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Februaiy 16, 2005
E-book offers free knowledge
Katlo Wilson
The Clackamas Print
In the name of online resources,
the e-book, “The Muslim World
After 9/11,” is flee to read during the
month of Februaiy.
“It’s just smart,” says college
library Reference and Collection
Management Librarian Terry
Mackey. “If I get [the e-book] and
give it to the faculty, chances are the
faculty will educate [students]. It’s all
just a marketing gimmick”
Every month for about the last six
months, the college library's e-book
provider, Netlibrary, has provided the
library with one e-book The selected
e-book is available to read for one
month and is free in the sense that
people do not have to be signed up
with Netlibrary to read it After the
month is finished, the e-book disap
pears to make room for the upcom
ing month’s e-book
February’s electronic book, “The
Muslim World After 9/11,” written
by Angela Rabasa, along with other
authors, examines the drastic chang
es happening in the Muslim world
post-9/11. It looks at the dynamics
driving changes in the Muslim-dom
inated lands from Western Africa
to die Middle East and Southern
Philippines, as well as the many
Muslim communities scattered
throughout the world.
From these dynamics, the authors
draw implications for global security
and U.S. and Western interests.
Normally, to access Netlibrary’s
e-books, a student must have signed
up for this service ata CCC comput
er. Not so with these once-a-month
e-books—anyone can look at them.
For lhe college library collection
of e-books, once users are signed
up at a college computer, they can
access these books from any comput
er in the world and take advantage of
the many tools that e-books feature.
There are dictionaries that not only
give file meaning of a word, but will
also pronounce it if that need arises.
There is an indexing tool that
can search the entire book; no more
flipping back and forth through the
index and the text. Users can make
notes from the text while they read.
The notes save in their account at
Netlibrary. With hundreds of aca
demic texts to choose from, research
has never been this easy.
According to Mackey, once users
are signed up they are “[Signed up]
for as long as we have this ser
vice,” even after they are no longer
Clackamas students.
“It used to be libraries were mea
sured by how many books were
inside their walls,” said Mackey.
“But that’s not true anymore. We’ve
added 2300 books [e-books] and
no space has been taken up on the
shelves.”
For more information about e-
books and “The Muslim World After
9/11,” go to the library located inside
the Dye Learning Center.
ENGLISH: Universities tell students what changes to expect
Continued from
ENGLISH, Page 1
pointing out that long before print
ing and computers, stone tablets and
parchment scrolls were important to
the development of the written word.
“The alphabet was not an accident
... [WSU’s] program focuses on the
future of writing.”
Sage stressed that a degree in
English is not a hindrance and that
jots are actually available to students
seeking that degree.
She said she wanted to “bust the
myth that an English degree can only
be used to teach or be educated,” institution.” |
Finally Mady, a Clackamas Alum
as well as reassure students that the
transition from community college to and junior at PSU, offered some
a university can be a smooth one
words of advice and encouragement
Thompson then introduced herself for lhe students in attendance, having
as a liaison between the two schools, recently experienced the switch from
focusing on helping students with community college to university life.
adapting to university life as well as a
‘The course toad is very different
quick explanation of her role as pro at university level... don’t go crazy,”
gram coordinator for the Center for Mady told students, comparing the
Excellence m Writing at PSU.
differences between community col-
“[Myjob] is to make the transition „ lege and university-level credits" “Get
informed
poSSible by talking
between CCC and PSU as painless
as possible,” said Thompson. ‘Tm with advisors and teachers ... you
not just here to represent a big, scary can avoid a tot of mistakes by talking
Ervin named
to college
Board of Edu.
Big Box o’ Briefs
Longtime Gladstone resi
dent Judith Ervin was named to
the Clackamas County College
Board of Education on Feb. 9.
Ervin replaces Linn Jones, who
resigned last month.
Ervin, who has served on
tiie Gladstone City Council
for 14 years, will represent
Zone 3 on the board, which
includes Gladstone, Jennings
Lodge, Oak Grove, and parts
of Milwaukie. In addition to
her city council experience,
Ervin has served on numerous
Gladstone, Clackamas County
and statewide committees and
boards. Her professional back
ground is in tiie medical and
social services areas.
‘The college is perfaming
an outstanding roll in the com
munity,” Ervin said during her
interview with the board of edu
cation. T am very impressed
with what you are doing and
with the other educational part
nerships you forni”
Ervin will complete Joies’
term, which expires at the end
of June. She must fife to ran
for the position with the county
elections division fa the May
17 special election.
-Press Release
Feel like waking your bum off only to have people think you’re a
lazy, lying scoundrel? Then politics could be fa you. Stop by the ASG
office in CC152 to pick up yoa application for student government
Campus news: 75% leaner, 25% meaner, and 100% unprofessional
GotPolitik?
to people.”
Immediately following the pre
sentations, Clackamas students and
faculty had a chance to ask any ques
tions they wanted of lhe speakers
one-on-one over coffee and baked
goods.
Students interested in learn
ing more about the programs from
Marylhurst, Washington State’s
Vancouver campus, or Portland
State University can contact English
Department Chair Emily Orlando at
ext 2372 or the event’s coordinator,
Trista Cornelius, at ext. 2686.
Neu
campus
log^
All reports
are taken
from CCC’s
campus safety incident^
Summaries are edited for
clarity, not content.
2-12-05
9:08 p.m.
at Clairmont
2-10-05
11:08 a.m.
2-09-05
5:10 p.m.
Out with traffic accident
on Beavercreek by colle;
entrance.
2-08-05
12:00 p.m.
Student reported theft of
tools from B155.
3:35 p.m.
ITS reported LCD projec
tor has been stolen.
6:35 p.m.
Cadet reported possible •
intoxicated white male 1
adult by bus turn-around
Made contact, subject just
mad at missing ride, i
2-04-05
5:35 p.m.
Possible intoxicated
white male adult leaving
McLoughlin building. ]
5:40 p.m.
Staff reported found walk
Turned into ASG tost and
found.
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your college degrei
today.
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■ Information meetings at 6:30 p.m.
February 16 and 24, March 7
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Rock 4 Health
Three Clackamas bands will be playing a'benefit show for the
American Lung Association on Wednesday, Feb. 23. Bands playing are:
Dear Whoever, Core 13, and Reclaim the Fallen. The concert starts at 5
pm and admission is a donation to lhe ALA. Who better to know about
lungs than bands who scream?
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Good ol’ Shakespeare
The Clackamas Theatre Department will be performing William
Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night,” starting Feb. 24. Admission is $5 fa
students and seniors, and $8 for the general public... and no, it will not be
running fa twelve nights.
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