Donate your old cell phone for a good cause. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCAVD) partnered with Cellular Recycler to create unique fundraising program to raise money in the fight against domestic violence.
Your old phones will be refurbished and resold. The revenue generated from the sale will be used to support NCAVD programs that help end violence in the home. Cell phone donation boxes are available outside of the Library’s south entrance. Donation acknowledgement forms are available upon request.
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Talk Like A Pirate
Yar har, mateys! Grab your favorite parrot, a tricorn hat, and set your Facebook to pirate English (really, look in the language settings), because each September marks Talk Like a Pirate Day. You’ll find learning about these swashbucklers considerably less dangerous than trying to deliver cargo across the seas.
If you want to know about the quintessential pirate that came to define how pirates are portrayed in film, television, and literature, you have to go with Edward Teach, or Edward Thatch, as some knew him. Oh, you might know him as Blackbeard. According to an article in American Heritage which is accessible through Academic Search Premier Database in the Library, Blackbeard and his infamous ship the Queen Anne’s Revenge frequented not only the tropical islands of the Caribbean, but the waters of the Carolinas as well where his prized frigate was eventually run aground.
If you already know about Blackbeard’s legacy, perhaps you’d like to hear about some of the women who made their fortune on the high seas. Hop onto the Library’s JSTOR database to read an article from the Wilson Quarterly that describes the exploits of the Irishwoman Anne Bonny or Mary Read who, prior to her life of piracy, fought in the British military while disguised as a man.
Are you in a pirate mood yet? How about some sea shanties? This album by the Robert Shaw Chorale from the Library’s Naxos database has plenty of historical shanties that you might hear on the deck of a flagship so many years ago.
Now that we have you feeling like a pirate, we should also give a cautionary word that piracy is illegal. Nowadays, a pirate’s treasure is more likely to be illegal copies of films and music than gold doubloons, but we recommend you avoid both types whether on the high seas or behind the keyboard. If you want to know more about the new age of piracy, try this article from the Harvard International Review, accessible through GALE database:
The golden age of piracy: can open-source democracy redefine citizenship for the internet age?
Piracy on the high seas still exists as well, though the environs have changed. Somali pirates are still a major threat around the Horn of Africa where large cargo container ships are slow-moving targets. You can see a dramatized account of one such pirate attack in the film Captain Phillips. You can also check out this excerpt from the documentary Madagascar to the Seychelles: Indian Ocean, with Simon Reeve which is available through Library’s Films on Demand database.
Well, this has all gotten a bit too serious, hasn’t it? Talk Like a Pirate Day is all about having fun with the campy, swashbuckling antiheroes that pop up everywhere from Peter Pan to Robinson Crusoe. If you need help talking like a pirate, we have you covered. Mango Languages database, an excellent online language learning program that is set up to teach over 60 languages has a module specifically for learning to talk like a pirate. Get out there and have a swashbuckling good time this September.
(By the Library Clerk, David Winn)
Library is now on Facebook!
Rejoice! We are Social! Anyone who joins the Library Facebook group this week will get a little gift. Come to claim yours today!
We have created a Facebook Group for the Library where students can get 1 on 1 interaction with Library Staff.
The Group, Ivy Tech Northeast Library, can be accessed at https://www.facebook.com/groups/northeastlibrary/
Our goal is to promote library events, provide library interactions with students, and to be a friendly presence online. Please go to the link above to join our Facebook Group.
Get a cup of coffee facts with the Library Director, Diane Randall
It’s that time of year! The start of fall is a busy time for college students. Organization is a big key to success and, of course, there are apps to help you get organized from the start. The educational app market is steadily growing. These apps can be helpful tools to manage classes, projects, meeting deadlines and study time. Read more:
Library Creative Commons and more
Library Creative Commons
A large, versatile space that encourages students to creatively approach projects.
- Features computers equipped with programs unavailable at other open lab terminals on campus
- An expanding library of special software that increases the possibilities of projects that students can put together
- A versatile work area where students can move the tables and seating for the needs of their project
Digital Conference Room
- Computer access
- A private room that may be reserved by groups
- 48″ television for use with presentations
- Connect personal devices to project on the large television
What’s on the Library Menu?
Check out what Ivy Tech Northeast College Library has to offer to increase your chances for academic success (by Library Clerk, David Winn.)
LIBRARY COLLECTION
General Collection
Our collection of nearly 20,000 books is arranged by Library of Congress Classification (LCC).
Hot New Fiction and Non-Fiction
Our constantly rotating collection has over 200 popular, recently published titles.
Popular Collection
Our permanent collection of fiction titles includes both literary classics and great works by contemporary authors.
Biographies
This is our collection of biographical texts.
Audiobooks
Our collection of books on CD is for those who would rather listen and learn.
Children’s Books Collection
This robust collection of children’s literature is available for Early Childhood Education majors or anyone with children in their lives.
-Special indications for the 45+ Caldecott Medal winners in our collection
-Comprehensive guides both in library and online that have books arranged by subject area
Videos
We have a collection of videos that can be viewed in the library. We also have access to the ever-expanding Films on Demand service which allows students to access educational videos from anywhere through our website. Other online film collections include Counseling and Therapy in Video, Criminal Justice and Public Safety in Video, Medcom Nursing Video Training Programs Collection, Naxos Video Library, and the Annenberg Streaming Video Collection.
