Student orientation: Fall Term 2014
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New Students' Orientation
RGO Library & Learning Commons
New Students’ Orientation
New Students' Orientation
Library Hours
Monday - Thursday 8:00 am - 7:00 pm
Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday CLOSED
New Students' Orientation
• Quiet study area: lower your voice or whisper
• Only covered drinks are allowed in the LLC, no food
• Computer use for school work is given priority
• Text messaging encouraged , phone conversations
not permitted in the LLC
•Inappropriate, loud and disruptive behavior will
not be tolerated
Library Policies
New Students' Orientation
Students’ Services• Circulation Services
• Resetting Passwords
• TAL Card
• Interlibrary Loan
• Testing Services
• LLC Clubs
• Work Room Booking
• Printing & Photocopying
• Computer Help
New Students' Orientation
Printing & Photocopying
• Purchase a Pay for Print (PFP) card from the circulation desk
• Minimum deposit: $1.00
• Maximum deposit: $20.00.
• Payment methods: cash, debit and credit card
New Students' Orientation
Loan Periods for Library Items
Books 2 weeks
Videos, DVDs and CDs 1 week
Reserve Material 2 hours
Reference Material Library-use only
New Students' Orientation
Work Room Booking
• Twelve Project Rooms located on the 2nd floor: equipped with TV monitors
• One Group Work Room on the 1st floor
• Rooms can be booked for maximum 2 hours
• Sign-up sheets are located at the 2nd floor Circulation Desk
New Students' Orientation
Borrowing materials
• University of Calgary Libraries
• Health Information Network Library Services
• St. Mary's University College
• Ambrose University College
BVC Card-holders can also borrow materials directly from the following institutions:
New Students' Orientation
Interlibrary loan
The LLC's interlibrary loan and document delivery services
allows students, staff, and faculty of Bow Valley College to
request resources not available in our physical or digital
collections from other libraries.
New Students' Orientation
Literary Clubs
• ESL Conversation Club
• ESL Reading Club
• Writing Club
New Students' Orientation
TAL Card
A free card that provides access to over 300 libraries all over Alberta.
New Students' Orientation
E-resources • A-Z Publication Locator• Databases A-Z• Databases by Subject• eBooks• E-CPS / e-Therapeutics• Streaming Videos
New Students' Orientation
Access to E-resources
Username: Student ID number preceded by "BVC,“ i.e. BVC123456
Password: last four digits of your phone number
New Students' Orientation
EBSCO Discovery Service
Single search box for the entire library collection.
New Students' Orientation
Library Research Guides A collection of helpful links, tips and information selected for a subject area, program of study, or topic.
New Students' Orientation
Access over 120,000 eBooks from your library.
New Students' Orientation
Mango Languages
Language Learning ResourceMango is Fun and Easy to Use
New Students' Orientation
LLC Collection
• Reference Books
• Reserve Books
• General Collection
• ESL Books
• Fiction Books
• Graphic Novels
• Audio-Visual
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General Collection
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ESL books
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Fiction collection
New Students' Orientation
Graphic novels
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Audio- Visual collection• DVDs
• Films
• VHS
New Students' Orientation
Computer help for students • BVC Wireless Internet Help
• LLC Computer Information
• Computer Resources
• Desire2Learn Help
• Mybvc Help
• Computer Software Help
• Microsoft Office Help
• Adobe Connect Help
New Students' Orientation
Computer Support Chat
New Students' Orientation
Best of luck this semester!