CSM Library Spring 2010 Newsletter available online

Make sure you check out the recent version of the Bulldog's Bookcase, the CSM Library newsletter, at http://collegeofsanmateo.edu/library/newsletter/volume2.htm. The recent issue highlights new initiatives and collections in the Library and at CSM. The Spring 2010 newsletter also offers book reviews and links to research tools. We hope it makes for a good read and helps you get to know the CSM Library and its staff a little bit better. Enjoy!

March Forth for Education

Take part in CSM's Educating the Whole Student program at the CSM Theater today from 8:10am-2:00 pm. There will be various presentations by faculty, students and staff to inform our community on how we can try to save higher education. There will be music and performances by students, as well as computer banks so that you can contact your local legislator and the California governor. More information about this event can be found on the College of San Mateo website.

The CSM March Forth event event will be followed by the rally against budget cuts to education. The rally will take place in the San Francisco civic center at 5pm. More information can be found at http://againstcuts.org/

2nd Web 2.0 workshop for students is full. Workshops in March still open.

The second Web 2.0 technology workshop for students on 2/24 is full. However, you can always drop by when the sesssion meets to see if there are seats available. In this session CSM librarians will show you a few useful online citation tools to help you create outstanding bibliographies and works cited pages for your research papers.

There is still room in the March workshops on creating perfect presentations and blogging. Sign up now to save your place.

Student workshops are filling up fast

The first session of student workshops covering my.smccd.edu and google tools is almost at capacity. We are limiting the number of attendees to 35. Registration will be on a first come basis. At the session meeting, we will fill seats on a standby basis. Please also feel free to bring your laptops if you feel more comfortable working from your own computer. The Library offers wifi access.

If there is enough interest, we will possibly offer more free workshops at future dates. Look out for announcements in the near future.

These workshops are for students only. We will be offering workshops to faculty and staff at a later date. Look out for a detailed description of workshops fro faculty and staff next week.

Web 2.0 technology workshops for students at CSM Library

CSM Library will be hosting 1-hour workshops on Web 2.0 technology for students. Topics include Google tools and student my.smccd.accounts, citation tools, online presentation tools, blogging and building sites. The sessions will be offered on Wednesdays February 10, February 24, March 17 and March 24 at 1pm. More information can be found  @ http://tiny.cc/webworkshops .

Stduents are welcome to drop-in to a session, or sign up beforehand at the URL above.

Teach-in at CSM Theater 2/3 and 2/4, 8am-2pm

College of San Mateo faculty, staff and students are participating in a teach-in at the CSM Theater on Wednesday, February 3 and Thursday, February 4 from 8am-2pm. There will be a number of speakers informing the community about the budget cutbacks that are affecting programs, courses, and services in community colleges. This is a peaceful and informative event. Learn how you can fight back to save our colleges.

You can also get more information at the CSM teach-in facebook page.

You can also download a schedule and list of speakers here.

LIBR 100 enrollment issues

LIBR 100 section 2 (CRN 42568) is still enrolling, however, we are getting reports of difficulties in registering for the course. Additionally, middle college students will require an authorization code to add the class. If you have any issues registering for the course, please contact Teresa Morris at morrist@smccd.edu so that she can assist you in adding the class.

This class runs from March 24 through May 26 and is an Online course with one mandatory on-campus session.