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Pop In, By Appointment To The Library

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Salvador Zambrano

Staff reporter

As of March 12th, main and westside campus have been offering services to students by appointment said Associate Library Director for CNM Renee Goodvin.

Students will have to fill out a daily health assessment before coming to campus to ensure their own safety and the safety of others, she said.

“It is a great idea because we are allowing students to get the resources that they need, but it’s a difficult situation because students want to come to the library to study. Which is one of the main services we provide.” She said.

The library homepage also provides students with the ability to check out books and other electronic equipment like iPads or laptops, she said.

Appointments can also be made through the library for ace tutoring services, she said.

Once students have been approved for those items, they will be directed to make an appointment through the website to come and pick them up, she said.

Goodvin said, printing services are also offered but at main campus only

she added that she suspects the current level of operations would last until the end of the spring semester. As the state continues to move from yellow to green and finally turquoise, there will probably be more services provided to students.

“Honestly we don’t know, we’re waiting for the president to give us the ok,” she said. She added that she suspects the current level of operations would last until the end of the spring semester.

The library has already partnered with campus safety to ensure proper social distancing throughout the library by placing tables 6 feet apart and limiting the amount of chair available, she said.

Goodvin said she was glad CNM was reopening and knows they’re trying to do their best to ensure student safety.

The Late O.W.L. Gets The Cookie

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Story and Photos by Wade Faast

Staff Reporter

The Library on main campus is staying open until 11PM until Thursday December 1, Varina Kosovich library outreach coordinator said.

The Open Way Late (OWL)  program provides library resources, tutors, and study spaces to students in the week before finals week, she said.

Along with the normal resources available to students, the library staff is offering free cookies and coffee to help keep the students going, she said.

OWL is expected to serve over 400 students this week, with most students seeking help with science classes, Kosovish said.

Tutors for math, science and English are on hand the whole night to help students, she said.

The OWL program keeps the library open late at the end of Fall and Spring terms, she said.

In the study room across from the library main desk, physical therapy student Adam Peacock studied slides for anatomy and physiology lab, he said.

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Student Adam Peacock takes advantage of the additional hours to study slides not available outside the library.

Outside of OWL hours, Peacock finds it hard to make it to the library for quality study time, he works during the day and has class until 9pm, he said.

Alex Theodorou a math and physics tutor worked with CNM students Jackie Lovato and Pearla Franco on advanced math classes, he said.

Theodorou said he has been busy every night so far and he is grateful to have the extra hours available to assist students in their final weeks of the semester.

Jackie Lovato is applying for the radiologic technologist program in spring of 2017, she said.

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Alex Theodorou tutors students Jackie Lovato and Perla Franco

“The x-ray tech program is very hard to get into but the extra hours of tutoring and studying are making a big difference” she said.

Lovato said she arrives at eight in the morning and stays until 11pm only leaving for class.

Working with other students, the tutors and being surrounded by other working helps her stay awake late into the night and get more studying done than if she was at home, Perla Franco said.

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Students Ching Lu and Makayla Beach use a study room and whiteboard to work out complex energy problems for their shared chemistry 1810 class.

CNM Students Ching Lu and Makayla Beach took advantage of the study rooms on the main floor, utilizing the large white board for working out complex problems for their Chemistry 1810 class.

They work together frequently at the library, usually getting kicked out at 9pm, Lu said.

“Studying at home can be difficult with do many distractions and other things that need to get done, like laundry” he said.

The extended hours help by offering not only a distraction free environment, but the resources such as the whiteboards and reference material, all at student’s fingertips, he said.

 

The Open Way Late program is also available at the Montoya campus .

 

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Print Maker, Print Maker, Make Me A Print

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Photos and story by Wade Faast

Staff Reporter

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Albuquerque artist Cody Saint Arnold sits shares his recent work and history with the CNM Chronicle.

 

Albuquerque artist Cody Saint Arnold is wrapping up his first CNM art show at the Library on main campus, his art can still be found around town.

