Welcome to Suffolk County

Community College

Icebreaker Activity -Icebreaker Activity -Technology SurveyTechnology Survey

• Stand up• Sit down if you did not use a computer at college• Sit down if you did not use a computer in high

school• Sit down if you did not use a computer in middle

school• Sit down if you did not use a computer in

elementary school• Sit down if you did not use a computer in

kindergarten• Sit down if you did not use a computer before

kindergarten

Our future students

“We’re lost but we are making good time. -Yogi Berra

Library Resources@ SCCC

Key to Research – Key to Research – Finding the Right ToolFinding the Right Tool

• Easy to find information on the internet

• Not always easy to find quality information on the internet

• Students do know the difference

• Not everything is published on the internet

• Librarians teach how to find and evaluate information that is relevant to task at hand

SCCC Library Collection

SCCC Library CollectionSCCC Library Collection• Purchase and organize materials for the

academic departments – each department has a library liaison– Over 200,000 Volumes – Over 5,000 Media Titles – Over 450 Periodical Subscriptions– Over 2,500 items on Reserve

• Usage statistics– Over 20,000 Books Circulated– Over 12,500 Periodicals Circulated– Over 2,000 Interlibrary loan requests filled

Electronic Resources Electronic Resources @ SCCC Libraries@ SCCC Libraries

Electronic Resources Electronic Resources @ SCCC Libraries@ SCCC Libraries

• Subscribe to over 70 databases• Access to 97,194 electronic journals and

41,081 Electronic books• Customized library pages for each

department• Electronic library services – chat

reference, interlibrary loan, etc.• Usage statistics

– Over 200,000 database sessions in 2009-2010 – over 60% of the users are off campus

– Over 1,000 Electronic Service Requests – Reference, interlibrary loan, login troubles, etc.

Media Services

• Media equipment (slide projectors, tv/vhs, dvd, cd players, smart cart) and media titles available for classroom use

• Select from over 5,000 media titles or bring in your own title.

Library Teaching ProgramLibrary Teaching Program

Library Teaching ProgramLibrary Teaching Program• Credit bearing classes – LIB101 &

LIB103• Freshman Seminar library orientations• Subject specific classes• Over 1,000 library classes taught in

2009-2010• One on one help at the reference desk –

Over 40,000 served in 2009-2010

Cultural/Academic Events in Cultural/Academic Events in the Libraries…the Libraries…

• Copyright workshops• Plagiarism/Academic integrity workshops• Research skills workshops• Writer’s Café- SCCC and local authors• Filmmaker’s series – Faculty, student and local

filmmakers• Student sponsored activities – Hunger 101, Counter

Recruitment, Gay & Lesbian Professionals, etc.• Center for the Holocaust, Diversity & Human

Understanding Center workshops• Annual Intellectual Freedom conference• Women’s Week Activities• Poetry Smackdown

How can the library help faculty?How can the library help faculty?

• We provide access to research materials

• We help faculty create research assignments & provide customized library instruction

• We provide one-on-one reference service in person, by phone and through chat/email

• We deliver media titles and equipment in the classroom

• We provide a space for academic forums

New Library Initiatives

New Library Initiatives New Library Initiatives • New Learning Resource Center at Eastern Campus

• Planning phase for new Grant Campus Library

• Expand “Ask a Librarian” chat reference service

• Faculty/Student Collaborative Lab at Ammerman

• Electronic Reserves

• Online “library lectures” for DE classes

• Direct patron interlibrary loan

• New Library Web site

• Library Mobile web site

Library FAQsLibrary FAQs• Your library card is your ID card (students can get

their card at the Ammerman library)• Students will need their IDs to check out books and

use the academic computer center• You can access library databases from home with

your SCCC login• There is always reference help available during the

semester• The is no charge for printing, but there is 20 page

limit per print job• Libraries have become the “campus publishers” -

please help by providing printer friendly handouts

Academic Support Services

Communication – SCCC Portal/Email

Leading Edge Technology

Wireless Technology

Technology Classrooms

Distance Education

Distance Education

• Distance Learning Classroom Courses

• Online Courses• Web enhanced courses

• Student technology orientation• General purpose and subject

specific computer labs• Faculty can book labs on a first

come, first serve basis

Educational Technology Unit

Skills Centers

Students with Disabilities

• Some students require special services such as note-takers, readers or sign language interpreters

Faculty Training

Campus Teaching Learning Center

• Meet other faculty• Learn new teaching techniques• Attend workshop Series• Enhance your professional

development• Work on your new projects with the

help of a professional assistant

Workshop Series

• Online Quizzing• Active Learning• Smart Classrooms• Promoting Academic Integrity• Dealing with Disruptive Students• PowerPoint• Learning Styles

Faculty Training

• Adjunct Faculty Development Fund (after three semesters)

• Admission to courses (after two semesters)

Continuing Education

Methods for Incorporating Technology in the Classroom

• Create web pages for course outlines and assignments

• Web enable your course• Use media, presentation equipment,

software or web pages relating to your discipline

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I believe the _________________ is destined to revolutionize our educational system and that in a few years it will supplant largely, if not entirely, the use of text books.

______ ______________ (year) (author)

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I believe the motion picture is destined to revolutionize our educational system and that in a few years it will supplant largely, if not entirely, the use of text books.

1914 Thomas Edison (year) (author)

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