The Ray Howard Library partners with faculty to create cutting-edge technology-rich information literacy learning. Take Control. Use the Library.
Every week, the library sends a newsletter with nuts and bolts of getting services and resources for you and our students!
How to suggest a film purchase
If you need a film for face-to-face classroom use, and the library does not own it, please visit the Instructors Toolkit on the library website and click the button for Purchasing & Reserves.
Our budget is more limited for films for use in an online class because we pay for the film usually for three years, after which we have to pay again. We can no longer purchase streaming rights for DVDs. We are unable to purchase public performance rights for campus events. Learn more about public performance rights here. We will inform you when we cannot purchase more films because the budget has been spent down, but please continue to let us know you want a film! We purchase DVDs of Oscar winners every year. Please contact Acting Associate Dean Leslie Potter-Henderson lhenders@shoreline.edu or library@shoreline.edu if you have any questions.
Streaming films from Kanopy
You can view and use these streaming films from Kanopy. Search Kanopy from the library website to see a list of streaming films from Kanopy. Each of these films has been suggested for purchase by Shoreline Community College faculty.
Noise Zones
The Library strives to be a space where students and others in our community can conduct research and do a variety of work, whether they need a spot to study silently alone, study with a partner or a small group, or gather where a larger group can collaborate freely on team projects. To accommodate these different learning needs, the Library has different noise zones: For interactive study using quiet conversations, the center of the main floor is zoned for interactive research. Larger groups can use one of our six study rooms (4229-4234), which can easily be booked online or on the tablet mounted in the hallway near the rooms. And for silent study, students are welcome to work in the computer lab on the first floor, or the seats around the periphery of the Library are often peaceful! For more information, visit our Noise policy page. Please let students know that the library is a place where they can find the study space that suits their needs.
Great Collaborations
Faculty librarians at the Ray Howard Library collaborate with instructional faculty to create engaging, relevant learning experiences. Many sections of chemistry 171 run an assignment co-designed by chemistry instructors and librarians in which students learn about peer review and evidence-based research studies through videos, an individual session with a faculty librarian, searching databases and writing a short paper. Librarians are able to tailor the conversation to the student’s knowledge and experience. Want to know more about this assignment? Contact Cherl Lovseth clovseth@shoreline.edu or library@shoreline.edu
ACRL Framework and library instruction
Interested in how faculty librarians think about information literacy concepts? The Association of Research & College Libraries (ACRL) Framework is changing how we approach teaching information literacy. Instead of teaching skills that may be out-of-date tomorrow, the ACRL Framework introduces threshold concepts that, once mastered, dispose learners to certain knowledge practices. The Framework is pretty new, and librarians are thinking about, playing with, and exploring it. Contact TaChalla Ferris tferris@shoreline.edu or library@shoreline.edu if you would like to learn more!
The Ray Howard Library partners with faculty to create cutting-edge technology-rich information literacy learning. Take Control. Use the Library.
Every week, the library sends a newsletter with nuts and bolts of getting services and resources for you and our students!
Want your students to do a library orientation but don’t have time for a tour? Consider importing our Introduction to the Library hybrid online and face-to-face module to your Canvas classroom. Students write, watch a video, explore the physical library, meet a librarian and take a quiz. You can modify this module. Import it by clicking on Commons on the left navigation bar in Canvas. Type shoreline community college introduction to the library into the search bar. Click on the Introduction to the Library. In the Import into Canvas box on the right, search for the course to which you want to import the module, and follow the Canvas prompts. For more information, email library@shoreline.edu
PrepStep has tools that empower students to:
The Ray Howard Library partners with faculty to create cutting-edge technology-rich information literacy learning. Take Control. Use the Library.
This is how you use the instructor toolkit Tucked in to a corner of the Ray W. Howard Library website is a wealth of information just for instructors! Want to know how to put a book on course reserve? Would you like to request that a librarian visit your class to give a workshop? Interested in plagiarism or copyright issues and how they impact your work? Visit https://library.shoreline.edu/instructors to have your questions answered! We also have a statement about the Library that you can add to your syllabus. And if you have additional questions, our contact information is right there too; you are always welcome to get in touch.
Please put your Text Books on reserve
Please consider putting your text book on reserve at the One Desk in the Ray Howard Library. When you bring a copy of your text book to the One Desk in the Ray Howard Library, we will ask you to fill out a brief form so we know how long to keep the text book on reserve, and how many hours students can keep the book. We noticed that fewer reserves are being checked out, and we suspect this is an artifact of the construction two years ago, so we hope you will make a plug to your students about using the reserves and the library resources!
Visit the library. Students pack the library. Our gate counts say people walked in and out of the library 573,093 times in the 1718 academic year. They use it to study alone or in groups. They read for fun or study hard. They claim particular tables and meet their friends there for the rest of the quarter. They get research help from librarians; math help in the Math Learning Center; writing help in the Writing and Learning Studio; personal tutors in the Tutoring Center; computer lab on the first floor. Please stop by the library as often as you can to peruse the new books, check out the Teaching and Learning collection, and be seen by your students! Please encourage your students to use all the services in the Library building!
Schedule your instruction now
“Don’t believe everything you read on the internet just because there’s a picture next to it” ~ Abraham Lincoln
Schedule your instruction now! We look at library instruction as a collaborative effort in which we work closely with instructors to ensure the students are getting the appropriate information/resources they need for their class. Students also develop information literacy skills that can be applied at Shoreline Community College and beyond. These library workshops are not only beneficial for students, but also for the instructors. Bringing a class into the library allows the instructor to focus on the course material while introducing the students to an essential resource this college has to offer.
To request a librarian for your class, email/call/visit TaChalla Ferris, the Instruction Literacy Librarian (Tferris@shoreline.edu or library@shoreline.edu , Rm 4207, (206) 546-4571) for the dates and times you would like to bring your class into the library. Feel free to mention if you would prefer to work with a certain librarian. However, please understand that if that librarian is not available, the next available librarian will be assigned to your class or we could work on finding a different day and time for your class to visit the library.
Laptops
The Library has many of your technology needs covered. We have a number of Dell laptops available for faculty and staff to check out for three-day intervals. Forgot your laptop at home? Need a laptop for an impromptu meeting? Come see us! They are first come, first served, and you will need your Shoreline ID to check one out. Feel free to call us in advance to check on availability: (206) 546-4556.
Do your students need laptops? Let your classes know that the Library circulates a limited number of three types of laptops for students, first come, first served:
Leadership and Liaisons
Leslie Potter-Henderson assumes the Acting Associate Dean of the Ray Howard Library role. Leslie is known for her love for students, her colleagues and Shoreline Community College. Her service to all levels of the college, includling serving as Union leadership, including spearheading a giant technology upgrade at the library, including being advisor to the Black Students Union, including information literacy instruction, collection development, reference, and management give Leslie the skillset to give the library staff and faculty, and most importantly, students the support we need. Please feel free to contact Leslie with ideas and requests at lhenders@shoreline.edu or library@shoreline.edu (206) 546-4554 or Office 4206.
Contact your division library liaison for questions, suggestions, collaborations, especially on resources.
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Social Sciences |
TaChalla Ferris tferris@shoreline.edu or library@shoreline.edu |
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Humanities |
Claire Murata cmurata@shoreline.edu or library@shoreline.edu |
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STEM |
Claire Muratacmurata@shoreline.edu or library@shoreline.edu |
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HOPE |
Claire Murata cmurata@shoreline.edu or library@shoreline.edu |
