Jessup Journal

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...

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 ...

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...

The library, along with the college, is closing at 1 p.m. today due to inclement weather. Be safe, and we'll hopefully see you tomorrow!

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a marvelous, relaxing and enjoyable break. Doesn't it seem like Christmas was so long ago? The first week of classes are nearly over; people are already pouring into the library. So while you're here, why don't you check out a book? If you're a currently-registered student, all you need to know is your student ID number or your MyPVCC username. No library card is needed. You many check out up to 25 at one time, so please consider some of the following tasty tidbits... Before the semester becomes completely unmanageable with papers and exams, enjoy a few last-minute fun reads. May we suggest: The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks Absolute Power by David Baldacci Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris And speaking of papers -- would you like a little help? Try The History Student Writer's Manual by Mark Hellstern Was one of your New Year's resolutions to become healthier? If so, try tackling it from a different angle. Spirit, Science, a...

Did you know that a librarian can make a difference in a student's academic success rate? Many of the students currently roaming our halls use questionable Web sources for their academic research, while all the time, high quality academic resources are within easy reach in the library. Using the library's resources is not very different than searching Google or Wikipedia, but when you use library sources, you are using materials that are not only trustworthy and reliable, but also top notch. A librarian is an information expert who can help students get their hands on quality materials that can help turn out strong essays and papers. A librarian can show students how to find the information, how to apply it to their research and how to cite it properly. The Jessup Library librarians can help improve the quality of students' work, something that goes a long way toward increasing confidence, improving critical thinking, and on a more practical plane, toward ensuring that stud...

Congratulations! You have survived another semester, and now it's time to celebrate! As you relax, gather with friends and ring in the New Year, don't forget to take the time to catch up on your reading. With all the new books we've recently added to the collection, you'll have plenty from which to choose. We have a number of popular books from some big-name authors like James Patterson-- 1st to Die , Michael Chabon-- Wonder Boys: A Novel and Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni -- The Mistress of Spices . With break comes extra time for video and computer games. Find out why it's so enticing in Melanie Swalwell's, The Pleasures of Computer Gaming: Essays on Cultural History, Theory and Aesthetics . For you boxing enthusiasts, take a look at Muhammad Ali: The Making of an Icon by Michael Ezra and Floyd Patterson: A Boxer and a Gentleman by Alan Howard Levy. The Presidency in the Era of 24-Hour News by Jeffrey E. Cohen discusses how new media affects the president...