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Book of the Month: The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table

A journalist traces her 2009 immersion into the national food system to explore how working-class Americans can afford to eat as they should, describing how she worked as a farm laborer, Wal-Mart grocery clerk, and Applebee's expediter while living within the means of each job. See all our new books this month

Bring Us Your Books! & Going Green LibGuide

Earth Day, April 22, 2012 is the kick off for COM Library’s reduce, reuse, recycle books program. It has been so successful that we are now including other items, such as media. So bring us your books, videos, CDs, DVDs, cassettes or magazines! This Earth Day is just the kick off, you can bring us your stuff anytime! 1. Reduce the clutter in your home or office by bringing us your books and media items. 2. Reuse books and other items in our collection or libraries in developing countries 3. Reuse books and other items in our book sale so we can improve our collection, services, access our facilities to better serve our students. 4. Recycled if books cannot be reused or sold. What to Bring: • Bring us any non fiction book that supports courses taught at the College. • Bring us current or older textbooks are also great. • Bring us your bestsellers that you are done with so we can add to our leisure collection.  • Bring us any general interest videos, DVDs, CDs, cassettes or

Help COM Library celebrate National Library Week, April 9-13!

You can get more info from our National Library Week LibGuide . All Week: COM students, to take the time to enter our drawing for two free $50 iTunes gift cards* to be held that Friday! See all the details under Friday. All Week: Free databases from ProQuest April 8-14. All Week: Free Databases from Gale April 8-14. All Week: Check out all our events on our new library calendar . Monday April 9th is our kickoff! Stop by the library during College Hour and enjoy free cookies from 12:30-1:30! Tuesday April 10th come see our Staff Faves Book Display! Pick your favorite book for everyone to see and enjoy some candy. Wednesday April 11th be sure to Pop Into the Library during College Hour! We will be serving free popcorn from 12:30-1:30 . While you’re here,  challenge a friend to a game of checkers or backgammon! The library has game tables for you to enjoy. Thursday April 12th is your opportunity to attend the Titanic Anniversary Presentation by Brian Anderson

Happy Spring Holiday!

Along with the rest of the College, COM Library will be closed for Spring Holidays Friday, April. 6 and Saturday, April 7. COM will reopen Monday, April. 9.

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