http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels Subscribe to Pulp and Pixels news via RSS http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandfpixels/Issue4/?page=articles/deanletter.html Welcome to new and returning students, faculty, and staff as the library is publishing its first Pulp and Pixels of the fall semester.Librafry staff have been busy preparing the library for another exciting year at Kimbel Library. http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue4/?page=articles/deanletter.html Welcome to new and returning students, faculty, and staff as the library is publishing its first Pulp and Pixels of the fall semester.Library staff have been busy preparing the library for another exciting year at Kimbel Library. http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue4/?page=articles/locationchanges.html In anticipation of the groundbreaking for the Bryan Information Commons in October and to better serve the needs of the CCU community, library staff and student assistants spent the summer shifting almost every section of the library. http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue4/?page=articles/suggestions.html Through focus groups, surveys, comment cards, and observations, the library was able to learn valuable information that has been used in planning and implementing improvements to Kimbel Library. http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue4/?page=articles/farewell.html After almost twenty years at Kimbel Library, Michael Lackey has announced his retirement as of January 2011. http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue4/?page=articles/mediaroom.html In the early fall, Kimbel Library transformed the computer lab on the second floor into a high-powered international media room. http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue4/?page=articles/mediaequipment.html Kimbel Library has a new cache of cameras and media production equipment available for check-out. Want to conduct a live interview or create footage of your field work? Need to record your presentation? Try the new Sony Handycam or Flipcam MINO. http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue4/?page=articles/privacy.html Privacy is Kimbel Library and TEAL Center's theme this year. While libraries have long been advocates of sharing information, we have also strongly promoted the protection of each library user's privacy. http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue4/?page=articles/slavery.html Dr. Charles Joyner, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Coastal Carolina University, and Dr. Orville Burton, formerly of Coastal Carolina University and the University of Illinois, collaborated as two of the editors of a new database containing primary documents relating to slavery and anti-slavery in the antebellum period. http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue4/?page=articles/referencesection.html Over the summer, the staff and student assistants of Kimbel Library consolidated what were once referred to as "Reference" books with the books on the second floor. This shift provides more studying space on the first floor. http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue4/?page=pageContent/video1.html Squawk on the Street, Kimbel Library's very own student-created entertainment segment, tackles the issue of privacy in the digital age. http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue4/?page=pageContent/video2.html This video on censorship was used to kick off the Banned Books Read-Out on September 28th, 2010. The event included multimedia presentations that informed and entertained faculty and students as they listened to peers read from the most commonly banned books in the United States. http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue4/?page=pageContent/video3.html This video was created as part of the "Fix your Face" campaign, which aims at educating the campus about the lack of privacy on popular social networking sites. The video focuses on how online privacy issues can increase the occurrence of cyber stalking and was debuted at the University's Tunnel of Oppression event in late October. http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue3/?page=articles/newsletterdean.html As construction is prepared to begin for the Bryan Family Information Commons, student involvement in planning is high. http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue3/?page=articles/newslibweek.html National Library Week is a time to remind others about the contribution libraries, librarians and library workers make to their communities every day. http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue3/?page=articles/newscelebratelibraries.html We at Kimbel Library would like to take this week to thank you for supporting the library, and welcome any newcomers! http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue3/?page=articles/newsfacelift.html Check out the new youthful look the Kimbel Library website takes. http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue3/?page=articles/newsvisitingpatrons.html Service allows students, faculty and staff to visit any participating academic library. http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue3/?page=articles/newsnewbooks.html New materials abound at Kimbel Library http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue3/?page=articles/newsgeneology.html Geneology advice for discovering your family history. http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue3/?page=articles/newsebookcollection.html Over 60,000 Electronic Books are now accessible anywhere, anytime. http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue2/?page=articles/newsletterdean.html Welcome new and returning students! The library staff is excited to see new and familiar faces coming into our building. http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue2/?page=articles/newsevaluateweb.html