National Agriculture Day

"AgDay Logo" by Agriculture Council of America is licensed under CC BY 4.0

March 24, 2020 is National Agriculture Day. National Agriculture Day is conducted by the Agriculture Council of America (ACA) and was created to educate Americans on how their food and fiber products are produced. The following video and infographics are some of the tools ACA uses in promoting National Agriculture Day.

Want to learn more? Visit the Agricultural Sciences Library Guide to see recent additions and recommended resources for Agriculture.
ACC has two programs for Agriculture: one is for transfer/workforce credit and one is for Continuing Education. Visit the departmental websites to see which class/program interests you and check out a 5 minute video of the amazing work done by ACC faculty, staff, and students in the Agricultural Sciences department. The video contains adorable animals and beautifully grown produce born/grown on the ACC Elgin campus!

Leisure Reading for Spring Break

"Luminescence" by Brandon Woelfel is licensed under CC BY 2.0

It’s almost time for Spring Break, and ACC Library Services has a small but mighty collection of leisure books available for checkout. Take a look at the leisure reading section of any campus library to find everything from bestselling fiction to cookbooks, comics, memoirs, and more. Don’t know where to start? Check out the recommendations from our leisure reading team below:

• Take a dive into the fantastical imagery of Erin Morgenstern’s The Starless Sea, a story about stories, love, and adventure.
• Check out The Water Dancer, the much-anticipated first fiction novel from author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates.
• Find yourself on a culinary trip through Italy with Giada De Laurentiis’ newest cookbook, Giada’s Italy: My Recipes for La Dolce Vita.
• Get lost in gorgeous illustrations and prepare to have your heartstrings pulled with Charlie Mackesy’s The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse.
• Phil Stamper’s The Gravity of Us has it all: love, identity, family, and space exploration!
• If you’re looking for suspense with a touch of folklore and magical realism, look no further than Jennifer McMahon’s The Night Sister.
• Evie Wyld’s graphic novel Everything is Teeth captures the whimsy of a youthful imagination and sharks. Lots of sharks.
• Travel to San Francisco without ever having to leave your house with this seriously funny mystery by Christopher Moore, Noir, and travel back in time to Spain in the grips of civil war with Isabel Allende’s new novel A Long Petal of the Sea.

When you’re ready to put the books down, ACC Library Services has your back with its own version of “Netflix and chill.” Browse our catalog to see the thousands of DVD and streaming media titles available, or head over to Films on Demand and Kanopy for more streaming media options.