The Cal Maritime Library is excited to announce that online access to The New York Times is now available to the Cal Maritime community. The Academic Pass provides each student, faculty and staff an online subscription to the nytimes.com site (no more paywalls!). This service gives students, faculty and staff full access to NYTimes.com and NYTimes mobile apps, as well as their international editions. …
The Cal Maritime Library has GoPro cameras! Any current Cal Maritime student may borrow a GoPro from the Library Front Desk, on a first-come, first-served basis, for no charge. What you need to borrow a GoPro camera A Cal Maritime photo ID (PortPass) presented in-person at the Front Desk A Library account in good standing …
Join us for a TED Talk Screening & Discussion on Monday, February 25th from 2-3pm in the Library Green Room. We’ll listen to Dame Ellen MacArthur discuss her experiences sailing solo around the world and the realizations she had about the interconnected nature of our world, then we’ll discuss as a group Description from the … Continue reading
Please join us on Tuesday, February 26, at 11:00 in ABS 101 for the next Cal Maritime Scholar event with Professor Tom Oppenheim, Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Oppenheim will discuss a new technique for assessing stroke recovery. Impaired hand dexterity caused by stroke contributes significantly to the poor function of the entire arm. Treatments exist but recovery … Continue reading
The Arduino microcontroller is an affordable platform that can enable some very cool electronics in your creative projects. It can take in sensor data and control external devices like lights and motors. In this tutorial we will cover the very basics of getting started with an Arduino microcontroller. No previous experience necessary, and all are … Continue reading
Let’s learn how to make stop-motion animated movies! We’ll explore a variety of techniques together, which may spark your creativity enough that you’ll submit a video to the Maritime Film Festival contest (deadline March 11). Meet this Thursday, Feb. 21 between 2-4pm in the Library Green Room to play with claymation, puppets, flipbooks, or whatever … Continue reading
Stop by the Library on Valentine’s Day to give yourself and your friends a little crafting love. We have supplies to make friendship bracelets & cards, and you can pick up one of our custom special-edition Valentine buttons. Bonus: Decorate your very own condom wallet, courtesy of Sonoma County’s Department of Health Services! Supplies will … Continue reading
Please join us on Thursday, February 14, at 11:00 in Peachman Auditorium for the next Cal Maritime Scholar event. For the first time, student researchers will take the stage as part of the Scholar series. Come hear about their work in partnership with Cal Maritime faculty. Research projects include investigations into California fisheries, wave dynamics, … Continue reading
The next Cal Maritime Scholar event features Dr. Julie Chisholm, who teaches creative writing, critical thinking, and ethics at Cal Maritime. Dr. Chisholm will discuss her recent collaboration with two other writers on a braided essay. Their essay focuses on the role of creativity in the era of significant human impact on the environment, also … Continue reading
