December 13, 2018 10:22 am

NE Library – Winter Break Closing & January Service Hours

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Welcome to the end of another Fall term.  You’ve made it!  It’s time to relax and enjoy a few weeks off, before the new Spring semester starts…  and that means the Library will be shortening our hours too.  Details below:

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Now that the stress of Final Exams has officially ended, the J. Ardis Bell Library is trimming back our hours and getting ready for an exciting new year in 2019.  As we count down these last couple of days, the NE Library will be OPEN:

Thurs, Dec 13, 2018   8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Fri, Dec 14, 2018   8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

 

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Effective at 5:00 p.m. tomorrow  (12/14/18)  the entire Northeast Campus will be CLOSED, in observance of the annual Winter Break.  ALL  Tarrant County College District offices, libraries, and labs will be CLOSED for the duration of Winter Break, from Saturday, December 15th – thru – Tuesday, January 1st.

We will return to campus at 8:00 a.m. on the morning of Wednesday, January 2, 2019.

 

Of course, the library’s website, our electronic databases, collection of e-books, and other online services will still be available 24/7 throughout the entire Break.  Any TCC student can access our web-based services by logging in with their current credentials  (MyTCC / Blackboard ID & Password).

Once we return in January, our NE Library service hours will be…

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Wed & Thurs, Jan 2 – 3   *OPEN*   8AM – 5PM

Friday, Jan 4   *CLOSED*   for Staff Training

Sat & Sun, Jan 5 – 6   *CLOSED*

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Mon – Thurs, Jan 7-10   *OPEN*   8AM – 5PM

Friday, Jan 11   *CLOSED*   for Staff Training

Sat & Sun, Jan 12 – 13   *CLOSED*

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Mon – Thurs, Jan 14 – 17   *OPEN*   7:30 AM – 10PM

Fri, Jan 18   *OPEN*   7:30 AM – 5PM

Sat & Sun, Jan 19 – 20   *CLOSED*

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Monday, Jan 21, 2019   *CLOSED*   MLK Jr. Holiday

Tues – Thurs, Jan 22 – 24   *OPEN*   7:30 AM – 10PM

Fri & Sat, Jan 25 – 26   *OPEN*   7:30 AM – 9PM

Sunday, Jan 27   *OPEN*   12:00 – 5:00 PM

 

That will carry us through the month of January and well into the start of the Spring Semester.

We hope that everyone enjoys a safe and restful Winter Break.  We’ll see you back in the Library soon!

 

 

 


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November 26, 2018 2:40 pm

Apollo 8 Manned Spaceflight 50th Anniversary – J. Ardis Bell Library Presentation, 11-28-18

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NASA photo (The famous “Earthrise” photo from Apollo 8, the first manned mission to the moon.)

 

On Wednesday, November 28, at 1 pm, join us in the TCC NE J. Ardis Bell Library for a presentation highlighting the Apollo 8 Manned Spaceflight.  TCC NE professors Raymond Benge and Dr. Kevin Barrett will inform us about why it is important to remember this historic space flight that will observe its 50th anniversary in December.

If you’d like to hear the Christmas Eve 1968 message from the book of Genesis the astronauts beamed back to Earth from the moon, click on the link below.
https://youtu.be/ToHhQUhdyBY

Two of the important events that occurred during the Apollo 8 flight were:
First humans to journey to the Earth’s Moon.
First pictures of Earth from deep space taken by astronauts.

For more information about the Apollo 8 flight go to NASA’s website at:
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo8.html

Join us on the upper level of the library on November 28th from 1-2 for this presentation. Light refreshments will be served.


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November 21, 2018 1:53 pm

NE Library’s Salute to the Life and Legacy of Stan Lee

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As many of our readers will know, well-loved comic book writer Stan Lee, born Stanley Martin Lieber, passed away last week, on Monday, November 12, at the age of 95.

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Stan Lee was a comic book author, publisher, editor, cameo film star, and the former president of Marvel Comics.  Lee was the creator of such iconic superheroes as the Avengers,  Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four,  Daredevil, and the X-Men to only name a few…  Throughout his career, Lee became known for introducing comic book readers to the idea of a flawed superhero:  a hero with human failings who, despite being imperfect, could overcome obstacles and still do the right thing.  This was a motif rarely seen before Stan Lee picked up his pen and began writing comics in 1939, for Timely Comics – the company that would later become known as Marvel in the 1960’s.

