HCC Library Newsletter (Fall 2014)

Message from the Director Hello, newsletter

readers. How can it

possibly be mid-

October already? By

now I’m sure you are

well into the rhythm

of the semester. No

doubt you are ready to take a short

break and curl up with this issue of our

newsletter and catch up on new re-

sources we’ve added for your use.

The featured database is Art Source;

we think you will like it. While you are

checking out this new database, be

sure to take a look as well at the Gale

Virtual Reference Library. This is our

first venture into “patron-driven

acquisitions,” which means we have

access until January to all 2,000 GVRL

titles on a leased basis. At the end of

this period, we will purchase those

titles that you (our patrons) use most

often.

I invite you to meet three new

employees, Brad Keene, Brian Smith,

and Matthew Lowing; see their bios on

page seven. Better still, stop by the

Library to introduce yourself. You will

also want to stop by the Hays-Heighe

House between October 14 and

January 15 to view our new exhibit;

read all about it on page six.

Did you know that several buildings at

HCC will turn 50 this year? Find out

which ones and view some great

photographs from the College Archives

in our centerfold story.

Last, but not least, remember that we

are always happy to hear from you

with your suggestions for ways that we

can continue to enhance our services

and the resources we provide. See the

article below to learn about some

recent improvements we’ve made in

response to the Spring 2014 Customer

Satisfaction Survey. Thanks for your

feedback!

You Asked, We Listened!

Respondents asked for

more textbooks; we now

have over 300 textbooks

on reserve for use in the

Library. We’ve also

purchased 10 additional

laptops for a total of 25

available to borrow.

In Spring 2014, the

Library conducted a

customer satisfaction

survey focusing on

library resources. Overall

the Library came out

with high marks;

however, there were a

few suggestions for

improvements.

The number one request

was for a quieter

atmosphere to study.

The new study carrels on

the second floor should

help, along with moving

the large tables under

the overhang. New

posters remind students

to “dial down” the noise.

Inside this issue:

New @HCC Library! 2

Featured Database:

Art Source

2

Embedding the

Library in

Blackboard

3

One Maryland, One

Book

3

50th Anniversary of

College’s Move to

Prospect Hill

4

Equestrian Exhibit

at Hays-Heighe

House

6

New Library Staff

Members

7

Library

Newsletter Volume 8 Issue 2, Fall 2014

Employee

Publications and

Performances

7

Gina Calia-Lotz,

Editor-in-Chief

Bridget Zawitoski,

Design & Layout Editor

Library

New Books & Media We have many new acquisitions at the Library. Of

interest to faculty and staff are new resources on

diversity and pedagogy, in both print and ebook format.

Of interest to everyone, we have purchased new

resources on college success, World War I, the War of

1812 and the Star Spangled Banner, social media, and

many, many others. Come see what you can check out

@ your Library!

Gale Virtual Reference Library Database

The HCC Library has acquired Gale Virtual Reference

Library, a database of reference ebooks. This database

gives leased access to over 2,000 sources on a variety

of topics and is a great jumping off point for research.

We will be purchasing resources based on their use

throughout the semester, so make your voice heard and

explore the GVRL resources! Available on the Library

website under Research Resources – Articles &

Databases, then click on letter “G” to access Gale

Virtual Reference Source.

Pedagogy Resources Subject Guide

This online subject guide lists and links to articles,

books, websites, and videos pertaining to different

aspects of pedagogy in higher education. A helpful

resource for faculty, it is available at

http://harford.libguides.com/pedagogy.

“Information Sources” Tutorial

This online tutorial/module, created in SoftChalk, aims

to give students a more thorough understanding of

information and how it is created, packaged, and

organized, and how these characteristics affect the

value and usefulness of sources. There are quizzes

and games within the tutorial, as well as a final quiz at

the end. Available on the Library’s website under Help

– Tutorials & Guides.

Featured Database: Art Source Art Source is accessible from the

HCC Library website. Click on “A”

from the Articles and Databases

page or choose Arts from the

subject drop-down list. If you are

accessing Art Source from home,

you will need the library card

number located under the barcode

on the back of your HCC ID. As

always, if you need any help with

this, or any of our resources, please

“Ask a Librarian!”

By Marcia Simonetta

Reference & Instruction Librarian

The Library has purchased the Art

Source database, a wonderful

resource for artists, art scholars,

designers, and art educators. With

access to over 600 full-text

journals, more than 220 full-text

books, and a collection of over

63,000 images, Art Source helps

fill a previously unmet need in the

library database collection.

Because Art Source is produced by

EBSCO, the interface looks very

similar to the popular database

Academic Search Premier. As with

ASP, it’s very easy to limit

searches with a variety of options,

including document type and date

range.

The Art Image Collection is a great

feature of this database. If you

click on the More button in the top

toolbar and select Image, it will

take you to a page where you can

choose to search by subject,

period/style, and media. Hold

down the CTRL key, and you can

choose more

than one

option.

New @ HCC

Library!

Embedding the Library in Blackboard separate discussion forum where

students can post questions that

the entire class can view.

