It’s been fun and games @ the

NPCC Library this summer!

We closed the first 2 weeks to

renovate. A bit traumatic to

see 25,000 books and 1240

shelves on the floor, I must say!

However, we are proud of our

new look—stop by and see for

yourself.

You’ll notice new paint and

carpet, reupholstered (and

comfortable!) chairs, new com-

puter chairs and furniture, and

additional viewing/study

rooms. Since shelves were

being moved anyway, we re -

arranged to create a bigger

reading room, highlight our

Arkansas books, and add

some display space.

Displays on the great America

sport of baseball and the

Olympics made for good sum-

mer reading. A crazy hard jig-

saw puzzle was a popular pas-

time as well. In fact, working in

a Library is a lot like a puzzle

— lots of little pieces to put

together in just the right place

to make it all fit into a lovely

big picture.

In the spirit of cleaning house,

we withdrew over 1400 old

books. Primarily old text-

books, duplicates, and out of

date material. These will be

offered for sale to students at

bargain prices in September.

The Library staff has been

focusing on ebooks and trying

to figure out how best to incor-

porate digital information into

our existing collections.

Brenda Van Dusen completed

a 4-session online course, “All

You Need to Know about E-

reader Service in Your Li-

brary”. Kristin Quintanilla met

with vendors, attended work-

shops, and learned how other

libraries were coping in June

at the American Library Asso-

ciation Convention in Ana-

heim, CA.

In this issue, we discuss what

we are currently offering in

ebooks and what’s new.

Remember, your Library has

lots of ways to help make your

semester easier.

See you soon!

Welcome back: to a new Fall term and

a new library! ...by Sara Seaman, Library Director

NPCC Library News August/September 2012

French

Italian

German

Spanish

Greek

Hebrew

Japanese

Portuguese

Language CDs Now

Available @ NPCC Library

Fall Semester

Library Hours

Begin August 15

Monday—Thursday

7:00 am—7:50 pm

Friday 7:00 am —3:30 pm

NPCC IDs made @ the

Library through Sept. 28

Overwhelmed and con-

fused by all the new ebook

technology? We under-

stand. That’s why your

campus library is getting

familiar with the newest

equipment and what’s com-

ing in the future. We cur-

rently have about the same

number of ebooks as we do

books in print. Just think,

twice as many books in the

same amount of space! Find

the ebooks in our catalog.

You can now download our

ebooks to your computer

or ebook reader for a 14

day period. We also have

a few Kindles for checkout.

When you borrow one you

are carrying 72 books (at

present) in one small pack-

age, all for your reading

enjoyment. Our online

catalog shows what titles

are on our Kindles: search

“Kindle titles”.

First time with a Kindle?

We’re happy to give you a

short lesson.

We often hear that you just

like the feel of a book in

your hands or the smell of a

newly purchased book, but

the reality is that ebooks

are here to stay. And they

do offer many advantages

both for research and en-

joyment. Know that your

library staff is keeping up

with this technology and

wants to help you with it in

any way we can.

All ya gotta do is ask!

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Library Therapy ...by Ann Wilson

Ereaders, ebooks, egads! ...by Kristin Quintanilla

I went over to the library

and exclaimed to Kristin…

that the world…as we know

it, had ended! I was being a

little bit funny…and a little

bit serious. I was really

worried…what if I could

never settle down to read

again. For the first time in

my life!! She quietly reas-

sured me while finding a

stash of about five books

she thought I would like to

try.

And, I’m happy to say, the

dry spell has, indeed,

ended. Libraries are such

good things…for so many

reasons!

As many on the campus

know…I received a little

unexpected gift in March of

this year…a pacemaker.

Thank goodness for modern

medicine…but I have had

some unexpected experi-

ences as a result. One of the

good surprises has been a

burst of energy that seemed

to happen about three

months after the procedure.

The downside being that

even though I am a lifelong

reader…often saying that I

am the NPCC Library’s best

customer…I went through

about three weeks where I

was finding it hard to sit still

and read. I could not find

anything to read that inter-

ested me…for the first time

ever in my life.

