News Archive - Page 14 of 15 - The Claremont Colleges Library

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Student Guide to the Library: Night Owls

December 12, 2018

Marie Tano (PO ’21) is a student employee at The Claremont Colleges Library in the User Services and Resource Sharing Division. This year, she is writing monthly posts sharing her library knowledge and making the library easier to use for students. If you hang around the library by the time Finals Week begins, you have.

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Student Guide to the Library: Course Readings

November 26, 2018

Marie Tano (PO ’21) is a student employee at The Claremont Colleges Library in the User Services and Resource Sharing Division. This year, she is writing monthly posts sharing her library knowledge and making the library easier to use for students. The library’s Course Readings system is a life saver for many students at The.

Library Search Tips & Tricks: Group Related Editions

November 26, 2018

Library Search is built on OCLC’s WorldCat system, which is a massive database of library holdings (over 425 million items) from around the world. To address the huge number of items that can show up for a given search, a new feature was implemented last year that groups all related editions and formats (print and.

Library Search Tips & Tricks: Find a specific title

October 12, 2018

One of the advantages of Library Search is that it searches not just what we own here at The Claremont Colleges Library, but also other libraries’ collections from around the world. If you need a specific item that we don’t own, you can request it from another library using Resource Sharing. Sometimes it can be hard.

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Notable citrus collection takes root at The Claremont Colleges Library

September 28, 2018

The Claremont Colleges Library Special Collections announces the opening of The David Boulé California Orange Collection. Ranging from colorful citrus advertisements to photographs of the farmworkers who harvested the crops, this vital collection covers both the dream and the reality of California through its citrus growing industry. This collection contains materials relating to the citrus.

Engage your creativity during “Cage at Claremont” Week – 9/24-9/28

September 18, 2018

“I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas, I’m frightened of the old ones.” John Cage John Cage’s new ideas are on display next week at The Claremont Colleges Library, as part of our “Cage at Claremont” series of events. Panels and lectures share Cage’s “new ideas” and their effect on the worlds of.

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Did You Know? Online Reservations for Group Study Rooms

September 4, 2018

Over the summer, the library implemented a new online reservation system to make planning easier. The recently renovated Group Study Rooms on the fourth floor and the Media Viewing Room on the third floor can now be reserved up to three days in advance. The Group Study Rooms on the third floor will be added.

Library Renovations Underway

August 31, 2018

While students are enjoying their summer, the library continues to update its facilities to provide the most dynamic and welcoming spaces possible. “Keck 3,” our third floor classroom, is currently under construction to bring it in line with our other active learning spaces, such as the second floor Keck Classroom. We’re adding flexible furniture and.

Cage at Claremont: September 24-28, 2018

June 29, 2018

The Claremont Colleges Library (TCCL) presents a concert of renowned composer John Cage. John Cage attended Pomona College from 1928 to 1930, and The Claremont Colleges have many connections to his groundbreaking art and music. In light of these connections, The Claremont Colleges Library presents a week of “Cage at Claremont” celebrations, including panels/lectures, artists’.

New Exhibit: Orange You Glad…

May 25, 2018

When: June 4 – August 17, 2018 Where: North Lobby, The Claremont Colleges Library From the newly-acquired David Boulé California Orange Collection comes this orange-y exhibition featuring souvenirs, advertisements, postcards, and photographs of yesteryear, as well as vintage juicers and a larger-than-life papier-mâché orange. Come learn about the sunny side of California’s citrus growing heritage.