Cal Maritime Library

The strike is over & our Ask a Librarian service is back to its normal hours. No appointments needed, stop by between 9:30 - we am & 2:30-4 pm. Also who wants to design us a new sign?!

Our services may be limited next week. Call or stop by for availability.

We are closed on Monday in honor of Juneteenth. Check out our latest blog for more resources & reading lists & local events for Juneteenth https://library.csum.edu/blog/Juneteenth-2023

During the summer, our only branch library on the Training Ship Golden Bear is open for everyone on board during the training cruise. We freshened the library up this year, updating books and adding games, paint-by-number canvases to decorate the walls, a 3-d printer, crafts-to-go kits, and GoPro cameras. Thanks also to Captain Bannister for the carpet cleaning!

You can also follow Cal Maritime's International Experience https://www.csum.edu/international-experience/follow-the-adventure.html
and TSGB Cruise https://www.csum.edu/tsgb-cruise/blog/ to see what everyone's up to this summer.

The Library is open 0900-1600 M-F during the summer. Stop by for peace and quiet, something to read, a view of the Strait, and our massage chairs....

Here's a shallow dive (sorry) into shipwrecks, economic and historical value, and maritime law!

Wreckonomics: “Finders Keepers” in Maritime Law - JSTOR Daily Finding valuable treasure underwater is more complicated than “finders keepers, losers weepers.” Competing maritime laws govern the recovered riches.

The Library will be closed Nov. 11 for Veterans Day, open as usual Nov. 12-13.

NEW BESTSELLERS ARE HERE!
Life on the Mississippi / Bittersweet / Rachel Carson the Sea Trilogy / Making History / A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself / Playlist for the Apocalypse / The Sentence / Mapping the Oceans / Seek and Hide / Not That Bad / The Midnight Library / American Cartel / The Year of the Puppy / The Only Woman / Klara and the Sun / Deep Dark and Dangerous / All We Can Save / The Fishermen and the Dragon / Proving Ground / White Cat Black Dog / How Beautiful We Were / I’m Glad My Mom Died / Velvet Was the Night / Novelist As a Vocation / Fire Island / Two Cheers for Politics / Volt Rush / I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki / In Asian Waters / Electable / Strange Beasts of China /

June 19, 1865, two years after President Abraham Lincoln presented the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, slaves in confederate states finally received word that they were free.

Freedom is a thread, and a fight, woven through this nation's history and current political climate. Continue to take action to celebrate and ensure true freedom for all through awareness of racial disparities, mobilization, and bold actions necessary to further the fight for social justice and equal opportunity.

https://naacp.org/campaigns/juneteenth

The library's hours this summer are 8:30 - 4:30, M-F. Stop by - we can promise we won't be too busy to say hello!

Happy Earth Day!!!🌍
https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=6234

Check out Cal Maritime Black History Month Events! Including the 5K WALK/RUN:CAL MARITIME’S RACE TO END RACISM hosted by Girl Trek!
https://www.csum.edu/campus-news/2022/black-history-month.html

Your stuff misses YOU too! Swing by the Library and check with the help desk for any items that may have run astray🔎

Cal Maritime Library honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a fighter for civil rights who encouraged all Americans to volunteer and improve their communities.

Here are ways we can honor his legacy.
https://www.teachforamerica.org/one-day/ideas-and-solutions/19-resources-and-ideas-to-celebrate-the-mlk-day-of-service

In this op-ed, our very own Dr. McNie shares her perspective on sexual assault and harassment in the maritime industry, including her personal experience and a vision for a way forward for academies and the industry. As she states: "we need to acknowledge that sexual harassment, assault, and r**e is a problem more widespread than it appears."
We salute you, Dr. McNie!

Op-Ed: Midshipman X is Not Alone By Elizabeth C. McNie I don’t know Midshipman X, but I am floored by the courage it took for her to come forward, tell her story, and seek justice. Too...

Let it Snow! We've got paper, scissors, and templates for snowflakes. Make as many as you want--we'll put them up in the Library or you can take them to decorate your own space.

Extended library hours for the end of the semester start...today! Good luck on your finals and this last sprint to the finish.

Check out these profiles of current and future maritime professionals -- a vision of a future of greater inclusion and diversity.

Washington’s maritime industry is pushing to be more inclusive, welcoming. Hear the journeys of women who thrive on the water. The majority of maritime industry workers are white men. Women and nonbinary workers have been a part for years, but in small numbers. Now there are efforts to attract younger people, people of color and female-identifying and nonbinary people.

Happy Hanukkah! Our candles & flames may be made out of school supplies, but they shine brightly all the same. :)

Happy Thanksgiving from the Cal Maritime Library. We'll be closed Thursday-Sunday to celebrate.
Take care and we hope you get some R&R time.

The Cal Maritime Library will be closed November 11 in honor of Veterans Day.

It's Open Access Week! Let's Celebrate

Cal Maritime Library News - Library at Cal Maritime Let the Open Access Week Advisory Committee tell you: "Open Access Week is an opportunity for the global academic and research community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of Open Access, to share what they’ve learned with colleagues, and to help inspire wider participation in helpi...

Join the Library Student Advisory Council

Cal Maritime Library News - Library at Cal Maritime Share your perspective! The Library is currently recruiting a variety of students from across the Cal Maritime community for the Library Student Advisory Council (LSAC). The Council was first formed in Fall 2019, and we're restarting it now that we're all back on campus again.

Looking for a Cal Maritime thesis or other scholarly output?

Cal Maritime Library News - Library at Cal Maritime Do you want to read the scholarship of Cal Maritime faculty and students? You can find examples of past MSTEM Masters Theses, Mechanical Engineering Capstone Projects, Global Studies and Maritime Affairs Senior Theses & Research Posters, and faculty research on ScholarWorks.

Lost and Found Alert: Do you recognize this crucifix? Come claim it at the Library help desk. :)

Happy National Coming Out Day! It's the 33rd anniversary this year!
The Human Rights Campaign has an online resource center to support people on their journey to "live openly at home, at work and in your community" (description from their website): https://www.hrc.org/resources/coming-out

Coming Out Resources Every coming out experience is unique and must be navigated in the way most comfortable for you.

On this Indigenous Peoples' Day, learn more about the original inhabitants of the land where you are. This mapping project from Native Land Digital provides resources to educate yourself about the indigenous people of your area: https://native-land.ca/
The screenshot shows the Bay Area region, including the Karkin land where Cal Maritime sits.

The library shares more than just books! Our resident green thumb Pam Baird raised these plant babies from the Library's mother plant, and you can adopt them for your very own at tomorrow's Makerspace event, "Grow-it-yourself Houseplants" between 11-2.

Club rush! It's great to see all these involved and energetic student groups out in force today.