North and South-
Monday – Thursday 7:45 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Friday                             Closed 

NCRC
Monday – Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Friday                             Closed

CBTC
Monday – Thursday 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Friday                             Closed

Cloverleaf
Mon.                9:30 am to 3:00 pm
Tue.               12:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Wed.                9:30 am to 3:00 pm
Thur.                9:30 am to 4:30 pm
Fri.                   Closed

The LRC- IC is celebating National Library Week by hosting:

• Let’s Mango.  To highlight the new addition of the Mango Languages Learning System to the LRC-IC’s long list of online resources, each location will be giving out free Mango smoothies with a reusable mug.  Stop by to see how learning a new language can be fun! Mango offers lessons that incorporate interactive tools and rich imagery that eliminates boredom and keeps you engaged.
  We will also be giving away a Kindle, so drop by to register during the event.  The drawing will be held at the end of National Library Week.
  Let’s Mango at:
• North Campus – LRC-IC, Building 500 – Tuesday, April 16^th- 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
• NCRC Campus – LRC-IC, Room 120 – Wednesday, April 17^th- 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
• South Campus – LRC-IC, Building 1000 – Thursday, April 18^th – 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
• Fines for the Foundation.  During the week of April 14^th – 20^th, the LRC-IC will be accepting donations for the RCCC Foundation.  The Foundation raises and manages funds to enhance relationships that support the work of Rowan-Cabarrus Community College. It provides funding for student assistance, institutional enhancement, faculty/staff incentive grants and new program development.In exchange for donations to the RCCC oundation, the LRC-IC will waive fines. Patrons will get $2 in fines waived for every $1.00 that they donate to the Foundation.  Donations will be accepted at any Circulation Desk during National Library Week.

Fines for the Foundation do NOT include replacement fees for lost or damaged materials, collection agency fees, card replacement fees, and future overdue fines.

For more information, visit the LRC-IC at any campus, call 704-637-0760 or see the library’s website at http://rccc.edu/lrc.  Libraries hours are Monday – Thursday 7:45 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Friday 7:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Enjoy your Break!!

Films on Demand has 5,600 full length videos and 62,500 clips on all kinds of topics. A noted feature is that one can create playlists of titles for a class and provide the link to students online or on the class syllabus. Films on Demand has some very interesting videos that can keep viewers occupied for hours!

To view the link to the Library’s institutional subscription, visit: http://digital.films.com from an on-campus computer or contact the LRC-IC for the remote access password.

 For more information, contact the LRC-IC Coordinator at your local campus.

This authoritative resource brings together the best current scholarship in the field to foster an accurate and informed understanding of the Islamic world. Oxford Islamic Studies Online features reference content and commentary by renowned scholars in areas such as global Islamic history, concepts, people, practices, politics, and culture, and is regularly updated as new content is commissioned and approved under the guidance of the Editor in Chief, John L. Esposito.

Encompassing over 5,000 A–Z reference entries, chapters from scholarly and introductory works, Qur’anic materials, primary sources, images, maps, and timelines, Oxford Islamic Studies Online offers a multi-layered reference experience designed to provide a first stop for anyone needing information and context on Islam.

To learn more about this resource,  visit the Bridging Cultures research guide or contact your local branch of the Rowan-Cabarrus Community College LRC-IC.

Mango is free for all library patrons, and offers a fast and convenient solution for our community’s increasing language-learning needs. Each lesson combines real life situations and audio from native speakers with simple, clear nstructions. The courses are presented with an appreciation for cultural nuance and real-world application that integrates components of vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar and culture. Users learn actual conversation, breaking down complex conversational elements within an audio-visual framework that allows the user to draw important connections between pieces of information they have already learned.

Mango is available in two versions.  One is Mango Complete, a 100-lesson course that is designed to provide a deep understanding of a language and its culture. It is available in nine foreign language and three ESL courses.  The second is Mango Basic, which teaches everyday greetings, gratitudes, goodbyes and helpful phrases in a short period of time and is designed to appeal to a beginner in a new language. The courses, which require only two to five hours of time to complete, are currently available in 22 foreign languages and 15 English as a Second Language (ESL) courses.

