The John F. Moss Library Newsletter Issue No. 17 - March 2021
The library is open! Whether you want a quiet place to do schoolwork, the computer lab for research and printing, or a study room with a computer for a private spot to Zoom, the library has you covered. Take a look inside The Bookmark for details about current library services, like print pickup and online browsing. Take a look at a few of our most common FAQs, and learn where to find the rest of them. This issue also explores February’s Black History Month display, and the new display for March’s National Women’s History Month. Also, take a look at some new bestsellers and graphic novels to read, as well as a spotlight of technology available to check out, and online databases to use!
In this issue: Library Services Chat with a Librarian Library COVID FAQs Database Connection Technology in the Library
Black History Month Women’s History Month Spotlight on Graphic Novels New Bestsellers
Spring 2021 Library Services The library offers the same services that we did before COVID, but the delivery or format may have changed.
For details, links, and how-to videos:
https://www.tamut.edu/library-services/COVID_LS.html
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HELP
CHAT WITH A LIBRARIAN
by Sydney Custer & Kendra Harrell
BAM! The paper that you knew was going to
be due tomorrow is now due. You never cease to amaze yourself with how far you will go to procrastinate. Do not fret! The library has afterhours 24/7 help with Chat with a Librarian. On the library home page (http://library.tamut.edu) there is a perfectly exclaimed Help! button you can click that will take you to the information you need.
The page provides library hours, a phone number, a number to text, a chat box for 24/7 help, and a helpful librarian you can email directly for assistance. You’ve got questions, we’ve got answers!
Also, follow the library on Facebook at www.facebook. com/TAMUTLIBRARY
Use the chat if you need help with... • Figuring out which databases to use for your research • Perfecting a search so that you actually find the information you need • Reporting an access problem with a database (we can troubleshoot some issues, and some we will have to refer to IT) • Research methods questions • Finding out about events in the library • Planning a research project • Questions about a library service
Other useful contacts:
- Questions about a fine? Call or visit the library’s 3rd Floor Service Desk, 903-223-3100 - Technology issues or trouble logging in? Contact IT at 903-334-6603 or ISITE@tamut.edu
Library COVID FAQs! This is a sampling of the extensive FAQs that the library has available for searching at https://libguides.tamut.edu/help
Q: [During COVID] How is the library safely handling incoming and outgoing items? A: Library staff are using gloves to pull items, and all returned items will be disinfected, or quarantined for one week, between use. Curbside Pickup, as well as UC pickup options are available to limit contact -- these options can be used without entering the library itself. Staff will wear gloves when handing off items. You can place holds through the library catalog, and staff will contact you to coordinate check-out/pick-up option.
Q. [During COVID] I just need to print, how can I do that?
You can submit documents for the library to print for you, then come pick them up from our 3rd Floor service desk! You can also request a curbside pickup for your printed documents. (Please wear a mask when interacting with the library staff member who is providing you curbside service.) Make a printing appointment to submit your print request. You will be notified via email as soon as your print is ready to pick up. The cost of your printing will be taken out of your printing account if funds are available. If your account does not have enough to cover the print request, you will need to remit payment online. For more information about this account, see our FAQ for printing in the library.
Q. [During COVID] Can I use the computer lab or study in the library? A: Yes! Reserve a spot ahead of time to help us ensure safety. You will check in at our 3rd Floor service desk, and a library staff member will escort you to your reserved space. Desks and chairs have been moved to maintain safe distancing. The library is carefully managing use of our spaces, as well as cleaning and sanitizing used spaces after students exit the library. Please maintain social distancing and wearing a mask while in the library. There is no food or drink allowed in the computer lab.
Q. [During COVID] How do I get a book? A: Our book stacks are currently closed to browsing, but you can browse virtually! See our FAQ for virtual browsing for more details. If an eBook is not available for the resource you need in WorldCat Discovery, then select the book title link and use the Place Hold button in the item details to request the book. When book is ready you will be contacted by email. To pick up your book, you can either just come to the library during our open hours and let us know you have a hold to pick up, or use the curbside pickup form, one of our appointment options. Curbside pickup is located in the north parking lot, in a spot indicated with a yellow “Library Pickup” sign. Please wear a mask when interacting with the library staff member who is providing you curbside service. In the map below, the curbside pickup area is marked with a green star.
Q. [During COVID] How do I return items? A. There are 2 main ways to return items: • Request curbside service and a library staff member will meet you at your car. (Please wear a mask when interacting with the library staff member who is providing you curbside service.) • Bring the items to the 3rd Floor in the UC building and leave them in our book drop, or with the 3rd Floor service desk. If neither of these options will suit your needs, please contact the library for assistance at LibraryHelp@tamut.edu.
By Kendra Harrell
Flipster is the library’s new solution to leisure reading magazines! Because of COVID quarantining procedures, we have not been able to provide paper copies of our magazines for reading in the library. With Flipster, you can read the same magazines online!
The Feature Films for Education Collection offers hundreds of full-length feature films for educational instructional purposes. Brought to you in partnership with Global Eagle, this outstanding collection focuses on both current and hard-to-find titles, including dramas, literary adaptations, blockbusters, classics, science fiction, environmental titles, foreign films, social issues, animation studies, Academy Award® winners, and more.
Take a look by using the library’s A-Z Database list at https://libguides.tamut.edu/az.php?
