Keith Leftwich Memorial Library at OCCC

If you’ve ever visited one of the Library’s bathrooms, you’ve probably noticed our various “Dear Marion”s and bathroom book/eBook reviews.
Well, I want you to tell me what to read and review next!
The three titles we have up for vote are:
#1 Tokyo Underworld: The Fast Times and Hard Life of an American Gangster in Japan by [...]

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Title: Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
Author: Jake Adelstein
Publication date: 2009
Pages: 352 p.
Call number: Available as an Overdrive eBook (See Library website for Overdrive link and information)
I’ve had a fascination with the Japanese Yakuza (the Japanese mafia) ever since I taught English in Japan and happened to come face to [...]

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Any image on the web is free for me to use, right?
Wrong. Just because an image has popped up in Google Images, Yahoo, Bing, etc., it doesn’t mean you have the right to re-use that image. Yes, in some cases, using an image from one of these search engines may be covered under Fair Use, [...]

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Have you shared your academic resolution for 2012 with us yet?
Visit the first floor display table in the Library to share your academic resolution with us!

Simply jot down your goal or resolution

Then use the tape provided to post your resolution to our table

Make sure to also browse the various “help” books we pulled to help [...]

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If you visit Wikipedia, Google and some other major websites today, you might notice they’re “protesting,” but…
What are they protesting?
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) which is a bill in the House of Representatives.
The idea behind the bill is to allow companies to block the domain names of foreign-based web sites that are allowing/enabling copyright infringement.
The [...]

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The Metropolitan Library System (Oklahoma City’s public library system)
is doing an evening of speed dating!

Event Information:
Date: Thursday, February 9th, 2012
Time: 6:30pm
Location: Metropolitan Downtown Library

See this page for more information: http://www.metrolibrary.org/speeddate/
<3 <3 Find love in the stacks! <3 <3
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Image from: Multi-ethnic Couple Studying In Library. Photography.Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 17 Jan 2012. http://quest.eb.com/images/154_2902233
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The Library will be open tomorrow– Saturday, January 14th from 9am to 5pm for the college’s Opening Day.
The Library and OCCC campus will then be closed Sunday, January 15th and Monday, January 16th in observance of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday.
The Library will resume regular Spring hours on Tuesday, January 17th.
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Here are the top eight most popular e-titles from the Library’s Overdrive eBook/eAudioBook service!
#1.
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Available through Overdrive
#2.
The Hunger Games (eAudioBook) by Suzanne Collins
Available through Overdrive
#3.
Catching Fire (eAudioBook) by Suzanne Collins
Available through Overdrive
#4.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Available through Overdrive
#5.
Mockingjay (eAudioBook) by Suzanne Collins
Availabele through Overdrive
#6.
The Next Always by Nora [...]

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Here are the top eight most popular circulating (meaning “able to take home”) print books from the Library!
#1.
The Walking Dead series by Robert Kirkman
PN6727 .K57 2010, 2nd Floor of the Library
#2.
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare
U27 .I44 1977, 2nd Floor of the Library
#3.

Master the TOEFL 2005
PE1128 .S95 2005, 2nd Floor of [...]

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For those of you lucky enough to have been gifted an Amazon Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet this holiday season, here’s a quick primer on how to download ebooks to your new devices:
Amazon Kindle Fire
To download Kindle format e-books to your Kindle Fire:
1. Use the web browser on the Kindle Fire to go to our [...]

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