NEW BLOG!

We've switched to a new blog so students from all three campuses can make comments and suggestions.

Please visit us at: http://scflibraries.blogspot.com/

Suggestions from July 08, 2010 thru July 30th

DVD Request:
Weeds, Seasons 1,2,3,4 & 5

We will pass along your suggestions to the Collection Development Department. Due to budgeting, we may not be able to get all seasons. We are trying to order some new DVDs every month.

DVD Request:
Weeds, Seasons, 3,4 & 5

We will pass along your suggestions to the Collection Development Department. Due to budgeting, we may not be able to get all seasons. We are trying to order some new DVDs every month.

DVD Request: Young Guys 1 & 2 and Fear and Loathing in Los Vegas

The Bradenton campus Library already has a copy of Fear and Loathing in the Student Choice DVD Collection, across from the Circulation Desk. [DVD PN1997 .F36 1998] We will pass along your suggestion for Young Guys 1 & 2.

Periodical Request:
Please order the Wall Street Journal.

Thank you for your request. The Wall Street Journal is already available full-text from 2004 on thru the Library Database NewsBank. It runs about a day behind. Please use AskALibrarian.org CHAT or stop by and ask a Librarian if you are unsure about how to access this database.

Book Request:
Siren, by Tricia Rayburn

We will pass along your suggestions to the Collection Development Department.

Action on a Previous Comment:
Previously there had been a comment on the quality of the coffee in the Library Café. We are happy to report that the Library Café will be switching to Starbucks quality coffee by the beginning of the Fall semester.

New Library Chairs!

We're happy to annouce we have new computer chairs at the Bradenton Library.

Come give them a test drive as you work on your term papers.

Suggestions from 6/11-6/24/2010

DVD Request: Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

We will pass along your suggestions to the Collection Development Department. Ordering should resume sometime after July 1st .

DVD Request: All seasons of Slings & Arrows

We will pass along your suggestions to the Collection Development Department. Ordering should resume sometime after July 1st.

Software Request: Please add Rosetta Stone

Rosetta Stone has been requested before. As stated below [Thursday, June 10, 2010] we are considering this request, but there are copyright concerns. Thank you for your request. If at all possible we will consider this item.

Comment: Open Library on Weekends. County Libraries closing too much.

Thank you for your comment. We continue to pass along your weekend Library concerns to the Administration. We understand that finding available Libraries is becoming difficult.

Comment: Library needs to be opened Fridays and weekends when homework and reports are due on Monday. It is making it hard on student.

This is a concern. Thank you for your comment. We continue to pass along your weekend Library concerns to the Administration.

Book & DVD Requests:
Angels & Demons
The Outsider
The Color Purple
The Diary of Anne Frank

These titles come both as books and as DVDS.

Angels & Demons-Bradenton has the DVD. Keep checking the Student Choice DVDs. We will look to purchase the book.

The Outsider(s)-There are several titles/series by this name. Can you give us additional information ? [author/actor]

The Color Purple-Bradenton has the book, [2nd Floor, PS 3573. A425 C6 2003]. Venice has a VHS copy of the movie. We will look into getting a DVD of the movie.

The Diary of Anne Frank-Bradenton has the book; [2nd Floor, PS 3513 .O535 D5 1956]. There are several DVD versions including movie & drama presentations, we will look into getting one.

We are nearing the end of our budget year. If necessary we will hold these suggestions until the next budget.
We will pass along your suggestions to the Collection Development Department.

Comment: Organic Chemistry for Dummies. “Great book for help bring everything together that is being taught in class!”

This is a terrific comment! Thank you!
Please consider ‘tagging’ your course number to this book in the Library Catalog so that other students may find this same resource. http://www.linccweb.org/Help/Discover/features/tagsaction.htm

Request:
“Please Consider this,… Rosetta Stone for multiple, different languages, preferably Japanese,… I know that it is excruciatingly expensive, but, I believe that over time it will be very beneficial. I used to have it at my old school and we loved it! So here is my suggestion.

Thank you for your suggestion.

We actually have been considering this; there is a great deal of discussion between different libraries. There is a concern with copyright. If we purchased this software, it might only be able to be used on campus in the Library, one user at a time. We appreciate your input in the discussion.

Comment:
“Night shift does the best job (ever) in the Library! Kirsty, Henry and Stephanie,…Always smile and help the students feel welcomed!”

Thank you! We will pass along your comment to the evening crew!

Suggestions from 5/3-5/20/2010

Book Request:
More books by James Patterson (Alex Cross Series) Please!

The Library owns several ‘Alex Cross’ books in eAudio [downloadable format] and eBook format.

I, Alex Cross, Alex Cross’s Trial, Double Cross, Cross and Cross Country are all available as downloadable audio books thru Overdrive.
In addition Cross Country is also available as an eBook which may be read online. Search the Catalog & stop by the Circulation Desk for help on accessing these books.

We are nearing the end of our budget year. If necessary we will hold these suggestions until the next budget.
We will pass along your suggestions to the Collection Development Department.

DVD Request:
“Kingdom of Heaven”

We are nearing the end of our budget year. If necessary we will hold these suggestions until the next budget.

Suggestion forwarded to Collection Development.

Print Card Escrow Removed

We have fantastic news for all the students who have been frustrated by the 50 cent escrow on the ID cards. We were able to communicate the students' displeasure with the escrow, and it has been sucessfully removed.