SWC Libraries Closed July 4

All SWC Libraries are closed on Wednesday, July 4, 2018, in observance of Independence Day.

Regular hours resume on Thursday, July 5. Have a safe and happy holiday!

NEW! Slavery and Anti-Slavery Database

Southwestern College Library now provides access to Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive, a digital primary source collection that includes digitized books, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, manuscripts, private papers, and letters touching on all aspects of historical slavery.

This online database is made up of four parts covering slavery from a multinational perspective:

• Part I: Debates over Slavery and Abolition sheds light on the abolitionist movement, the conflicts within it, the anti- and pro-slavery arguments of the period, and the debates on the subject of colonization. It explores all facets of the controversial topic, with a focus on economic, gender, legal, religious, and government issues.

• Part II: The Slave Trade in the Atlantic World charts the inception of slavery in Africa and its rise as perpetuated on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, placing particular emphasis on the Caribbean, Latin America, and United States.

• Part III: The Institution of Slavery explores in vivid detail the inner workings of slavery from 1492-1888. Through legal documents, plantation records, first-person accounts, newspapers, government records and other primary sources, this collection reveals how enslaved people struggled against the institution. This collection explores such topics as slavery as a legal and labor system, the relationship between slavery and religion, freed slaves, the Shong Massacre, and the Dememara insurrection.

• Part IV: The Age of Emancipation includes a range of rare documents related to emancipation in the United States, as well as Latin America and the Caribbean. Included are the activities of the federal government in dealing with former slaves and the Freedmen’s Bureau, views of political parties and postwar problems with the South, documents of the British and French government on the slave trade, and reports from the West Indies and Africa.

SWC students, staff and faculty can access Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive from both on and off campus locations. Visit the Southwestern College Library’s Articles and Databases website for access.

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NEW! Archives of Sexuality & Gender: LGBTQ History and Culture

Southwestern College Library now provides access to the Archives of Sexuality and Gender: LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940 in its collection of e-resources.

This archive houses more than one million pages covering several thematic collections on gay rights, LGBTQ culture, feminism, gender studies, and more. It also includes historic LGBTQ newspapers and magazines, government reports, and other sources.

 In the Archives of Sexuality and Gender, you can find publications, photographs, and remembrances of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) movement that used nonviolent action to protest the US government’s handling of the AIDS crisis. You can also read historic issues of the Lesbian Feminist in the Lesbian Herstory Archives Newsletter Collection.

SWC students, staff and faculty can access Archives of Sexuality & Gender: LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940 from both on and off campus locations. Visit the Southwestern College Library’s Articles and Databases website for access.

Also – don’t forget to stop by the third floor of the Library this month to visit our display commemorating LGBTQ+ Pride Month. Books, streaming media, articles, and more are available to all SWC employees and students.

Summer Session @ SWC Libraries

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Summer Session

SWC Library Hours - Summer 2018
June 11 - August 2, 2018

Chula Vista (Main Campus) Library

Monday - Thursday: 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Friday - Sunday: Closed

HEC -- National City Library

Monday: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Tuesday: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Wednesday: 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Thursday- Sunday: Closed

HEC -- Otay Mesa Library

Monday: 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

Tuesday: 11:30 am - 5:30 pm

Wednesday: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

Thursday- Sunday: Closed

HEC -- San Ysidro Library

 Monday : 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Tuesday: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Wednesday: 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Thursday- Sunday: Closed

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Check It Out

June is Pride Month!

Did you know in the library’s e-book collection there is a great title honoring this theme?

Out and Running: Gay and Lesbian Candidates, Elections, and Policy Representation
 Author: Donald P. Haider-Markel
 Publisher: Georgetown University Press, 2010

Out and Running presents an analysis of gay and lesbian candidates, elected officials, and policies in government institutions, especially at the state level. The author highlights a number of findings that focus on the strategies LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) candidates use when running for elected positions and also the government policies they help create favorable to their communities.

It is a timely resource for preparing for upcoming local, state, and national elections. This e-book is accessible remotely from off-campus with any device with internet access. Remember to log in with your mySWC username and Date of Birth for your password.

Come to the library to see more Pride Month-related titles on display.

Cheers!

Review by Arnold Josafat, SWC Librarian

June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month

Stop by the Library 3rd floor to visit our display about LGBTQ+ Pride Month. We have many resources on this topic -- including history, the social movement, biographies, and the struggle for equal rights.

All books on display may be checked out with your SWC photo ID card.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month (LGBT Pride Month) is currently celebrated each year in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall riots in Manhattan. The Stonewall riots were a tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States. In the United States the last Sunday in June was initially celebrated as “Gay Pride Day,” but the actual day was flexible. In major cities across the nation the “day” soon grew to encompass a month-long series of events. Today, celebrations include pride parades, picnics, parties, workshops, symposia and concerts, and LGBT Pride Month events attract millions of participants around the world. Memorials are held during this month for those members of the community who have been lost to hate crimes or HIV/AIDS. The purpose of the commemorative month is to recognize the impact that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals have had on history locally, nationally, and internationally. 

In 1994, a coalition of education-based organizations in the United States designated October as LGBT History Month. In 1995, a resolution passed by the General Assembly of the National Education Association included LGBT History Month within a list of commemorative months.

LGBT History Month is also celebrated with annual month-long observances of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history, along with the history of the gay rights and related civil rights movements. National Coming Out Day (October 11), as well as the first “March on Washington” in 1979, are commemorated in the LGBT community during LGBT History Month.

Source: Library of Congress Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Month, https://www.loc.gov/lgbt-pride-month/about/. Accessed 6/12/18. 

NEW! Women's Studies Archive Database

The Women’s Studies Archive: Women’s Issues and Identities, traces the path of women’s issues from past to present—pulling primary sources from manuscripts, newspapers, periodicals, and more. It captures the foundation of women’s movements, struggles and triumphs, and provides researchers with valuable insights.

As a comprehensive academic-level archival resource, the Women’s Studies Archive focuses on the social, political, and professional achievements of women throughout the nineteenth and twentieth century. Along with providing a closer look at some of the pioneers of women’s movements. 

Students, staff and faculty can access The Women’s Studies Archive from both on and off campus locations. Visit the Southwestern College Library’s Articles and Databases website for access.

Sign Up for the Library's 8-week, One Credit Class

Class begins next week!  

LIB 110 -- Simplified Research is a hybrid class that meets once a week on Tuesdays and requires online participation. You'll earn one credit and learn all of the basics of academic research.

Give yourself a head start on those research assignments for upcoming classes this fall!

Welcome to Summer Session

Welcome to Summer Session

SWC Library Hours - Summer 2018
June 4 - August 2, 2018

Chula Vista (Main Campus) Library
Monday - Thursday: 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Friday - Sunday: Closed

HEC -- National City Library
Monday: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Tuesday: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Wednesday: 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Thursday- Sunday: Closed

HEC -- Otay Mesa Library
Monday: 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Tuesday: 11:30 am - 5:30 pm
Wednesday: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Thursday- Sunday: Closed

HEC -- San Ysidro Library
**Note: Library hours for SY begin on June 11**
 Monday : 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Tuesday: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Wednesday: 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Thursday- Sunday: Closed