In addition to his frequent shows around the city and state, Cody has a regular booth at the Rail Yards market and offers many of his designs for sale on his website he said.

Cody’s artwork includes influences from his traditional Native American heritage and the skate rock culture he so enjoys, Cody said.

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Utilizing modern technology, screen printing artist Cody Saint Arnold works on a new print.

Cody’s top selling print is a print showing the rail yards and a vintage train locomotive with the line “Your Heart Lies Southwest” he said

“It seems to speak to people, they really like it in teal” he said.

Cody offers over 60 different original prints on multiple mediums including traditional paper prints, t-shirts, posters and cards, he said.

“Art should be affordable” Cody said.

Prices for prints start at $10 and go up to around $100, he said.

Growing up Cody said his family had great artistic traditions, his father was rooted in science as a doctor but every night after dinner was eaten and homework completed they would sit down as a family and draw, sketch, and paint.

Cody went to the University of Colorado Boulder, originally for a non-arts degree, in 2010 he enrolled in a screen printing class and he found his calling, he said.

As soon as his show at CNM wraps he will be working on upcoming shows including the UNM holiday market on October 29, Cody said.

This past May Cody made the transition to being a full time artist with his entire income coming from the sales of his art work, he said.

Now that Cody is working full time on his art he plans to branch out and offer original paintings as well as his prints, Cody said.

Most of his prints take 3-5 weeks from conceptualization to a finished product, he said.

His methods have changed over the years, today he creates most of his original designs on his tablet then transfers the negative image to a silk screen for the printing, he said.

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Artist Cody Saint Arnold manages to live in the same space he uses for creating his art.

 

 

Stand Up for Your Right to Read

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Banned Books display at the main campus library.
Banned Books Week flier that encourages students to fight for their right to read.
Collection of classics at main campus library that is often banned or challenged.

Story and Photo Credits By Hilary Broman

Staff Reporter

CNM libraries have set up displays to celebrate Banned Books Week from September 25 to October 1, said Varina Kosovich, CNM library outreach coordinator and reference specialist.

Banned Books Week is an annual event put on by the American Library Association which celebrates the freedom to read, Kosovich said.

Each year many books are banned or challenged in the U.S for various reasons ranging from anti-family to violence or graphic images, she said.

Some books at the main campus library display include: And Tango Makes Three, which was banned for being anti-family and having a possible homosexual agenda; Beyond Magenta, which is about transgender teens; and Bless Me Ultima, which is considered to contain satanist content, Kosovich explained.

Westside and Montoya libraries also have a banned books display, she said.

Many of these books are not banned from college or university libraries because they tend to encourage more open thought but these books are more likely to be banned from elementary, middle, and high school libraries as well as public libraries, she said.

“I think as a library our main priority is to offer as much information as we possibly can without censoring it,” Kosovich said. “If we censor one thing what’s to stop us from censoring another?”

School is about students learning, exploring and forming their own opinions, she said, and reading is a part of that process.

There have been many positive reactions from the book display so far, she said.

Many students have been curious and asking questions about banned books week which is what the display was intended to do, she said.

“We just want to bring attention to how sometimes people around the country don’t have a limitless freedom to read whatever they want,” Kosovich stated.

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From 2000-2009, 5,099 challenges were reported to the Office for Intellectual Freedom according to ALA.org.  Here are the top eight reasons and the number at the bottom represents the number of challenges for each reason.  Infographic credit: Heather Hay

Students can go to the American Library Association website to see this year’s list of banned books and reasons why they were banned as well as past lists, Kosovish said.

Students can also search #bannedbooksweek on Twitter and Instagram to view different displays around the country, she said.

Kosovich said that if a book is banned it is more likely to draw people in.

“If you tell me something is banned I’m going to read it,” she said.

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World Cat Local | Navigating CNM’s new library system

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By Stephanie Stuckey, Staff Reporter

CNM’s new library system called World Cat Local is more of a “behind the scenes” operating system, said Renée Goodvin, Reference and Interlibrary Loan Librarian for the Jeannette Stromberg Library on Main Campus.

