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1 S U F F O L K C O U N T Y C O M M U N I T Y C O L L E G E Latest Edition N E W S F R O M T H E A M M E R M A N C A M P U S L I B R A R Y S P R I N G Banned Books Week Read-Out Students, Faculty, and Staff For the past 30 years, the American Library Association (ALA) has sponsored Banned Books Week as part of the ongoing fight against censorship. Promoting the freedom to read and express ideas, ALA s Office of Intellectual Freedom publishes an annual list of books that have been challenged, i.e., targeted for removal from a library, school, or curriculum by those that would prefer to keep certain works out of readers hands and, of course, minds. Recent titles that have made the Top Ten Challenged Books List include The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, accused of being anti-family and satanic, and Sherman Alexie s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (one of my favorites!) for being sexually explicit, its religious viewpoint and use of vulgarities. read passages from their favorite banned books at the 1st Annual READ OUT To bring awareness to these and other challenged books, a READ OUT was held on the Ammerman Campus Library steps on Oct. 3 rd. Amplified over the plaza, students from the Honor Society for English Language & Literature, along with faculty and staff, read aloud the words and provocative ideas of some of their favorite books, including Catcher in the Rye, The Bluest Eye, Sons and Lovers, and The Diary of Anne Frank. Whether deemed to be too obscene, too violent, too antiwhite, or too homosexual, the work of the ALA and other like-minded advocates, including many a librarian, has ensured that the majority of these books remain on the shelves and in readers hands. Lisa Melendez

2 News and Noteworthy... page 2 Upcoming Event Book Read and Signing Wednesday, May 1 11:00-12:15 Ammerman Library Room 104 Refreshments will be served. Join us as Salvatore Sal Anthony Esposito, Jr. discusses his recently released work: Abu Ghraib after the Scandal: A Firsthand Account of the 344th Combat Support Hospital, Sal Esposito is a full-time employee at Suffolk County Community College s Ammerman campus, where he is also completing an A.S. in Business Management. After the September 11 th attack, Sal re-enlisted in the Army Reserve and served as a medic with the 344 th Combat Support Hospital based out of Fort Totten, Queens. In 2005 the unit was deployed to Iraq to raise the quality of health care of detainees in Abu Ghraib, as well as other facilities throughout the country. Much has been written and documented about the scandal at Abu Ghraib, yet the accomplishments of brave men and women serving in Abu Ghraib s hospital and field detainment settings have gone unnoticed, until now. Sal will discuss his experiences in Iraq, detail why the military chose the 344 th CSH for this sensitive, humanitarian mission and explain his motivation for writing, Abu Ghraib after the Scandal.

3 Expanding Spaces... page 3 Popular Reading Collections Located behind the Reference desk, in a lounge setting, browse for contemporary fiction, popular non-fiction, or biography. An assortment of magazines and journals is also available. BOOKS: Popular books are organized by genre/category as indicated by a sticker on the spine: biography, nonfiction, fiction (general), graphic novels, sci-fi fantasy, and mystery. The library s full circulating collection is located on the 2 nd floor. ELL/ESL: The English Language Learners (ELL) collection provides short stories, novels and language skills books for non-native speakers. The fiction section contains classic novels that are taught in English classes, as well as works by popular, contemporary American and international authors. A variety of language skills books are available at the beginning, intermediate, and advanced level. PERIODICALS: The Periodicals rack houses an assortment of popular magazines and journals, which rotate on a weekly basis. Choose from a variety of popular and academic titles, such as Archeology, PCWorld, Psychology Today, Scientific American, Smithsonian, Time and many more. Additional Periodicals are located behind the Circulation desk. Collaborative Lab Expands Need to work on a group project or presentation? Come to the Collaborative Lab where you will find group tables, whiteboards, and a presentation station equipped with Computer, Data Projector, and Smartboard. Use whiteboards for working out math problems, use the lounge area for small group discussion, or practice a PowerPoint at the presentation workstation. There s even space for small group and one-on-one tutoring. N E E D A L A P T O P? C h e c k o n e o u t f o r u s e i n t h e l i b r a r y Laptops are loaded with MSOffice and provide wireless access to the Internet and the Library s printers. Borrow for 2-hour intervals. Stop by the Circulation desk for details. Lab is located in Room 104 on the main level of the Library

