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Finals Countdown: Last week of classes

May 5, 2020 by An | 0 comments

We made it to the last week of classes!

Please encourage your students to visit our Finals Countdown page [New Window] to let them know we are here to help them prepare for finals!

 

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Library [New Window]

For more information, please contact Circulation Services, x210 or email lcccirc@hawaii.edu 

 

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Writing Center [New Window]

For more information, please contact The Writing Center at writers@hawaii.edu 

 

Annual Library User Survey

If you could spare 5 minutes of your time, please fill out our Annual Library User Survey [New Window] to let us know how we’re doing and offer suggestions for improvement. For those who have already submitted their responses – mahalo! Survey ends Friday, May 15th. 

Finals Countdown is ONLINE!

April 24, 2020 by An | 0 comments

Finals Countdown is ONLINE

Finals Countdown at Leeward CC Library
April 27 – May 15

This semester, we will host Finals Countdown entirely ONLINE!

We wanted to remind students of our current library services [New Window]:

  • Chat with a Librarian
  • Book a Librarian
  • Printing and Scanning
  • Laptop Reservations

and for Finals Countdown, we are featuring:

  • Drop-In Library Help [New Window] – Students can “drop-in” face-to-face with Natalie, our instruction librarian, Monday – Friday, 11am – Noon via Zoom
  • De-Stress Yourself [New Window] – Stress management tips and virtual activities on our Finals Countdown page

For more information about Finals Countdown, visit our page at: go.hawaii.edu/feE [New Window].

 

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We need feedback to improve our services!  If you haven’t gotten the chance to fill out our annual library user survey, please complete the survey at: go.hawaii.edu/Acs [New Window]. Survey ends Friday, May 15th. Mahalo to those who already submitted feedback!

 

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Still accepting responses for our Playful Pandemic Poll! We kicked off this poll during National Library Week to gather responses on how everyone was coping with quarantine. If you have a minute, please fill this out at: go.hawaii.edu/Agz [New Window].

 

National Library Week is in Your House!

April 19, 2020 by Jason Yamashita | 0 comments

National Library Week - Find the Library at Your Place

It’s National Library Week!!!

Like many other libraries across the world, Leeward Library has adjusted our operations in response to COVID-19, but that doesn’t mean we’ve stopped connecting you to the resources you need to learn, enjoy, and ultimately succeed! For this year’s National Library Week, we celebrate by bringing you virtual experiences and digital resources that explore a wealth of knowledge across the globe. And the greatest part? You can enjoy it all from wherever you are. As the world transforms around us, remember that you will no doubt find your place at the library, even when you find the library at your place!

If you read our teaser post last week and saw nothing on our National Library Week page [New Window] . . . the page is now a-live! We’ve packed in quite a few activities, virtual and physical, you can do at home.

  • Start off globe-trotting on our interactive world map [New Window] and when you have the time, you can:
    • Explore local, mainland, and international sites
    • View upcoming livestream concerts
    • Enter the Hogwarts Digital Escape Room
  • Bored in the house [New Window]? We have a few tips to battle boredom!
  • April 22 is Earth Day [New Window]! Since Earth Day is during National Library Week this year, we are also celebrating Earth Week and will help promote UH Sustainability Office’s Earth Week Challenge [New Window] on Instagram.
  • Stream popular movies from Leeward subscribed databases, such as Kanopy and Swank [New Window]!
  • We have various e-Reading resources [New Window] for leisure or scholarship!  Flip through trendy digital magazines on Flipster, browse articles from The New York Times newspaper, and more!

Using OverDrive tab graphic and link to webpage

Learn about OverDrive and using the Libby App in the Using OverDrive tab [New Window].

OverDrive [New Window] is a digital (e-Book and audiobook) collection of general and popular nonfiction and fiction titles along with titles supporting select Leeward classes. We welcome any recommendations!

And finally, we have our Annual Library User Survey ! Please fill this out when you get the chance. Your feedback is important for improving our services.

If you have any questions or comments about National Library Week, please let us know!

~ An, Annemarie, Eileen, & Jason

April 17, 2020
by Natalie
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Earth Week @Leeward CC

50 Years Earth Day 2020

What a special week! We get to celebrate both National Library Week and the 50th Earth Day!

Even while we are socially distancing, our Leeward CC campus, UH, the city & county, state, and numerous organizations are offering digital activities, challenges, and events. We’ve compiled our favorite library resources and links to Earth Day/Week/Month fun on the Earth Day tab of our Campus Sustainability LibGuide [New Window].

