The Fall Literature Circles are coming–and all students, faculty, and staff are invited to attend. Choose a title from the list, read it, and join the relaxed, insightful discussions. All books are owned by the library, but copies are limited and going FAST. Letters to a Young Brother: Manifest Destiny by Hill Harper Hill Harper, [...]
Much of academic reading and writing focuses on Academic Journals, those meaty, peer-reviewed periodicals that disseminate serious scholarship. John Tyler’s Library provides these through our online indexes called databases. The library also subscribes to some journals and newspapers in hard copy at both campuses. All work and no fun reading make Jane a dull girl, [...]
New information is constantly uncovered which influences conventional ideas of human origins. Through genome sequencing, scientists have uncovered proof that modern man and Neanderthals are closely related. Modern humans share genomic patterns identical to those of Neanderthals…enough to be considered proof that we are the same species. Or in other words, cavemen ARE us! The [...]
What happens when a literary author goes renegade and rewrites the vampire novel playbook? With The Passage, Justin Cronin leaves the literary arena behind (he won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award and the Stephen Crane Prize for his past novels) and leaps (bat like!) into the world of speculative fiction. But this is no teenage love [...]
Summer session is ending (or has ended, depending on when you read this!) The library reduces hours between semesters (not open until 9!) but is still available for registration, computer use, and general questions. The details: Monday, August 9 Last Day of Classes/Exams for summer session: 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 10–Wednesday August [...]
Rethinking your plate? Eating local? Eating less—or cooking more? Food itself (organic, sustainable, local) is in the news. No longer are American fed by our own family’s farms; now our dinner is dished out by big agribusiness. Do factory farms make us sick? Does the American diet provide the nutrition we need? How do we [...]
Stuck without a flash drive? No access to a desktop computer? Create and load your documents into Google Documents. Google Docs comes automatically with John Tyler email. Have access to all of your docs anywhere with an internet connection or smart phone. No flash drive needed! With Google docs you can: Upload any file for [...]
In Being with Animals, Barbara J. King explores why we are fascinated by the animals around us. King begins with the dawn of time in the Chaudet Cave, where prehistoric humans painted images of aurouchs, mammoth, and deer on the walls. Dogs likely walked over the Bering Strait with the first Americans; 10,000 year old [...]
Both campus libraries will have reduced hours during the college’s mid-summer break (July 4-11). Monday, July 5. Closed. Tuesday, July 6 & Wednesday, July 7. Open 7:30 AM -5:00 PM Thursday, July 8. Open 7:30 AM -7:00 PM (this is a change) Friday, July 9. Open 7:30 AM -5:00 PM Saturday, July 10. CLOSED Libraries [...]
On July 3, Local author and JTCC adjunct English Professor Ashanti Luke will be giving a reading of his novel Dusk at the Colonial Heights Public Library. After the reading, there will be a short question and answer session. Copies of Dusk will be available for purchase and signing at the reading. From the back [...]