Northwest Campus Library

Curbside Pickup is available at PCC Library! While our campus libraries are still closed, you can now request most materials—books, DVDs, laptops, tablets, wifi hotspots—for curbside pickup, which is currently available at West Campus (2202 West Anklam); other campus locations to open throughout the semester. Full information is available here. See you soon!

PCC students are now able to access course reserve textbooks by appointment at West Campus (2202 W Anklam). Course reserve textbooks are not available to be checked out, but can be reserved, for on-campus use (i.e. reading and scanning). Scanning services for course reserves are available Thursday, 4-6 pm. For a list of available textbooks, to request a book, schedule an appointment, and/or to learn more, visit: https://libguides.pima.edu/course_reserves

If you are in need of materials and resources—ebooks, streaming videos, articles—for your virtual/hybrid classrooms this Fall, the librarians at the NW campus library are happy and eager to help you. Please contact:

Kris Swank: kswank@pima.edu

Monique Rodriguez: mrodriguez85@pima.edu

October is the birth month of many of our favorite writers, including Wallace Stevens, Anne Rice, Leroi Jones (aka Amiri Baraka), Frank Herbert, R.L. Stine, Dot Devota, Katherine Mansfield, e.e. cummings, Virgil, Italo Calvino, Arthur Miller, Ntozake Shange, Arthur Rimbaud, Ursula LeGuin, Doris Lessing, and Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Here (below) are collections of letters by three more October birthdays—John Keats, Sylvia Plath and Eugene O'Neill:

A list of books of poetry in the PCC Library collection that address—illuminate, interrogate, celebrate—and/or are set in the US-Mexico borderlands, a (geographical, cultural, political, ecological) region that stretches from San Diego/Tijuana at the Pacific Ocean, to Brownsville/Matamoros at the Gulf of Mexico, and into both the immigrant and the citizen imagination. The research guide also features a section on the poetry of Tucson, including Tucson poets, books, organizations, and literary presses.

See also the National Poetry Month (April 2020) research guide, featuring links to the poetry (including videos) of the four Tucson-based poets who read for PCC's NPM reading series earlier this year: Diana Marie Delgado, Dot Devota, Bojan Louis, and Farid Matuk, all of whose books are in our collection.

Faculty-for-Faculty Help Hour

Tuesday, Oct 6 at 9:00 AM-10:00 AM

With Music Faculty: Mark Nelson

Join Zoom Meeting: https://pima.zoom.us/j/95195564460?pwd=R2l2WFZ3NEtmUDR6TGxrNVZDK3h3QT09

Meeting ID: 951 9556 4460

Passcode: 976248

Me, Myself and I: Library Services for the Faculty Teacher, Researcher, and Lifelong Learner

Each of our faculty members has at least three roles: the teachers providing quality instruction to our students, the researchers pursuing their own advanced degrees and professional development, and the lifelong learners consuming books and media for fun, relaxation, and intellectual stimulation. This session will provide a basic overview of PCC Library services for all three of yourselves. We’ll introduce you to library resources for the online classroom, including ebooks, digital journals, customized library guides, librarian-created video tutorials, embedded librarians, and much more. We’ll also show you how to get the most out of the library for your own research needs, like locating the full-text of specific articles and requesting specialized materials from other libraries. Finally, for your role as a lifelong learner, we’ll show you how to access our large collection of streaming videos, documentaries, and full-color digital magazines. It’s all at the Library!

Tuesday, Oct 6 at 1:00 PM-2:00 PM

With Librarian: Emily Besich

Join Google Meet: meet.google.com/uxy-scyz-fxx

Virtual Learning Community with Shelly Dorsey (Writing Faculty)

Cultivating Mindfulness Skills: Resourcing Ourselves and Our Classrooms

Thursdays at 1:00 PM-2:00 PM on 10/15, 10/22, 10/29, and 11/16**

Limited spots available. To register, please fill out the following google form.

**Must be able to attend all four meetings

Virtual Learning Community with Tiffany Amorette (Sociology Faculty)

How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

Thursdays at 3:00 PM-4:00 PM on 10/8, 10/22, 11/5, 11/19, and 12/3**

Limited spots available. To register, please fill out the following google form.

