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 …
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
Dia de los Muertos is a Mexican holiday honoring the departed. Create paper crafts in front of the Library to celebrate Dia de los Muertos on Thursday, November 1, from 11:00am – 2:00pm. The Library and Latinx Club are hosting this event, where we’ll make papel picado and decorate paper calaveras (skull) masks. Papel picado … Continue reading
October is National Campus Sustainability Month, so we’re going to practice sustainability by upcycling materials into wallets. Meet up in the Library Green Room on Friday, October 26 between 11:30 and 1:30 to turn bicycle inner tubes, patterned duct tape, and old maps into your very own sustainably-sourced wallet, card holder for the Career Fair, … Continue reading
Show your spirit all the way to your fingernails with some DIY nail art! Meet up on the Library Lawn between 10:00-11:00am on Monday, October 1st to kick off Spirit Week with mini-art on your nails. Nail polish and design supplies will be provided–just bring your imagination, patience to watch paint dry, and a steady … Continue reading
Learn the basics of screenprinting, block printing, and carving stamps to make your own shirts, cards or wrapping paper. Dr. Katherine Sammler will bring her collection of maritime-themed screens for you to print your own t-shirt. We’ll also have sample stamps and blocks for you to stamp paper, or you can try your hand at … Continue reading
Please join us at the next Cal Maritime Scholar event, Thursday, September 20 at 11:00 in Peachman Auditorium. We’ll hear about the research of Dr. Alex Parker, Science & Math, followed by Q&A led by Dr. Elizabeth McNie, Marine Transportation. Please note the venue change. Like many aquatic systems around the world, the San Francisco Estuary … Continue reading
Have you been meaning to create a personal online portfolio to demonstrate your professional skills, but just haven’t gotten around to it? Stop by our workshop to get started! In this hands-on workshop, we will learn the basics of creating a WordPress site, a web-based platform good for websites, scholarly portfolios, and blogs. You’ll also … Continue reading
