Library Hours Reduced - Effective Spring 2013

We regret to inform you that we need to reduce hours next semester. We will no longer offer hours in the early morning, later evening, or Saturday.

Spring 2013 Hours

Monday –Thursday: 9 am—6 pm

Friday: 9 am—1pm

Saturday and Sunday: Closed

If you would like to voice your concerns, we invite you to:

• Fill out a petition at a service desk inside the library, or:
• Contact your ASO representative

Library Closes at 5:30 Today

The Library closes at 5:30 on Thursday, December 20. SWC Libraries are closed over winter break and will reopen Monday, January 14, 2013.

SWC Libraries Closed for Winter Break

SWC Libraries are closed Friday, December 21, 2012 - January 13, 2013.

Regular hours resume Monday, January 14, 2013.

Happy Holidays!

Orientations for Online Students

Enrolled in an online course?
New to Blackboard?
Join us for an hour!

Spring 2013 - For sessions starting in January, 2013

Main Campus - Room L-244

Wednesday, January 9: 1 p.m.

Saturday, January 12: 10 a.m.

Monday, January 14: 11 a.m.

Monday, January 14: 5:30 p.m.

National City Campus - Room 7208B

Thursday, January 10: 5 p.m.

Check It Out

It's Your Biz: A Complete Guide to Becoming Your Own Boss

by Susan Wilson Solovic

American Management Association, 2012

New Book Shelf: HD62.5 .S6729 2012

Presents tips and advice for creating a new business, utilizing the author's experience in creating her own successful business to guide readers in planning, funding, promotion, pricing, and self-evaluation. (summary from publisher)

Check out this new book for four weeks with your SWC photo ID card.

This Week in CQ Researcher

Future of Homeownership: Should government do more to help homeowners?
by Barbara Mantel

"The housing market is finally showing signs of recovery after the housing crash and Great Recession of the late 2000s. The number of foreclosed homes is shrinking, sales of homes are climbing, prices are rebounding and builders are ramping up construction. Yet the share of Americans who own their homes dropped to 65.5 percent in the third quarter — the lowest since 1997. Many of today's buyers are investors who are snapping up houses in some of the hardest-hit neighborhoods and converting them into rentals, which experts say is a new trend. Analysts wonder whether many Americans are permanently rejecting homeownership in favor of renting. Meanwhile, policymakers are weighing how much the government should help the millions of remaining distressed homeowners and how to reform mortgage financing to avoid another housing debacle."

Read more about this topic and many others in CQ Researcher, accessible from off-campus with the current passwords.

Library Hours Reduced - Effective Spring, 2013

We regret to inform you that we’ve been directed to cut library hours next semester. We will no longer offer hours in the early morning, later evening, or Saturday.

Spring 2013 Hours

Monday –Thursday: 9 am—6 pm

Friday: 9 am—1pm

Saturday and Sunday: Closed

If you would like to voice your concerns, we invite you to:

• Fill out a petition at a service desk inside the library, or:
• Fill out a petition online http://swccd.libguides.com/petition
• Contact your ASO representative