{"id":11458,"date":"2020-01-16T13:06:03","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T21:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/?p=11458"},"modified":"2020-02-18T11:23:07","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T19:23:07","slug":"new-library-technology-promises-improved-learning-experience-for-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/uncategorized\/new-library-technology-promises-improved-learning-experience-for-students\/","title":{"rendered":"New Library Technology Promises Improved Learning Experience for Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/11146-e1579208631928.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11459 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/11146-e1579208631928.jpeg\" alt=\"new tech in the library\" width=\"329\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a>Skyline College Library is proud to announce an abundance of new technology this spring.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Two new large<strong> Samsung smart signage interactive e-boards<\/strong>\u00a0offer students a whiteboard feature, web-browsing and projection from mobile devices or laptops.<\/li>\n<li>All students, college employees and community members now have access to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skylinecollege.edu\/library\/\"><strong>OneSearch<\/strong><\/a>, our District\u2019s new library search platform. The platform offers both improved academic content and a more intuitive research experience.<\/li>\n<li><em>All<\/em> 47 student <strong>computers have been replaced<\/strong> with new CPUs and monitors.<\/li>\n<li>As well as other equipment, students are able to check out <a href=\"http:\/\/skylinecollege.edu\/library\/technology\/equipmentcheckout.php\"><strong>Chromebooks<\/strong><\/a> for three days (renewable), any time during the semester.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Library is also pleased to take down the following barriers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Effectively immediately, students <strong>no longer need library cards<\/strong> to check out books or use electronic sources from off-campus.<\/li>\n<li>The Library has<strong> eliminated overdue fines<\/strong> for books in the Library\u2019s circulating collection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Next month, the Library\u2019s instructional classroom will begin sporting<strong> laptops <\/strong>for a more flexible teaching and learning environment.<\/p>\n<p>The Library will also begin circulating <strong>hotspots <\/strong>with unlimited data, allowing students to access their courses and electronic resources from anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>These changes have been in the works for many months. Students can look forward to more changes planned throughout spring 2020!<\/p>\n<p>Questions? Contact Gabriela Nocito, Learning Commons Director, <a href=\"mailto:nocitog@smccd.edu\">nocitog@smccd.edu.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Article by Jessica Silver-Sharp |\u00a0Photo by Sherri Wyatt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skyline College Library is proud to announce an abundance of new technology this spring. Two<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11458"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}