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Out
and About
~
Virginia Stout
attended "Reaching Forward South," a conference for
library support staff, in Springfield. Sessions
included Illinois Library Confidentiality Act and campaign for
secure and safe library environment.
~ Janet Wilkinson
spent a day at the Illinois Library Association annual convention at
Navy Pier in Chicago. She attended workshops on Developing a
Foreign Video Collection and Delivering Library Support for Distance
Learners and
browsed the vendors' booths.
~ Lori Sprague
attended the Midwest Archives Conference Fall Meeting in Rapid City,
SD. Sessions included archives mission statements, development
of finding aids for archive collections, cataloging of collections,
collection development policies for archives, and appraisal of
archives.
~ Nancy Bode
attended two workshops: "Getting to Know OCLC's
Interlibrary Loan MicroEnhancer" at Lincoln Trail Libraries
System in Champaign and "Using the OCLC Cataloging
MicroEnhancer
for Windows" at Illinois State Library in Springfield.
Both workshops provided hands-on instruction.
~ Ray Bial was a guest speaker
at Grandview School and Monroe County Public Library in Bloomington,
Indiana. He also was a member of a panel discussion hosted by
the Governor's office at the opening of the Lincoln Presidential
Library in Springfield.
~ This fall the Parkland Library hosted English composition classes from Villa
Grove High School and Mahoment-Seymour High School. Students were able to use our new classroom. Librarians
demonstrated a variety of research databases, which students found very useful. Many students checked out books
related to their papers. We enjoy the opportunity to work with potential future Parkland students.
Familiar
Faces in New Places
~
Lori Sprague, formerly College Archivist and Records
Manager, is now working as Access Services Assistant at the
Library's Circulation Desk. Her new responsibilities include
assisting patrons, handling reserves for faculty, and Archives
curator. Lori's office is R-229, and she may be reached at
351-2472.
~ While not new to the Library,
Rena Moore is now the Library's Access Services Coordinator.
In addition to supervising the Circulation Desk and Audiovisual
Services, faculty may contact her for AV previews. Rena's office is R-234,
phone 351-2416.
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Library
Hours
Fall Semester
| Monday - Thursday |
7:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
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| Friday |
7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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| Saturday |
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
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Between Semesters
| Dec.
21 - Jan. 1 |
Closed |
| Jan.
2 - 14 |
Monday
- Friday
7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Closed Saturdays |
Library Instruction
Classroom/
Computer Lab,
R-227
see http://www.parkland.edu/library/classroom.htm
Spring Semester
Classes begin Jan. 15
| Monday - Thursday |
7:30 a.m. - 10 p.m. |
| Friday |
7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. |
| Saturday |
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. |
| Jan.
18, Saturday |
Closed |
| Jan. 20 -
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Closed |
Spring Vacation
March 22 - 29
| Saturday, Mar. 22 |
Closed |
| Monday -
Thursday |
7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
| Friday, Mar. 28 |
Closed |
| Saturday, Mar. 29 |
Closed |
| Classroom/Lab
closed throughout the week |
The Library is closed when the College
is closed.
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