Step by step explanation on how to evaluate a website. http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue2/?page=articles/newspascallackey.html An update about the new changes that took place this year with the pascal delivers service http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue2/?page=articles/newsstudyrooms.html Check out the new technology in Kimbel library's study rooms. http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue2/?page=articles/newsfoodfines.html Some of the many cool things that remind us why we love libraries... http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue2/?page=articles/newsgamingday.html The Kimbel Library will be celebrating National Gaming Day on Saturday, November 14 from 12:00-5:00 PM. http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue2/?page=articles/newslibraryschool.html Yep! summer has come and gone and we are in full swing at Kimbel Library for Fall semester 2009! http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue1/newsbbcommons.html If you come into the library on a regular basis, you know that seating is limited, electrical outlets are hard to find, and there are just not enough spaces or computer workstations to work effectively. The new library Learning Commons will solve these problems. Monday, 13 April 2009 12:00:37 GMT http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue1/newspascalmurray.html Having trouble finding a source for your upcoming paper? Interested in a topic but just can’t find the right book? If you are a student, faculty, or staff member of Coastal Carolina University (CCU), then you can order that special item you need on Monday and have it by Friday through PASCAL Delivers. http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue1/newspascallackey.html WARNING!! The resources and services described in this article are in imminent danger of being elimination due to cuts in funding by the South Carolina legislature. Please help by visiting this PASCAL web site to see what you can do to help: http://pascalsc.org/howyoucanhelp.html http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue1/newsworksmith.html My role as a member of the editing team for the very first online newsletter for Kimbel Library is part of my exciting and diverse job as a student worker. http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue1/newsnlwhartman.html This week, Kimbel Library is celebrating National Library Week, an event created by the American Library Association to celebrate our nation’s libraries and the unique services and resources that they provide. The library is offering a variety of informational programs as well as games, prizes, and special treats throughout the week. http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue1/newspurposect.html If you didn’t have Kimbel Library, where would you...buy a caramel macchiato and read Forbes magazine?...Find a quiet place to study?...Examine the plastic model of the human skeleton with classmates? (Where’s that femur?)...etc....etc.... http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue1/newsredesign.html With much excitement, the library is preparing to launch a brand new Web site at the start of Fall semester 2009. This Web site will integrate new features and services into a fresh, clean design that will make it easier to find books and articles, renew materials, talk to librarians, and conduct all sorts of other tasks that students and staff commonly perform online. http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue1/newsredesignth.html Student input, in particular, is crucial to the redevelopment of the Kimbel Library Web site because they are the main users. Their academic success depends upon their ability to find and use information successfully, and the library Web site is a primary tool that allows them to do so. http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue1/newsassistants.html This year, Kimbel Library employed seventy student assistants, thirty-three of which were new students working in the library for the first time. Although many people might assume that working in the library would be boring or maybe just “too quiet,” students working at Kimbel Library actually have a wide variety of interesting jobs. http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue1/bookreview.html Some people may think that Aldous Huxley was a time traveler when they read his novel, Brave New World. He was able to draw very eerie similarities between his book and the modern world. Considering he was writing about sex, drugs, government control, and suicide in the 1930’s, it is amazing that his books were not banned from every country (although some did try). http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue1/video1.html Senior William Smith interviews Provost Rob Sheehan about the Information Commons. http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue1/video2.html Cheerleader Trevor Hager interviews students about the Information Commons in this humorous video. http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue1/video3.html The Inverse Interview: Staff member Sarah Briggs interviews cheerleader Trevor Hager about the Information Commons... http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue1/video/tipmp4/youtube1.html Tech Tip--How to Play a YouTube video in a PowerPoint Show http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue1/chauncey_gallery.html Chauncey visits Kimbel Library in this humorous photo gallery. http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue1/shelf_gallery.html Students and staff move every book and stack in the library! http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue1/maas_gallery.html Sophmore Rachel Maas turns her artistic eye on the library! http://ww2.coastal.edu/pulpandpixels/Issue1/misc_gallery.html More awesome pictures of Kimbel Library!