St. Petersburg College Library Blog

The Wrecking Crew

mairn.chad@spcollege.edu (Chad Mairn) — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 15:00:00 -0500

SPC’s Music Industry/Recording Arts Program presents The Wrecking Crew: an Evening with Filmmaker Denny Tedesco. What the Funk Brothers did for Motown …The Wrecking Crew did, only bigger, for the West Coast Sound. Six years in a row in the 1960’s and early 1970’s, the Grammy for “Record of the Year” went to Wrecking Crew recordings. And

Jazz in the Stacks!

mairn.chad@spcollege.edu (Chad Mairn) — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 13:26:00 -0500

In honor of Jazz Appreciation Month, St. Petersburg College will host Jazz in the Stacks, a free concert featuring O Som Do Jazz, on April 22, 2015, at 7:30 p.m. at its Seminole Community Library, 9200 113th St. Seminole, FL 33772. O Som Do Jazz recaptures the spirit of 1960-80s Brazilian Bossa Nova, samba-jazz, and Música Popular Brasileira (MPB). Based in St. Petersburg, Florida

Comic Con was huge success!

mairn.chad@spcollege.edu (Chad Mairn) — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 13:14:00 -0500

Mid-Pinellas Comic Con More than 3,000 fans packed the halls of the St. Petersburg College, Seminole campus library and conference center for the inaugural Mid-Pinellas Comic Con and Maker Con on Saturday, 9 August 2014. Planned in just six weeks by Seminole campus librarian Chad Mairn, Greg Plantamura of the TARDIS Riders in Pinellas, Mike Bryan and Jill Storm of the

SPC Library Hosting Comic Con!

mairn.chad@spcollege.edu (Chad Mairn) — Tue, 5 Aug 2014 10:55:00 -0500

St. Petersburg College is teaming up with the Seminole Community Library to host the Mid-Pinellas Comic Con (and Maker Con), a comic book and popular culture convention at the Seminole Community Library on Saturday, Aug. 9. The inaugural event is free and open to the public from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. From superheroes and gaming to technology demonstrations, there is a little something to bring

Innovation Lab's 1st Workshop: LibraryBox!

mairn.chad@spcollege.edu (Chad Mairn) — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 15:56:00 -0500

TP-Link 3G/4G Wireless Router Today was the Innovation Lab's first workshop! We built an Online File Distribution System using LibraryBox. According to the project's website, LibraryBox v2.0 is a combination of a router, USB drive, and open source software that, when combined, gives you a small, low powered webserver. This webserver will distribute files (e.g., .STL files for 3D

Innovation Lab Grand Opening!

mairn.chad@spcollege.edu (Chad Mairn) — Tue, 27 May 2014 12:56:00 -0500

Beginning June 3rd, budding creators and innovators can share ideas, create robots, learn or sharpen programming skills, and build objects using 3-D printers at SPC’s new Innovation Lab. The space, located in the Seminole Community Library, provides a modern, technologically advanced version of your dad’s garage, so to speak. The space will provide an area where people with common

Jazz in the Stacks!

mairn.chad@spcollege.edu (Chad Mairn) — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 09:47:00 -0500

Jazz in the Stacks with the Helios Swingtet featuring Bryan Hughes In honor of Jazz Appreciation Month, St. Petersburg College will host Jazz in the Stacks, a free concert featuring the Helios Swinget with Bryan Hughes, on April 15, 2014, at 7:30 p.m. at its West St. Petersburg Community Library, 750 66th Street North, St. Petersburg. The 7-piece Helios Swingtet with

Preview Our New Research Interface!

mairn.chad@spcollege.edu (Chad Mairn) — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 16:16:00 -0500

You are invited to preview the new statewide view of the Mango discovery research system and catalog. This new statewide union discovery research tool will eventually replace the separate, legacy union catalogs of both the university and college system, as well as the current Search Florida Libraries interface. To access the preview interface, go tohttp://

Introducing Indoor Google Maps!

mairn.chad@spcollege.edu (Chad Mairn) — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 11:02:00 -0500

Google Maps now allows users to view and navigate indoor floor plans and will provide step-by-step directions to rooms, offices, restrooms, reading/study areas, and more that are located within the St. Petersburg College Seminole Campus! Google Maps will guide you to the campus, but zooming further into the map will now display an indoor floor plan of the building. You can also use the

Find library articles in Google!

mairn.chad@spcollege.edu (Chad Mairn) — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 08:53:00 -0500

EBSCOHost's CustomLinks feature was recently enabled for Google! We have had Google Scholar setup to link to library databases for several years, but now basic Google searches are linking to the SPC Library's EBSCO databases. If you have any questions don't forget to ask your Librarian!

OverDrive Updates iOS/Android App

mairn.chad@spcollege.edu (Chad Mairn) — Tue, 28 May 2013 11:58:00 -0500

OverDrive has released an updated version of the OverDrive Media Console (OMC) mobile app for iOS and Android (v2.6.5). Below is a summary of the release details. OMC for iOS v2.6.5 · Enhancements to improve the speed of the in-app browser