Transferring books from one campus library to another, placing books on hold, and renewing books are some of the behind the scenes, she said.

Renewing the library materials was a feature added during the upgrade, Goodvin said.

In order to be able to renew books or other materials, students will have to set-up an external account with World Cat Local, she said.

Students seem to get confused when logging into their World Cat Local accounts, the student needs to use their CNM student identification (ID) number rather than their email user names or log on names to CNM computers, she said.

She also said that World Cat Local would generate its own password after entering the CNM student ID number.

The easiest way to access the CNM library system is through the library’s webpage at CNM.edu and then click libraries under the Student Resources tab, she said.

Something important to remember, is that students can search for materials all they want; it is when an action is required such as placing a book on hold or renewing materials that logging into the World Cat Local account is required, Goodvin said.

Once students are logged in however, they can place holds, renew material, and see what materials they have checked-out stated Goodvin.

One of the upgrades made was to a service that through the old system was called Book Media Pick-Up and is now called Placing a Hold, and it is when a book is delivered from one campus to another, she said.

The name changed and the steps to use this function have changed as well, she said.

This new library system is the same system being used by the University of New Mexico (UNM) and allows CNM to work with UNM as well as other schools across the state because they all use the World Cat Local system, she said.

Goodvin stated that one minor downside to the new system is that because it is fairly new, there are many upgrades that have to be made in order to maintain the latest versions of the system, she said.

She has heard students saying that navigating the new system can be a little complicated, she said.

Goodvin has noticed that “students tend to be shy when it comes to asking about library materials” she said.

Goodvin encourages students who have questions regarding the new online library system to call the library, email the library staff, or just stop on by.

“We are happy to help,” she said.

If further help is needed, students can make an appointment with Goodvin by contacting the library and can get one-on-one help with the new system or other library related issues.

“It is actually my job to help people, it is what I get paid to do,” she said.

The library’s best kept secret

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Stacie Armijo, Staff Reporter
For students who cannot afford to buy laptops, iPads, textbooks and other materials they may need, the Reserve program in the library is set up to help, Main campus Library Manager Olivia Baca said.
Students are able to borrow items for a three hour interval, although not all text books are available and often there is only one copy of each, Baca said.
“We feel that the three hours gives students enough time to take it to class and not have to race to the library or race to class. There is that window to accommodate whether it is a study session or a class session, but it is also reasonably brief,” Baca said.
The three hour check out policy is set in place to ensure that an item will soon be turned back in for another student to use, she said.
“With the three hours’ time frame the library is committed to maximizing resources for the most number of students,” Baca said.
Business Administration major Irving Ramos said that he likes the fact that laptops are available for students to borrow.
“I can do my homework here instead of looking for one in the computer lab,” Ramos said.
The library recently added the availability of 20 laptops and 10 iPads to the reserve program, which helps adhere to the different types of tools students may need, Baca said.
“We are really excited about the I-Pads. Because it is the touch interface it mimics a desktop computer in a lot of ways and a tablet operates completely different so we want all students that are so inclined to be able to try that out,” Baca said.
Baca said the collection of items is available through donations and loans.
“Professors loan us a copy of a text book or if a department has extra copies they will loan or donate it to us so we are able to make it available to students,” Baca said.
A year ago the library put a policy into practice that deals with the consequences of returning materials late, she said.
“If a student returns it late than they are not denied access to the resource but they are restricted. At the main campus library that means using it at the big silver help desk on the first floor,” Baca said.
The Main campus library currently has many text books on file. In addition to the laptops and iPads they also loan headphones, computer mouse, and other resource material.
“I think it’s important to know that library staff is always willing to help them,” Baca said.
All students are encouraged to call, email CNM.edu/libraries, or stop by for any help they might need, she said.
“We are here to help them, so we can help them find a resource for a project so that it doesn’t take those three frustrating hours,” she said.
If you have any questions regarding this valuable resource please contact the CNM libraries at 224-4278 or email Olivia Baca at obaca9@cnm.edu.