**Must be able to attend all five meetings

**Find print copies of How to Be an Antiracist here, and electronic copies here.

Virtual Learning Community with Greg Wilson (Dean of Applied Technology) and Dr. Mays Imad (Biology Faculty & TLC Coordinator)

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Tuesdays at 11:00 AM-12:00 PM on 10/13, 10/27, 11/10, 12/1, and 12/8**

Limited spots available. To register, please fill out the following google form.

**Must be able to attend all five meetings

**Find print copies of Caste here, and electronic copies here.

Virtual Learning Community with Dr. Daisy Rodriguez Pitel(Associate Director, International Student and Global Engagement) and Kate Schmidt (Executive Director of Faculty Affairs and Development)

How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

Tuesdays at 3:00 PM-4:00 PM on 10/20, 11/3, 11/17, 12/1, and 12/8**

Limited spots available. To register, please fill out the following google form.

**Must be able to attend all five meetings

**Find print copies of How to Be an Antiracist here, and electronic copies here.

Virtual Learning Community with Bea Velazquez (Student Life Coordinator)

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Thursdays at 2:00 PM-3:00 PM on 10/15, 10/22, 10/29, 11/5, and 11/12**

Limited spots available. To register, please fill out the following google form.

**Must be able to attend all five meetings

**Find print copies of Between the World and Me here, electronic copies here, and the audio version here.

Virtual Learning Community with Dr. Ian Roark (Vice President of Workforce Development & Strategic Partnerships) and Dr. Mays Imad (Biology Faculty & TLC Coordinator)

Race After Technology by Ruha Benjamin

Fridays at 9:00 AM-10:00 AM on 10/16, 10/30, 11/13, and 11/20**

Limited spots available. To register, please fill out the following google form.

**Must be able to attend all four meetings

**Find print copies of Race After Technology here.

Virtual Learning Community with Dr. Michael Parker (Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences)

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Mondays at 11:00 AM-12:00 PM on 10/19, 11/2, 11/9, 11/16, and 11/30**

Limited spots available. To register, please fill out the following google form.

**Must be able to attend all five meetings

**Find print copies of Their Eyes Were Watching God here, and the audio version here.

Virtual Learning Community with Dr. Darian Qureshi (Political Science & Philosophy Faculty)

Content of our Character by Shelby Steele

Wednesdays at 4:00 PM-5:00 PM on 10/ 21, 11/4, 11/18, and 11/24**

Limited spots available. To register, please fill out the following google form.

**Must be able to attend all four meetings

**Find print copies of Content of our Character here and here.

Virtual Learning Community with Kathy Budway (Advanced Program Coordinator of Teaching & Learning)

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Wednesdays at 1:00 PM-2:15 PM on 11/18, 11/25, 12/2, and 12/9**

Limited spots available. To register, please fill out the following google form.

**Must be able to attend all four meetings

**Find print copies of Caste here, and electronic copies here.

Please join us for a Virtual Community Conversation (held on Zoom) hosted by the Pima Community College Library and sponsored by Arizona Humanities and Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records.

Current events across the nation are challenging us to take a hard look at how some groups of people are being treated differently from others on a daily basis. Why does this happen? What systems intentionally or implicitly benefit some people at the expense of others? How does systemic oppression impact certain groups at work, at school, and in the community? As the beneficiaries of these systemic decisions, policies or laws, we are often not even aware of the impact on us, or the harm to others. This program provides an opportunity to explore how systems impact people differently, and the steps we can take personally to eliminate unfair treatment and harm to others.

REGISTER HERE

Keep informed and up-to-date on the pandemic and its impacts at our comprehensive Covid19 libguide, including local health info, CDC and World Health Organization updates, maps, visuals, Covid research, free community resources, as well tools and resources to assist you with your ongoing education at PCC, including curbside pickup, online access issues, online textbooks, tutoring services, library faqs, and more.

Kris Swank, NW Campus Library Department Head

Monique Rodriguez, NW Campus Faculty Librarian

Lupita Garcia, NW Campus Library Specialist

Genesis Florendo, NW Campus Library Specialist

Email: kswank@pima.edu
Website: pima.edu/library
Location: 7600 North Shannon Road, Tucson, AZ, USA
Phone: 520-206-4370
Twitter: @pima_cclibrary