Magazines and Journals
Our collection of physical magazines and journals has 55 titles and archives going back several years.
Newspapers
Current newspapers include the Journal Gazette, Wall Street Journal, and Indianapolis Star with archives that go back two months.
Posters
We have a wide array of over 2,000 posters that can be checked out for use in presentations and decoration around campus.
Puppet Collection
We have over 350 puppets available to check out for use in children’s programs and projects.
Databases
Successful research often hinges on the ability to find the information and sources you need.
-Ivy Tech Northeast Library hosts over 100 resources that contain helpful articles.
-We are committed to helping you find that right database to fit your needs.
-Our main page of article databases is the gateway to larger, frequently consulted databases such as EBSCO, GALE, LexisNexis, Proquest, and JSTOR.
-We also have an A-Z list with links to and descriptions of all of our databases.
LIBRARY SERVICES
Library Guides
The Northeast Ivy Tech Library has many different handouts and instruction sheets that will help you use the resources we have available. We have printed versions of each of these handouts, however, we realize that many people like to have a digital resource as well, and the web format allows us to go into much more detail when explaining our resources.
Resource Guides are also available which cover various other areas beyond database research, including:
-How to cite sources
-Information on the Affordable Care Act
-Downloading ebooks
-Employment resources
NoodleTools
NoodleTools is a piece of software accessible in a browser that allows students to generate and manage citations.
-Lets you save and access your sources from anywhere.
-Will ask for necessary information based on type of source and style of citation being used.
-Allows you to export fully generated References or Works Cited page as a Word document.
Course Reserves
Course reserves are textbooks that have been made available for students to use on the library premises. This allows us to ensure that there is a copy available in library whenever a student of that course wants to stop by and study. We are constantly expanding our collection of available course reserves.
Inter-Library Loans
If our library doesn’t have the material you need, submit a request form for us to file for an interlibrary loan. We find out who else has the material available and get it sent here to you, free of charge.
1-on-1 Help
Students have the option of signing up for a 1-on-1 meeting with a librarian for in-depth help regarding citations, how to use databases, or anything else involving library resources. If two or more students are looking for help in the same area, there may be an option to organize a workshop.
Instruction in the Presentation Room
Instructors who want to schedule time for one of our librarians to instruct their class may do so. Instruction can take place either in the Library Presentation Room or in the Instructor’s classroom.
Tutorials
We link to a variety of tutorials on how to use our resources, including videos that guide you through them.
Study Tables
The library holds 20 study tables arranged around our collection for students who want a quiet place to work independently.
Work Table
This table features a stapler, paperclips, pencil sharpener, free pencils, a 3-hole punch, and a paper cutter.
Collaborative Study Rooms
These rooms may be reserved by groups of students in order to study or work on projects.
-One student may reserve two hours at a time, or a group can reserve four hours at a time.
LIBRARY EQUIPMENT
Computers
The library has 50 computers available for student use.
-No need to sign up, simply log on to a free terminal with your Campus Connect info
-Access to the Microsoft Office suite of programs
-Two terminals are connected to scanners
-Access the library’s printers
Printers
There are four printers available for student use in the library, 3 black-and-white and one color printer.
Copy Machine
A copy machine is available for student use. It takes change or bills. Copies are $0.10 per side.
Scanning Station
The library has four scanning stations that are equipped with a book and document scanner. Two Simple Scan machines:
-Allow students to upload scans to a flash drive or attach to an email
-Make high quality copies in black and white, greyscale, or color.
-Automatically generate scans as PDFs, jpegs, or Word documents
-Touchscreen allows students to preview, rotate, and crop scans before downloading them
Library Laptops
Laptops are available for loan to students who meet the requirements.
-Check out for two weeks at a time
-Available with recommendation from a current professor
-A student must be in at least their second semester and have a 2.5 GPA or above to qualify
Headphones
We have several pairs of headphones available for in-library use.
iPods
Available for check out. These come preloaded with IvyVILOS videos and over 100 audio books.
Flip Video Cameras
Easy to use handheld video cameras are available for students to check out. Perfect for filming school projects.
WiFi
WiFi is available on the library premises for students to use with laptops and other devices. WiFi printing is also available with the download of a Pharos Software Suite.
Literary One-Hit Wonders
By Library Clerk, David Winn
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We all know the name Harper Lee. Whether it was from reading her luminary novel To Kill a Mockingbird or from watching the fantastic film adaptation starring Gregory Peck from 1962, the characters Harper Lee created based on her own experience growing up in racially discordant Monroeville, Alabama have struck a chord with many personally and in the American consciousness. When it was announced earlier this year that Go Set a Watchman, Lee’s second novel was to be released, many were no doubt surprised to learn that Lee was still alive despite having not published anything in the previous five decades, due in no small part to her cherished reclusiveness. Funnily enough, this “new” novel is not so new at all—Lee wrote this story, set chronologically after To Kill a Mockingbird, before her masterpiece was even started. Her editor urged her to table the text for time being and try writing something from young Scout’s perspective, a decision which inadvertently spurred on the creation of a treasured classic. Early reactions from those who have read the manuscript indicate that Lee has another brilliant work to her credit now, but there is no shame in living as a literary one-hit wonder. She certainly is not the first, and as history goes to show, sometimes all you need is one powerful work to guarantee you will never be forgotten.
