Featured Author & Works for April '11

In honor of Earth Day, we are recognizing the work of award-winning author Rowan Jacobsen.  Each month on the VGCC website we feature a notable author(s) and their work. 





For more info -- http://www.rowanjacobsen.com/

Looking for NC Facts? Discover Award-Winning NCpedia

Congratulations -- NCpedia (http://ncpedia.org), managed by the Government & Heritage Library at the State Library of North Carolina, has won the 2011 Gale Cengage Learning Award for Excellence in Reference and Adult Library Services.

NCpedia expands on the State Library’s previous online resource, the eNCyclopedia, which contained about 60 pages of information about North Carolina. NCpedia now has well over 600 pages. Hosting and technical support is provided by North Carolina’s online library, NC LIVE. 

More information about NCpedia receiving this award is available at:

http://statelibrarync.wordpress.com/2011/03/23/ncpedia-wins-national-award/

http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/news/ala/online-encyclopedia-ncpedia-wins-2011-rusa-reference-award

Library Assistants Earn VGCC Scholarships

Congratulations to your present and former library assistants who received scholarships during the annual VGCC Scholarship Awards Ceremony held on February 23.  Recipients included Anne Pettit (Robert J. Turner Annual Scholarship), Rachel Pottern (James Madison "Jimmy" Joyner Memorial Scholarship), Jordan Scheno (Kerr Lake Board of Realtors Scholarship), and Randal Chandler (Vesta Fortson Manning Memorial Scholarship).  Library assistants provide invaluable support -- working with the LRC staff throughout the academic year processing new materials, shelving books, and assisting patrons.

 

This Month's Featured Author & Works

In honor of Black History Month, we are featuring the works of acclaimed YA author Sharon M. Draper.

 

Who is Sharon Draper?  Just ask the next teen you bump into -- she is one of the most beloved and honored writers for Young Adults the genre has ever known.  Forged by Fire, Tears of a Tiger, November Blues, Copper Sun are just some of the works that have so remarkably captured the true essence of teendom. 

Discover Sharon M. Draper here. 

Ready for the Oscars!

The 2011 Academy Awards nominations http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/83/nominees.html have just been announced and the VGCC Main Campus LRC is ready with several of the top films available or soon-to-be-available for check out.  Students, staff, and faculty members with a library card may borrow DVDs for 5 days or view films on our new HD monitors in the LRC.

Best Picture nominees: “Inception”; “The Kids Are All Right”; The Social Network”; “Toy Story 3”; and “Winter's Bone". 
Documentary (Feature) nominees:  “Gasland”; “Inside Job”; and “Restrepo”. 

2011 Printz Award Winners...Are 'Just In'

Thanks to our friends at the Junior Library Guild (who have a great track record at forecasting these things), we already have on-hand within our YA collection the just announced 2011 Printz Award winning book "Ship Breaker" and two of the Printz Honor Books -- "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" and "Revolver".  (These titles are available for checkout from our YA collections at the Main and South Campuses.)

“Ship Breaker,” written by Paolo Bacigalupi, has won the 2011 Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature.  In “Ship Breaker,” near a drowned New Orleans ravaged by hurricanes and global warming, Nailer and his young crew eke out a meager existence by scavenging materials on the ship-littered coast.  “This taut, suspenseful novel is a relentless adventure story featuring nuanced characters in thought-provoking conflicts. Bacigalupi artfully intertwines themes of loyalty, family, friendship, trust and love,” said Printz Award Committee Chair Erin Downey Howerton.

LRC Open House is a success!

The LRC conducted a successful Open House event on 01.03.11 welcoming faculty members from our Psychology and English Departments among others, as well as VGCC President Dr. Parker.  Our visitors browsed new reference books, audio books, and DVDs.  In keeping with this academic year's focus on globalization and its influence on the VGCC educational community, our new additions include volumes covering Asian American history and culture, Latino history and culture, feminism and women's rights worldwide, and the impact of globalization on the United States.  The faculty, staff, and administration members also took the opportunity to explore and learn about the LRC's brand new website http://lrc.vgcc.edu/home.