Over to Tom for a Final Transmission...

Yep...Tom's Excellent Library Adventure officially ends on Tuesday, May 17 with the end of Spring Semester 2011 and commencement exercises at Oxnard College.  What's next?  A faculty summer institute at Ventura College next week, Summer 2011 contract work...and so it goes.  I've also agreed to be on the 2011-12 Sabbatical Committee, Dr. Ishita Edwards, Chair.  Dr. Edwards has asked that I publish my original sabbatical proposal, so here it is:

https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=17xDzopq81AAQCFik1BSScLPC7kLQr-vXXSgn_sPU2tI

And here's the outline:

https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1e9JiJWof90zGYEXtLRwFKmTiNbEMKpPirf6zj5-wYKU

My one-semester proposal was approved for Spring 2011, rather than Fall 2010 as stated therein. I was chosen as an alternate when another faculty member had to postpone his leave.  I probably should have put all this at the beginning of the blog rather than at the end...lesson learned.

Once again, thanks to all the librarians who graciously welcomed me into their workplaces for my visits.  And a special thanks to Mary Ann Laun of Pasadena City College for her inspiration to do this "adventure" in the first place.

Collegially,

Tom Stough, Associate Librarian
Oxnard College

Construction Tour of the New OC Library/LRC, May 5

On Thursday, May 5, members of the Library & Learning Resources Advisory Committee were given a hard-hat tour of the new LRC construction site. 

 This will be the "west wing" of the LRC, where reference books will be housed, along with tables and chairs for student study. 

 Above, a view of one of three large skylights that will illuminate the floor below.  To the right, a partial view of the main rotunda-like space.  This area will house group study rooms, offices, learning center and tutorial center functions.

 The "east wing" will house the Mathematics Department's Success Academy, with two-person areas for tutoring.

A view from the second floor, where the library's circulating books and magazine collection will be housed.  Each of the shelving areas will hold tables and chairs for student seating. 


Thanks to Will Deits, M & O manager, as well as Heery Construction, for allowing us a glimpse of our new facility-to-be.  We were informed that construction is planned for completion around January 2012, with move-in over Summer 2012 and grand opening for Fall 2012.