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The Wave of the Future

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The library is pleased to announce the arrival of media:scape . This innovative piece of new technology takes working collaboratively to another level. Have you ever tried to use a laptop while working as a group? There was never an easy way for everyone to see the screen. Your previous only option was to set up a projector, but even that's cumbersome. With media:scape, this is no longer an issue. With the push of a button, students and faculty can project their laptop to a screen installed in the table and then easily toggle to the next person's computer. Think of the possibilities! Students can work on group presentations for public speaking or microbiology. Faculty can have students work in groups using peer review. The possibilities are endless. We only have this unit for two weeks. We'll be testing it and evaluating its usefulness for potential purchase. Please let us know your opinions. It is currently located in Study Room A (Rm. M721) in the library and will be open

Celebrate President's Day

Monday, February 21 is President's Day! Some businesses will be closed and many of you may be off from work. (But PVCC is open and classes will be held.) What a wonderful excuse to check out a book or two to enjoy over the long weekend. And we have plenty of enticing titles to tempt your mental taste buds. For a light, fun read, try: The Lacuna: A Novel by Barbara Kingsolver Dear Husband by Joyce Carol Oates 4th of July: A Novel by James Patterson The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks Are you a big history buff? Then try: The Evacuation from Dunkirk: Operation Dynamo, 26 May-4 June 1940 Solving Stonehenge: The New Key to an Ancient Enigma Blarney Castle: Its History, Development, and Purpose Emancipation: How Liberating Europe's Jews from the Ghetto Led to Revolution and Renaissance Not into history? Then take a look at a few of our science books. Ice, Rock, and Beauty: A Visual Tour of the New Solar System Galileo's Gout: Science in an Age of Endarkenment The Immortal Life

Too good to pass up...

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The library staff has been working hard to add many exciting titles to the collection, some of which we're sure you won't want to pass up. For all you ladies out there, this one is for you. Find out why we are the we are in How Women Got Their Curves and Other Just-So Stories: Evolutionary Enigmas . Attention Cohort B, if you teach online, you may want to take a look at Teaching Writing Online: How and Why . Always, always read the book before you see the movie . Try Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously . It may inspire you to do some cooking of your own. And speaking of cooking, it may have played a pivotal role in the evolution of humans. How could how you eat your food be so important? Find out in Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human . Do you buy organic? It may not be enough to protect ourselves and the environment according to Andrew Szasz in Shopping Our Way to Safety: How We Changed From Protecting the Environment to Protecting Ourselves . Hint, hint to st