24 Tuesday Jul 2018
Posted in Library History
One of the ways we told the story of the library was with comparisons of statistics of the library over the years. Here are the ones we used.
Hours Open
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Last Updated: July 17 2018
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11 Friday May 2018
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Our hours at the Cedar Rapids branch between semesters. Our Iowa City branch will be open their normal hours. Come on by!
Sat., May 12th – Sun., May 13th |
CLOSED |
Mon., May 14th –
|
8:00 am – 5:00 pm |
| Fri., May 18th |
8:00 am – 12:00 pm |
Sat., May 19th – Sun., May 20th |
CLOSED |
Mon., May 21st |
Resume Normal Summer Hours |
NOTE: Campus now closes at noon on Fri.
for the summer.
Mon. – Thurs. 7:30 am – 9:00 pm
Fri. 7:30 am – 12:00 pm
Saturday and Sunday Closed
Mon. – Thurs. 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
Fri. 8:00 – – 12:00 pm
Saturday and Sunday Closed
Kirkwood Library Services will be closed on Saturday and Sunday until Fall Semester at both branches.
08 Tuesday May 2018
Posted in Uncategorized
From time to time, when we get a collection of related books into the library we like to share a list on a particular topic, but lately we’ve had some books come in that are too good not to share, even if they don’t fit with a particular theme. These titles are housed in Cedar Rapids, but you can request them to be delivered to any of the other centers at any time.
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson, Call Number: 170 P485t
The Adult Learner: Some Things We Know by Robin J. Fogarty and Brian M. Pete, Call Number: 374 F655a
Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism by Safiya Umoja Noble, Call Number: 025.042 N752a
The Animals Among Us: How Pets Make Us Human by John Bradshaw, Call Number: 636.088 B812a
Bad Girls from History: Wicked or Misunderstood? by Dee Gordon, Call Number: 305.409 G662b
But I Love Him: Protecting Your Teen Daughter from Controlling, Abusive Dating Relationships by Dr. Jill Murray, Call Number 306.73 M982b
Capitalism Without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy by Jonathan Haskel and Stian Westlake, Call Number: 338.5 H349c
Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko, Call Number: 813.54 S583c
Caring for Autism: Practical Advice from a Parent and Physician by Michael A. Ellis, Call Number: 618.92 E475c
Comets: Nature and Culture by P. Andrew Karam, Call Number: 523.6 K181c
The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity by Nadine Burke Harris, Call Number: 618.92 B959d
Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan’s Disaster Zone by Richard Lloyd Parry, Call Number: 952.05 P265g
High and Dry: Meeting the Challenges of the World’s Growing Dependence on Groundwater by William M. Alley and Rosemarie Alley, Call Number: 628.1 A435h
History Comes Alive: Public History and Popular Culture in the 1970s by M.J. Rymsza-Pawlowska, Call Number: 973 R995h
Inspiring and Creative Ideas for Working With Children: How to Build Relationships and Enable Change by Deborah M. Plummer, Call Number: 155.4 P735i
Introducing Japanese Popular Culture, Edited by Alisa Freedman and Toby Slade, Call Number: 306.095 I619
Introduction to Social Media Marketing: A Guide for Absolute Beginners by Todd Kelsey with Brandon Lyon, Call Number: 658.8 K299i
The Little Book of Black Holes by Steven S. Gubser and Frans Pretorius, Call Number: 523.8 G921L
Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy by Tressie McMillan Cottom, Call Number: 378.73 C851L
Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief by Jordan B. Peterson, Call Number: 150.1 P485m
NOTE: From the author of The Case Against Education: Why the Education System is a Waste of Money.
