For Your Benefit - the Library

 

There’s a very good reason why the
Douglas College library is officially called
the Learning Resource Centre; it’s
because, like most modern libraries, it has
a lot more to offer than just books.
Today’s LRC offers tons of current
periodicals, a huge music selection,
movies, and a growing number of
multimedia CD-ROMs. Whether you want
to be entertained or informed, the LRC
has features that are yours to enjoy as a
Douglas College employee.

Name a topic; if
Douglas College \
teaches it, the
periodical list «
has something
that applies to —
it. Magazines, “a
newspapers
and journals are 7 i
often the best
ways of keeping on top
of your interests, since they tend to be
more up-to-date and topical than books.
Current issues have to stay in the library,
but back issues are available for sign-out
by Douglas College faculty.

Want to settle an argument about a
news story? The LRC has a full-text
Canadian newspaper database which
contains the past four years of fifteen
newspapers on CD-ROM. It’s easy to use
and tough to beat as a source of instant
information.

For those people who think that too
much information is barely enough, the
LRC has introduced the new Online
Journal Access system, or OJAC. This
service allows students, faculty and
staff to order articles from journals
not carried by Douglas College.
Be warned, though: ordering
an article that is available at
the College results in being
charged the full delivery cost.
Details on OJAC are available
at the library.

When it comes to music,
people usually agree that compact
discs are a big improvement over the
old vinyl platters, but they also agree that
the enhanced quality comes at a cost. The
LRC’s collection of classical music, jazz

  
 
 

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employees can sign out CDs for free, so
whether you want specific music for a
special occasion (a wedding march, for
example), or just want to check out a CD
before laying out hard-earned cash for
your Own copy, you should swing by the -
LRC and give it a listen.

As television programming slowly
turns into mush, more and more people
are tossing their Rogers Cable accounts
and spending the money renting movies
instead, but Douglas College employees

can have their cake and eat it too.

According to librarian Jean

Cockburn, Douglas College

has one of the best video
collections of any
community college. The
selection includes opera,
classic dramas like The Great

Gatsby and To Killa
Mockingbird, and even some

workplace videos with John Cleese
(which must be seen to be believed). Sly
Stallone fans will probably want to hold
onto their Blockbuster Video cards, but
everyone will find at least a few selections
they like.

Last but not least, employees who are
interested in the new multimedia
technology being produced by Microsoft
will be glad to know that the LRC is
slowly building a collection of CD-
ROMs. Presently, the collection includes
the Encarta Encyclopedia, the American
Sign Language Dictionary, and Microsoft
Musical Instruments (among others).

Employees can either
book a computer in
the AV department
or just sign out the
disc and take it
home.

We’ ve
covered a few of
the services and
products
available free to
College

employees at the
LRC, but the list is far
from complete. For a
more complete picture, track down a

Update on
College
reorganization

PR osm in the Instructional
Division is proceeding, says
Vice-President of Instruction
John McKendry.

Deans have been confirmed in the
following faculties: Joy Holmwood is
Dean of Health Sciences, Jim Sator is
Dean of Commerce and Business
Administration, and Beverly Miller is
Dean of Child, Family & Community
Studies. The Psychiatric Nursing
Department and the Director of
Psychiatric Nursing will report to the
Dean of Child, Family & Community
Studies.

There will be a total of six Faculties
in the Instructional Division. The
Division is moving ahead with selection
processes for Deans in three academic
Faculties in the Division, which are:
Pure and Applied Science and
Technology; Fine Arts and Languages,
Humanities and Social Sciences.

As well, the Instructional Division
will be moving ahead on discussions
with Continuing Education and the
structuring of Continuing Professional
Education with appropriate instructional
Faculties.

“Tt is hoped that work will be
complete and a new structure in place
by the end of February,” says John
McKendry.1

librarian and start asking questions, or just

and opera is a great way of taking some of sign up for an orientation tour. I

the bite out the price tag. Douglas College