hcc library quarterly, may 2016
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Message from the Director
Gina Calia-Lotz Editor-in-Chief
Bridget Zawitoski
Design & Layout Editor
HCC Library quarterly
Volume 1 Issue 2, May 2016
Help Save Our Trees
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).
In late May, HCC will replace many of the
printer/copiers on campus. The new Multi-
Function Devices (MFDs) will come
equipped with the PaperCut™ print
management system.
The Library will replace the desktop printers
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
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
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E-Journals for Teaching in Higher Ed 3 6
Libraries Transform
Libraries Contribute
“In the Stacks”
Choose Privacy Week
Privacy Laws and Your Rights
New Books
May Babies
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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 off-
campus 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 cutting-
edge 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.
If you have any questions, please email
Jessica Dahl, Electronic Resources Librarian,
at [email protected]. Happy reading!
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Volume 1 Issue 2, May 2016
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
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.
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Help Save Our Trees
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HCC Library Quarterly
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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.
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. Runners-
up will choose from a
variety of herb plants.
D. Watkins, the author of
The Beast Side: Living
(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!
Libraries Transform National Library Week
April 11 – 18
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Volume 1 Issue 2, May 2016
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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
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:
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.
This Just In! Libraries Contribute to Student Success
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Gina Calia-Lotz, Instructional Services Librarian
The 8th annual Choose Privacy Week,
sponsored by the American Library
Association’s Office for Intellectual
Freedom, will be held May 1-7. This year’s
theme, “Respect Me, Respect My Privacy,”
focuses on protecting the privacy, civil
rights, and personal dignity of students and
minors. “Students in particular are
increasingly subject to tracking and
monitoring, as schools turn to web-based
apps, on-demand delivery of personalized
content, virtual forums, social media,
and other interactive technologies to
deliver educational content and monitor
student behavior both on- and off-
campus.” (American Library
Association).
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
our freedoms, including our freedom to
read what we want to and to search for
information without surveillance. Libraries
have long been champions of freedom of
access to information while protecting
patrons’ personal information.
Library professionals have a role to play in
educating people about threats to their
privacy in a digital age and in giving people
the resources they need to “think critically
and make informed decisions about their
privacy” (American Library Association).
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-and-
minors-privacy/.
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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-mobile-
apps#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-app-
developers-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!
Privacy Laws and Your Rights: There’s an App for That!
Choose Privacy Week
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New Books @ Your Library
1. This author, born on May 27,
1925, is best known for his
Navajo Tribal Police Mysteries.
(nyto mnlliaher)
2. These two women authors share
a May 19th birthday. The
screenwriter born in 1941 is
known for her romantic
comedies such as Sleepless in
Seattle. The playwright born in
1930 is best known for A Raisin
in the Sun. (rona norphe)
(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
author‘s birthdate is May 25,
1927. (torber uullmd)
6. “Samuel” is the first name of
this writer of hard-boiled
detective fiction. Born on
5/27/1894, he prefers his
middle name. (sadllihe
mmttahe)
7. This satirist’s famous novel
coined a phrase meaning a
problem with no good way out.
He was born on May 1, 1923.
(ejophs lrehle)
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
Frog and Toad series. (nolard
bello)
May Babies Unscramble the authors’ names to answer the clues
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