Oil (2nd ed) by Gavin Bridge and Philippe Le Billon, Call Number: 338.2 B851o
The Practice of Islam in America: An Introduction, Edited by Edward Curtis IV, Call Number: 297.097 P895
The Professor Is In: The Essential Guide to Turning Your PH.D. Into A Job by Karen Kelsky, Call Number: 378.12 K299p
Saving Beauty from the Beast: How to Protect Your Daughter From an Unhealthy Relationship by Vicki Crompton and Ellen Zelda Kessner, Call Number: 362.88 C945s
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo, Call Number: 305.8 O529s
Stars and Planets: The Complete Guide to the Stars, Constellations, and the Solar System by Ian Ridpath and Wil Tirion, Call Number: 523 R547s
Tears of Salt: A Doctor’s Story by Pietro Bartolo and Lidia Tilotta, Call Number: 610.92 B292t
Textbooks in Academic Libraries: Selection, Circulation, and Assessment, Edited by Chris Diaz, Call Number: 025.2 T355
Think Before You Like: Social Media’s Effect on the Brain and the Tools You Need to Navigate Your Newsfeed by Guy P. Harrison, Call Number: 302.302 H319t
What Smart Students Know: Maximum Grade, Optimum Learning, Minimum Time by Adam Robinson, Call Number: 378.17R658w
What Works for Women at Work: Four Patterns Working Women Need to Know by Joan C. Williams and Rachel Dempsey, Call Number: 650.1 W724w
Where Am I Eating? by Kelsey Timmerman, Call Number: 338.19 T584w
Sarah Uthoff is a reference library at Kirkwood Community College. LIKE the Kirkwood Community College Library on Facebook and find links to Sarah all over the web at her About Me Profile.
03 Thursday May 2018
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Did you know that you automatically have a library account?
Your library account gives you all kinds of information. It shows you what you currently have checked out and gives you a chance to renew. It tells you what we have for your contact information and gives you a chance to edit it. It lets you save searches or create a list of items for our catalog (like books I want to read). It shows you what you have on InterLibrary Loan and renew them.
Access your account by going to the library website and then click on the top link just to the right of the rotating picture. Then log in with your k-number and your Eaglenet password.
Amazon’s List of Best Art Books from 2017
Dinosaurs, Early Mammals, and Early People
Grant Wood AEA Professional Improvement List
One Small Step – Space and Astronauts
Check out our displays of Humor Books and Books For Earth Day
National Library Week falls in April each year. This year we collected all the kind words people included on our faculty survey. We appreciate it!
Check for our extended hours around finals.
Get a specialized LibGuide tailored for your class or your assignment to help your students get started with their research.
There has been a shift in the philosophy and the ideas behind MLA citation.
And remember you contact us at the library any time by phone, e-mail, chat, or stop on by! We’re always glad to see you! Look for the next issue of our newsletter. And remember you contact us at the library any time by phone, e-mail, chat, or stop on by! We’re always glad to see you! Look for the next issue of our newsletter.
08 Thursday Mar 2018
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Both branches of the Kirkwood Community College Library will have special hours over Spring Break. Please check that we are open before you make a special trip. Our article databases and eBook collections will remain available online 24/7.
The hours below are for the Cedar Rapids branch. The Iowa City branch also will be open 8-5 M-F over spring break. They will be open their normal hours Sat., March 10th, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm, but closed Sat., March 18, 2018.
Sat., March 10th |
8:30 am – 4:00 pm |
Sun., March 11th |
Closed |
Mon., March 12th –
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8:00 am – 5:00 pm |
Sat., March 17th |
Closed |
Sun., March 18th |
3:00 pm – 8:00 pm |
Mon., March 19th |
Resume Normal Hours |
04 Thursday Jan 2018
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Both branches of the Kirkwood Community College Library will have special hours between the semesters. Please check that we are open before you make a special trip. Our article databases and eBook collections will remain available online 24/7.
The Cedar Rapids hours are listed below.
The Iowa City location hours are different starting the week of Jan. 8th. From Mon., January 8 – Thurs., January 11 they will be open 8am – 9pm and on Fri., January 12th they will be open 8am-5pm. Then they will be closed over the weekend, but open 8am – 9pm on Martin Luther King Day.
Wed., Jan. 3rd – Fri., Jan. 5th |
8:00 am – 5:00 pm |
Sat., Jan. 6th – Sun., Jan. 7th |
Closed |
Mon., Jan. 8th – Wed., Jan. 10th |
8:00 am – 5:00 pm |
Thurs., Jan. 11th |
Closed |
Fri., Jan. 12th |
8:00 am – 5:00 pm |
Sat., Jan. 13th – Sun., Jan. 14th |
Closed |
Mon., Jan. 15th – Martin Luther King Jr Day |
11:00 am – 5:00 pm |
Tues., Jan. 16th |
Resume Normal Spring Hours |
28 Saturday Oct 2017
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Stop by the Cedar Rapids Library to check out our Halloween Display! Our theme is discover a crime or search out the paranormal. We’re sharing the paranormal books below and some true crime. We weeded and updated our paranormal collection this year so we have quite a few new ones. Whether you’re dealing with our “victim” as a crime victim or a ghost, we hope that you come and haunt both our libraries.
