Apr 21, 2020
Continue with us as we celebrate all week long. Pop into our chat or social media to say hi! #pgcc #pgcclibrary #NationalLibraryWeek (at Prince George's Community College) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_QYRTynRki/?igshid=wrfw5qi2a50m
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Continue with us as we celebrate all week long. Pop into our chat or social media to say hi! #pgcc #pgcclibrary #NationalLibraryWeek (at Prince George's Community College) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_QYRTynRki/?igshid=wrfw5qi2a50m
Libraries are always here for you! The building might be closed, but our resources are still available online: research databases, ebooks, streaming videos, class guides, subject guides, and other many other resources. Librarians are also online via chat and email. ⠀ .⠀ Libraries are a smart investment, transforming lives and communities and passionately advocating for lifelong learning. Libraries Transform, the American Library Association’s public awareness campaign, is spreading the word about the impact libraries and librarians make every day.⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #pgcc #pgcclibrary #librariestransform #americanlibraryassociation #NationalLibraryWeek (at Prince George's Community College) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_NXu-onEMu/?igshid=1sfmtwce6lyyp
The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom tracked 377 challenges to library, school, and university materials and services in 2019. Of the 566 books that were targeted, here are the most challenged. ⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #pgcc #pgcclibrary #challengedbooks #BannedBooksList #NationalLibraryWeek @americanlibraryassociation (at Prince George's Community College) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_NI6UgHuSM/?igshid=cblpbdwr1h3w
The building is closed, but our services are still available! Use our research databases, e-books, and streaming videos remotely! Get help from a librarian via chat! ⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #pgcc #pgcclibrary #COVID19 (at Prince George's Community College) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-aDsRVpvZi/?igshid=1oirupctksg9i
The library building (Accokeek Hall) is closed to the public. All library services that require a physical presence (reserves, computers, scanners, study rooms, circulation of print books, etc.) are unavailable at this time. However, all of our electronic resources are still available for remote use. ⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #pgcc #pgcclibrary #COVID19 (at Prince George's Community College) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-XIyz0JiWl/?igshid=2rx31po8qbhz
The Library will be closed for 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤. The building may be closed but our electronic resources (databases, eBooks and streaming videos) are still available!⠀ ⠀ Have a great break everyone! See you in a week!⠀⠀ .⠀⠀ .⠀⠀ .⠀⠀ #pgcc #pgcclibrary #springbreak #springbreak2020 #recharge #librariesofinstagram (at Prince George's Community College) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9wPQKIHQA1/?igshid=1jl0a3q9xpj1p
𝐉𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧 (1880-1973) was the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress. She served two terms, one beginning in 1917 and the other in 1941.⠀ ⠀ A pacifist, she was the only congressperson to vote against both World War I and World War II. She was active in the women's suffrage movement and in peace movements throughout her life.⠀ ⠀ ==⠀ ⠀ Source: Jeannette Pickering Rankin." Encyclopedia of World Biography Online, Gale, 1998. Gale In Context: Biography⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #pgcc #pgcclibrary #womenshistorymonth #jeannetterankin (at Prince George's Community College) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9rmnUrngZ6/?igshid=uggm2pw7i95p
𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐧, a former speechwriter for two New York governors and corporate editorial director for Time Warner, has found an avocation in writing about his Irish heritage.⠀ ⠀ 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐯𝐞⠀ ⠀ Quinn explores the after-effects of the vast Irish immigration into New York City following the potato famine of 1847, specifically in the draft riots of 1863. Rebelling against the conscription of the poor into the Union Army, the Irish targeted African Americans, an even more oppressed group whom they saw as competition for low-wage jobs. After four days of rioting, 119 were confirmed dead.⠀ ⠀ = ⠀ ⠀ Source: Peter Quinn." Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors, Gale, 2012. Gale In Context: Biography.⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #pgcc #pgcclibrary #IrishAmericanHeritageMonth #peterquinn #banishedchildrenofeve (at Prince George's Community College) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9rSqIFH2he/?igshid=r0cdn5ytu7l4