The Library at Sussex County Community College

The 2023 book tree is up! Come behold its beauty!

in 1944, 156,000 brave British, Canadian, and American troops landed on the 5 beaches of Normandy in the largest seaborne invasion in history. Learn more about D-day at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/heliconhe/d_day/0

Here’s Johnny! “The Shining” was released in 1980. Did you know Stephen King was openly critical of how Stanley Kubrick interpreted his novel? Learn more about the King of Gothic Horror at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Stephen%20King

Welcome to the fifth dimension, a.k.a., ! Learn more about the popular mind-bending television show’s writer and producer Rod Serling at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Rod%20Serling

The Fall 2021 semester is off and running and we look forward to seeing you in the Library!
We care about the health and safety of our students, staff, and faculty, and will be following protocols set forth by the administration.
Our hours of operation are posted on the door, as well as our website. Our 'open' hours are scheduled around times the Library COVID Classroom is in use, as well as brief periods when we will be performing sanitization.
Please bear with us as we navigate through these adaptations that allow us to see everyone in person again.
You can always email us at [email protected] if you need assistance.
Have a great semester!

Congratulations to SCCC’s Class of 2021 and our 2020 graduates who came back for the ceremony this year!
We wish you all the best in the next part of your journey.

This article has some interesting historical facts about libraries and the pandemic of 1918. The parallels between then and now may surprise you.

The mandates of masks, the importance of social distancing, and the closing of public spaces were all health guidelines drafted in 1921, in the wake of the 1918 flu pandemic, and libraries shifted from their focus on classic literature to “useful information.”

One thing remains the same; libraries will always adapt to the needs of their patrons.

Over the past year, we have all had to change the way we do things. It was a challenge, but it has also brought about some new and exciting options we may not have initiated otherwise.

As we approach the end of the spring semester, don’t hesitate to reach out to us if you need assistance.

“But perhaps one of the biggest roles libraries played was in asking them to do what they do best: To connect people to the information they need. The 1918 flu pandemic was the first in which libraries were central to disseminating public health information, spurred by health officials’ struggles to share updates with communities during the 1916 Polio epidemic. This new library role in educating the public, combined with shifts in library focuses towards usable information, made libraries partners in many public awareness campaigns, from public health to nuclear safety, in the coming decades. In 2020, libraries offered everything from parking lot hot spots to curbside pickup to distance educational programming and online resources. Tutwiler looks back with pride, noting how hard the library’s staff worked when they ‘were given an impossible task, serving the public without interacting with the public.’ ”

Libraries and Pandemics: Past and Present | JSTOR Daily The 1918 influenza pandemic had a profound impact on how librarians do their work, transforming libraries into centers of community care.

The end of the Fall 2020 semester is just around the corner!
We want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Merry Everything, and we hope your holiday season is filled with blessings big and small.
Enjoy your holiday break, and we will see you next semester.

Amnesty for Overdue Books!

Do you have overdue library materials?

These are challenging times for all of us and want to make your burdens a little lighter.

Return items and clear your account without paying fines, no matter when they were due!

Any overdue library materials returned by the start of the fall semester (September 8, 2020) will have all fines forgiven.*

Please note that our policy of placing a Grade and Transcript Hold on your record remains until your items are returned.

Please bring any library materials you have back to campus and place them in the BOOK DROP at the main entrance to the college (by the flagpole, at the top of the stairs, in front of the Administration Building). If you no longer live nearby, you can mail the items to us. Please contact us for instructions.

When on campus please follow all recommended social distancing precautions.

If you have any questions, or need assistance, please email us at [email protected] and we will do our best to help you.

*fees may apply due to condition of materials.

We know you can't visit us in person now, but you can still take a virtual tour of our campus.

SCCC Campus Tour