4 Outreach Services... page 4 Library and Writing Center Join Forces For the past several years, the Ammerman Campus Library and the Writing Center have teamed up to provide students with one-stop service for their projects and papers. At designated days and times toward the end of each semester, crunch time for many Suffolk Community College students, a librarian will be available to assist those who visit the Writing Center. The program has proven quite popular with students who find they need research help in the midst of writing a paper. In addition, librarians can provide expert guidance in creating citations and works cited lists toward the end of a writing project. Each librarian also travels with an ipad, so when all computers are occupied we are still ready to save the day, or at least your citations! Look for announcements on the Suffolk Community College Facebook page for specific days and times when librarians will be available at the Ammerman Campus Writing Center. For more information, please contact William Burns ( ) or Krista Gruber ( ). Krista Gruber Nursing Research Drop-In Need help locating scholarly or evidenced-based articles? Confused by APA citation standards? Seeking assistance with other nursing-related research questions? Stop by the Drop-In center for individual or small group assistance. Where? Ammerman s Huntington Library, Room 10 (lower level) When? Wednesdays, 11:00-12:15 Can t make it on Wednesdays? Contact Marya Shepherd to schedule an appointment: or shephem@sunysuffolk.edu Click here for online SCCC Citation Guides

5 Notes from Collection Development... page 5 Library and Phi Theta Kappa Team Up For a Worthy Cause Library weeding projects ensure that our collections remain current, useful and vital. These projects entail working with classroom faculty within a set of library guidelines in order to establish which items have become extraneous or out-of-date and can be weeded. A second component of library weeding endeavors is the infusion of newer editions and current titles that reflect the latest information in the disciplines. Once a weeding project is completed, students and faculty are able to locate materials more quickly on shelves that are arranged neatly and spaced so that it is simpler to go through the stacks with the naked eye. Additionally, recent weeding projects have allowed for much needed space to open up for our students who were in need of additional seating and computers. Our weeds do not become trash. After weeded items are removed from the catalog they are brought to the lower level of the library where, in accordance with College policy, faculty are provided the opportunity to see if they would like to bring any of the items home for their personal collections. The library partnered up with 3,000 libraries nationwide and the Alpha Zeta Nu Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa (P.T.K.), the International Honor Society for two-year colleges, to see to it that weeded items do not wind up in landfills. Members of P.T.K. have been using their brain and brawn to pack boxes of weeded books so that they can be given to Better World Books. Better World Books funds worldwide literacy initiatives and was selected by P.T.K. as recipients of our weeded books due to the company s efforts in recycling and humanitarian causes. If you have any questions, please contact your department s library liaison. Thank you to all of the faculty, staff and students who have aided us in our collection management projects and for helping to make the library the best it can be. We look forward to continued collaborations. Deborah Provenzano Library Statistics for Academic Year Books added to the collection: 2,072 Books circulated: 6,485 Questions answered at the Reference Desk: 13,785 Total classes taught: 377 College 101/105/125: 148 Subject-specific: 142

6 Around the Library... Page 6 Fashion Club Walks the Runway On February 26, during common hour the Fashion Club produced a slick and elegant fashion show using the library s lobby as their runway. Congratulations to the women and men of the club who strutted their stuff to the beat of their chosen music, narrated by the club members. Chair of the Fashion Club Mikhail Leabaux worked with Susan Lieberthal, campus head librarian to put this program together. Furniture was delivered, bistro tables set up, goodies laid out and beautiful models produced! Congratulations to the Fashion Club for all their efforts. We welcome clubs who want to perform in our lobby. We try to bring in at least one stress busting activity per semester. Anyone interested in participating in our bistro events, please contact Susan Lieberthal, Campus Head Librarian. Susan Lieberthal ART by Don Wilson Drawings by Eva Iocono East End Artists Exhibit in the Library s Lobby Seascapes and idyllic settings of Long Island s North Shore Lost Tribes Portraits

7 Organization Ammerman Campus Huntington Library Research News Check out our Research Guides! Susan Lieberthal Head Librarian Phone: Kathleen Alfred, Secretary Fax: Reference Librarians Jennifer Farquhar Krista Gruber Lisa Meléndez Deborah Provenzano Marya Shepherd Subject Guides - Research tools for each discipline at SCCC, from American Sign Language to Visual Arts. Information About Guides How-to guides for help with citing sources, evaluating websites, searching databases and more. Ammerman Campus Guides Customizable research guides for specific class assignments. Faculty if you would like the library to create a guide for your course or add a resource to a Subject Guide, please contact Jenny Farquhar Karen DuBicki, Reference Assistant Library & Academic Computing Center Spring Hours Phone Numbers Reference: Circulation: Monday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 8 :00 a.m :00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Newsletter Editor Marya Shepherd All books must be checked out 15 minutes prior to closing.