GREEN Means GO!

Thinking about a "greener" career path in Sustainability / Green Technologies?


Checkout our newest ResearchGuide covering this brand new program in the VGCC Business & Applied Technologies Division. 


From Books and DVDs to Databases and eResources learn all about opportunities within this exciting new field.

eBooks ---- Yes, we GOT UM!

Here at the LRC we are adding new eBooks all the time.  New additions include: volumes of the International Directory of Company Histories (Gale) -- a great series regularly used by our business students.  This multi-volume set is available in both eBook and print formats.  The eBook format is also very popular for Allied Health publications including these new titles: The Gale Encyclopedia of Senior Health: A Guide for Seniors and Their Caregivers and The Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery and Medical Tests, 2nd ed.  All of these Gale titles and many others can be found within the Gale Virtual Reference Library.

Working to Make NC LIVE Even Better

LRC Director Dave Trudeau was busy this week w/ other CC librarians picking & choosing the best NC LIVE resources for our colleges. You still have time to review and test-drive the trial resources -- and have your say in the selection process...http://nclive.org/trials

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.