Stop by the LLCC Library this week to celebrate National Library Week. Events include:

• Today, April 24 – Donuts in the a.m., Popcorn in the p.m.! – Stop by beginning at 8 a.m. for a free donut (while supplies last). Grab a cup of coffee at the Keurig station too! We’ll be poppin’ all afternoon and evening with free popcorn.
• Tomorrow, April 25 – Edible Books Festival, 7:30 a.m.-noon – Love books and food? Come enjoy the Edible Books Festival! Students and staff can participate by creating a book-themed, edible creation to be displayed, judged and devoured. Register to “bring a book.”
• Wednesday, April 26 – Coloring & Candy – Drop by anytime on Wednesday to create a DIY bookmark or de-stress with some library-themed coloring pages. We’ll also have puzzles, table games and free candy!
• Thursday, April 27 – Silent Reading Party, 3-4 p.m. – What better way to celebrate than with a reading party? Bring some reading material and enjoy live music by classical pianist Matthew Nall.
• Friday, April 28 – Library User Appreciation Snack Cart – Be on the lookout for a pop-up snack cart! Library users will be treated to snacks at random times throughout the day.

Other activities include a DIY bookmark station, coloring pages, puzzles and games. Learn more at https://library.llcc.edu/NLW2023.

Stop by the LLCC Library April 24-28 to celebrate National Library Week. Events include:

• Monday, April 24 – Donuts in the a.m., Popcorn in the p.m.! – Stop by beginning at 8 a.m. for a free donut (while supplies last). Grab a cup of coffee at the Keurig station too! We’ll be poppin’ all afternoon and evening with free popcorn.
• Tuesday, April 25 – Edible Books Festival, 7:30 a.m.-noon – Love books and food? Come enjoy the Edible Books Festival! Students and staff can participate by creating a book-themed, edible creation to be displayed, judged and devoured. Register to “bring a book.”
• Wednesday, April 26 – Coloring & Candy – Drop by anytime on Wednesday to create a DIY bookmark or de-stress with some library-themed coloring pages. We’ll also have puzzles, table games and free candy!
• Thursday, April 27 – Silent Reading Party, 3-4 p.m. – What better way to celebrate than with a reading party? Bring some reading material and enjoy live music by classical pianist Matthew Nall.
• Friday, April 28 – Library User Appreciation Snack Cart – Be on the lookout for a pop-up snack cart! Library users will be treated to snacks at random times throughout the day.

Other activities include a DIY bookmark station, coloring pages, puzzles and games. Learn more at https://library.llcc.edu/NLW2023.

Do you love food? Do you love books? If you answered yes, then LLCC Library has the event for you. We are looking for participants to create Edible Books for the library’s annual Edible Book Festival held on Tuesday, April 25 in celebration of National Library Week. Your creation could be inspired by a scene/character from a book, a pun on a book title, look like a book cover or wherever your imagination takes you.

All skill levels are encouraged to participate, and your creations can be made from store-bought foods or homemade ingredients. The only rule is that the edible “book” is completely edible—put the super glue down! You can participate individually or perhaps you and your family/colleague/department want to join in on the fun.

Participation prizes will be given to each participant and People’s Choice Prizes will be given to the two with the most votes.

Interested? Find more information and registration at https://forms.office.com/r/WFF5hax8J9

The concept of an edible “book” can be confusing, so please seek out Leslie Ross, faculty librarian, (leslie.ross@llcc.edu) with any questions.

Do you love food? Do you love books? If you answered yes, then LLCC Library has the event for you. We are looking for participants to create Edible Books for the library’s annual Edible Book Festival held on Tuesday, April 25 in celebration of National Library Week. Your creation could be inspired by a scene/character from a book, a pun on a book title, look like a book cover or wherever your imagination takes you.

All skill levels are encouraged to participate, and your creations can be made from store-bought foods or homemade ingredients. The only rule is that the edible “book” is completely edible—put the super glue down! You can participate individually or perhaps you and your family/colleague/department want to join in on the fun.

Participation prizes will be given to each participant and People’s Choice Prizes will be given to the two with the most votes.

Interested? Find more information and registration at https://forms.office.com/r/WFF5hax8J9

The concept of an edible “book” can be confusing, so please seek out Leslie Ross, faculty librarian, (leslie.ross@llcc.edu) with any questions.

LLCC Library introduces four new digital resources available for students, staff and faculty.

Find these resources, and more, on the Library homepage or in the Database List. Remote access is available using your LLCC credentials.

For ideas on how to incorporate these resources into your courses, reach out to one of our LLCC Library faculty members: Jill Campbell, Leslie Ross or Ryan Roberts. For technical questions or access issues, email library.tech@llcc.edu.

Access World News

Research diverse perspectives, topics and trends that align with curricular areas such as political science, English, sociology, humanities, business, international studies and more. This resource features reliable, credible information from a wide variety of international, national and local news sources.

State Journal-Register Collection

Explore Springfield’s history and current events through local news, events and people with the State Journal-Register Collection, now available from NewsBank. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online.

Black Life in America

This fully searchable, digital collection provides online access to more than 19,000 global media outlets, including the largest and richest collection of African-American newspapers.  It includes more than 800 curated searches, organized by historical eras, themes, topical areas and events.

Hispanic Life in America

This collection is designed to foster discussions and research related to Hispanic heritage, history, culture and daily life.

LLCC will receive nearly $60,000 to support the creation of an open educational resource (OER) textbook and ancillary materials for the course Human Nutrition. According to Tammy Kuhn-Schnell, dean of the LLCC Library, “We have gathered a team of people together who will work toward creating the OER and will use this as a test bed for developing a process supporting more OER creation and adoption in the future. Most importantly, we are working together to help our students save money and to make a dent in the equity gap.”

LLCC was among six Illinois colleges and universities receiving subgrants announced yesterday by the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI) and funded by the Open Textbooks Pilot Grant received from the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE) and the U.S. Department of Education.

Dr. Michele Leigh, CARLI Open Illinois Senior Coordinator, stated, “CARLI received excellent proposals to create Open Education textbooks and ancillary materials for courses with large enrollments and for courses in the focus area, ‘The Human Condition: Care, Development, and Lifespan.’ Open textbooks are free to students and free to be remixed and reused by others. Books created by awardees will utilize 3D printing as a pedagogical tool and will be available for use in summer 2024. The OER textbooks created through the subgrants will save Illinois college students the cost of the textbooks.”

Leslie Ross, professor/librarian, was selected to join the Certificate in Open Education Resources Librarianship program offered through the Open Education Network and the University of Minnesota. She will begin her learning experience in January 2023 and will use this to help promote OER in the LLCC community and assist faculty with OER adoption. Overall, the OER initiative at LLCC will help students save money by lowering course materials costs. Congratulations, Leslie.

Congratulations to Amanda Wiesenhofer for her promotion in the LLCC Library.

Amanda is now director, library digital and technical services. She holds a master’s degree in library and information science from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and has worked in the LLCC Library for  17 years.