HCC Library Quarterly, May 2016 by Harford Community College Library

Volume 1 Issue 2, May 2016 Gina Calia-Lotz Editor-in-Chief Bridget Zawitoski Design & Layout Editor

HCC Library Message from the Director

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As we all race toward the close of the academic year, I invite you to take a few minutes to learn what’s happening at your library. Be sure to check out the summary of a report from the Association of College and Research Libraries, which documents assessment findings about how libraries contribute to student success. If you are not already partnering with us, consider whether our customized information literacy sessions, online tutorials, embedded librarian service, or one-on-one student research consultations might boost your students’ learning outcomes. Contact Gina Calia-Lotz for information. You may also enjoy the account of our National Library Week activities. Thanks to everyone who helped us transform used books into textbook scholarships for HCC students by donating or buying books! I also want to draw your attention to two articles about “Choose Privacy Week.” As educators, we need to look for opportunities to make students aware of the privacy risks in today’s digital world and to minimize those risks. Look for more transformations at the HCC Library next spring, as we welcome the Learning Center into our building and begin offering expanded digital media support for students. And, remember that we always welcome your feedback and suggestions for how we can better support you and your students.

Did you know…? Information Literacy Instruction The Library provides instruction in our 26-seat computer lab in support of HCC’s Gen Ed goal #5: “Students will be able to define information needs, access information efficiently and effectively, evaluate information critically and use information ethically.” Lessons are taught by librarians and customized for course needs. Concepts covered may include the research process, developing topics, evaluating sources, integrating sources into a research paper, using online databases, citing and using sources appropriately, and analyzing primary sources. Faculty may request an instructional session using the form on the Library’s website under Services— Instructional Services or by contacting Gina Calia-Lotz (x2052).

Help Save Our Trees In late May, HCC will replace many of the printer/copiers on campus. The new MultiFunction Devices (MFDs) will come equipped with the PaperCut™ print management system. The Library will replace the desktop printers

E-Journals for Teaching in Higher Ed

used by students and other library users with MFDs, which will be used for printing only. These machines will also use PaperCut™ for managed printing. The new MFDs will offer a number of improved features for students and other library users. They will print faster than the desktop

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printers, and users will be able to specify a corner staple or three-hole punch when they submit their job for printing. Users will continue to send jobs to the printer queue from the computer workstation (Continued on page 2)

Choose Privacy Week Privacy Laws and Your Rights

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they are using; however, the job will not actually print until the user comes to the printer and either swipes their student ID card or inputs their code. This feature will ensure that no one picks up the wrong document by mistake and is expected to reduce the amount of wasted printing. Each day in the Library, hundreds and sometimes thousands of pages of unclaimed printing are put into our paper recycling bins. A few years ago, we kept all the wasted printing that was left behind in the Library and in what was then the Tutoring Center

E-Journals for Teaching in Higher Ed Jess Dahl, Electronic Resources Librarian

The Library subscribes to various online journals relating to teaching and higher education. These journals can be accessed from both on- and off-campus, without a special username or password! If you are offcampus you will only be asked to type in your HCC Library barcode number. Chronicle of Higher Education - A top destination for news, advice, and jobs for people in academia.  Communication Teacher - Focuses on communication education assessment of student learning and classroom practices.  Online Classroom - Helps educators develop and define the world of online education.  Reading Research Quarterly - The leading research journal in the field includes reports of important studies and diverse viewpoints on literacy practices, teaching and learning.  Reading Teacher - Covers topics including curriculum, instruction, assessments, and programs for diverse populations of literacy learners.  Teaching Professor - A source of cuttingedge information and inspiration for educators at universities and colleges worldwide. To access these e-journals, visit the Library’s website at http://www.harford.edu/academics/ library/, click on Research Resources in the left-hand column then select Research Databases. Next, click on Periodical Locator at the bottom of the page. When you are in the Periodical Locator just type in the name of the journal you want to view. For example, a search for Communication Teacher will reveal that HCC Library has access from 2004 present in Taylor & Francis Online. A direct link to the e-journal is provided. 

for one month. This photograph shows the height of the resulting mountain of paper. Several HCC students turned this mountain of paper into a paper tree. PaperCut™ is used at many libraries nationally, internationally and within Maryland and has been proven to help institutions reduce excess printing. Here at HCC, we hope PaperCut™ will help us reduce the number of trees each year that are converted into wasted printing. Conservatree.org estimated a few years ago that the wood from one tree produces about 8,500 sheets of paper. Last year, students and other library users printed out about 1,700,000 sheets of paper, which equals 200 trees. Please help us live out HCC’s sustainability value by thinking before printing. Let’s keep our trees green and growing.

If you have any questions, please email Jessica Dahl, Electronic Resources Librarian, at jeambrose@harford.edu. Happy reading!

