR.

Kurt Vonnegut Book Display

Come celebrate the life and work of one of America's best-ever literary voices by checking out one of his books we have on display. Vonnegut may have been tough on humanity but it was only because he cared so much. If you've never read him before, prepare to laugh out loud. We've lost one of the great wits of our time.

The Artwork of Ray Paul

Ray Paul Exhibit at HCC Brandon Campus Library
April 9th – May 9th 2007


The artwork of one of Tampa's premier local artists, Ray Paul, will be showing at Hillsborough Community College’s Brandon Campus Library. Mr. Paul’s absorbing artwork has been shown in numerous exhibitions over the years, both locally and nationally as well as having graced the covers of books and the pages of magazines.

The artwork will be exhibited in the Brandon Campus Library from April 9th through May 9th. The exhibit is free and open to the public to come view the work of this extraordinary artist. Library hours are Mon-Thu 8am-8pm; Fri 8-4:30pm; Sat 8-2pm.

For more information on the artist, visit Ray Paul’s website:
http://www.raypaul.artistsunlimited.org.

Take our Survey and let us know what you think!

Your input is important to us as we strive to improve our library services. Click here: Student Survey of Library Services

Holocaust Remembrance

The Fences of Auschwitz

Holocaust Remembrance Day

Sunday April 15th, 2007

Auschwitz was the largest camp established by the Nazis. The concentration camp, located 37 miles west of Krakow (Cracow), near the prewar German-Polish border, included extermination and forced-labor camps. On January 27, 1945, the Soviet army entered Auschwitz and liberated more than 7,000 remaining prisoners, who were mostly ill and dying. It is estimated that at minimum 1.3 million people were deported to Auschwitz between 1940 and 1945; of these, at least 1.1 million were murdered.

The Nazi death camps took the lives of 11 million people throughout the course of the Second World War (1939-1945). Out of the 11 million, 6 million were Jews and 5 million were Poles, homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Gypsies, Afro-Europeans, Catholic Priests, Christian Ministers, children, the handicapped, and men and women of the German Resistance. Over all, the war caused approximately 55 million deaths. 25 million in the military and 30 million civilians.

It has been 62 years since the liberation of Auschwitz, and organizations devoted to keeping the memory and lessons of this conflagration alive have set aside April 15 as a day of remembrance. Please take a moment of your time to visit some of the following links providing film footage and personal histories of survival:

United States Holocaust Museum:
http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/auschwitz/

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005168

Holocaust Suvivors.org:
http://www.holocaustsurvivors.org/

Florida Holocaust Museum:
http://www.flholocaustmuseum.org/