Technology in the Library The library and Red River Innovation Lab for the Humanities have lots of useful tech that you can check out, including digital video recorders, Kindles, iPads, and so much more! The items below are new additions to our growing collection. For a visual catalog, check out our LibGuide at http://libguides.tamut.edu/MediaDevices Device Charger
These portable chargers are available for checkout in the 3rd Floor kiosk, and have 3 USB ports, a standard wall plug, an LED flashlight, and a battery level indicator. Always running out of juice? Check one of these out for up to 7 days!
Canon EOS Rebel T3i 600D : digital camera
18.0 Megapixel CMOS Image Sensor plus Full HD video recording, Live View shooting, Wireless flash photography and a Vari-angle 3.0-inch LCD monitor.
GoPro HERO5 Black & Head Strap Kit This GoPro camera captures up to 4k resolution at 30 fps! With a head strap for hands-free filming, you can record your adventures like a pro!
Yeti Blue Microphone Produce pristine, studio-quality recordings with ease. Four different pattern settings offer incredible flexibility so you can record vocals for music, podcasts, Twitch streaming, YouTube videos, or even cryptozoology lectures in ways that would normally require multiple microphones. Whether you’re recording at home, on the road, or in the Himalayas, Yeti helps you produce studio-quality recordings every time.
In February 2021, the university celebrated Black History Month. The library’s contribution was a set of displays on the 3rd floor of the UC building, including a display board highlighting African American writers and leaders. We also featured display cases of books written by African Americans.
In our OverDrive Ebooks subject browser (https://tamus.overdrive.com/browse) you can find African American fiction and nonfiction content, both in ebook and audiobook formats!
March 2021 is National Women’s History Month! The library contributed a display board and book showcase on the 3rd floor of the UC building. You can check out the digital version of the display board here: https://libguides.tamut.edu/NWHM
In our OverDrive Ebooks subject browser (https:// tamus.overdrive. com/browse) you can find a Women’s Studies section in nonfiction, as well as many women-written titles, both in ebook and audiobook formats!
t h g i l t Spo on: Yato is a homeless god. He doesn’t even have a shrine, not to mention worshippers! So to achieve his ambitious goals, he’s set up a service to help those in need (for a small fee), hoping he’ll eventually raise enough money to build himself the lavish temple of his dreams. Of course, he can’t afford to be picky, so Yato accepts all kinds of jobs, from finding lost kittens to helping a student overcome bullies at school. With the power to generate electricity from within, Jefferson Pierce has donned a colorful costume and the secret identity of Black Lightning! However, it will take all of his abilities to protect his Metropolis neighborhood of Suicide Slum from those who seek to destroy it. With guest appearances by Superman and some familiar villains, Black Lightning makes DC Comics history. On October 16, 2013, 437 students, 52 teachers, and 24 additional staff from Bay Point Preparatory High School in suburban Milwaukee, WI vanished without a trace. Countless light years away, far outside the bounds of the charted universe, 513 people find themselves in the middle of an ancient, primordial wilderness. Where are they? Why are they there? The answers will prove stranger than anyone could possibly imagine.
Kamala Khan is an ordinary girl from Jersey City - until she is suddenly empowered with extraordinary gifts. But who truly is the all-new Ms. Marvel? Teenager? Muslim? Inhuman? As Kamala discovers the dangers of her new powers, she unlocks a secret behind them. Is Kamala ready to wield these immense new gifts?
Soma Yukihira’s old man runs a small family restaurant in the less savory end of town. Aiming to one day surpass his father’s culinary prowess, Soma hones his skills day in and day out until one day, his father decides to enroll Soma in a classy culinary school! Can Soma really cut it in a school that prides itself on a 10 percent graduation rate? And can he convince the beautiful, domineering heiress of the school that he belongs there at all?! Batman: The Killing Joke is Alan Moore’s unforgettable meditation on the razor-thin line between sanity and insanity, heroism and villainy, comedy and tragedy. Batman must race to stop his archnemesis before his reign of terror claims two of the Dark Knight’s closest friends. Can he finally put an end to the cycle of bloodlust and lunacy before it leads to its fatal conclusion?
Bill Gates sets out a wideranging, practical--and accessible--plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a catastrophe. With the help of experts in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science, and finance, he has focused on what must be done in order to stop the planet’s slide to environmental disaster.
Cochise County Sheriff Joanna Brady’s professional and personal lives collide when her college-age daughter is involved in a missing persons case in this evocative and atmospheric mystery in J. A. Jance’s New York Times bestselling suspense series, set in the beautiful desert country of the American Southwest.
In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency—a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil.
Jake Brigance is back! The hero of A Time to Kill, one of the most popular novels of our time, returns in a courtroom drama. Jake Brigance finds himself embroiled in a deeply divisive trial when the court appoints him attorney for Drew Gamble, a timid sixteen-yearold boy accused of murdering a local deputy. Many in Clanton want a swift trial and the death penalty, but Brigance digs in and discovers that there is more to the story than meets the eye. There is a time to kill and a time for justice. Now comes A Time for Mercy.
When we seek an example of great leaders with unalloyed courage, the person who comes to mind is Winston Churchill: the iconic, visionary war leader immune from the consensus of the day, who stood firmly for his beliefs when everyone doubted him. But how did young Winston become Churchill? What gave him the strength to take on the superior force of Nazi Germany when bombs rained on London and so many others had caved? In Churchill, Andrew Roberts gives readers the full and definitive Winston Churchill, from birth to lasting legacy, as personally revealing as it is compulsively readable.
Reviews provided by the publishers.
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