These titles are housed in Cedar Rapids, but you can request them to be delivered to any of the other centers at any time.
Special thanks to Kyle Winward of Central College, who had put together and shared a list of paranormal books that included some of these.
How to Properly Receive Ghosts
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1921-08-21/ed-1/seq-53/
Check out other cool historic newspaper from the Library of Congress’ newspaper archive.
Call Number: PB Nes Title: A Monster Calls Author: Patrick Ness, et. al
Call Number: 001.94 C593u Title: Unexplained!: Strange Sightings, Incredible Occurrences, and Puzzling Physical Phenomena (3rd ed) Author: Jerome Clark
Call Number: 001.944 8931b Title: Bigfoot: The Life and Times of a Legend Author: Joshua Blu Buhs
Call Number: 001.944 L922a Title: Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids Authors: Daniel Loxton and Donald R. Prothero
Call Number: 001.944 R333s Title: Searching for Sasquatch: Crackpots, Eggheads, and Cryptozoology Author: Brian Regal
Call Number: 130.973 B143p Title: Paranormal America: Ghost Encounters, UFO Sightings, Bigfoot Hunts, and Other Curiosities in Religion and Culture Authors: Christopher D. Bader, F. Carson Mencken, and Joseph D. Baker
Call Number: 133.109 A977h Title: A History of Ghosts: The True Story of Seances, Mediums, Ghosts, and Ghostbusters Author: Peter H. Aykroyd, Angela Narth, and Dan Aykroyd
Call Number: 133.129 L477m Title: Mysterious Midwest: Unwrapping Urban Legends and Ghostly Tales from the Dead Author: Adrian Lee
Call Number: 133.4 O984 Title: The Oxford Illustrated History of Witchcraft and Magic Author: Owen Davies
Call Number: 299 S915w Title: Witchcraft: A Secret History Author: Michael Streeter
Call Number: 301.21 B971s Title: Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft Author: Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum
Call Number: 345.744 B167s Title: A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience Author: Emerson W Baker
Call Number: 500 R332w Title: Weird Science and Bizarre Beliefs: Mysterious Creatures, Lost Worlds, and Amazing Inventions Author: Dr. Gregory L. Reece
Call Number: 530.11 C624b Title: Build Your Own Time Machine: The Real Science of Time Travel Author: Brian Clegg
Call Number: 576.8 A398 Title: Aliens: The World’s Leading Scientists on the Search for Extraterrestrial Life Author: Jim Al-Khalili
Call Number: 576.839 C319e Title: Earths of Distant Suns: How We Find Them, Communicate With Them, and Maybe Even Travel There Author: Michael Carroll
Call Number: 576.839 W734a Title: All These Worlds Are Yours: The Scientific Search for Alien Life Author: Jon Willis
Sarah Uthoff is a reference library at Kirkwood Community College. LIKE the Kirkwood Community College Library on Facebook and find links to Sarah all over the web at her About Me Profile.
31 Thursday Aug 2017
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In honor of Labor Day Weekend Kirkwood Library Services hours at BOTH locations will be:
23 Tuesday May 2017
Posted in Uncategorized
From time to time, when we get a collection of related books into the library we like to share a list on a particular topic, but lately we’ve had some books come in that are too good not to share, even if they don’t fit with a particular theme. These titles are housed in Cedar Rapids, but you can request them to be delivered to any of the other centers at any time.
1000 Details for Living Interiors, Call Number: 747 O585
Abundance: The Future is Better Than You Think by Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler, Call Number: 303.483 D537a
NOTE: A privileged few have lived in stark contrast to the hardscrabble majority. Conventional wisdom says this gap cannot be closed. But it is closing – fast.
