TMC Midweek Picture

Word of the Tillman Media Center is spreading!!!

TMC Commons Area - Wednesday 11/14/12 @ Noon

 All of our promotional, pencil key chains are gone 

& we have just a few seats left for this midweek picture!

Using VHS Tapes in Tillman Classes?

Since some School of Education faculty use VHS tapes in their courses & as the VCR connections have been removed from Tillman classrooms...

There is now a TV/VCR Cart available for check-out in the Tillman Media Center! 

If you would like to reserve this cart for use in a Tillman classroom or if you would like to request that the TMC buy a DVD copy of your instructional material, please contact Tara Gleason at gleaso8@clemson.edu or at 656-3741.

Web Cams & Presentation Clickers

You asked for it - well you got it!

The TMC now has Web Cams & Presentation Clickers!!!

SC Public Review of Instructional Materials Proposed for Adoption

The Tillman Media Center is proud to be a review site for the

2012 South Carolina Public Review 

of Instructional Materials Proposed for Adoption! 

The intent of the Instructional Materials Public Review is to give citizens the opportunity to review the proposed instructional materials and submit comments that will be considered by the State Board of Education to determine which materials should be made available for South Carolina public schools. 

All proposed student texts will be on display in the TMC 

from October 15, 2012 to November 23, 2012. 

To submit comments on the proposed materials...

• go to www.mysctextbooks.com
• click on the link "Instructional Materials Public Comment Form"
• complete the Public Comment Form
• click on the "Done" button to submit 

*If needed, a computer with internet access will be available in the TMC to submit your comments*

TMC Open House for the School of Education

 School of Education Faculty & Staff

 Please Join Us For Our

Open House Event!

Friday, October 26, 2012

3:30pm - 4:30pm

Discover Our Collections, Services & Technology!

Meet TMC Librarians & Staff! 

Tell Us How We Can Help You!

Enjoy Refreshments!

New Puppets Available in the TMC

The Tillman Media Center recently purchased puppets 

that are available for check-out in our Manipulatives Room!

We have a...

• Cow
• Dog
• Chicken
• Fox
• Pig
• Rabbit
• Cat
• Crocodile
• Mouse

The Clemson Libraries' catalogers had fun with our puppets & so can you!!!

Reserve the TMC Commons Area

The Tillman Media Center’s Commons Area can be reserved

as an informal meeting & event facility!
 

Reservations are available Monday-Friday at any time, but it is preferred that reservations not be scheduled Monday through Thursday 11:00am-2:00pm if at all possible. Temporary access can be arranged for after hours use & please remember that reservations scheduled during the Tillman Media Center’s open hours will not alter our normal operations.

 Visit our service desk or website to view our events calendar
& make your reservation!!!

New AccuCut Machine & Die Cutting Materials

The Tillman Media Center recently purchased an AccuCut die cutting machine!!!

The AccuCut machine allows larger format projects & is available to any TMC patron.

The TMC has the following die cuts available in our workroom...

• 7" Uppercase Letters
• 3" Uppercase Letters
• 3" Lowercase Letters
• 3" Numbers
• 2" Uppercase Letters
• Punctuation Options
• Borders
• Variety of Pictures (including a Paw Print & SC State Outline)

Please come see what the AccuCut and the TMC has to offer 

for your bulletin board and other creative projects!

TMC Commons Area Now Seats 40+ People!!!

The Commons Area of the Tillman Media Center has been reconfigured to seat more than 40 people!!!

Check out our new layout below &

come by the TMC to see it in person!

*We also have...

• seating in our entrance area
• seating in our workroom 
• two individual work spaces in our book stacks 

Tillman Media Center Has A Logo!!!

The Tillman Media Center proudly presents our new logo...

A special thank you to Ryan Visser for allowing use of the Tillman image 

& to Michael Padilla and Kay Wall for helping with our slogan!

2012 Freshman Summer Reading Program

The TMC manager & the education reference librarian are excited to read Wading Home by Rosalyn Story! Tara Gleason & Anne Grant will be facilitators at this year's freshman summer reading program, so please join us in reading this year's book - then join us at Littlejohn Coliseum on August 20, 2012 at 1:00pm to hear Rosalyn Story speak and to discuss this Novel of New Orleans!!! 

Clemson University 2012 Freshman Summer Reading Program
Wading Home - Agate Publishing

Meet the New TMC Manager - Tara Gleason

Tara Gleason is the new manager of the Tillman Media Center. She began her library career as a Circulation student worker with Western Carolina University in 2004. Upon com­pleting her undergraduate degree in Psychology in 2008, she accepted an assistant supervisor posi­tion with the department and immediately took on the task of co-creating an orien­tation and training program for Hunter Library student workers. She became pas­sionate about researching materials and software, developing procedures, programs and manuals, and facilitating the orientation and training of the student employees, so in January 2009, she began a master’s degree program in Human Resources spe­cializing in training and development. During her graduate program, she gained ex­perience in classroom instruction and also began assisting the Business Officer of Hunter Library with human resources and other administrative duties. She worked in human resources for the past year, but greatly missed the academic library setting.

Tara is thrilled to be working in the Tillman Media Center. She has been creating a long list of tasks that she is eager to accomplish. One of her main concerns is the security of the collection and establishing thorough circulation policies. She acknowledges collection development and maintenance, space planning and outreach/marketing activities are going to be primary goals as well. Tara is excited to have the support of both the Library and the School of Education so that the Tillman Media Center can continue to grow into a vital service point.

In her spare time, Tara enjoys being outdoors, reading, writing & creating all sorts of arts and crafts, but most of her time is spent with her wonderful husband, pre-teen step-son and toddler daughter.