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Labor Day, September 3, 2007. Learn about the history of labor and Labor day in the US from Labor Day HotSpots. Here are a few samples: a web site, eBooks and print book all available in COM Library. Cornell: Triangle Factory Fire (Web site) Organized Labor and American Politics, 1894-1994: The Labor-liberal Alliance (eBook) From the folks who brought you the weekend : a short, illustrated history of labor in the United States (book) Call number: HD 8066 .M86 2001 Get more Labor Day Hotspots .

Off Campus Database Access Problems We’ve recently discovered that our Distance Ed students that do not have a COM ID card with barcode are unable to log into library databases off campus. If you do have a COM ID with barcode, you should be able to logon. The College is working hard to fix this problem. Meanwhile, if you’d like to make sure, you can put it to the test. Put it to the Test Go to COM Library’s database page when you are off campus. Scroll down the page until you see EBSCO: Business Source Complete (first database listed on page) and click on it. The Remote Access to COM Library Databases page will come up, with a login box for your COM ID # and last name. If your COM ID number does not add up to 7 digits, put enough zeroes in front of the number to add up to seven. Example: 1234 would be entered 0001234. If you get into the database, you’ll know you’re good to go. If you get a page that says " Invalid COM ID - Last Name combination. Please try again," you'l

In September's featured new book, separated from his family, Valentino Achak Deng becomes a refugee in war-ravaged southern Sudan. His travels bring him in contact with enemy soldiers, with liberation rebels, with hyenas and lions, with disease and starvation, and with deadly murahaleen (militias on horseback)—the same sort who currently terrorize Darfur. Based closely on actual experiences, What Is the What is heartrending and astonishing, filled with adventure, suspense, tragedy and, finally, triumph. Main Author: Eggers, Dave Title: What is the what : the autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng Book Publisher: San Francisco : McSweeney's, c2006 Call Number: PS3605.G48 W53 2006 New York Times Book Review See the complete list of September New Books (PDF file).

In order to accommodate registration, the library will have expanded hours during the weeks of August 13th and August 20th. Normal hours will resume on Monday August 27th. Week of August 13th M 13th 8-7 Tu 14th 8-7 W 15th 8-5 Th 16th 8-5 F 17th 8-5 Sa 18th Closed Week of August 20th M 20th 8-7; closed from 8:50-11:30* for Convocation (*estimated time) Tu 21st 8-7 W 22nd 8-7 Th 23rd 8-7 F 24th 8-5 Sa 25th 8-12 Normal schedule resumes week of August 27th M 27th 8-9 Tu 28th 8-9 W 29th 8-9 Th 30th 8-9 F 31st 8-5 Sa 1st 9-1