Upcoming Event: Readings from Terkel’s Working featuring MVCC Speech and Theater Students
March 9, 12:30-1:30 p.m., library lounge
Moraine Valley speech and theater students will bring the many voices in Working to life. Join us for this entertaining and engaging reading of Terkel’s classic text.
Upcoming Event: Readings from Terkel’s Working
March 5th, 2010Our Journey: African-American Women Tell Their Stories
February 25th, 2010The library hosted a panel discussion of African-American Women as part of the Black History Month events. This panel, Our Journey: African-American Women Tell Their Stories, was an engaging discussion of the lives of these women.
The audio of this event is available below:

Online Audio: A People’s History of the United States
February 25th, 2010Troy and Joe discuss the landmark book A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn.
The audio of this discussion is available below:
Online Audio: Discussion of Mammogram Guidelines
February 24th, 2010The library’s Check It Out Audiocast welcomed Instructor Pete Porter for a discussion about the new mammogram guidelines released by the US Preventative Services Task Force.
The audio of this discussion is available below:
Online Audio: Unions Today with Jorge Ramirez
February 23rd, 2010The library welcomed the Chicago Federation of Labor’s Jorge Ramirez to our campus last week to discuss unions today. Mr. Ramirez was here as a part of our One Book, One College programming
The audio of this event is available below:

Jorge Ramirez of the Chicago Federation of Labor

Librarian Troy Swanson, President Perry Buckley of the Cook County College Teachers Union, Chapter Chair Jan Hill of the Moraine Valley Faculty Association, Jorge Ramirez Secretary/Treasurer Chicago Federation of Labor, and Kevin Navratil Assistant Professor of Political Science
A Snapshot of Our Library
February 12th, 2010On February 10th, as were digging out from all of the snow, our library participated in the Illinois Library Associations’ event “Snapshot: One Day of the Life in Illinois’ Libraries.” Here is a quick snapshot of our day:
People who walked through our door: 3,179
Items checked out: 238
Public computer use (including laptops): 558
Number of students in our classes: 58
Number of questions at the Reference Desk: 79
Online catalog searches: 470
Hits to the library home page (www.morainevalley.edu/library): 2452
We collected 98 surveys. Some of our favorite comments:
The staff are very helpful and the library is always clean. It is easy to do homework and research at this library because everyone is respectful of one another.
It’s a wonderful helpful place.
I love the library because I can concentrate on my homework and research what I need.
I LOVE MORAINE VALLEY’S LIBRARY!
Everyone in the library is very helpful. I’m here every day to borrow materials and ask questions. I’m never disappointed. It’s a great place to keep updated on information and my classes. I’m grateful.
The library has great scones.
It’s a very well run library. It’s busy, but still quiet.
Best library ever.
It’s really clean, organized, and the whole staff is really helpful! I actually enjoy coming to the library.
Special Upcoming Event: Unions today with Jorge Ramirez
February 6th, 2010As part of our One Book, One College events, we are very excited to host Chicago Federation of Labor Secretary/Treasurer, Jorge Ramirez who will lead a discussion entitled, The Union Movement Today. This will be February 16th, 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. in the library lounge. Mr. Ramirez will discuss the current status of the union movement (organized labor) in the United States and around the world. How have globalization and shifts in our economy impacted the organization of unions? What is the future of organized labor?
Changes to Textbook Checkout
January 15th, 2010The library’s textbook checkout program has been a great success. Many students visited the library in the fall semester to use textbooks. Due to the high volume and to reduce the numbers of books that were not returned for use by others, we have made some changes to the overdue fines for textbooks:
Loan: 2 hours or 4 hours
Overdue Fine: $3/hour
Loan: 7 Days
Overdue Fine: $5/Day
Limited Access to Library Databases Jan 5-8
December 15th, 2009Access to the Library’s electronic databases will not be available from off campus January 5 through January 8, 2010. System configuration changes in the Library’s computer system are being made during this time that will impact the authentication for using the library’s databases from off campus. Access to the library databases and other research tools, however, will be available from computers on campus.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any questions or concerns about accessing the library’s resources during this time period, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Library Announces Spring 2010 Events
December 8th, 2009The library is pleased to announce its schedule of events for the Spring 2010 semester. You can view this list of events at the Library’s Events Page.




