Pandemic Flu Education and Prevention Video - Please watch!

This video was posted at the request of Nurse Leslie Sachs.

For more information, please visit the Nurse's Office is located in Building 9. Their phone number is (650) 306-3309.

Research Help Hours

Librarians are available to help with any kind of research project!

Here is our schedule:

Monday-Friday: 10-12 and 4-8

Or make an appointment: pattersond@smccd.edu or (650) 306-3476

Drop in or make an appointment. We'd love to work with you!

Welcome and Welcome Back!

Come visit the library soon! We are on the top floor of Building 9, the big building in the middle of the campus. There are many ways to use the library:

• Study (borrow our headphones if you like!)
• Go online (we can loan you a laptop for use in the library!)
• Study with a partner or a group in our study rooms (You can walk in, or reserve a room)
• Watch a movie (We have many; ask at the front desk)
• Work on a computer (We have Microsoft Word, Excel, etc.)
• Check out a book
• Borrow a textbook (We don't have them all, but we have many!)
• Get help with a research project

Remembering Dr. Ronald Takaki, 1939-2009

Dr. Ronald Takaki, 1939-2009

It is with great sadness that we would like to announce that UC Berkeley Ethnic Studies Professor Ronald Takaki passed away on May 26 at his home.

Dr. Takaki, best known for his ground-breaking work ‘A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America’ , gave an excellent lecture at Cañada College entitled ‘Can an African American be Elected President of the United States?’ last October.

For those of who were unable to attend his historic lecture, it is available through Canada’s iTunesU page.

Alternatively, DVD copies are available for 2 hour and 1 day checkout.

Here is the press released from UC Berkeley News:

Ronald Takaki, pioneering scholar of race relations, dies at 70

By Yasmin Anwar, Public Affairs 27 May 2009

BERKELEY — Ronald Takaki, a professor emeritus of ethnic studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and prolific scholar of U.S. race relations who taught UC's first black history course, died at his home in Berkeley on Tuesday (May 26). He was 70.

During his more than four decades at UC Berkeley, Takaki joined the Free Speech Movement, established the nation's first ethnic studies Ph.D. program as well as Berkeley's American Cultures requirement for graduation, and advised President Clinton in 1997 on his major speech on race.

A descendent of Japanese plantation workers in Hawaii, Takaki left the islands in the late 1950s to study at Ohio's College of Wooster, where he earned a bachelor's degree. He went on to earn a Ph.D. in American history from UC Berkeley in 1967 and was hired at UCLA, where he taught the campus's first black history course. He joined Berkeley's Ethnic Studies department in 1971 and served as chair from 1975-77.

Among his numerous accolades for scholarship and activism, Takaki received a Pulitzer nomination for his book, "A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America" (Little Brown and Company, 1993); a Distinguished Teaching Award from UC Berkeley and the 2003 Fred Cody Award for lifetime achievement from the Bay Area Book Reviewers Association.

"When I think of Ron, the words that come to mind are: solidarity, justice, easy-going, self-effacing, generous, creative," said Beatriz Manz, chair of UC Berkeley's Department of Ethnic Studies. "He poked fun at himself and had a contagious laughter. He embodied kindness. He was agreeable, conciliatory and non-confrontational."

He is survived by his wife, Carol, his three children and his grandchildren. Plans for a campus memorial service are pending. A complete obituary will be posted on Thursday.

Summer Reading, Summer School, Summertime!

Hey, when it's boiling hot outside, where's the coolest place on campus?

The Library, of course.

Come on in! Hang out, study, go online, or grab some summer reading. We are always air-conditioned and often friendly. The whole building is Wi-Fi, so bring your own laptop or borrow one of ours. To borrow a laptop, just ask at the front desk.

What I love about this library is that you can stay on our computers all day! No time limit. And we offer lots of help. We answer questions, troubleshoot tech problems, and sometimes give out free cookies.

There isn't an office supply that we don't loan out. Glue stick: yes; liquid paper: of course; a few index cards: why not? Do you remember the song "Be Our Guest" from Walt Disney's "Beauty and the Beast?" That song was written about this library!

Put our service to the test this summer!

Swine Flu - Symptoms & Ways of Protecting Yourself and Others

SMCCD HEALTH ALERT: SWINE FLU

The state of California is on a heightened surveillance alert for possible Swine Influenza. 7 cases have been confirmed in Southern California. This is an unusual strain of Swine Flu and can possibly be transmitted from human-to-human. Therefore, anyone who has recently traveled to Southern California or Mexico and subsequently becomes ill with a fever and respiratory illness should be tested for this virus.

SYMPTOMS

Swine Flu Symptoms are similar to regular influenza, and include:

• Fever
• Sore Throat
• Cough
• Body aches
• Vomiting and diarrhea can also occur.
  

ANYONE WITH A FEVER OVER 100 F, ACCOMPANIED BY A COUGH OR SORE THROAT, SHOULD BE TESTED FOR SWINE FLU.

WAYS OF PROTECTING YOURSELF AND OTHERS

• STAY HOME IF YOU ARE ILL, AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A FEVER
• AVOID CLOSE CONTACT WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE SICK
• COVER YOUR NOSE AND MOUTH WHEN COUGHING/SNEEZING
• WASH YOUR HANDS FREQUENTLY
• AVOID TOUCHING YOUR EYES, NOSE, AND MOUTH
  

If you have any questions please call your physician or,

CSM Health Center: (650) 574-6396

Skyline Health Center: (650) 738-4270

Canada Health Center: (650) 306-3309

2 additional study rooms now available!

We are pleased to announce that study Rooms 352 and 353 are available for student use!

Sign up sheets are posted on the door for each room.