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Under the Resources menu from the Library's homepage, you can link to Featured Collections. Collections include new books, DVDs, and Audiobooks; the Faculty Development Collection, and the Reserve Textbook Collection. Check back often to see if any new collections are added!

The Library's News is now available as an RSS Feed. Click on the RSS Icon from the Home or News page to access it.

We are also now aggregating National Library news feeds. We collect news items from sources such as the ALA, NJLA, Library Journal and Library of Congress. The news is available in both web and RSS formats from a link on the home page.

It's probably not worth much, but in Afghanistan and Pakistan pennies can provide children with valuable literacy and educational opportunities. That means more economic opportunities for these children and a greater chance for peace. Donate your pennies today! Visit the circulation desk at the RVCC library.

Pennies for Peace commemorates the legacy of Abraham Lincoln and is a program of the Central Asia Institute (CAI). The CAI's mission focuses on community-based education, especially for girls. A 5th grade education for girls improves not only the basic indices of health for her and her family, she will also spread the value of education within her community. Literacy, for both boys and girls, provides better economic opportunities in the future and neutralizes the power of despot mullahs and other extremist leaders.

Learn more about the program by visiting http://www.penniesforpeace.org

The VALE Reciprocal Borrowing Program lets you easily borrow materials at participating New Jersey college and university libraries. Faculty, staff and students who are in good standing at the RVCC library qualify for this onsite borrowing option. In order to use this service you must first complete a VALE Reciprocal Borrowing Application, available through the VALE website or at our circulation desk. For further information, check out our website for the program or ask the Circulation Desk for details.

In the Fall, the Library implemented a new way for current periodicals to be displayed. You may have already seen the new shelving in the display area. With this new shelving, the Library can display over 60 current periodicals. Check back later in the semester to find back issues neatly concealed behind the current issue.

Faculty, Staff and Administrators may checkout back issues of periodicals for one week. Unfortunately, the current issue on display cannot be checked out.

In the meantime, please enjoy the new periodical display which enables more titles and more issues to be available to the community.

Check out our new Information Literacy I tutorial! This interactive tutorial will guide you through the research process and introduce you to the basics of conducting research using library and internet resources. This online tutorial can be completed from any computer, on or off campus. There is also a navigation menu that allows you to skip to specific parts of the tutorial that you need to learn. While this tutorial is specifically designed around the information taught in our English I library research sessions, it will be helpful for anyone who needs to learn or brush up on basic research skills. You'll find the tutorial under the Research Help menu on our homepage. Happy Researching!

The Spring 2009 Edition of the Library Newsletter is now available. For more information and to view the latest issue of Check It Out, see the Newsletter Page.

A new feature on the Library's webpage allows you to view a select number of new materials. If you check back later on, you'll see a different list. These titles are updated monthly. All new books are located on the first floor of the library and may be checked out with a valid College ID.

The Library will be closed from December 24th through January 4th. We will reopen January 5th with special hours for the Winter Review Session. Regular hours resume January 20th. Please check the Hours Page for more details.

The Library would like to extend a big "Thank You" to all those who donated food over the past month. We collected over 30 bags of food which was delivered to the Food Bank Network of Bridgewater. Look out for details for the next Food for Fines in the Spring!