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LC Updates: February 27 – March 3

February 27, 2023 by Leeward CC Learning Commons | 0 comments

RFID’ing in the Library: UPDATE

28,802 books have been RFID tagged as of Monday, February 27th. Our project is a little over 60% completed!

The library is implementing a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) theft detection system for materials. In September, library staff and librarians began the conversion process, which involves pulling books off the shelves and affixing RFID tags to each book. Each RFID tag is encoded with a book’s barcode number, format type, and the library’s unique OCLC code. Tagged books are then returned to the shelf. With over 46,000 individual books in our collection, we estimate that the conversion process will be completed in the late spring or summer of 2023. For more information about this project, please read our RFID Conversion Project blog post.

Closed Friday, March 3rd, for HISSI

We will be closed Friday, March 3rd, for HISSI. A few presentations the Learning Commons & Library staff are offering:

Beyond Textbook Savings: A Panel on the Intersections of Open Education and Social Justice – Presented by Karen Cangialosi, Rebecca Vasquez Ortiz, Sheryl Shook, Ashley Biddle, and Wayde Oshiro
Cross-campus Meeting: Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Taskforce – Presented by Tasha Williams Moses, Syreeta Washington, and Piʻikea Hardy-Kahaleoumi
Cultivating an Equity-minded Culture at the Leeward CC Learning Commons and Library – Presented by Annemarie Paikai, Wayde Oshiro, and An Hollowell
Making OER Count in Tenure and Promotion: Resources to Support Your Efforts – Presented by Carina Chernisky, Junie Hayashi, Soledad Lencinas, and Jason Yamashita
Making OER Count in Tenure and Promotion: Your Colleagues Share Their Real-World Experiences – Presented by Daniela Dutra Elliott, Thomas Scheiding, I-Chia Shih, Carina Chernisky, Junie Hayashi, Soledad Lencinas, and Jason Yamashita
OER Special Topics Session – Presented by Wayde Oshiro and Sunny Pai
Plagiarism?! Four Perspectives – Presented by Donald Carreira Ching, Anika Gearhart-Edwards, Tasha Williams Moses, and Michelle Igarashi
Right Foot Forward: Applying Lessons from Dance to Help Us in Life and Work – Presented by Kale Kingsbury

Check the program for times and locations

The Nikkei Incarceration: A Reflection in Documents and Images

Learning Commons & Library display coming soon!

Dates: March 6-17
Location: Learning Commons Entry Display

LC Updates: February 14-18

February 14, 2022 by Leeward CC Learning Commons | 0 comments

February 2022

Celebrating Black Women Authors – visit our display at the Learning Commons or browse virtually at go.hawaii.edu/Pnr!

February 21 (Monday): Presidents’ Day

The Learning Commons & Library will be CLOSED in observance of Presidents’ Day.

January 19, 2022
by Eileen Sakamoto
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Celebrating Black Women Authors!

The perseverance and talent that Maya Angelou, Octavia Butler, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, and many other Black women authors had helped pave the way for current authors to breathe life into their books’ characters, such as “The girl with the louding voice,” by Abi Dare, and “White teeth : a novel,” by Zadi Smith.As Toni Morison said so wonderfully, “If you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else.” Come to the Learning Commons and Library to browse a few works of these inspiring authors or visit our displays virtually at go.hawaii.edu/Pnr!

Spring 2022 Hours & Services

January 10, 2022 by Leeward CC Learning Commons | 0 comments

Library Hours: Effective January 10th

The library will be open Monday – Friday, 8am – 4pm. Hours subject to change.

Only the main level of the Learning Commons will open, the upper level will be closed due to collection maintenance in preparation for new shelving.

GET STARTED THIS SEMESTER WITH LEEWARD TUTORING!

Spring 2022 tutoring begins January 18th.

WRITING CENTER HOURS

Tutoring will be offered in-person, online, and by phone.

Monday-Thursday: 10 am – 3 pm
Friday: 11 am – 3 pm
Zoom drop-in available via Penjiapp.
*In-person tutoring: by appointment. To make an appointment, email writers@hawaii.edu or visit Penjiapp.

For for more information, go to the Writing Center website: go.hawaii.edu/Gp8

FOCUSED WORKSHOPS VIA ZOOM

Zoom into the Writing Center to attend free online workshops focused on writing and success skills.
Review our focused workshops. Email writers@hawaii.edu to schedule an online focused workshop.

LEARNING RESOURCE CENTER
In-person and online tutoring in the following content areas: Accounting, Biology, Business, Chemistry, and Japanese.
*See Penjiapp for subject-specific hours and tutors

Monday-Thursday: 10 am – 3 pm
Friday: 11 am – 3 pm
Zoom drop-in available via Penjiapp.
*In-person tutoring by appointment. Email lrctutor@hawaii.edu or go to Penjiapp to schedule an appointment.

For more information about the LRC, go to our website: https://www2.leeward.hawaii.edu/lrc/

Spring 2022 Laptop Loans

The library has a limited supply of semester loan laptops. If you know of a student in need, please have them contact the circulation desk (x210 or lcccirc@hawaii.edu).