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Libraries Transform National Library Week April 11 – 18 Janis Jordan, Research & Instruction Librarian

A flurry of butterflies descended on the Library during the second week of April in celebration of National Library Week. They transformed the space into a Butterfly House filled with events for all. Our Used Book Sale raised $1338.00 which will fund the HCC Foundation Library Textbook Scholarship. This is the highest revenue the sale has ever realized! Students estimated spending an average of $370 on required course materials during the fall 2013 term, according to NACS’ Student Watch™ fall 2013 report, so the scholarships are sought after. It wouldn’t be possible without the support of our generous donors and eager customers. Forty-three Library patrons received an office supply kit because they sat in the “Secret Seat.” We selected chairs throughout the building to be Secret Seats, and at designated times the librarians would distribute the gifts.

(and Dying) While Black in America, spoke to 31 people on April 14. Watkins is a professor at University of Baltimore and a columnist for Salon. His work has been published in The New York Times, The Guardian, Rolling Stone and other publications. He holds a Master’s in Education from Johns Hopkins University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Baltimore. Before he entered college, he was a drug dealer on the streets of Baltimore. His mission is to increase literacy among schoolchildren. Watkins read selected essays from his book, and talked about what motivated him to change himself from a drug dealer to a college professor. A lively Q&A session followed his talk. As staff member Jennifer Hart puts it, “Libraries open doors to exploration, enrichment and transformation.” We hope that National Library Week has helped spread awareness of the Library and its possibilities!

On April 12, Transform @Your Library: A Maker Space Event took place at the Student Center. We invited the artists among us to repurpose old books, magazines, and other items into art or new objects. Their completed projects were amazing! Come see our display case filled with inspiring projects made from books . We had 167 people enter our drawing for a $100 gift card for HCC Special Events & Performances. Runnersup will choose from a variety of herb plants. D. Watkins, the author of The Beast Side: Living

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This Just In! Libraries Contribute to Student Success Gina Calia-Lotz, Instructional Services Librarian

The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has issued a report demonstrating the impact academic libraries have on student learning and success. The evidence is based on findings from 64 postsecondary institutions across North America whose libraries participated in the Assessment in Action (AiA) program, in which libraries engage in a three-year assessment project based on a unique “inquiry question” such as, “What is the influence of instructional collaboration between global learning faculty and library faculty on students’ information literacy?” (Florida International University) or “Is there a relationship between the use of personalized library services by at-risk students and academic success?” (Fulton-Montgomery Community College). Findings based on these research projects demonstrated “compelling evidence” that academic libraries contribute to the success and learning outcomes of students. Among these findings were:   

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Students benefit from library instruction in their initial coursework. There is a correlation between library instruction for new students and their ability to find high-quality sources, their course grades, and their overall learning experiences. Library use increases student success. Several AiA studies demonstrated a correlation between students’ use of library and their academic achievement. Campus partnerships with the library enhance student learning. Whether it is the library providing space for drop -in tutoring services, or librarians making themselves available outside the library in student services offices, or other types of collaboration with academic services, students report higher levels of confidence and achievement when libraries collaborate with other campus programs and services. Information literacy instruction strengthens general education outcomes. Not only does library-led instruction improve student learning outcomes pertaining to information literacy, but there is a correlation between students’ information literacy and critical thinking skills. Library research consultation services boost student learning. Various AiA studies demonstrate higher levels of confidence and higher GPAs among students who have engaged in a research consultation with a librarian. The library promotes academic rapport and student engagement. Libraries play an important role in building a sense of community at higher education institutions, and this sense of community is positively associated with student engagement.

The full report, “Documented Library Contributions to Student Learning and Success,” is available at http://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ ala.org.acrl/files/content/issues/value/contributions_y2.pdf.

Look no further than HCC Library’s DVD collection for special, one-of-a-kind viewing experiences such as the macabre 1964 Japanese film Onibaba (translation: “Demon Hag”). Forced to fend for themselves in a marshy wasteland in war-torn medieval Japan, a desperate mother and daughter-in-law lure wayward samurai to their deaths to sell their weapons and amour for food. This grim, hardscrabble existence sustains them until a long-lost neighbor returns from the battlefields and threatens to upend their sinister dynamic. To establish order, a dark plot is hatched to thwart new threats posed by lust,

betrayal, jealously, and vengeance. The introduction of a haunting demon mask foreshadows coming doom and hints at the intervention of the supernatural. Restored and released by the Criterion Collection, an organization “dedicated to gathering the greatest films from around the world and publishing them in editions of the highest technical quality,” Onibaba comes with special features such as the original trailer, an interview with writer/director Kaneto Shindo, and a rare English translation of the original short Buddhist fable that inspired the film. Title: Onibaba Format: DVD Location: HCC Video Collection X PN1997 .O6 2004 3rd Floor Main Collection

