Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014 (3:30 - 5pm) Open Access Faculty Panel Session

Oct. 23rd from 4-6pm - Opening Reception for the new library exhibit, "The Legacy of Ruben Salazar: A man of his words, a man of his time"

Library Exhibit - The Legacy of Ruben Salazar: A Man of His Words, A Man of His Time (October 23, 2014 - March 26, 2015)

New Longer Library Hours -- Starting Fall Quarter 2014 (Sept. 25)

You asked for longer library hours . . . and we listened!

Starting Fall Quarter 2014 the library will pilot new longer hours.

If you show up . . . the new hours just may become permanent!

Starting Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014 the library's hours will be:

Monday - Thursday	8:00am - 12 midnight
Friday	8:00am - 5:00pm
Saturday	10:00am - 6:00pm
Sunday	12 noon - 6:00pm

Welcome New Library Personnel!

The Library is pleased to welcome our recent hires including (from L to R):

• Matthew Prutsman, Head of Access Services (circulation, shelving, ILL, Reserves)
• Jayati Chaudhuri, User Services Librarian (liaison to Sociology, Geosciences & Environment, Political Science)
• Sarah Baker, User Services Librarian (Liaison to applied and advanced studies in Education)
• Azalea Camacho, University Library Archivist
  
  
  
  
  Not pictured:  Jenny Tran (Fiscal Services Technician) and Frances Loera (Electronic Resources Assistant)

The Art of Typography Exhibit (June 26th – September 5th)

The Art of Typography Exhibit is on display from June 26^th – September 5^th  on the first floor of Library North. The idea for the exhibit revolves around the Perry R. Long Collection of Books on Printing & Graphic Design, which was donated to Special Collections & Archives in 1959. The collection is one of the largest collections of typography on the West Coast. It includes works on the art and science of typography, paper making and color printing, graphic design, book binding, printer’s manuals, and histories, as well as ephemera, keepsakes, announcements, broadsides, and examples of fine printing.  The exhibit was developed and installed by Special Collections & Archives staff and student assistants.  Hope you get a chance to see it and the exhibits to come in the future.

Streaming Video & Audio Collections Now Available

The library has recently added several new streaming media services to its collection of online resources.  You can access these collections on library computers or from off-campus
(with your MyCSULA user name and password)


Our new streaming media collections include:

Ambrose Video includes the BBC Shakespeare Plays, American history, history of Christianity, great American and British authors, human geography and physical geography, human body, science series, and history/legal series covering history of equal rights in America, history of civil rights in America, and the First Amendment in the 21st Century and more. Films On Demand is a Web-based digital video delivery service that allows you to view streaming videos online. Chosen from thousands of high-quality educational titles in multiple subject areas, the Master Academic Collection contains approximately 11,200 full-length videos / 166,000 video clips, and the Nursing Video Collection contains approximately 1,400 full-length videos / 14,000 video clips. Kanopy is an online video streaming service.  CSULA’s Kanopy subscription currently includes 141 videos from The Media Education Foundation(MEF)Collection.  MEF videos encourage critical thinking about the social, political, and cultural impact of American mass media with a special focus on representations of gender and race, and the effect these representations have on identity and culture. MEF films are especially well-suited for use in Communication, Education, Race and Gender, Sociology and Psychology courses. Music Online is a comprehensive streaming audio collection. It currently provides access to over 500,000 albums (approx. 6,500,000 tracks) including Classical, Jazz, World, American, and Popular genres. NBC Learn Higher Ed  is a rich, dynamic, and innovative resource that provides thousands of historic news reports, current events stories, original content, primary source documents, and other digital media specifically designed to help teach and engage students of all levels and abilities.

Library Exhibit ~ Equality for All Residents: African Americans and Racial Reform in California, 1945-1970

Equality for All Residents: African Americans and Racial Reform in California, 1945-1970

An Exhibit Compiled by Martin Schiesl, Professor Emeritus of History

Library Palmer Wing, 2nd Floor

On display from February 1 to March 31, 2014

African American men and women played a leading role in the hard struggle for racial equality in California during the years from 1945 to 1970. They came from different social backgrounds, held private and public positions, and belonged to the NAACP and other reform organizations. Their main concerns were exclusion from various public accommodations, discriminatory employment, housing discrimination, and segregation of schools. They formed strong alliances with civil rights activist in the Anglo and Latino communities and won much admiration and support from liberal members of local and state government. By the end of the 1960s, African American leaders had secured several laws against discrimination, opened new economic and social opportunities for people of color, and greatly helped move California far down the road of equality.