Feature Films for Education

Our subscription to Feature Films for Education is live!
Direct link to resource: https://lccproxy.lib.hawaii.edu/login?url=https://ffusa.infobase.com/PortalPlayLists.aspx?wid=100432

This streaming video collection includes 600+ full-length feature films that are generally not duplicated in our other resources. Sample films:

12 Years a Slave
The Crucible
Planet of the Apes
Fight Club
Hidden Figures
The Martian
The Descendants
The Revenant
The Shape of Water
Soul Food
Little Miss Sunshine
Thank You for Smoking

More information:
https://www.infobase.com/products/feature-films-for-education/

LC Updates: November 23, 2021

November 23, 2021 by An | 0 comments

November 2021: Native American Heritage Month & National Family Caregivers Month

Drop by the Learning Commons & Library to view our book displays or visit virtually at go.hawaii.edu/Pnr!

Nov 15-19: International Education Week 2021

In case you missed it, visit our LibGuide to see how we celebrated International Education Week 2021!

Nov 25-26: Thanksgiving Hours

Nov 25 (Thu): Thanksgiving Recess: Learning Commons & Library CLOSED
Nov 26 (Fri): Day after Thanksgiving
- Library Online Chat Services: 8am – 4pm
- LRC & Writing Center Online Services: 8am – 4pm

Dec 6-17: Finals Countdown

Learning Commons & Library Extended Hours
- Mon – Fri, 8am – 6pm
LRC & Writing Center
- Tutoring, Writing Consultation, & Workshops
Student Government
- De-Stressing Kits & Study Snacks (validated Leeward CC student ID card required)

We will allow dry snacks and covered beverages in the Learning Commons & Library again! Masks may be removed while eating and drinking. More information about Finals Countdown coming soon!

LC Updates: November 16, 2021

November 16, 2021 by An | 0 comments

November 2021	Native American Heritage Month & National Family Caregivers Month Drop by the Learning Commons & Library to view our book displays or visit virtually at go.hawaii.edu/Pnr!
Nov 15-19	International Education Week 2021 Celebrate International Education Week with Leeward Community College from November 15- 19, 2021. Come by the Library to check out our book display or visit our LibGuide.
Nov 25 (Thu)	Thanksgiving Recess: Learning Commons & Library CLOSED
Nov 26 (Fri)	Day after Thanksgiving: Learning Commons & Library CLOSED Library Online Chat Services: 8am – 4pm LRC & Writing Center Online Services: 8am – 4pm

LC Updates: November 9, 2021

November 9, 2021 by An | 0 comments

November 2021	Native American Heritage Month Drop by the Learning Commons & Library to view our book displays or visit virtually at go.hawaii.edu/Pnr!
Nov 11 (Thu)	Veterans Day: Learning Commons & Library CLOSED
Nov 15-19	International Education Week Display – Coming Soon!
Nov 25 (Thu)	Thanksgiving Recess: Learning Commons & Library CLOSED
Nov 26 (Fri)	Day after Thanksgiving: Learning Commons & Library CLOSED Library Online Chat Services: 8am – 4pm

The Library

The Writing Center

The Writing Center assists students with writing assignments for any Leeward CC class!

We believe in the power of peer tutoring. Students may meet with a Writing Consultant online and over the phone for tutoring sessions from 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. on Friday.
To schedule an online or phone tutoring appointment through Penjiapp, visit our website at go.hawaii.edu/Gp8.
In-person tutoring is available by appointment only on Mondays and Wednesdays. Please email writers@hawaii.edu to schedule an appointment.

Learning Resource Center

Look no further! The LRC also provides FREE tutoring for Leeward students in the following content areas.

*Accounting, Biology, Business, Chemistry, Computer Science, Japanese Language, and Microbiology

Visit our website at go.hawaii.edu/AmW to make an appointment or attend a drop-in session with a tutor via Zoom through our new scheduling system, Penjiapp.

For more resources created by our tutors, please visit our Study With Us padlet at go.hawaii.edu/ff3.

Chicken Skin: Hawaiian Obake/Ghost & Crime Mysteries

October 8, 2021 by An | 0 comments

Hawaiian Obake/Ghost and Crime Mysteries

It’s Oct-THRILL-ber!!!

You should not have pork in your car while driving through the Pali Highway tunnels.

Some say you can see floating orbs around ‘Iolani Palace.

Have you ever hiked around Morgan’s Corner?

This Halloween, we’ve collected a few local tales, myths, and mystery/crime fiction that will give you chicken skin! Drop by our Hawaiian-Pacific Collection (in the library, upper level) or you can view our virtual display at go.hawaii.edu/Pnr.

October 7, 2021
by Eileen Sakamoto
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The Mysteries of Edgar Allan Poe

Stop by the Learning Commons & Library to see our display of Edgar Allan Poe and check out some of his wonderfully, frightful tales!

Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was an American writer, poet, and a critic of other writers when he worked at the Southern Literary Messenger in Richmond, Virginia. He was considered the ‘Tomahawk Man” due to his vicious reviews of his contemporaries. However, he was a talented poet and prolific writer completing works such as “The Tell-Tale Heart,” “The Fall of the House of Usher,” “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” “The Black Cat,” “The Pit and the Pendulum,” and one of his best known works, “The Raven.”

You can also view this display virtually at go.hawaii.edu/Pnr.

Banned Books Week (September 27 – October 1)

September 24, 2021 by An | 0 comments

Banned Books Week: September 27 - October 2

Celebrate your freedom to read at Leeward CC Library!

During the last week of September, we feature books that are currently or have been historically challenged in libraries, schools, and countries. Leeward CC Library has almost 100 titles that have been banned or challenged! We also had our own experience with censorship. If you are curious which books made the banned list, drop by the Learning Commons & Library! You can also visit our display virtually at go.hawaii.edu/Pnr.

For more information about Banned Books Week, go to go.hawaii.edu/GC9.