Having a librarian embedded in

your Blackboard course as a

support service provides an

additional personal touch to your

course, lessens students’ anxiety

about not knowing where they can

go for help, and helps promote

student success in using Library

resources for assignments.

If you’d like more information or

are interested in the embedded

librarian service, please contact

Gina Calia-Lotz, Instructional

Services Librarian:

[email protected] or X2052.

By Gina Calia-Lotz

Instructional Services Librarian

If you teach online, there are several

ways to help connect students with

library resources and the research

help services available to them.

The most recent improvement in

Blackboard is a new “Library” tab

available at the top of the interface,

which is visible no matter where you

go within Blackboard. This tab has

been designed to direct distance

education students and faculty to

the most pertinent information and

resources available.

The Library also provides an

“embedded librarian” service, which

involves having a librarian added to

your hybrid or online course in

Blackboard. The librarian is available

to intercept any questions

students might have in

discussions related to use of

Library resources, citation

style, or other information

literacy skills, and to direct

students to pertinent

databases, subject guides,

citation style sheets, or other

resources appropriate to the

individual course. Sometimes

the librarian is given a

Volume 8 Issue 2, Fall 2014

One Maryland, One Book

Monday, October 13 in the Hays-

Heighe House. Cindy Conley,

Instruction Librarian at HCC, led the

discussion. The first 20 people to

RSVP received a free copy of the

book. The Library also has multiple

copies to borrow.

By Bridget Zawitoski

Reference & Instruction Librarian

The Maryland Humanities Council

(MHC) One Maryland One Book

(OMOB) program is in its seventh

year. According to the MHC

website, the OMOB is “designed to

bring together diverse people in

communities across the state

through the shared experience of

reading the

same book.”

This year’s

book, The

Distance

Between Us,

was selected

based upon

pre-

determined

criteria

including this

year’s theme, “the American

Dream.”

Reyna Grande, award-winning

novelist and memoirist, writes

about her life before and after

illegally immigrating to the

United States. Reyna is only two

years old when her father

leaves for El Otro Lado to

pursue a dream. When he sends

for her mother, Reyna and her

siblings are sent to live in

poverty with their father’s

mother. Reyna’s personal narrative

of the Mexican immigrant

experience has been described as

brutally honest, funny,

heartbreaking, and powerful.

In conjunction with the initiative,

the Harford Community College

sponsored a book discussion on

Guacamole at the Library? Yes! The Library

celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month in October

by serving students nachos, guacamole, and

seven-layer dip — along with a display of

books and DVDs having to do with Hispanic

and Latino culture, available at HCC Library.

Library

50th Anniversary

of College’s Move

to Prospect Hill By Julie Mancine

Senior Library Associate

Harford Community College moved to this beautiful

campus in 1964, 50 years ago this fall. There were

three newly-constructed buildings and several existing

buildings, including two barns.

Before that, classes had been held at Bel Air High

School, in the afternoons and evenings. Many

community colleges in Maryland had a similar start, in

local high schools. In Harford County, the several

hundred students that attended these late classes were

“night owls”—hence, the Fighting Owls we are today!

Meanwhile, the property that became today’s campus

was Prospect Hill Farm, with a noteworthy past as a

former thoroughbred horse farm. (See information

about the Hays-Heighe House exhibit on this subject on

page 6.)

Harford County bought the land in 1962 and broke

ground for construction in 1963. Architectural firm

McLeod and Ferrera built what we now call Aberdeen

Hall (science), Bel Air Hall (arts), and Maryland Hall

(library). They also renovated several homes and barns

for administration, a lounge, physical education, and a

theatre.

Classes began September 14, 1964 on the new campus

for Harford Community College’s 700 students. The

dedication ceremony was held in front of Maryland Hall

on October 25, 1964. Speakers included Gov. Millard

Tawes, Sen. William James, Rev. Raymond Wanner of

John Carroll High School, and Rev. Richard Caughron of

Oak Grove Baptist Church, along with members of

Harford County’s School Board and Board of Trustees.

Procession before dedication in front of Aberdeen Hall

Speech at dedication

Maryland Hall


Construction of Maryland Hall

Construction of Bel Air Hall

Map of projected 20-year development

(1964) (left)

Construction of Maryland Hall

September 17, 1964

Library

Equestrian Exhibit at Hays-Heighe

glamour of The Gilded Age

and beyond in the history

of the United States and

Great Britain. It also

encompasses so many of

the major events of that

era, including the

devastating impact of

World War I and the

bravery and determination

of suffragettes on both

sides of the Atlantic.”

The exhibit opened to the

general public on October 14, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at

the Hays-Heighe House. Open exhibit hours are

Tuesdays from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., Fridays from 10:00

a.m. to noon, and first Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to

noon. Along with the exhibit, the Hays-Heighe House

will sponsor a dozen educational programs on topics

such as World War I, developments in European and

American art and literature at that time, the British

suffragette movement, living history interpretations

of American suffragists Elizabeth Cady Stanton and

Alice Paul, and the genetics behind thoroughbred

horse breeding.

