Join the CPCC Library for an open house of the new location Central Campus Library. Self guided tours will be offered to allow yourself to become acquainted with our new space.
Where: 1241 Charlottetowne Ave (the old Advanced Technologies Center)
When: January 24, 11am-3pm
CPCC Library at Central Campus has moved to a new location!
Our new location is the old Advanced Technology Building, next to the Citizens Building. (address: 1241 Charlottetowne Ave). The library will be occupying the 2nd and 3rd floors. Coppa Coffee and Tea is expected to move into the first floor sometime before the end of January.
To mark the official anniversary of the city’s founding 250 years ago, Charlotte will be celebrating on December 3 with cake! Each CPCC Library location will be providing free cupcakes on a first come, first served basis on this day. So, come out and help us celebrate this occasion!
Come join the Visual Arts Club tomorrow evening as we say goodbye to the 4th floor art gallery!
Have library fines? Bring donations of non-perishable, non-expired food items to any CPCC Library location to have your fines waived! Donations will also be accepted even if you don’t have fines!
Guidelines for waived fines is listed below:
3 items for fines between $1-5
4 items for fines between $6-10
6 items for fines $10 and above
A maximum of $20 in fines will be waived.
Fine Forgiveness Days are for late fines only. Replacement fees for lost or damaged items are excluded.
All items will be donated to Second Harvest Food Bank. This event is in partnership with CPCC Service Learning’s Food Lion Feed Challenge. For more information about the Food Lion Feed Challenge, please click the following link: https://www.cpcc.edu/service-learning/events-and-programs/food-lion-feeds-1
Recently, the library’s Gloria Onukwufor was recognized for 40 years of service with CPCC! In addition to being honored at the president’s forum earlier this year, she was also presented with a magnolia tree and plaque on Central campus. Congratulations Gloria!
Thurday, October 25th only! Fill a bag of books for $3 at the Central Campus Library Book Sale!
The CPCC Library’s featured resource of the month for October is CultureGrams. This extensive resource provides reliable cultural information on the countries of the world, including perspectives on daily life and culture such as dating and marriage, holidays, diet, and personal appearance. Additionally, CultureGrams includes such features as recipes, photos, personal interviews, and graphs and tables with lots of different country data.
CultureGrams also offers a States Edition and a Provinces Edition, which focus on the various states of the U.S. and Canada, respectively.
Check out this resource today to see what it might have to offer you! CultureGrams may be accessed here or from the Research Databases section of the library website.
If you have any questions about the use of this database, please feel free to contact Doug Short.
