Tutt Library News

RefWorks Workshop - Wednesday, 1 p.m.

RefWorks is a web-based citation management software program subscribed to by the CC Library. It is free to CC faculty, staff and students. RefWorks collects, stores and organizes citations from databases, library catalogs, books, articles, web sites, and other sources. RefWorks helps format those citations into a bibliography in a variety of citation styles, including MLA, APA and Chicago Style.

If you are working on a lengthy research project or thesis, RefWorks might save you time and frustration. Come to a hands-on, hour long workshop WEDNESDAY at 1 p.m., TLC1 to learn more about it.

Brief TIGER outage - Oct 26

There will be a brief TIGER outage Friday, Oct 26, 2007. TIGER is expected to be down for half an hour, 8:30am to 9:00am, so we can physically relocate the server. While TIGER is down, you may still look up our library holdings using Prospector, though you will be temporarily unable to request any items.

TIGER also functions as our "proxy server," so the usual access to our licensed databases (i.e. Academic Search Premier, JSTOR) will be unavailable as well. If you are on-campus, you may still access those databases using these direct database links if you are on-campus.

If you have any questions, please contact Carol Ou, Systems Librarian at 389-6895. You can also reach Circulation at 389-6184 or Reference at 389-6662 for help.

*Update*-- As of 9:30am, TIGER is still not online from its new location. This entry will be updated when TIGER is once again accessible.

*Update*-- As of 10:20am, TIGER is back online.

Library Program Committee Fall 2007 Update

Between January and September 2007 the design team from Shepley Bulfinch and H+L Architecture conducted a series of workshops on campus to define the role of the library and its ideal physical form. Broad input was sought from faculty, staff and students, including the Library Program Committee, the Facuty Executive Committee and Senior Staff. Staff from the Learning Commons, Tutt Library and Information Management were also involved in refining space needs. Over the course of these meetings, a number of different options for renovationg and expanding Tutt Library, as well as alternatives for a new library were considered. During the September 2007 meetings, two options were selected as viable solutions. One is a new library on the North Palmer Quad (Option F), and one is a transformed Tutt Library with an addition to the West (Option G). Conceptual studies of these options may be viewed in a display on the second floor bridge of Tutt Library.

Mini-Exhibition: Chas in Costume

Tutt Library is named for Charles *Chas* Leaming Tutt, Jr. (1889-1961), CC trustee from 1934 to 1950. He was also president of the El Pomar Foundation, which gave a $1.25 million grant for the library building in 1959. In 1992, Edward Honnen (CC 21) commissioned sculptor Cloyd Barnes to build the statue that stands out front.

Over the years, CC students, faculty, and staff have decorated the statue of Chas in various ways. Photographs of some of his costumes are currently on display in the library atrium, and many more photographs are available in Special Collections.

RefWorks class, Thu. 10/11 at 1:00 in TLC2

Learn to use RefWorks, the online bibliography manager. Steve Lawson, Humanities Librarian, will give an introduction and overview of this web-based software that allows you to keep track of the books, articles, and other things you need to cite for your papers, thesis, and so on.

Learn how to import references from databases like EBSCO and JSTOR and library catalogs like TIGER. RefWorks will help you keep track of your working bibliography while you write, and create a final bibliography and notes in the proper format (APA, Chicago, MLA, or any of dozens of other formats).

We'll meet in the TLC2 classroom (basement on the Learning Commons side of Tutt Library) at 1:00 on Thursday, October 11. The class will go until 2:30 which should give us plenty of time for an overview and all your questions. If you can't stay that long, that's OK too.

Career and Graduate School Information at Tutt Library

In cooperation with the Career Center, Tutt Library houses a Careers and Graduate School information area. It's located right behind the reference desk. It includes the most current guides for:
* graduate schools
* test prep for the GRE, LSAT, GMAT, MCAT, and others
* career exploration information
* study and working abroad
* internships
* professional schools in social work, law, health professions, and other areas

These materials supplement the resources found in the Career Center in Worner. You can also contact the Career Center at x6893 for a personal appointment.

Banned Books Week - Exercise your Privilege to Read

Poster created by artist Camden Forgia, Arizona State University
The American Library Association has designated September 29 - October 6 as Banned Books Week. Google Book Search invites you to "Exercise you privilege to Read".

According to the ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom the “10 Most Challenged Books of 2006” are:

And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, for homosexuality, anti-family, and unsuited to age group;
Gossip Girls series by Cecily Von Ziegesar for homosexuality, sexual content, drugs, unsuited to age group, and offensive language;
Alice series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor for sexual content and offensive language;
The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler for sexual content, anti-family, offensive language, and unsuited to age group;
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison for sexual content, offensive language, and unsuited to age group;
Scary Stories series by Alvin Schwartz for occult/Satanism, unsuited to age group, violence, and insensitivity;
Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher for homosexuality and offensive language;
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky for homosexuality, sexually explicit, offensive language, and unsuited to age group;
Beloved by Toni Morrison for offensive language, sexual content, and unsuited to age group; and
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier for sexual content, offensive language, and violence.

Often included on the list in years past: Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.

For more information on Banned Books Week visit the American Library Association site.