“We are creating a smorgasbord of offerings

pertaining to the equestrian history of the Hays-

Heighe House and the history, literature, and art of

the Edwardian era – a sort of ‘Durbar meets Downton

Abbey’ mash-up,” said Carol Allen, Director for the

HCC Library and the Hays-Heighe House. “We think

there will be something of interest for all sorts of

people: British royalty followers, history buffs,

readers of both contemporary and early modern

literature, art lovers, and horse riders and owners.”

For more information about the exhibit, call the Hays-

Heighe House at 443-412-2539.

The Hays-Heighe House presents a fall exhibition,

guest curated by the Historical Society of Harford

County’s Director Maryanna Skowronsi, titled, “The

Racehorse, the Royals and the Writer: The Legacy of

Herman Duryea.” One gallery of the exhibition

recounts highlights of Duryea’s life and his legacy,

along with the exciting story of American racehorse

Durbar II and his victory over Brakespear, the horse

of King George V, at the Epsom Derby in 1914—just

at the outbreak of World War I. It follows Durbar’s

journey from France to England and eventually to

Prospect Hill Farm, where Robert and Anne Heighe

cared for him in the months preceding his death.

Other galleries relate information about the British

Royal Family’s passion for equestrian sports, then and

now, the use of horses in World War I, and the

activity of British suffragettes at the start of the 20th

century. The exhibition also narrates the life of the

late Humphrey S. Finney, British émigré, founding

editor of The Maryland Horse magazine, and this

year’s recipient of the Robert and Ann Heighe Award

for Excellence in Equestrian Journalism.

The exhibit commemorates

the 100th anniversary of

racehorse Durbar II’s

victory at the Epsom

Derby. In 1914, Durbar

became the second

American-owned horse to

win England’s prestigious

Epsom Derby. His owner

was Herman Duryea, a

noted sportsman,

thoroughbred horse owner

and breeder, and

philanthropist, whose

estate was bequeathed to Robert H. Heighe, owner of

Prospect Hill Farm, now the site of HCC. Durbar spent

his final days at Prospect Hill Farm and was interred

on the grounds.

“I’ve wanted to portray the story of Durbar II and his

owners, the Duryeas and the Heighes, since I first

learned about the horse nearly 20 years ago,” said

guest curator Skowronski. “It’s a story filled with the

New Library Staff Members


Hi, my name is Brad Keene, and I am a new Reference and Instruction

Librarian at HCC Library. I obtained my bachelor’s degree from the Ohio

State University and my master’s degree in library science from the

University of Pittsburgh. I have over 10 years experience working in

large, urban public libraries in Columbus, OH; Pittsburgh, PA; Baltimore

City and Baltimore County. I am very happy to have found a place at

HCC, which offers all the intellectual challenges of the public library

while situated in a beautiful campus atmosphere.

A reformed city-dweller, I purchased a home in the Bel Air area in 2013.

My wife Jennifer and I collect vinyl records and enjoy all types of music,

particularly forgotten stalwarts of jazz, rock, blues, and soul. We love to

travel and have been to Down East Maine, New York City, the Delaware

beaches, and the Turks and Caicos Islands in the last year. When at

home, we often spend time discovering new music while excitedly

speculating about where we might plan a new trip.

Being a librarian has allowed me to learn about any number of subjects

and meet all types of wonderful, interesting people. I look forward to working with the staff and students at

HCC and continuing to grow personally and professionally. It’s a pleasure to be here.

Hi, my name is Matthew Lowing, and I am a new Library Assistant at HCC

Library. I graduated from Bel Air High in 2007 and started my college career

at HCC. I transferred to College Park to major in history, but ended up

transferring back to HCC in 2010 and received my AA degree in history.

Following this achievement, I transferred to Towson University and continued

my study of history and, at the same time, found my love for libraries. I

graduated from Towson with a BA in history and took up a temporary job as a

cook at Friendly’s before starting my position here at HCC. I plan to pursue a

Master’s degree in library science.

Hello! I am Brian Smith, and I was recently hired as a Library

Assistant. Previously, I worked as a student assistant here in the

Library as well as for eLearning. I received my AA in mass

communications from HCC, and plan on beginning a BA degree in

electronic media and film at Towson University starting this spring.

I also hope to obtain a certificate in computer networking at

University of Maryland University College. I am very glad to have

this experience working at the Library, as I am kept very busy with

lots of different kinds of projects.

Children’s Authors

Circulation Desk

Library, 2nd floor

[email protected]

443-412-2268

Reference Desk

Library, 2nd floor

[email protected]

443-412-2131

Contact Information

Across

2. Animalia

5. The Snowy Day

8. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

9. Charlotte's Web

10. Tuesday

14. Tale of Peter Rabbit

15. Harry Potter series

Down

1. Little Engine That Could

3. Giving Tree

4. Story of Ferdinand

6. Hop on Pop

7. Goodnight Moon

11. Are You My Mother?

12. Curious George

13. Stellaluna

Library Hours Fall 2014

Monday-Thursday 7:30 a.m.-10:00 p.m.

Friday 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Saturday 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Sunday 12:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

Nov. 28-29: Library CLOSED for Thanksgiving.

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