Please join us in the library on social media as we participate in the UH Virtual Earth Week Daily Challenges [New Window]:

Sunday: Start an environmental journal & share one of your observations!
Monday: Mālama ʻāina by following one of the 27 gardening hacks from home
Tuesday: Walk or bike somewhere that you’d usually drive. What did you notice on your journey this time?
Wednesday: Start composting your food waste at home! What method will you be using?
Thursday: Take your used coffee grounds & create your own exfoliating coffee scrub.
Friday: Try to regrow a fruit or vegetable from scraps. Easy starters are lettuce, onions, & ginger!
Saturday: Tag us in a photo of your favorite outdoor spot (old pictures work great!).
Don’t forget to tag @sustainableuh and #leewardearthday
Hauʻoli lā hōnua!

Find Your Place with Us!

April 14, 2020 by An | 0 comments

National Library Week: Find Your Place at the Library, April 19-25, 2020

Since we are sheltering in place, there are many ways you can find our library @your place!

Visit our National Library Week page [New Window] next week, April 20-24. We’ll highlight a few of our digital resources, offer online activities, and give you a few tips on how to battle boredom! You can celebrate National Library Week with us by showing your spirit on social media:

  1. Follow us!
    • Instagram: @leewardlibrary
    • Facebook: @leewardcclibrary
    • Twitter: @lccref
  2. Add the National Library Week 2020 frame to your profile photo on Facebook!

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    • Go to your profile picture
    • Click “Edit” or “Update“
    • Select “Add Frame.” If you don’t see the frame on the list, search for “National Library Week 2020”

National Library Week - Find the Library at Your Place

More resources:

New OverDrive Digital Titles – April 2020

April 14, 2020 by Jason Yamashita | 0 comments

Click on the book’s image below to access the e-book’s Primo record. In the record’s “View Online” section, the provided link will direct you to borrowing in OverDrive [New Window].

Hawaiian/Pacific Collection E-Books

Aloha Kitchen book cover The Legends and Myths of Hawaii book cover Hawaiian Legends of Old Honolulu book cover The Polynesian Family System in Ka-ʻU, Hawaiʻi book cover Ancient Hawaiian Civilization book cover Hawaiian Historical Legends book cover Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes book cover Six Months in the Sandwich Islands book cover Polynesian Researchers book cover

New Nonfiction and Fiction E-Books

The Blue Zones Kitchen book cover Sharks in the Time of Saviors book cover Tigers, Not Daughters book cover

Audiobooks to Laugh and Learn

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If you have a book recommendation, please suggest a title by filling out our Best Sellers & OverDrive Suggestion Form [New Window].

 

Additional e-book [New Window] and streaming video [New Window] resources

 

April 7, 2020
by Wayde Oshiro
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Expanded access to resources in response to COVID-19

Publishers, database vendors, and non-profit organizations are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic by offering temporary, free access to content. The HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service offers access to millions of volumes from US research libraries with full-text access to volumes held by the UHM Hamilton Library. The National Emergency Library from the Internet Archive is a collection of digitized books supporting emergency remote teaching. Collections from JSTOR, Project Muse, Cambridge University Textbooks, Harvard Business Review ebooks, and more are available for a limited time (view list).

These temporarily free resources along with the Library’s subscription databases and online collections and no-cost OER repositories and collections offer continued and expanded access to valuable and credible resources during this time of crisis.

To prevent more information overload, librarians are available to assist you with navigating these and other resources. Contact us by phone, email, or online chat. Online consultations are also available to you and to your students. Additional services specifically for students include printing, course reserves, and extended laptop loans.

OverDrive Health and Wellness Reads

April 7, 2020 by Jason Yamashita | 0 comments

The Library’s OverDrive [New Window] e-book collection includes an assortment of health and wellness titles.

Mindfulness book cover Hoʻi Hou Ka Mauli Ola book cover Spark Joy book cover Big Magic book cover UnDo It! book cover The Year of Living Danishly book cover

Click on the book’s image above to access the e-book’s Primo record. In the record’s “View Online” section, the provided link will direct you to borrowing in OverDrive [New Window].

Borrowing an e-book on OverDrive is for 14 days. These e-books are returned automatically, although you can return them early in the “Loans” section of your online account.

Additional e-book [New Window] and streaming video [New Window] resources

 

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