Express Check Out at Kimbel Library

Did you know you can check out, return and renew library items at the desk by the library entrance? It's the Kimbel Library express check-out! For your convenience, you can take your items to this desk and the staff member or student assistant will be happy to check out your items before you leave or take the items you are returning.







Welcome Back!

Welcome back students!

Classes start tomorrow and Kimbel Library is ready to assist you during the Spring 2012 semester.

Spring 2012 Regular Hours
Sunday 11:00am-Friday 9:00pm
Saturday 1:00pm-6:00pm

Regular hours for the Library are in effect from Sunday, January 1st, through Saturday, May 5th, except as noted below:

Sun-Mon, January 1st-2nd	Closed
Tues-Wed, January 3rd-4th	Closed to the Public
Thurs-Fri, January 5th-6th	8:00am-5:00pm
Saturday, January 7th	Closed
Sunday, January 8th	11:00am-Midnight
Mon-Thurs, January 9th-12th	7:30am-Midnight
Friday, January 13th	7:30am-5:00pm
Sun-Mon, January 15th-16th	11:00am-9:00pm
Tuesday, January 17th	Open at 7:30am
Friday, January 20th	Close at 5:00pm
Fri-Sun, March 2nd-4th	Open 24 Hours
Friday, March 9th	Close at 5:00pm
Sunday, March 11th	11:00am-7:00pm
Mon-Fri, March 12th-16th	8:00am-5:00pm
Sunday, April 8th	Open at 5:00pm
Fri-Sun, April 27th-29th	Open 24 Hours
Friday, May 4th	Close at 5:00pm
Saturday, May 5th	Closed

Summer hours begin Sunday, May 6th.
We look forward to seeing you this semester and helping you in your academic and research studies.

Thanksgiving Holiday Hours

Thanksgiving is almost here...bring on the turkey, stuffing, pumpkin pie and don't forget the green bean casserole!

Here are Kimbel Library's hours for the upcoming holiday:

Friday, November 18: Closed at 5pm

Saturday, November 19: CLOSED

Sunday, November 20: 11am-7pm

Monday, November 21: CLOSED (scheduled power outage)

Tuesday, November 22: 8am-7pm

Wednesday, November 23: 8am-12noon

Thursday, November 24: CLOSED

Friday, November 25: CLOSED

Saturday, November 26: CLOSED

The library will open at 11am on Sunday, November 27.

HAVE A SAFE AND WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING!

Tunnel of Oppression

The 2^nd annual Tunnel of Oppression is being held at CCU this upcoming Wednesday, November 9^th and Thursday, November 10^th, from 5-9 p.m. at the University Place Phase III Activity House. Tunnel of Oppression, which originally began at Western Illinois University, will serve to raise awareness of various forms of oppression, and provide insight on how others can help improve the well-being of our global community.  Sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs and the Women’s Resource Center, the Tunnel of Oppression will feature interactive media presentations such as videos, skits, readings and images. The Tunnel of Oppression is free and open to all!

TEAL Center Now Offers Online Courses for Faculty and Staff

The TEAL Center is working to move many of the classes it offers in person to an online format.  The new online format provides a great deal of flexibility for the busy schedules that faculty and staff members of the university maintain.  The classes are offered through Blackboard, which is also a great way for faculty and staff to experience Coastal’s learning management system just like the students.

To sign up for any TEAL classes go to: www.coastal.edu/teal.


Online topics available now or coming soon!

• Blackboard Learn: Introduction
• Blackboard Learn: Building and Managing Assignments
• Blackboard Learn: Building and Managing Tests
• Blackboard Learn: Grade Center
• Quality Matters Introduction
• Quality Matters Training
• Parts of Distance Learning Boot Camp (now infused with Quality Matters, too!)
• Narrated PowerPoint
• Providing Feedback on Student Assignments

Coastal Carolina University becomes a "Quality Matters" institution!

Coastal Carolina University recently became a Quality Matters institution. “Quality Matters (QM) is a faculty-centered, peer review process that is designed to certify the quality of online and blended courses” (http://www.qmprogram.org/). 

In the fall of 2003, MarylandOnline, Inc. began a three-year grant funded by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) entitled "Quality Matters: Inter-Institutional Quality Assurance in Online Education." QM has become a non-profit organization that provides tools and training to ensure quality in online education. QM provides a set of standards (The QM Rubric) to help guide the design of online courses and provides a peer review process between faculty to gauge online and blended courses based upon these standards.  

The development of the QM standards was based upon an extensive literature review. In order to spread the word about QM, the TEAL Center in Kimbel Library will be hosting a series of face-to-face and Adobe Connect trainings as well as online orientations to the program.  To view and signup for these trainings please visit: http://www.coastal.edu/teal/training. To learn more about the Quality Matters Program at CCU, please visit: http://libguides.coastal.edu/qualitymatters. 

The Teal World in Kimbel Library

It’s Homecoming Week at CCU and Kimbel Library jumped at the chance to participate in the fun by entering the office decorating contest. Library staff decorated the library’s foyer area in accordance with this year’s Homecoming theme, “The Teal World: Coastal”.

The display is a teal colored dorm room made with extra library furniture, cardboard and paper. All of the materials used in the display are recycled or recyclable.  The bed, TV, entertainment stand, and end tables are completely made out of cardboard and the rug is paper woven together. The knobs on the drawers are made from the caps of recycled water bottles. The handle on the entertainment stand is the handle from the bucket that is the top of the lamp.

If you look closely, you’ll see film gems such as “The Chauncy of Oz” and “The Good, The Bad and the Chauncy” as well as CCU t-shirts and other items.

Please stop by and take a look at Kimbel Library’s display and be sure to greet the two cardboard teal students who have made the teal dorm room their new home.

Go Chants!