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For the Spring 2024 semester, Northwest Vista College librarians continue their mission to connect with Dual credit students. A central component of preparing dual credit students for postsecondary expectations is having library support. Librarian Angela Bilbe, and our newest NVC librarian dual credit liaison, Rebecca Gonzalez, are visiting every school district and campus that partners
Is one of your 2024 resolutions to read more? The NVC Library Reading Challenge can help you do this! The Challenge is open to students and employees and runs for the entire Spring semester — you can read books to win prizes while at the same time reaching your reading goals! How does it work?
By Rose Rodriguez, NVC Librarian When was the last time you wrote a letter by hand? How about the last time you received a handwritten letter or greeting card in the mail? In today’s fast-paced world, writing a letter to a friend or family member is a rare form of communication. This semester I introduced
The NVC library has partnered with Student Success to create the NVC Library Family Study Room. Designed for NVC students with young children, it offers a quiet, private area for students to study while caring for their children. The family-friendly space is housed in the library, on the 1st floor of the Redbud Learning Center
Rose Rodriguez has been named the recipient of the Texas Woman’s University (TWU) School of Library & Information Science (SLIS) Ann Barnett Service Award. She was invited to attend the Texas Library Association (TLA) Annual Conference where she was honored for her exemplary service to the principles and purposes of librarianship and professional education as
In an effort to promote diversity and inclusion, the Northwest Vista College Library is launching a movie series dedicated to issues on justice, equity, diversity and inclusion (JEDI). Dubbed the JEDI Cinema Series, the events will occur on Thursdays from 2 – 4 p.m. in Redbud Learning Center (RLC) 118. Beginning on Thursday, Jan.
By Linda Reeves NVC Library Thanks to the Northwest Vista College Library team, we are bridging the college’s past with the present through a new digital archive. The Library personnel have been wanting to start an NVC archive for some time now. Both Palo Alto and St. Philip’s Colleges have archives. NVC has an interesting
Author, Author! Catarina “Cat” Garza, NVC library assistant II, was one of a handful of college students recently recognized with a Caldwell Memorial Award. The Caldwell Awards were established to promote research and writing about Texas and local history. Cat won first place among upper division students for her essay, “The Fairmount Hotel: Moving the Past
Kudos to NVC’s newest librarian, Rose Rodriguez, for winning a $1,000 scholarship to attend the Joint Conference for Librarians of Color (JCLC) September 26-30 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Ten different library associations provided scholarship funds to give library employees the chance to network and participate in professional development on topics surrounding race, accessibility, and leadership.
Three Northwest Vista College librarians will have chapters in a new book about library outreach to be published by the Association of College and Research Libraries. “Add a Dash of Tuscany: Book Discussions that Go Beyond the Book,” co-authored by Norma Velez-Vendrell and Amanda Gorrell, is about the programs they facilitate every semester for NVC’s Academy of Lifelong Learning.