http://library.sbcc.edu/ Explore. Learn. Grow. en Copyright 2008 Mon, 05 May 2008 08:31:32 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Santa Barbara City College Intercultural Communications Club as they sponsor Pangea Days on our campus. According to the organizers, "Pangea Day seeks to overcome that — to help people see themselves in others — through the power of film." ]]> http://library.sbcc.edu/2008/05/pangea_days_at_sbcc.html http://library.sbcc.edu/2008/05/pangea_days_at_sbcc.html Events Mon, 05 May 2008 08:31:32 -0800 EBSCOhost as our lead online article vendor. After nearly a decade of using ProQuest, we will begin to use the world’s most comprehensive scholarly full-text database, providing twenty unique databases for our students, faculty, and staff. With over 12,000 publications indexed and over 8,000 full text publications, students will have easy access to the highest ranked journals in many disciplines. According to a Library Journal survey, EBSCOhost is the “overwhelmingly” most used for-fee online research tool in the universities in the United States. EBSCOhost databases include:]]> http://library.sbcc.edu/2008/05/luria_library_announces_move_t.html http://library.sbcc.edu/2008/05/luria_library_announces_move_t.html Databases Thu, 01 May 2008 11:33:06 -0800 What does mathematics have to do with voting? You can learn more during Math Awareness Month which the library is supporting in conjunction with the SBCC Mathematics Department. The 2008 theme for this national event is What Makes Your Vote Matter?: Let Mathematics and Statistics show you to "illustrates the power and elegance of the mathematical sciences in addressing a problem of fundamental societal importance." The mathematical societies and associations sponsoring this month are hoping to prompt students and faculty to ask themselves:]]> http://library.sbcc.edu/2008/04/mathematics_and_voting.html http://library.sbcc.edu/2008/04/mathematics_and_voting.html Learning math voting Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:35:22 -0800 Let’s Celebrate! April is National Poetry Month. So, mark your calendars for Monday, April 21 at noon. Bring along a poem to share, published or personal, one that considers the various bridges, real or metaphorical, that we cross over throughout life. The event will be in the Luria Library Cafe and there will be a prize drawing for those who read a poem. O little Icarus, you chewed on a cloud, you bit the sun and came tumbling down, head first, not into the sea, but hard on the hard packed gravel. You fell on your eye. You fell on your chin. What a shiner! What a faint you had and then crawled home, a knocked-out humpty dumpty in my arms. . . . (Sexton)]]> http://library.sbcc.edu/2008/04/student_read_aloud_bridges.html http://library.sbcc.edu/2008/04/student_read_aloud_bridges.html Events Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:01:56 -0800 On display now in the library is a wealth of books on marine diving, as well as actual equipment used in SBCC Marine Diving Technologies program. Come see images of diving technologies over the years, including photographs of SBCC students in the program thirty years ago. Santa Barbara City College's Marine Diving Technologies Program is recognized worldwide for its vocational excellence. It is the only community college degree program in the nation which is accredited by the Association of Commercial Diving Educators (ACDE), the International Diving Schools Association (IDSA) and the National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI). This week's display has particular timeliness because Don Barthelmess, Professor of Marine Technology has been selected by his peers to present the SBCC 29th Annual Faculty Lecture on Wednesday, April 9, at 2:30 pm at the Garvin Theatre. Delivering the lecture is considered the highest honor bestowed on a faculty member each year.]]> http://library.sbcc.edu/2008/04/marine_diving_in_the_library.html http://library.sbcc.edu/2008/04/marine_diving_in_the_library.html Events Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:00:15 -0800 THANK YOU goes out to all those supporters and advocates. ]]> http://library.sbcc.edu/2008/03/shifting_library.html http://library.sbcc.edu/2008/03/shifting_library.html General Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:48:21 -0800 catalog. ]]> http://library.sbcc.edu/2008/03/new_books_in_the_library_1.html http://library.sbcc.edu/2008/03/new_books_in_the_library_1.html New Additions Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:54:33 -0800 Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened -- as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding -- she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story about how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another.]]> http://library.sbcc.edu/2008/03/a_stroke_of_insight.html http://library.sbcc.edu/2008/03/a_stroke_of_insight.html Learning Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:59:20 -0800 According to the US Census, the number of U.S. resident who claim Irish ancestry is almost nine times the population of Ireland itself, and the nation's second most frequently reported ancestry. No surprise then that St. Patrick's Day, originally a religious holiday to celebrate the saint who introduced Christianity to Ireland in the fifth century, has evolved into a celebration for all things Irish. Come check out the books on Irish history, politics, culture, art and literature on display now. Or peruse our catalog for a wealth of Irish fiction No time to come to the library? "Check out" an electronic book on Ireland SBCC will be making some history in Ireland this summer; the SBCC Concert Choir will make an 11-day performance tour in June, traveling to ... Read more about it at their blog. Image Source]]> http://library.sbcc.edu/2008/03/celebrate_irish_history_month.html http://library.sbcc.edu/2008/03/celebrate_irish_history_month.html General Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:02:06 -0800 Borders Read Aloud. Share with fellow students your favorite "GB" poem or passage, and tell us what makes it great! Learn about City College's own Great Books program. We'll meet informally near the Cafe from 12:00 to 1:00, light refreshments to be served. RSVP on Facebook. The Great Books include the classical works from the western Canon and World Culture. Plato, William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Confucius, Freud, Cervantes: Each a Great Books author.]]> http://library.sbcc.edu/2008/03/whats_a_room_with_a_view.html http://library.sbcc.edu/2008/03/whats_a_room_with_a_view.html Events Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:43:48 -0800 National Women's History Month Project is Women’s Art: Women’s Vision to honor the originality, beauty, imagination, and multiple dimensions of women’s lives. Check out just some of the many books we have about women's history in our catalog or on the display in the library now, which features books about women from around the world. A great webcast can be found on the International Women's Day website which links to websites from 45 countries. At the Library of Congress website you can look at photographs and paintings, read significant documents, and listen to speeches, music and oral histories such as these from women veterans who served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. Update: Womens Festival on West Campus, March 7-9]]> http://library.sbcc.edu/2008/03/march_is_womens_history_month.html http://library.sbcc.edu/2008/03/march_is_womens_history_month.html Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:38:32 -0800 Students, faculty and staff of SBCC are invited to join in the popular annual Black History Month Poetry Reading. Bring a favorite poem by an African American poet and share it with a receptive, enthusiastic audience. This will take place in the Library Cafe on Thursday at noon. RSVP on Facebook]]> http://library.sbcc.edu/2008/02/poetry_reading.html http://library.sbcc.edu/2008/02/poetry_reading.html Events Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:51:05 -0800 ]]> http://library.sbcc.edu/2008/02/library_survey.html http://library.sbcc.edu/2008/02/library_survey.html General Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:28:23 -0800 Let Your Motto Be Resistance bringing together portraits of African Americans or the new Amistad Digital Resource from Columbia University. A little closer to home, I encourage you to browse our library books on the topic, take a look at the World Book Encyclopedia's African American Journey, or CQ Researcher's report on Race in America. ]]> http://library.sbcc.edu/2008/02/black_history_month.html http://library.sbcc.edu/2008/02/black_history_month.html Events Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:02:59 -0800

CNN Election Center

BBC News: America

League of Women Voters

Washington Post: Politics

Project Vote Smart

Find you polling location We also have some books on the topic:

• Elections - United States
• Voting - United States ]]> http://library.sbcc.edu/2008/02/election_day_in_california.html http://library.sbcc.edu/2008/02/election_day_in_california.html General Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:57:13 -0800