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Films on Demand, a digital education video provider, is now available to the college community.

http://www2.mc3.edu/sa/lib/lrc.htm

Follow the link above, and log in to the college libraries homepage. You will see your username and password for Films on Demand just left of the “Ask A Librarian” chat field.

October 23 begins the first step in renovating The Brendlinger Library. The entire lower level of the library will be closed off and unavailable until about May 2010. Our most popular books will be moved to the upper level of the library, while the least used will be stored off site so renovation of the lower level can begin.

From Oct. 23 – 29, ALL of the books on our Upper and Lower Levels will temporarily be unavailable during the book relocation process.

If you need a book that was moved to remote storage, please go to the Reference Desk for help. In most cases, we should be able to borrow the book from another library.

The upper level of The Brendlinger Library will be the new “Quiet Zone”. While this area should be quieter than the main floor, there likely will be some noise. Please help us by being as quiet as possible. Feel free to take the disposable earplugs available at the circulation desks.

The Brendlinger Library plans to remain open throughout the entire renovation process. While we will do our best to minimize disruptions, your patience is very much appreciated. When the library’s renovation is complete, we hope you will see that it was worth it!

Please email libraries@mc3.edu if you have any questions or concerns about the renovations.

1. One who provides lodging; an entertainer, a host; 2. One sent on before to purvey lodgings for an army, a royal train, etc.; 3. One that goes before and announces the approach of some one;

We now have online access to the Oxford English Dictionary. Easily look-up words for their definitions, pronunciations, and origins. We hope that this resource is a harbinger of more e-reference sources to come!

Not only is the season changing, but The Brendlinger Library is preparing for changes coming with the renovations. Watch Blogos for updates and announcements as those changes begin to materialize!

The Archives & Special Collections Librarian is creating a new addition to the library’s blog. These posts will highlight the College’s history from its founding in 1964 until the present. The college’s past is rich, not just educational success, but in the role it has played in the County. There have been many highlights and even some controversies. The College has been a beacon for the citizens of Montgomery County seeking education, job training, and cultural enrichment for over forty years and it is hoped that these posts will show that. We hope you enjoy reading about some of these histories.

This post will center on one of the College’s first obstacles to its founding, an injunction brought by a very prominent county resident. According to the Community College Act of 1964, or ACT 484, Pennsylvania counties needed a local sponsor to form a community college, be that the school district or in MONTCO’s case the County Commissioners.

Now herein lies the problem that this county resident had with Act 484. After the County Commissioners agreed to sponsor the college and appointed a Board of Trustees to run it the Chairman of the Board, Dr. Joseph R. Feldmeier was handed an injunction that enjoined the Board from creating or promoting a community college in any way. The citizen asked the State Superior Court for an injunction against the Board of Trustees stating that the Community College Act was unconstitutional. He argued that it was illegal for a non-elected organization, such as the community college Board of Trustees, to request and spend money for which the county taxpayers would be responsible. The Superior Court agreed and granted the requested injunction and the Board was prevented from meeting or in any way establishing a county college.

With the assistance of some of the Trustees, the College’s first president Dr. Leroy Brendlinger, and the County Commissioners, the State Legislature soon rewrote those passages of the Community College Act deemed unconstitutional.

After the rewritten legislation had been passed by the State Legislature, Montgomery County Community College successfully argued that since the conditions that permitted the injunction were no longer valid the injunction should be lifted. The Superior Court agreed and the injunction was lifted. The county and its residents are ever richer for that.

Since Montgomery County was at the forefront of the Community College movement it was only fitting that it serve as precedence for others. MONTCO continues to be in the vanguard of Community Colleges.

The Cathedral and the Bazaar : Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary
by Eric S Raymond
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : O’Reilly, 2001.
Location: Blue Bell Campus  QA76.76 .O63 R397 2001
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LINUX Solutions
by Joe Merlino
Publisher: Indianapolis, IN : Wiley Pub., ©2006.
Location: Blue Bell Campus QA76.76 .O63 M4473  2006
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SQL DeMystified: a Self-Teaching Guide
by Andy Oppel
Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill/Osborne, 2005.
Location: Blue Bell Campus QA76.73 .S67 O67 2005
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New in the Library:

Alan Simson’s Windows Vista Bible
Publisher: Indianapolis, IN : Wiley Pub., ©2007.
Location: Blue Bell Campus, QA76.76.O63 S558785 2007
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Special Edition: Using Microsoft Office 2007
by Ed Bott and Woody Leonhard
Publisher: Indianapolis, Ind. : Que, ©2007.
Location: Blue Bell Campus, HF5548.4 .M525 B679 2007
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Introduction to UNIX/Linux
by Christopher Diaz
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : Charles River Media, ©2007.
Location: Blue Bell Campus, QA76.76 .O63 D52 2007
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Database in Depth: Relational Theory for Practicioners
by C J Date
Publisher: Beijing ; Cambridge : O’Reilly, ©2005.
Location: Blue Bell Campus, QA76.9 .D3 D384 2005
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PPK on JavaScript
by Peter-Paul Koch
Publisher: Berkeley, CA : New Riders, ©2007
Location: Blue Bell Campus, QA76.73 .J39 K6312 2007
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Code Version 2.0
by Lawrence Lessig
Publisher: England : BASIC BOOKS (NY), 2006.
Location: Blue Bell Campus, KF390.5 .C6 L47 2006
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Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age
by Paul Graham
Publisher: Sebastopol, CA : O’Reilly, ©2004.
Location: Blue Bell Campus, HD8039 .D37 G73 2004
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The Programatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master
by Andrew Hunt;  David Thomas
Publisher: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, ©2000.  
Location: Blue Bell Campus, QA76.6 .H857 2000
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New in the Library:

CSS Web Site Design

Eric A Meyer

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Accounting Handbook

Joel G. Siegal and Jae K. Shim

Hauppauge, NY : Barron’s, 2006

Location: Pottstown
Call Number: HF5635.S586 2006
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One of the library’s subscription databases, WorldCat, now offers citations in MLA and APA formats, for books and audiovisual materials. Millions of books are in this database, including every book owned by the MCCC libraries.

As we recommend for other citation generators, check the citations you receive here against your style manual.

Find your title in WorldCat. [You will need your MCCC username and password.] Click the “Cite this item” link to see the bibliographic citation for your book or video.

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