We are thrilled to add our library to the growing list of libraries across the country who have added Mango to their resources.  To learn more about Mango and get a preview of what the program has to offer, stop by the library and we will give you an introduction.  You can access Mango via the library website at www.rccc.edu/lrc or you can also visit the resource directly at http://libraries.mangolanguages.com/rccc/start .  Even better, if you have your library card and have access to the Internet, you can access the actual courses remotely from anywhere!

For more information, contact your local branch of the Rowan-Cabarrus Community College LRC-IC.

Click here to see a list of our collection.

Checkout reviews on some of those titles by our Online Librarian, Charlie Royce…

U is for Undertow is Sue Grafton’s 21st book in her Alphabet mystery series. Kinsie Milhone is the detective and what I like best is she is just like the rest of us. Meaning that she lives her daily life but solves crimes since she is a private detective. In this novel she helps her client solve a kidnapping case that he remembers bits of from his childhood about 20 years earlier. If you like detective stories this is the book and hopefully the series for you.

House Rules by Jodi Picoult is another good book. It details the story of a boy with autism that is currently obsessed with murder mysteries. After the death of his social skills teacher he is arrested for her murder but the question is if he is guilty or innocent. Jodi Picoult writes novels about deep issues like this that will keep you intrigued until the end of the book. Another of hers is Handle with Care. It details the story of a disabled child whose mother sues the OBGYN for not informing her the daughter would be severely disabled. This book is definitely a page turner.

Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks details the story of woman fleeing from her abusive husband to a small beach town in North Carolina. Is she who she says she is and will her husband find her? What happens when she falls in love with someone else.

44 Charles Street by Danielle Steele tells the story of a woman who just bought and old house with her boyfriend right before they end up breaking up. To keep the house she takes in roommates who may end up changing her life forever. This story has many different elements and characters and is suitable for many different readers.

The Muslim Journeys Bookshelf includes the following titles, organized by theme:

American Stories:
• A Quiet Revolution by Leila Ahmed
• Prince Among Slaves by Terry Alford
• The Columbia Sourcebook of Muslims in the United States, edited by Edward E. Curtis IV
• Acts of Faith by Eboo Patel
• The Butterfly Mosque: A Young American Woman’s Journey to Love and Islam by G. Willow Wilson

Connected Histories:
• The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance by Jim Al-Khalili
• In an Antique Land by Amitav Ghosh
• When Asia Was the World: Traveling Merchants, Scholars, Warriors, and Monks Who Created the “Riches of the East” by Stewart Gordon
• Leo Africanus by Amin Maalouf, translated by Peter Sluglett
• The Ornament of the World by Maria Rosa Menocal

Literary Reflections
• Minaret by Leila Aboulela
• The Arabian Nights (anonymous), edited by Muhsin Mahdi, translated by Husain Haddawy
• The Conference of the Birds by Farid al-Din Attar, translated by Dick Davis and Afkham Darbandi
• Dreams of Trespass by Fatima Mernissi
• Snow by Orhan Pamuk, translated by Maureen Freely

Pathways of Faith
• Muhammad: A Very Short Introduction by Jonathan A. C. Brown
• The Story of the Qur’an: Its History and Place in Muslim Life by Ingrid Mattson
• The Children of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, Islam by F. E. Peters
• The Art of Hajj by Venetia Porter
• Rumi: Poet and Mystic, edited and translated by Reynold A. Nicholson

Points of View
• In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar
• Dreams of Trespass by Fatima Mernissi
• Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
• House of Stone by Anthony Shadid
• Broken Verses by Kamila Shamsie

Art Architecture and Film
• The Art of Hajj by Venetia Porter
• Islamic Arts by Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair
• Islamic Art Spots (short films designed, written, and presented by D. Fairchild Ruggles, and produced by Twin Cities Public Television)
• Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World (2011)
• Prince Among Slaves (2007)
• Koran by Heart (2011)

The books and films comprising the Bookshelf were selected with the advice of librarians and cultural programming experts, as well as distinguished scholars in the fields of anthropology, world history, religious studies, interfaith dialogue, the history of art and architecture, world literature, Middle East studies, Southeast Asian studies, African studies, and Islamic studies.

For information about these new materials, please visit http://libguides.rccc.edu/bridges or contact Tim Hunter, Coordinator of Library Services at timothy.hunter@rccc.edu.

The Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys is a project of the National Endowment for the Humanities, conducted in cooperation with the American Library Association. Major support for the Muslim Journeys Bookshelf was provided by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York. Additional support for the arts and media components was provided by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art.