Library Treasures

I just read an article from the Daily Review in Hayward, California about a book that was donated to the local library, which turned out not to be a book at all, but a small safe, hollowed out of a Clive Cussler novel. The treasures inside turned out to be family heirlooms, put away for safekeeping decades ago, and forgotten in the day-to-day rhythm of busy family life, then donated to the local library. http://www.insidebayarea.com/search/ci_11701630?IADID=Search-www.insidebayarea.com-www.insidebayarea.com
There are treasures to find in North Central's library, too. In March we're featuring a "books you've always meant to read" display, culled from our literary jewel box of authors like Robert Frost, Aldous Huxley, Emily Dickinson, Leo Tolstoy, Harper Lee...there are many more just waiting in the library stacks for you, and easy to find in our online catalog. What books would you like to find in our library? Please let us know.

Books for All Generations

The library still buys lots of books to support college studies, as well as books that we wish someone would use for papers, speeches, advanced study, or to just enjoy. We also subscribe to collections of E-Books, at least 50,000 full-text online books that cover all subjects plus the kitchen sink. Seriously, there are even books on plumbing. We're hoping to add more popular fiction and non-fiction, just to read, remember what that's like?



While checking to see if we could find a certain title online, we stumbled upon a site especially for readers who don't think they could ever read a book while sitting in front of the computer. It's called openlibrary.org where you'll find over 1,000,000 scanned books, and information for 21 million others. These books are all in the public domain and cover history, science, literature, journals and diaries, and the most delightful children's books imaginable. The best part? It looks like a book, the pages appear to turn with a click, and you can use the search option to find specific topics within the book. In fact, it IS the book. Amazing, and not only that, many of these documents are so rare that you'd never get to see them if it weren't for sites like this. Besides, it's fun! We've been adding a few links to items of local interest in our online catalog.

We're live!

Well, we could be referring to the effects of our unseasonable weather, but what I mean is, our blog just made its debut on the library home page. We hope to use this blog to tell you what's new at the library, ways you can use the tools we offer to support your studies, and any other ol' thing that we feel like sharing. We still can't offer a coffee shop, but we can amaze you with a variety of inside information on research! We'll be talking more about specific resources, but remember that as students of NCMC, you can access most of the databases we offer from any location that has an internet connection, even from that cruise ship during Spring Break!

Your Librarian

Mrs. Beckley said she didn't have any mice in the library, adding, "the mice around here are hungry for food, not knowledge. They all stick around the kitchen. All I have are rats that forget to bring back books." --The Lamplighter of North Central Michigan College, June 5, 1962