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Library Resources

Talk Like a Pirate Day is Back!

September 19 is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. In order to celebrate the day in style, why not check out some of the pirate-related booty that the library has to offer?

The History of Pirates

The Pirates of Colonial North Carolina

Piracy: The Complete History

Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates

Blackbeard: The Real Pirate of the Caribbean

Pirates of the Caribbean Movies

And, of course, the classic of pirate tales:

Treasure Island

Ever wanted to learn to talk like a pirate?  You’re in luck!  Mango Languages offers a language course in Pirate!

Follow these five easy steps to get started speaking Pirate:

  • Go to Mango Languages (if you’re off-campus, you will need to log-in with your CPCC Login at this point)
  • Create an account or simply log-in, if you already have one. (This account is different from your CPCC Login.)
  • After logging in, select Courses from the menu.
  • Choose Pirate from the menu listing of languages.
  • Click Launch to begin learning Pirate!

(And remember, once International Talk Like a Pirate Day is over, you can still use Mango Languages to learn a new language, such as French or Spanish.)

Mango Pirate is also available to library patrons via the Mango Mobile Library Edition smartphone apps.

Hours

Hours for CPCC Libraries

All CPCC library locations will be closed from July 22 to July 26, 2013. We regret any inconvenience this may cause you.

Central Library will re-open beginning Monday, July 29. All other locations will remain closed until August 12.

For the latest information on library hours, check our website.

Books, Events

Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys Now on Display

 

CPCC Libraries has recently received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association to host the Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys. The Muslim Journeys project presents to the American public new and diverse perspectives on the people, places, histories, beliefs, practices, and cultures of Muslims in the United States and around the world.

As part of the project, the library has received the following materials:

  • The Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys collection- currently on display on the first floor of the Central campus library and available for checkout on April 18.

Additionally, as part of Sensoria, on April 17th at 11 am, the library will be hosting Shared History – Connected Lives, an event with readings from the Bridging Cultures Bookshelf and shared personal experiences of Muslims from the CPCC community.

The Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys is a project of the National Endowment for the Humanities, conducted in cooperation with the American Library Association, the Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University, Oxford University Press, and Twin Cities Public Television. Support was provided by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York. Additional support for the arts and media components was provided by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art.

 

 

 

Hours

Spring Break Hours

Need to get some extra studying in over Spring Break?  The CPCC Libraries will be open!  Hours for all campus libraries are listed below.  Enjoy your break!

Harris & Merancas March 11-14 9:00am-5:00pm
Cato, Harper & Levine March 11-14 8:00am-4:00pm
Central March 11-14 7:30am-5:00pm
Central Only* March 15 7:30am-5:00pm
All Locations March 16 CLOSED
*All other campus library locations closed on March 15.
Events

Celebrating Women in STEM

Did you know that March is both the National Engineering Month and Women’s History Month? To celebrate the two together, the Library has teamed up with Student Life and CPCC STEM-S to produce two exciting presentations called “Women Inspiring Innovation Through Imagination: Celebrating Women in STEM.”
  • Wednesday, March 20; 11 a.m.-noon: “Henrietta Leavitt, American Astronomer,” presented by David Privette, and “Linda Griffith, Biological Engineer,” presented by RoseMary Seymour
  •  Thursday, March 21; 11 a.m.-noon: “Famous Women in Computer Science/Information Technology,” presented byAnn Aksut, Susan Medlin, Lisa LaCaria, Barbara Neequaye and Jean Schoenheit.
The audience will be able to play the game Centipede, co-designed by a woman, on an Atari game system, with IT faculty presenting on various famous women in IT history.
Both events will be held in the 2nd floor atrium of the Central Campus Library in the LRC building.
In addition, there will be a “Women in Science” exhibit and display during the month of March at the entrance area of the Library.
Come join us at the library for the celebration!
Events

Word of Mouth Storytelling Event Returns!

This event invites students, faculty and staff to share their true, personal stories based on this year’s theme, “Stories About Family Photos.” The event is fun and unpredictable as the audience is invited to participate on the spot! All stories are told live and without notes, and should be about 5-7 minutes. For more information and direction on registering to participate, visit www.cpcc.edu/library/storytelling.

Classes are encouraged to attend – and all are encouraged to bring the photo that inspires their story.

Events

Black History Month Celebration: A Conversation with “Chatty” Hattie Leeper

The CPCC Libraries and Student Life present a Black History Month Celebration: “Chatty” Hattie Leeper, the first African American woman on North Carolina’s radio airwaves.
Ms. Leeper got her start as a DJ on WGIV in the 1950s and went on to become a record producer and even ran her own record label.

The CPCC Libraries are honored to have her speak about her life as a radio pioneer and about her deep roots in Charlotte that have a strong connection with CPCC’s earliest days.
Please help welcome Chatty Hattie to CPCC by coming to hear her tell her unique story on February 12, 2013 from 11am-12pm in Tate Hall in the Overcash Building on CPCC’s Central Campus and broadcast on the Harris Campus in building H2, room 2124.

The Levine Museum of the New South’s Dr. Tom Hanchett will be guest emcee.

The event is free and open to the CPCC community. Staff can register for the event in LearnerWeb.
“Chatty” Hattie’s address will also be broadcast in real time at each of CPCC’s five suburban campuses. For more information, contact Mark Coltrain, mark.coltrain@cpcc.edu.

Library Scholarship

Spring 2013 Theresa Thompson Library Scholarship Winners

Congratulations to the Spring 2013 winners of the Theresa Thompson Library Scholarship: Loc Truong and April Ryan!

Loc Truong is an Early Childhood Education major who plans to graduate at the end of 2013. Loc is originally from Vietnam where she learned Vietnamese and French, and, according to one of her instructors here, “despite the fact that she has only been in the United States for two years, her grasp of the (English) language, both written and verbal, is impressive.” She took 21 credit hours last fall, and maintains a GPA above 3.0. Loc loves to read, and is a faithful patron of the CPCC library and her neighborhood public library—she is a clear example of a lifelong learner.

April Ryan is a Horticulture Technology major who maintains a 4.0 GPA, and plans to graduate at the end of 2013. April credits the library for contributing to her success, previously in acquiring a B.S. in Marine Biology from UNC Wilmington, and currently at CPCC toward her horticultural degree.  She is working as a co-op student at Wing Haven, and according to her instructor, “she always demonstrates initiative as well as devotion to her class work…(she) shows excitement and passion in her pursuit of horticultural knowledge.” Without a doubt, she has proven herself a most deserving scholarship winner.
The Theresa Thompson Scholarship for the Fall 2013 season will be open for application from March 4-April 15.  Details of the Scholarship can be found at http://www.cpcc.edu/library/scholarship