Lakeland Library Newsletter: Welcome to Fall 2024

Nexis Uni has a new look!

The Nexis Uni database got an upgrade this summer. You can now search for news, company information, market insights, and legal sources using tabs at the top of the screen. Need help finding a source for your research paper? Email reference at reflibrarian@lakelandcc.edu.

Stop by the Library, on the third floor of C-Building, C-3051, to browse some of our great new resources!

You wouldn’t know it if you stood in the middle of Lakeland Library and looked around right now, but there’s a massive migration going on here. You won’t see herds of wildebeests or clouds of monarchs. This migration is going on unseen, quietly in the background. We’re working to migrate from one Library Services Platform (LSP) to another, new platform. We’re transferring enormous amounts of data, patron information and bibliographic records, from the old system to the new one. We’re also configuring how the new system will look and function for the end user. The Ohio Department of Higher Education (ODHE) has funded this migration. It’s taking place at every OhioLINK library in the state. You’ll be hearing a lot about it from us throughout the academic year because we want to prepare you for when we officially roll out the new platform next fall. Until then, stop in for the same great resources and services you’ve come to expect from Lakeland Library. We encourage you to use course reserves, get an ID, work on a puzzle, browse the displays, or sign your class up for instruction. Have a great fall semester!

Thomas Hyland, Department Chair

The American Library Association (ALA) will celebrate the theme of "freed between the lines" for Banned Books Week 2024. To read more about Banned Books Week, view the most challenged books of 2023, and learn how to get involved, visit the ALA's dedicated Banned Books website. Check out our Banned Books display in the library at the end of September!

How do I sign up for an information literacy class or research appointment?

Instructors can use our digital information literacy request form to schedule class sessions with reference librarians on our staff. Librarians will review how to locate, evaluate, and responsibly use academic and popular information sources with your students. Class sessions are offered both face-to-face and online, and can be tailored to your assignments.

Need help outside of class? Students and faculty can also sign up for one-on-one research assistance appointments. Librarians will cover catalogs, databases, and other resources that fit your specific assignment and topic. One-on-one appointments are also offered face-to-face in the library and online all semester.

Library Services

In-person, in the Library and online

Open: 

Starting Monday, August 26

Monday - Thursday | 8AM to 8PM

Friday | 8AM to 5PM

Closed:

Saturdays & Sundays 

For more information:

Phone 440-525-7425 or email reflibrarian@lakelandcc.edu.

National Hispanic Heritage Month

National Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated September 15th - October 15th! Learn more about events, courses and workshops at the National Hispanic Heritage Month webpage. Lakeland also supports students through the Hispanic Center. For questions about the Hispanic Center, contact Coordinator Elia Garcia De La Garza at egarciadelagarza1@lakelandcc.edu.