College Libraries

Faculty and Staff Newsletter Spring 2020

New this spring in the Libraries!

Learn how open educational resources (OER) can alleviate financial pressures for your students, improve their academic success, and meet your own pedagogical needs at our Open Textbooks Workshop. Tell us how we are doing by taking the 2020 Library User Survey. Explore the world of Virtual Reality (VR) through our live pop-up experience. Get excited as we prepare for our new shared library system platform to go live this summer. Important dates are included below.

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Open Textbooks Workshop

March 5, 12:15-1:30 pm

What are open textbooks and how do you find them?
How can OER benefit you and your students?
Coffee & light refreshments provided or bring your lunch
Meet in Addlestone 227
Please register online

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Annual Library User Survey

Now through March 8

Enhance and improve the spaces, collections, and services of CofC Libraries
Responses are confidential
We appreciate your time and valuable contribution!
Take the survey

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Augmented & Virtual Reality Pop-Up

March 12, 3-5 pm

A live experience using Lenovo VR Headsets and Google DayDream!
Use New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Alexander Street Video to engage students with AR/VR
Drop-in and join the fun in Addlestone 127!

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Going live this summer...

One library system for the Partnership Among South Carolina Academic Libraries (PASCAL) to manage our individual and shared library collections!

What's new

Improved discovery service to help you find the library sources you want
Streamlined system for placing PASCAL requests

Important Dates

April 30: PASCAL Delivers requesting turned off until go live (Please note: All requests will be processed through Interlibrary Loan during this period.)
June 1: Go live

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College Libraries

Questions? Ask Us at answers.library.cofc.edu!

Email: library@cofc.edu
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Location: 205 Calhoun Street, Charleston, SC, USA
Phone: 843-953-8000
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