What’s new at your campus

library? You’d be surprised!

Staff News:

4 new grandbabies arriving

between Aug. and Feb.

1 new daughter-in-law will be

warmly welcomed

1 new home moved into after a

long wait

1 new job that’s a year-round

holiday

7 new things; 1 for each staff

member!

In the Stacks:

New Study/Viewing Room #4

104 New shelves for books! Yes, they are

still crowded, but so much better.

Wall-mounted big screen tv

New Student Art

Talk like a pirate, read banned books, write haiku, learn about the earth! @ your library

On Display @ Your Library

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Volume 3, Number 2

October/November 2011

Fall Library Hours

Monday—Thursday

7:00 am—7:50 pm

Friday

7:00 am—4:20 pm

CLOSED Oct. 14

Tues. Nov. 26 the

Library will close at

6:00 pm

NPCC ID Badges

Thursdays only

7:30 a.m.—7:30 p.m.

Student Replacement ID

charge is $5.00

Bring your driver’s license or

state ID card and a copy of

your current NPCC schedule

New Faculty and Staff IDs

made Thurs. upon request

Celebrate Earth

Science Week Oct.

9-15. We have

some great new

books and videos

on “Our ever-

changing Earth”

Exercise Your

1st Amendment

Rights!

The Grand Mommy Wars

Call it the echo grandbaby-boom! 4 Library

staffers have new grandbabies this year, plus

Tammy’s 2nd is due in Dec. and Sara’s 2nd in

early Feb. Kristin is a grandma too, so we’re

all jockeying for vacation time to spend

hugging these young ’uns.

The following comments really hit home with me, as the NPCC Library works to incor-

porate the digital world while maintaining a physical library.

"There's such a huge difference between a digital and physical library," Stripling says,

explaining that in a library collection, there are a range of titles with different perspec-

tives right next to each other. But on the Internet, websites typically offer one point of

view and often link to other sites with similar views. So unless

kids have the right research skills, they won't see a broader per-

spective. "It's this whole idea of the filter bubble-we get trapped

into one point of view on the Internet and we don't develop em-

pathy for other points of view, and so we make judgments based

on narrow perspectives. Empathy is an important 21st century

skill." from Barbara Stripling, a U of A graduate and former school

librarian in NW AR, now professor at Syracuse University's School of

Information Studies (iSchool).

The Arkansas Library Association Confer-

ence (ARLA) was held in Little Rock on

September 24-27. This year’s conference

was especially fun as it marked the 100th

anniversary of ARLA. We talked shop with other librari-

ans, met vendors, were inspired by new products and tech-

nology, picked up some great ideas to bring to NPCC, and

enjoyed the ducks at the Peabody!

NPCC Library Director Sara Seaman presented a program,

Money Smart Week @ Your Library at this year’s Confer-

ence. Sara reviewed our first MSW program and her up-

coming plans for this year’s event April 21-28.

Brenda Van Dusen, Multi-Media Specialist, also enjoyed

the conference. Brenda is very active as Treasurer of the

Arkansas Library Paraprofessional Division (ALPS) and

assisted with conference audio-video equipment needs.

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Brenda Van Dusen with Jacen Anthony Benfer born Aug. 5, 2011 in Shreveport, LA

Rita Evans new little one, Maxwell August Evans,

born Sept. 17, 2011 Hot Springs AR

How fast they grow! Sara’s grandson

Logan Seaman at 13 months, Tucson, AZ

Aurora (Rory) Liles,

Age 7, Seattle, WA

Kristin Quintanilla’s granddaughter

Library Facts & Figures

New titles added 2011: 1064

Total Collection: 53,939

Ebooks: 25,399

Circulation almost doubled in 2011

2009: 3,940 ~ 2011: 7532

2011 Library Classes and Presenta-

tions: 157 with 3570 total attendance

Number of sessions (logins) to 13 of

our 45 Library databases increased

80% from 2009 to 2010

2009: 9,177 ~ 2010: 16,713

Haiku Hot Springs

Friday Nov. 4 & Sat. Nov. 5

at the NPCC Library

Free and Open to the Public

Conference presented by the

Arkansas Haiku Society

Call the Library 760-4110

for information

Tammy Whitten’s granddaughter, Brooklyn Lacey, Nov. 17, 2010