The Aisles Have Eyes: How Retailers Track Your Shopping, Strip Your Privacy, and Define Your Power by Joseph Turow, Call Number: 658.834 T956a
American Serengeti: The Last Big Animals of the Great Plains by Dan Flores, Call Number: 591.509 F634a
Atlas Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Hidden Wonders by Joshua Foer, Dylan Thuras, and Ella Morton, Call Number: 910.41 F654a
Bellevue: Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America’s Most Storied Hospital by David Oshinksky, Call Number: 362.11 O826b
Best Kept Boy in the World: The Short, Scandalous Life of Denny Fouts, Muse to Truman Capote, Gore Vidal, and Christopher Isherwood by Arthur Vanderbilt, Call Number: 306.74 F782b
Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship Between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X by Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith, Call Number: 796.83 R646b
Bombs, Bullets, and Politicians: France’s Response to Terrorism by Christophe Chowanietz, Call Number: 363.325 C552b
The Book of Joy by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu with Douglas Abrams, Call Number: 294.3 B916
Cyberphobia: Identity, Trust, Security, and the Internet by Edward Lucas, Call Number: 364.16 L933c
Dragonholder: The Life and Dreams (So Far) of Anne McCaffrey by Todd McCaffrey (her son), Call Number: 813.54 M121d
NOTE: The landmark fantasy writer.
The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice by Patricia Bell-Scott, Call Number: 973.917 B435f
Golden Legacy: The Story of Golden Books by Leonard S. Marcus, Call Number: 070.508 M322g
The Great Equalizer: How Main Street Capitalism Can Create an Economy for Everyone by David M. Smick, Call Number: 338.973 S639g
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communication, Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohllben, Call Number: 582.16 W846h
In the Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives by Kenneth C. Davis, Call Number: 306.362 D262i
The Mechanical Horse: How the Bicycle Reshaped American Life by Margaret Guroff, Call Number: 303.48 G981m
The Missing JFK Assassination Film: The Mystery Surrounding the Orville Nix Home Movie of November 22, 1963 by Gayle Nix Jackson, Call Number: 364.152 J128m
Please Make This Look Nice: The Graphic Design Process by Peter Ahlberg, Call Number: 745.4 A285p
The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs (2nd ed.) by Gregory S. Paul, Call Number: 567.9 P324p
The Science of Stress: Living Under Pressure by Gregory L. Fricchione, Ana Ivkovic, and Albert S. Yeung, Call Number: 155.9 F897s
Sex, Drugs and Asperger’s Syndrome: A User Guide to Adulthood by Luke Jackson, Call Number: 618.92 J134s
Sounds and Sweet Airs: The Forgotten Women of Classical Music by Anna Beer, Call Number: 780.9 B415s 
The Story of Design: From the Paleolithic to the Present by Charlotte and Peter Fiell, Call Number: 745.409 F463s
Talent Development Around the World by Pedro Sanchez-Escobedo, Call Number: 658.3 S253t
NOTE: By our Spring 2017 Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Dr. Pedro Sanchez.
Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything In Between) by Lauren Graham, Call Number: 791.45 G739t
Ten Restaurants That Changed America by Paul Feedman, Call Number: 647.957 F853t
Troubled Refuge: Struggling for Freedom in the Civil War by Chandra Manning, Call Number: 973.7 M283t
Truevine: Two Brothers, A Kidnapping and a Mother’s Quest: A True Story of the American South by Beth Macy, Call Number: 791.35 M177tv
The Vaccine-Friendly Plan: Dr. Paul’s Safe and Effective Approach to Immunity and Health- from Pregnancy Through Your Child’s Teen Years by Paul Thomas and Jennifer Margulis, Call Number: 614.4 T461v
The Wasp That Brainwashed the Caterpillar by Matt Simon, Call Number: 578.4 S595w
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O’Neill, Call Number: 005.7 O586w
The Work and Lives of Teachers: A Global Perspective by Rosetta Marantz Cohen, Call Number: 371.102 C678w
Sarah Uthoff is a reference library at Kirkwood Community College. LIKE the Kirkwood Community College Library on Facebook and find links to Sarah all over the web at her About Me Profile.
16 Tuesday May 2017
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The entire Kirkwood Community College system (Main Campus, Iowa City, All Centers inclusive) will be closing on Fridays at noon from now through Friday, July 28, 2017. Both library branches will be included in this closing so until July 28th we’ll now be closed from noon on Friday until 7:30 am Monday morning in Cedar Rapids and until 8:00 am Monday morning in Iowa City. Our online resources will remain available 24/7. Please include this in your planning. Check out the official word with some more details from Kirkwood.
Starting August 4th we’ll return to our normal Friday library hours (7:30 am – 5:00 pm Cedar Rapids and 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Iowa City). Weekend hours will return starting August 26th.
Thank you for your patience and understanding during this schedule change.