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Starting Tues, November 13, and throughout the rest of the Fall semester, the J. Ardis Bell Library is hosting a special exhibit on the upper level, commemorating the life and work of this “Amazing” and imaginative author.  Our memorial display to Stan “The Man” Lee features comic books  (primarily from the 1960’s and 70’s)  that Lee wrote, as well as later comics published while he was the president of Marvel.  Many of the comics on display are original #1’s or “first appearance” issues from some of Stan’s most popular series.  All items in the exhibit case are on-loan from the newest staff member to join the NE Library team, Ms. Christie LeMaster, and her husband Chris.

 

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A number of biographies about Stan are on display and available for check out, as well as a selection of current Marvel Comics titles from the library’s collection.  Many of the featured characters were among those originally created by Stan Lee.

To search the TCC Library Catalog and see which Marvel comics & graphic novels we carry, click  here, or come in and ask any Library staff member for assistance.

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Icon, legend, and a lifelong hero to many of his fans;  Stan Lee was all of this and more.

But for now, he will be greatly missed.

‘Nuff said.

 

 


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November 19, 2018 3:23 pm

NE Library Hours – Fall Break

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Autumn is finally here!  As the temperatures start to drop and this semester is winding down, the J. Ardis Bell Library staff hope that all of our students, faculty, staff, and the entire Northeast Campus community will enjoy a safe and happy week away from classes.

During Fall Break, the NE Library’s schedule will change from our normal service hours, as follows:

 

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Mon, November 19 thru Wed, November 21

The Library will be OPEN on a shortened schedule, from 8 AM – 5 PM.

Thurs, November 22 thru Sun, November 25

The Library will be CLOSED in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

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Effective Mon, November 26, we will return to campus and resume our normal service hours of

Mon – Thurs, 7:30 AM – 10 PM.

Fri – Sat, 7:30 AM – 9 PM

Sunday, 12 – 5 PM

 

Enjoy the break!  Take this time to see family, friends, and loved ones…   and de-stress before Final Exams in December.  We’ll see you back in the Library soon!

 

 


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October 31, 2018 6:24 pm

Bringing Birds to Your Backyard

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Bringing the Birds to Your Backyard

Presentation by Tim Sebesta in NLIB #2102

Fri, Nov 9, 2018   12:30-1:30 PM

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Did you know that there are over 600 species of birds that can be seen in Texas at some part of the year?  Kinesiology Associate Professor Tim Sebesta is a bird enthusiast here at the TCC NE campus who will inform us about winter birding in the presentation “Bringing the Birds to Your Backyard.”

Bring your lunch and join us in NLIB 2102 from 12:30-1:30 on Friday, November 9, for Professor Sebesta’s presentation.  We’ll have cookies, lemonade, and tea to share.  All students, faculty, staff, and community members are invited to attend.

For more information about birding in Texas and Collegian articles about previous activities on the TCC NE campus, click on the following links.

Print books in the library about birds are in the call number QL600s

 

  1. “Winter Back Yard Birds” from Chris Jackson’s DFW Urban Wildlife blog post 2-2-16

http://dfwurbanwildlife.com/2016/02/02/chris-jacksons-dfw-urban-wildlife/winter-back-yard-birds/

 

2. TOS Handbook of Texas Birds (TCC e-book)

https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/tccd-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1604318#

 

3. From Texas Parks & Wildlife Department: “Texas Birds”

https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_br_w7000_1673a.pdf

 

4. Collegian article from April 17, 2018 “Professor to share how to help migrating birds”

http://collegian.tccd.edu/?p=36875

 

5. Collegian article from March 8, 2016 “NE Campus Provides Songbirds Resting Stop”

http://collegian.tccd.edu/?p=29196

 

6. Collegian article from Nov. 17, 2015, “NE Recognized for Friendliness Toward Wildlife”

http://collegian.tccd.edu/?p=27885

 

For more information, contact Beth Mullins at beth.mullins@tccd.edu

 

 


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