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Library Account Access is Easier Than Ever!

If you explore our library website, you might notice a brand-new feature that’s just recently been added for you! To get quick access to your library card account for renewing books, viewing the items you have out on loan, viewing materials you placed on request, and viewing your InterLibrary Loan items, simply visit the library…

Use Learning Express for Future Success

The Learning Express Library is a wonderful database for CSN students to use to develop skills for the classroom and workplace. Resources within Learning Express are organized into “Centers.” This article highlights the College Students Center, which is a place to achieve your community college goals and prepare for future success. This learning center is…

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One Book, One College

This year CSN has chosen If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on my Face? by Alan Alda for One Book One College (OBOC). The OBOC program at CSN strives to foster a sense of community, creativity, and conversation through the mutual study of a common reading. Faculty of all disciplines are invited…

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Librarian’s Research Explores Sense of Belonging

CSN Libraries is excited to welcome back one of our friendly Charleston campus Reference & Instruction librarians, Ted Chodock. Ted returns to the library after being on sabbatical during the fall 2019 semester, in which he was identifying, collecting, and analyzing data and information for his PhD dissertation exploring the role of academic libraries in…

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Faculty Workshops: Join Us During Convocation!

Several faculty members from CSN Libraries will be presenting at spring convocation workshops during the week of January 13. Please join us! Log in to your CAPE account to register for any of these workshops: Wed., Jan. 15, 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at Charleston Campus, room C-115   Are You Open to Open? Different…

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Interested in OER? Your Librarians are Experts!

Our newest full-time librarian Gracie McDonough is keeping busy learning and teaching about open educational resources. We’ve interviewed her regarding OER and what she’s doing to help faculty and students in this area. How would you define OER? What can you tell us about its benefits and potential? OER (Open Educational Resources) are free and…

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Instructors: Schedule Library Instruction

Welcome back, CSN instructors and professors! If your course includes a research or critical thinking component requiring the use of information, we invite you to schedule library instruction with CSN Libraries over the coming semester. Our librarians are eager to work with you to create a customized instruction session (or multiple sessions) for the research…

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New Library URL–Update Your Links

You might not have noticed a small change on our website this semester, but we’re here to fill you in! At the end of the fall, our library worked hard to update the back end of our website! With this update, CSN Libraries now has a new address on the web: https://library.csn.edu. This move allows…