Chemeketa Library News

Mini-games And Pinwheel Event at Salem

During the week of July 14, a table with miniature bowling, pool, cornhole, and other games will be available in the Salem Campus Library. There will also be a raffle with carnival prizes, and pinwheel making craft.

Come and join the fun!

ProQuest Databases Plan Maintenance

Proquest will be taking a maintenance window of up to eight hours on Saturday, August 9 from 7 pm to 3 am. on August 10. Many Proquest products will be unavailable during that time.

Improved Requesting Coming to Primo

Chemeketa Community College library is moving to a new service for requesting library items, called Rapido. Rapido will offer improved ease of requesting and many more items directly requestable in the Primo Library Search.

Just as before, Chemeketa employees and students for credit can sign in to request articles and physical items from our Summit Partners (The Orbis Cascade Alliance). Instead of a Summit Plus link, users will see boxes ("tiles") that offer physical and/or digital request service.  The difference is, that instead of only those partners, users will be able to request physical items from a wider array of libraries and have them sent to a Chemeketa location.

You may notice some other things that have changed.  The labels for print and ebooks, for example, have changed to accomodate Primo.  To show only ebooks, users will need to use the Full Text Online filter as well as the Book (E or requestable) filter.

Chemeketa plans March 6 as its first day for the new requesting system.

Proxy Maintenance Will Occur December 1

On Sunday, November 1, EZproxy will be undergoing maintenance from 05 am  through 09:30 am Pacific Time.  This may temporarily hinder off-campus access to electronic resources.

Holiday Closure Affects Requesting

Due to the holiday library closure, Summit Plus and CCRLS Bridge requesting will be unavailable from December 18 to January 1.

Summit Plus lets you request journal articles electronically and physical items such as books and DVDs from our Orbis Cascade Alliance partner colleges and universities.

The CCRLS Bridge lets you request physical items from public libraries in the Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service.

For more information on requesting materials, please see our Requesting guide.

Textbook Requesting for Winter Term Begins December 9

College Lending Library Requests for winter term textbooks 2025 begin: Monday, December 9, 2024. Textbook requests made before December 9 will be cancelled.

Please be aware that if you are making a request using Summit Plus that Summit Plus requesting will be unavailable from December 18 to January 1, due to the holiday library closure.

For more information on requesting textbooks, please see our Guide.

Article Requesting Has Been Restored

Articles delivered through Summit Plus requests are now downloading normally from the delivery email.  A technical problem was causing an error message to appear, but it has been rectified by the vendor.

Restored: Academic Video Online/Alexander Street

ProQuest informs us that access to  the Alexander Street  platform where Academic Video Online is housed has been restored.

Video Spotlight - The Women's List

Inspirational interviews with artists, athletes, and activists  "showcasing their passions, determination, and achievements."

Includes Madeleine Albright, Gloria Allred, Laurie Anderson, Sara Blakeley, Margaret Cho, Edie Falco, Elizabeth Holmes, Betsey Johnson, Alicia Keys, Aimee Mullins, Nancy Pelosi, Rosie Perez, Shonda Rhimes, Wendy Williams and Nia Wordlaw. The Women’s List was produced by the makers of The Black List, The Latino List (volume 1 and volume 2), The Out List, and The Boomer List.

The Women's List  is available to Chemeketa students and employees through Academic Video Online at https://chemeketa.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://video.alexanderstreet.com/p/6WVQlrK0R

Resources for Women's History Month