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Fall Reserve Items Due

Library reserve items (laptops, calculators, and ECE/HDFS textbooks) check out for one term at a time. This ensures that the library is able to update all firmware, software, and keep collections accurate. This means that all library laptops, calculators, and textbooks are due on or before Monday, December 1, 2025.

If you need a library laptop, calculator, or ECE/HDFS textbook for Winter Term 2026, they will be available at the start of Winter Term (Monday, January 5, 2026).

Students who do not return library laptops, calculators, and textbooks may now have a hold placed on their student account and may be blocked from registering for Winter/Spring Terms. In addition, they may be referred to a collection agency and charged a non-refundable fee of up to $250.

Your library materials are due Monday, December 1, 2025.

For further information about laptop circulation, please see this page of the library website, or reach out to us via the “Chat with Us Now” button at the top of the library website.

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Fall Term Library Items Due Soon! (12/1/2025)

Fall Reserve Items DueLibrary reserve items (laptops, calculators, and ECE/HDFS textbooks) check out for one term at a time. This ensures that the library is able to update all firmware, software, and keep collections accurate. This means that all library laptops, calculators, and textbooks are due on or before Monday, December 1, 2025.If you need a library laptop, calculator, or ECE/HDFS textbook for Winter Term 2026, they will be available at the start of Winter Term (Monday, January 5, 2026). Students who do not return library laptops, calculators, and textbooks may now have a hold placed on their student account and may be blocked from registering for Winter/Spring Terms. In addition, they may be referred to a collection agency and charged a non-refundable fee of up to $250. Your library materials are due Monday, December 1, 2025. For further information about laptop circulation, please see this page of the library website, or reach out to us via the “Chat with Us Now” button at the top of the library website. ...

Coming up at the UCC Library

Two Ways to Connect Through Storytelling, and the Fall Term Study in!The UCC Library is always buzzing with curiosity and conversation, and two favorite gatherings, Riverhawk Book Talk and Deep Thoughts and Documentaries, offer perfect spaces to dive in, and the Study In offers tutoring, prizes, and pizza! Fall Term Study In Join us in the Library & Tutoring Center for our annual Fall-Term Study In. This event features drop-in tutoring, healthy (and some not so healthy) snacks, pizza, research help, an open computer lab, a raffle, give away, and smiling friendly faces! Don't forget you can preregister here!Deep Thoughts and Documentaries takes that same spirit to the screen with Animal Babies, from one of our streaming databases Kanopy. Stop by from 3-5 PM this Thursday to enjoy a lighthearted, heartwarming documentary experience. Don't forget you can preregister here.Riverhawk Book Talk brings readers together each month to explore compelling stories, from timeless classics to bold new voices. There is no required reading. It’s coming together to, connect, share books that you are reading, or want to read, and get recommendations for other books. The book club meets from 12-1 PM this Friday. We encourage you to preregister for the book club here.Both events celebrate curiosity, connection, and conversation. Whether you love to read or watch and reflect, there’s a place for your voice in the discussion. ...

Honoring Service and Sacrifice

Veterans Day at UCC Each year on Veterans Day (November 11), we pause to honor the courage, dedication, and sacrifice of the men and women who have served in the United States Armed Forces. Their commitment to protecting our freedoms and communities continues to inspire gratitude and reflection.To observe this national holiday, UCC campus and the UCC Library will be closed on Tuesday November 11. Regular hours and services will resume on Wednesday, November 12.As we take this day to reflect, we encourage our community to explore resources that share the stories and experiences of veterans across generations:Featured books and eBooks:The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien‪150 years of Oregon veterans presented by the Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs.‪For love of country: what our veterans can teach us about citizenship, heroism, and sacrifice by Howard Shultz and Rajib ChandrasekaranCheck out our Databases to learn more:Academic Search Complete: Happiness in US military veterans: Results from a nationally representative study, and Re-evaluating disability assessment in war veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder.Gale Academic OneFile: INTO THE EXTREMES: How US Military engineers conquered sand, snow, and stardust, and Veterans Training Service Dogs for Other Veterans: An Animal-Assisted Intervention for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.Watch and Learn on Kanopy:The Vietnam War, A Film by Ken Burns and Lynn NovickService: When Women Come Marching HomeVeterans Day is more than a date on the calendar—it’s a time to honor those who have served and to recognize their lasting impact on our nation’s history and future....

From Stories to Sovereignty

Roots of Resilience: Native American History and Culture Native American Heritage Month (November) is a time to celebrate the histories, cultures, and ongoing contributions of Indigenous peoples across the United States. At the UCC Library, we honor this month by highlighting Native voices that share stories of identity, resilience, and connection to the land.Featured Titles: Explore fiction, poetry, and nonfiction by Indigenous authors. Our physical collection feature inspiring works such as:‪Native American ethnobotany by Daniel E. Moerman‪You don't have to say you love me : a memoir By Sherman Alexie‪The only good Indians : a novel by Stephen Graham JonesExplore eBooks and our databases to learn Indigenous history, literature and activism:Diversity Studies (Gale OneFile): Seven Myths of Native American HistoryThe People Have Never Stopped Dancing: Native American Modern Dance HistoriesSome eBooks include:‪ American Indian Sovereignty: The Struggle for Religious, Cultural and Tribal Independence‬‎ by Mark Hazlett II, ‪Assembled for Use : Indigenous Compilation and the Archives of Early Native American Literatures‬‎ by Kelley Wisecup.Jstor: Native American Traditional and Alternative Medicine by Susan L. Johnston, Song and Dance: Native American Religions and American History by Lawrence E. Sullivan.Watch and Learn on Films On Demand:Native America (Season 2): Before meeting the Old World, the New World thrived with its own richness now, expeditions and recreations reveal how their clash forever changed history.Famous Americans: Native Americans: This program explores the rise of early American civilizations, the impact of European arrival, and the enduring legacy and challenges of Native American cultures.We invite the UCC community to discover, read, and reflect this month. By engaging with these stories, we honor the creativity, strength, and enduring contributions of Native communities, past, present, and future....

Fall Term Library Items Due Soon! (12/1/2025)

Fall Reserve Items Due

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