Culinary Arts Month

July is National Culinary Arts Month! Visit our Display at the Library -- we have books, e-books, streaming videos, articles, and more!

WHAT IS CULINARY ART? 

“The term culinary art refers to the process of cooking and arranging food. Culinary art is more than just cooking, however. Professionals in this field not only prepare palatable food, they also create edible works of art, so to speak. Generally, the food is carefully prepared and arranged so that it is pleasing to both the taste buds as well as the eyes.”

LOCAL CULINARY TALENTS

• Richard Blais (Restaurants: Juniper & Ivy, The Crack Shack)
• Melissa D’Arabian (Food Network: Ten Dollar Dinners)
• Brian Malarkey (Restaurants: Herb & Wood, Farmer & Seahorse)
• Marcela Valladolid (Food Network: The Kitchen)
• Claudette Zepeda-Wilkins (Restaurant: El Jardin) Sources: 

Sources
https://www.theartcareerproject.com/careers/culinary-arts/ 
https://www.sandiego.org/articles/dining-nightlife/spotlight-on-san-diego-celebrity-chefs.aspx

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SWC Library Hours - Summer 2018
June 11 - August 2, 2018
Closed Wednesday, July 4, Independence Day

Chula Vista (Main Campus) Library

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

Friday - Sunday: Closed

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Monday: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Tuesday: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Wednesday: 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

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Monday: 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

Tuesday: 11:30 am - 5:30 pm

Wednesday: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

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Tuesday: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Wednesday: 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

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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.