Libraries are such

good things…for so

many reasons!

Ebooks are hotter

than chili peppers!

Ebooks @NPCC Library

6 Kindles

72 Kindle titles

27,942 E books

600 Electronic

Reference Books

Ebook spending by

libraries increased

60% in the last 2

years.

Constitution Day com-

memorates the formation

and signing of the U.S.

Constitution on September

17, 1787 recognizing all

who are born in the United

States or by naturalization

have become

citizens.

Banned Book Week celebrates the freedom to

read and the 1st Amend-

ment. Intellectual free-

dom—the freedom to ac-

cess information and ex-

press ideas, even if the

information and ideas

might be considered unor-

thodox or unpopular—

provides the foundation for

BBW.

BE A GOOD CITIZEN

EXERCIZE YOUR

RIGHT TO VOTE

Voter Registration forms

@ NPCC Library.

Registration Deadline for

the Nov. 6 General Elec-

tion is October 7,2012

CATALOG access to 28,000 electronic

books — great for research papers!

Just put in your subject, identify the electronic books, click

the URL, and voila! There’s the book to read on your com-

puter, or download for quick access later. IF YOU ARE OFF CAMPUS, you need to click the OFFCAM-

PUS ACCESS at top of the webpage to login first. Only

NPCC students and staff may read the ebooks. Same goes

for all our

databases.

CREDOreference—online library of 600

encyclopedias, dictionaries, etc.

A super research tool!

47 DATABASES provide access to thousands

of magazines, scholarly journals, newspa-

pers, articles, career information, music,

and other research tools.

It’s Back! The Library Book Sale

September 19 & 20

@ NPCC Library in September Focus on the Constitution, the 1st Amendment

and the Right to Vote

Online Research Center OPEN 24 Hours a Day, 7 Days a week

Old textbooks, duplicates,

and just down-right out of

date stuff had to go.

Over 900 books and 90

videos will be on sale at

bargain basement prices.

The Social Sciences depart-

ment will have a special

table of history books from

Dr. Davis’ office. Proceeds

will support the Van Davis

Memorial Scholarship

Fund.

In the Garden

Rain date the next

week, Sept. 26 & 27.

We’ve been cleaning

house this summer, in more

ways than one. Shelves

were cleared of old books

to make room for the new.

(Yes, we still plan to buy

real print books, not all

ebooks, in case you were

wondering.)

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Baseball trivia contest

sponsored by the American

Library Association.

Weekly through September 8.

go to:

atyourlibrary.org/baseball

For a chance to win.

We’re on the Web!

http://www1.youseemore.com/

Database Update

Drought of 2012

Arkansas Collection @NPCC Library

Our great collection of Arkansas books and media was

fast outgrowing its space. It has been moved to the short

shelves near the center aisle.

Here you can browse to discover Arkansas history,

authors, musicians, artists, towns, politicians, gangsters,

sports, nature, and many fascinating Arkansans.

Check out 2 DVDs

for 10 days

The Artist

Adventures of TinTin

The Descendents

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Hugo

The Iron Lady

Money Ball

War Horse

Now Showing

Watch these great new

movies at home

We will continue our other data-

base subscriptions, including:

Ebsco ( includes 23 data

bases) Our main source for

journal, magazine, and news-

paper articles.

Encyclopedia Britannica

Academic Online

Career Guidance Center

(Fergusons)

Issues and Controversies

Literature Resource Center

(Gale)

Original Sources

Nursing and Allied Health

Source (Proquest)

Classical Music Library

All 47 databases can be accessed

from our web page “Online Re-

search Center”.

We were forced to make

changes to our database sub-

scriptions due to state funding

cuts, price increases, usage

data, and title changes.

We regretfully cancel:

Gale Academic OneFile

Lexis Nexis Academic

Scribner Writer Series

The State Library has added

these specialized resources for

all Arkansas Libraries:

ABC CLIO African Ameri-

can, American Indian and

Latino American Experi-

ence

English Language Learner

Spanish Reference Center

World Book Encyclopedia