THE BIG READ

Bakersfield kicks off its BIG READ with Zora Neal Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God. The Library has copies of this book with a call number of  PS 3515 .U789 T5 2006

The Stiern Library is currently offering one of its most popular courses (Researching the Electronic Library) as an online course – GST 326. This is the first time that this course has been offered online at CSUB. Although there are challenges in guiding students virtually through the research process, we hope that having the course available online will provide greater accessibility to research instruction for our students.

Students interested in learning how to use the Library more effectively and efficiency should look either for GST 126 or GST 326 in future quarters.

Dr. Ted Murphy spent more than 30 years studying, monitoring and working to protect the region’s endangered kit fox population and on February 10 at 4 p.m. in the Dezember Reading Room, he will be discussing his experiences.  Most of us who have been on campus late in the evening have glimpsed its resident foxes, which are normally nocturnal creatures.

The talk, which is being organized by librarian Curt Asher, is part of the Stiern Library Faculty Research Lecture Series.  The series allows professors to share their research with the wider campus community.  Dr. Murphy is an emeritus professor of biology and the founder of CSUB’s Facility for Animal Care and Treatment (FACT).  Refreshments will be served after Dr. Murphy’s talk.  For more information, contact Curt at 654-3251.

The Library’s new Research Corner is a dynamic space with exciting technology for librarians to work with students.  Check out the website (www.csub.edu/library/rcindex.htm) for update sessions including:

Developing a literature review

How to search efficiently

How to use style guides

Finding the full text of scholarly articles

Contact Librarian Sarah Fay Philips (sphilips@csub.edu) if you are interested in more information about the services offered at the Research Corner in WSL 107.