Wednesday, October 31, 2007

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

Monday, October 29, 2007

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.

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

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).

Monday, October 1, 2007

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.