ESOL student collection

A Cup of Kindness from Oxford Bookworms

Librarian Jane H. has been working on creating an easily-accessible reading collection that will work for all ESOL learners.

Books include a variety of items including the Oxford Bookworms and Penguin Active Reading series.

View a selection of Richland's collection here and here.

The collection is being shelved on the library's gallery level; please come see it.

Happy reading,
R.D.

Computing resources for RLC community users

Alternate places to find public-access computers

Sometimes members of the Richland College service area come to our library to use our computers and printing services. Unfortunately, computer access will be severely limited from June 29 until further notice, and Richland students with current student I.D. will have priority access to the library's computers. 

There are many libraries and other places that offer computer and Internet services to the public. Here are links to a few places where community members can get computer access for personal use and job searching.

The Dallas Public Library

The Garland Public Library

The Richardson Public Library

Texas Workforce Commission

The Urban League of Dallas and North Central Texas

Please see the above websites for telephone numbers, computer use policy and availability, and business hours.

Thanks!
The Richland College Library Staff

Computing changes in the library

The Richland College librarians love to give instruction and database demos in our library classroom. However, a different kind of demo will be happening in the next few weeks: Demolition. This means that some of our computer room services will have temporary changes.

There will be construction in the Bonham Hall hallway, which is adjacent to our library classroom. Because of construction, the classroom will be closed on Friday, June 29. A limited number of computers will be available until further notice.

Students may use computer labs in Del Rio 257 or Wichita 159. Students should have a photo I.D. available for computer use; student I.D.s are available in the Office of Student Life.

Community users should check with their neighborhood libraries for computer access and services.

Thank you!
The Richland College Library Staff

New Tool Provides Research Assistance

Research just got easier thanks to a new tool at the Richland College Library. LibGuides is a collection of searchable research guides built by librarians. These guides will direct you to authoritative print and online resources selected by librarians. For example, this general Research Guide will help you get started with most research assignments. We also have guides for specific classes and assignments, such as these guides for Fine Arts Appreciation and an English assignment on The Rebel as Hero.

Librarians aren’t the only ones who get to have fun. You can also contribute these research guides. Most guides allow you leave comments. Some even allow you to suggest or rank resources. See the RCHS Capstone research guide for examples of user-rated resources.

Instructors, if you would like a research guide for one of your classes or assignments, contact your Library Liaison.

Academic Enrichment: Gary Duke

Engineering, Business, and Technology (all disciplines): Jeanetta Burnham

Ethnic Studies, Social Science and Physical Education (all disciplines): Alice Fulbright

Human and Academic Development (all disciplines): Sharlee Jeser-Skaggs

Humanities, Fine and Performing Arts

• Religion: Lennijo Henderson
• All Other Disciplines: Cynthia Clements

Mathematics, Science and Health Professions (all disciplines): Amy Ferguson

Teacher Preparation (all disciplines): Sharlee Jeser-Skaggs

World Languages, Culture and Communication

• Foreign Languages: Lennijo Henderson
• English: Gary Duke
• English for Speakers of Other Languages
• Reading: Sharlee Jeser-Skaggs
• Writing: Alice Fulbright

The old library pathfinder has been reborn!

Encore: A Whole New Way to Look for Library Materials

Now you can look for books, videos, ebooks, archival material like you never have before. It's the same material you would normally find with the LIBRARY CATALOG except it's so much easier. And things that were previously buried are right there in front of you. You'll be amazed at what you'll discover.

Encore elegantly presents all manner of discovery tools, such as faceted search results, tag cloud, Did You Mean...?, popular Choices and recently added suggestions, and RightResult™ relevance ranking.

Try it out today! We think you'll love it.

http://encore.library.dcccd.edu

What's Happening Revived!

The library has a brand new web site. We thought it might be a good time to revive our old "What's Happening" page started by our illustrious former librarian, John Ferguson (now retired). Here's that blog just for fun (2002-2005)

Look here to find out new resources, new services -- anything that we think you might be interested in. There'll also be links in the sidebar to other new ideas we've got percolating. Watch for a Library Wiki...some RSS feeds and other cool additions to our site. Stay tuned. :)