Emily Brontë published Wuthering Heights in 1847 before passing from consumption within a year’s time. This gothic tale of unrequited love and madness set on the windswept fields of northern England has been a staple of Victorian literature, and later an example of classic romance in somewhat more straightforward film adaptations. People tend to refer to the Brontë sisters as a collective, but each of the women’s work contain characteristics all their own, which makes it all the more disappointing that Emily wasn’t able to complete a second major work.
Ralph Ellison’s only released one novel, Invisible Man in 1952. There was no tragic death to cut short Ellison’s career as a novelist; he was a prolific writer, as exhibited in several collections of essays that were published in his fifty-year career. In some ways, Invisible Man distills everything Ellison critiqued about the African American experience, inspired by the prejudices he faced as a black man in America, imagined through the eyes of a man who had been driven underground (literally) and made invisible by a society that refused to acknowledge him. While his essays gave him a shorter, more direct form to level social critique, he nevertheless tried to draft a second novel. After a catastrophic house fire consumed the manuscript he had started in 1967, he tried for the remainder of his career to craft a second novel he felt was up to snuff. He left over 2,000 pages after his death which have been edited and released in different forms, but never with the singular, complete power of Invisible Man.
While a bulk of his work is comprised of short stories and novellas, J.D. Salinger is another author whose name stands out because of the popularity of his single novel, A Catcher in the Rye. This seminal work of teenage alienation has become as widely read as it is challenged, still being one of the books most targeted by concerned parents for banning in schools. Salinger continued to write after the novel’s publication in 1951, but he soon grew fond of a life of reclusion, and ceased publishing anything after a final novella in 1965. It may surprise you then, that Salinger passed away in 2010 at age 91, having not given any interviews for three decades.
Which bring us back to Harper Lee, or Nell as she was known to close friends, such as true crime author Truman Capote. While making rare appearances to receive accolades and the occasional written letter that garnered press, Lee has certainly maintained privacy despite her novel’s success. She also abandoned her only attempt at writing a novel in the years after To Kill a Mockingbird, going so far as to declare that we would never see another from her. Hopefully with the release of Go Set a Watchman, everyone will get what they want. For the readers, another story from this brilliant writer featuring characters we already love, and for Harper Lee, the peace of mind that comes with taking care of unfinished business.
Library Director’s “Insight Blog”
Independence Day is such an important celebration for our Country. The 13 Colonies wished to server ties with the British Crown and establish themselves as free and independent States. They were tired of the burden of taxation, lack of representation, and domination. Read more
Insight – New Blog by Library Director, Diane Randall
As you may have heard we have a new Library Director – Diane Randall. This month we are launching Diane’s blog – “Insight”. This will be a spot to learn more about Diane and Library happenings as well. In this blog Diane will be sharing her thought, ideas, and information, as well as encouraging dialog with the Ivy Tech community. Read her first post here or find it on the Library homepage monthly. Once you’ve read it please welcome Diane into the Ivy Tech family. Say “hi” in the comments section of her blog or drop by the Library in person to introduce yourself.
Edible Book Festival 2015 Report
Monday March 30th marked the occasion of the Edible Book Festival 2015, the library’s ninth annual celebration of the good food we enjoy, and the great books we enjoy even more. With a turnout of over 300 attendees, the festival was roaring success, with plenty of activities to be enjoyed by all ages. Children that attended were encouraged to make art with food, using slices of potatoes, mushrooms, and other fruits and veggies to decorate a large mural that will be hung for display in the library.
Several Ivy Tech administration and staff members including Chancellor Jerrilee Mosier, Board Chair of the Regional Board of Trustees Dr. Robert Dettmer, Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs, Cathy Maxwell, Dean of Liberal Arts and Science, Kim Barnett-Johnson, Instructor of General Studies, Anthony Conley, Assistant Professor/Assistant Chair: Liberal Arts and Sciences English Department, Therese Leone-Unger, Assistant Professor of Hospitality Administration, Jeff Albertson, and Vice Chair of the State Board of Trustees, Paula Hughes read excerpts from their favorite food-themed pieces of literature. Everyone got funky with the Ivy Tech House Band (Randy Kimball, Media Technician and Scott Wilson, Corporate College Executive) as they checked out the main event, dishes based on books such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Lorax, and even Fifty Shades of Grey. Attendees then voted on their favorite work of culinary and literary fusion.
Once everyone had a chance to view all of the entries, then came the most important moment of the festival—time to eat! Culinary student Jenna Hapner took first prize out of the 38 contestants with her Mad Hatter cake inspired by Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. It’s never too late to start thinking about what you might be able to cook up for next year’s festival. If you need some ideas for good books or good food, why not stop by the library? (By Library Clerk, David Winn)
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