Music Festival planned for Nov. 10, 2007

The SPC ROCKS! Music Festival is Nov. 10 from noon to 6 p.m. at the gymnasium on the St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus.

Five bands will participate: Too Little Too Late; This Transmission; Magic Shoppe; Feminine Assault; and A.N.D.Y.

Admission is $8 in advance, or $10 at the door. Proceeds will benefit the SPC Foundation, Inc. for SPC music scholarships. Tickets are available in Room 118 of the Humanities Building on the St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus.

Critical Thinking and Collection Development

As we enter the quality enhancement process, the libraries are focusing on critical thinking in our collection development efforts. At the present time, each library has a small critical thinking collection. As we move forward with our plan, we need input from all faculty and staff to identify materials that may be helpful in guiding students into critical thinking. Our goal is to have a Critical Thinking Resource Center at each library that includes materials to support the QEP effort of enhancing students’ critical thinking skills.

If you know of leadership materials, games, print, or electronic materials that may help you in leading students to critical thinking, please let us know!

To request materials, go to Library Online (http://www.spcollege.edu/centeral/libonline) Click on Services in the middle of the page. Click on faculty services, and then look for request library materials. When asked for the program or class the materials will support, be sure to include your area as well as Critical Thinking!

Thank you; we look forward to receiving your suggestions for materials to include in the Critical Thinking Resource Center.

Workshop and Discussion with Composer David Amram

Thursday October 25 @ 3pm, Humanities Room 117 ,
SP/Gibbs campus map
727.341.4360


Additional Resources:

'Splendor in the Grass' film is available (Library link)

'Manchurian Candidate' film is available (Library link)

'Medea' film is available (Library link)

'Offbeat: collaborating with Kerouac' book is available (Library link)

Professor Pelc Comp I class Resources

A summary of the resources for Professor Pelc's Comp I classes can be found at this website:

Library Resources

Doris Lessing Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature 2007

Doris Lessing was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature this year. Just a sample of some of her works are:

The Grass is Singing (Available at the St. Petersburg/Gibbs campus)
The Golden Notebook (Available at the Clearwater campus)
Children of Violence (Available at the St. Petersburg/Gibbs campus)
Mara and Dann: An Adventure (Available at the Seminole campus)
Walking in the Shade (Available at Clearwater campus)

To learn more about Doris Lessing visit an SPC library and ask for one of our many resources discussing her life and literary works. The library also has many titles other than the ones mentioned above, so please do not hesitate to ask a librarian to find a book for you to check out.


To read more about Doris Lessing visit: http://www.dorislessing.org/
To read more about the other Nobel Prize Laureates visit: http://nobelprize.org/

“Find it at SPC” using Google Scholar

St. Petersburg College Libraries, with help from our IT department, the College Center for Library Automation, and Ex Libris SFX technology, is now allowing Google Scholar to link to full-text articles that are within SPC library databases. This is an exciting development that allows researchers to utilize the familiar Google interface to find scholarly resources that might otherwise be hidden forever. Click here for a handout that explains how you can "Find it at SPC" using Google Scholar both on and off campus.

Of course, allowing Google Scholar to link to our library databases is not the be-all-end-all for high quality research and there are definitely pros and cons to using it. However, one thing is certain: Google and Google Scholar are here to stay and, if used properly, they can be great discovery tools that on many occasions actually guide users back to quality and frequently "hidden" library resources.

Stay tuned for more information regarding "Find it at SPC" using Google Scholar.

Ethics Forum Tonight (10/9/2007) at SPC Gibbs Campus!

Presented by the St. Petersburg College Applied Ethics Institute. In recognition of Disability Awareness Month as well as Mental Illness Awareness Week (October 7-13).

Addressing Mental Health at St. Petersburg College. Panelists are:

Myrtle Williams -- Associate Provost

Gene Oskamp -- Learning Specialist

Bonnie Kesler -- Psychology Instructor

TBA -- Mental Health Provider

The event will be held at St. Petersburg College on the Gibbs Campus Music Center from 7:00-8:30 PM.

Free and open to the community! For more information visit: http://www.appliedethicsinstitute.org/

Resources for Professors Donahue and Villaman Classes

Students of Professors Donahue and Villaman Classes may find resources for their assignments by clicking this link EAP1595

Professor Vassel's Biography Resources

Students who are taking Professor Vassel's Comp II classes can find instructions for accessing Biography Resource Center and other resources by clicking Biography Resources.

For students who would like to access a list of biography books about currently living famous people, please click List of Biography Books.