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Choose Privacy Week our freedoms, including our freedom to read what we want to and to search for The 8th annual Choose Privacy Week, information without surveillance. Libraries sponsored by the American Library have long been champions of freedom of Association’s Office for Intellectual access to information while protecting Freedom, will be held May 1-7. This year’s patrons’ personal information. theme, “Respect Me, Respect My Privacy,” focuses on protecting the privacy, civil Library professionals have a role to play in rights, and personal dignity of students and educating people about threats to their minors. “Students in particular are privacy in a digital age and in giving people increasingly subject to tracking and the resources they need to “think critically monitoring, as schools turn to web-based and make informed decisions about their apps, on-demand delivery of personalized privacy” (American Library Association). content, virtual forums, social media, and other interactive technologies to deliver educational content and monitor student behavior both on- and offcampus.” (American Library Association). Gina Calia-Lotz, Instructional Services Librarian

Libraries, along with other groups including the American Civil Liberties Union, are working to invite, encourage, and facilitate conversation surrounding this important topic. For a list of resources on students’ and minors’ privacy, including scholarly articles, state and federal laws, and guidance for educators and parents, visit https:// chooseprivacyweek.org/students-andminors-privacy/.

Why is privacy such an important issue, and why are libraries and librarians interested in this topic? To begin with, privacy is an essential component of democracy; when we allow our right to privacy to be compromised, we threaten

Privacy Laws and Your Rights: There’s an App for That! Andie Craley, Manager for Technical Services & Government Documents Librarian

As YOUR Federal Depository Library, HCC Library is your link to find access to federal agencies that help you in everyday tasks, including knowing your rights and privacy laws! As a consumer, it’s important to know about your privacy and what types of data a mobile app can potentially access. Here is what the Federal Trade Commission has to say (https:// www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0018-understanding-mobileapps#privacy ): your phone and email contacts  call logs  internet data  calendar data  data about the device’s location  the device’s unique IDs  information about how you use the app itself Recently, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Office of Civil Rights (OCR), the Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA), and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) partnered together to create a simple, user-friendly web-based tool for potential app developers to use in assisting them in creating mobile health apps in compliance with privacy laws. The tool gives brief descriptions of related privacy laws from federal agencies and then walks the user through 10 questions so they can discover which laws apply to the mobile health app they wish to develop. Check out their helpful online tool: https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/ business-center/guidance/mobile-health-apps-interactive-tool. The Federal Trade Commission also released a set of 8 Best Practices for Mobile Health App Developers: https://www.ftc.gov/ tips-advice/business-center/guidance/mobile-health-appdevelopers-ftc-best-practices. For many helpful apps, see the “Federal Government Apps Directory” at USA.gov for mobile sites for iOS and Android at https://www.usa.gov/mobile-apps. Government information on the go!

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New materials are added to the Library’s collection each week!

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Unscramble the authors’ names to answer the clues 1. This author, born on May 27,

6. “Samuel” is the first name of

1925, is best known for his

this writer of hard-boiled

Navajo Tribal Police Mysteries.

detective fiction. Born on

(nyto mnlliaher)

5/27/1894, he prefers his

2. These two women authors share a May 19th birthday. The screenwriter born in 1941 is

middle name. (sadllihe mmttahe) coined a phrase meaning a

comedies such as Sleepless in

problem with no good way out.

Seattle. The playwright born in

He was born on May 1, 1923.

1930 is best known for A Raisin

(ejophs lrehle)

(rrenlioa snbrreahy) 3. This poet, a volunteer nurse during the Civil War, was born on May 31, 1819. (lawt twnahim) 4. The wizard who created the Land of Oz was born on 5/15/1856. (manyl knfra maub) 5. “Bourne” to write thrillers, this

See the Library website for exceptions to these hours: http://www.harford.edu/ academics/library/about/

7. This satirist’s famous novel

known for her romantic

in the Sun. (rona norphe)

Mon-Thurs: 7:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m. Fri: 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sat: 10 a.m. –2 p.m. Sun: CLOSED

8. This YA author, born on May 17, 1939, is best known for his coming of age novels such as

Hatchet. (ygar elpsaun) 9. The author who kept people out of the water after reading Jaws was born May 8, 1940. (repet ylcheben) 10. Born on May 22, 1933, this Caldecott winning author/ illustrator is best known for his

author‘s birthdate is May 25,

Frog and Toad series.

1927. (torber uullmd)

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Reference Desk Library, 2nd floor referenc@harford.edu 443-412-2131 Library Computer Lab Service Desk Library, 1st floor 443-412-2068

Answers: 1. Tony Hillerman 2. Nora Ephron & Lorraine Hansberry 3. Walt Whitman 4. Lyman Frank Baum 5. Robert Ludlum 6. Dashiell Hammett 7. Joseph Heller 8. Gary Paulsen 9. Peter Benchley 10. Arnold Lobel