Chattanooga Times Free Press Access

We once again have access to the Chattanooga Times Free Press via a desktop shortcut on four computers in the semicircle located near the library Service Desk. Let us know at the service desk if you need help to access.

Sign into one of the four computers with your ChattState login. Click the Edge icon desktop shortcut that has Chattanooga Times Free... as the descriptor.

The current issue of the Chattanooga Times Free Press will load into the browser.

Click on an article to read in expanded version. Scroll pages with the mouse or use the section tabs to skip sections.

DaVinci Pro: All in one Magnifier with Full Page Text-to-Speech

You can find the DaVinci Pro in the library's semicircle area next to the Service Desk!

The DaVinci Pro is a desktop with video magnifier (CCTV) featuring a 1080p camera and also featuring a full page text reading (OCR). 

The OCR feature allows for reading of whole pages or of reading a select area of a page from books or magazines.

The magnifier allows zoom in features and the DaVinci Pro will tell you which zoom level is reached or what level of brightness. The color contrast gives different options such as black on white, white on black and yellow on blue.

A demonstration video by The Chicago Lighthouse Assistive Technology Center provides excellent information on how to use the DaVinci Pro both the basic and advanced options. The DaVinci Pro has a pamphlet available to peruse on the operations of the desktop.  Using headphones is advisable to limit the audio portion of the reading to the user.

 

Native American Heritage Month 2024

Currently on display in the library are Native American / Indigenous Peoples books to help celebrate Native American Heritage Month.

A Native American guide was created to provide information and links about Native American sites, land acknowledgement, Libby online books, food books, and print books, music playlist, and tribal nation information. And a link to the Red Clay State Historical Park Guide. Read the guide at https://library.chattanoogastate.edu/nativeamerica

Did you know that Clingmans Dome was changed to Kuwohi (koo-WHOA-hee) at the request of the Eastern Band of Cherokees? Kuwohi is a sacred place for the Cherokee people and is the highest point within the traditional Cherokee homeland. Find the press release link in the guide.

Did you know that when TVA surveyed the land around the Tennessee River that would become covered by the waters of Chickamauga Lake, the agency sent out professional teams to document Native American villages?  Among the documentation were burial mounds.  One mound, the "Hixon Mound," was located south of present day Dallas Bay. The "Hixon Mound" is now inundated by the Lake.

Did you know that Chattanooga's Moccasin Bend area has ancestral ties to 23 Native American tribes?

Did you know that in nearby Bradley County, and just a few miles from Apison, the Red Clay State Historic Park was the last seat of Cherokee national government before the U.S. military's 1838 enforcement of the Indian Removal Act of 1830? Eleven general councils were held between 1832 and 1837. Red Clay is where the forced emigration of the Trail of Tears began.

Council Springs, Red Clay

Council Meetings, Red Clay

The Eternal Flame, Red Clay

Not So Frequently Asked Questions with Sara Beth Coffman!

Sara Beth Coffman is our latest hire, taking over as Lead Librarian for Information Literacy and Library Instruction. Sara Beth will be the library liaison for English and Communications. You can contact her at sara.coffman@chattanoogastate.edu or at 423.697.2519.   Learn a little bit more about our newest librarian in her Not So Frequently Asked Questions interview.

1. What was your favorite class in college?
I loved my undergraduate experience and would have a hard time selecting just one class. One that stands out from my first time in graduate school, however, was a seminar on John Milton. I could talk about Paradise Lost all day! In my second go-round, my favorite graduate classes were all about Knowledge Organizing Systems — how we classify and sort and manage information! What can I say? I'm an ubergeek!

2. Favorite local restaurant?
My partner and I are regulars at Pizza Bros and almost always order The Vegeta with added pepperoni! Other favorites include Sweet Basil Thai, Noodles and Pho, The Hummus Bowl, and Honey Seed — their chicken and waffles is so good!

3. What advice do you have for students?
Ask for help! Whether you go to faculty office hours or take advantage of the many resources available to you, there are lots of places you can connect with on campus. And study after study has shown that the more connected you feel to your college experience, the more successful you will be. Also, stay open and chase the things you're curious about. Our world is changing constantly, and the things we think might be in our future could change, making way for career opportunities we hadn't yet dreamed of.

 

4. What do you like to do in your free time?
I read constantly, so that must be mentioned. My partner and I travel as much as possible (the photo is from our trip to Iceland this past summer). We both love photography, though he takes most of our pictures. I also love to hike, to run, to play Scrabble with my siblings or all sorts of other games with my partner and our dear friends. We always have a jigsaw puzzle going. I make playlists and garden and collage. I even really like to clean! I love to go to the movie theater — we just saw Conclave, and it is amazing. Highly recommend!

5. What’s your favorite holiday?
Either Halloween or Christmas. I also really love birthdays and have a weird insistence that birthdays should be celebrated ON THE ACTUAL DAY OF YOUR BIRTH. This has complicated matters somewhat as my eldest was born on Christmas Day. But we have made it work! And though it's not on the same level as those big holidays, I absolutely love Election Day! It makes me hopeful and weepy and determined and generous, even when I'm scared or uncertain. I love working at my local polling location, celebrating first time voters, and watching people of all stripes continue to show up for democracy, committed to making this American Experiment work!

6. Do you have any pets?
Yes! Some might say too many! I have two dogs (Sawyer and Kya) and one cat (Bandit). Officially, the cat is my daughter's, but he loves me best of all.

7. Name one thing you think ChattState students should know about the library.
That we are the place to get help — whatever your needs, we want to try to meet them!

8. Spring, Summer, Winter, or Fall?
Summer has always been my favorite because I like it HOT, but lately I'm finding Fall super delightful. Truly, I love every season. I love leaning into the rhythms and cadences of each different part of the year. Like now, as it gets dark early — I call this permission season. You've been granted permission to stay home, get cozy, and go to bed as early as you want! I love it!

9. If you could be any character in fiction, who would you be?
Hmmm . . . I'd be Max from Where the Wild Things Are. It is the world's perfect book, and we are all Max.

10. Who is your favorite author?
This is like asking who is my favorite child!! Not a thing I could answer. But I can list a few authors that have proven their genius to me time and again! Marilynne Robinson, Toni Morrison, Leo Tolstoy, U. S. Poet Laureate Ada Limon, Jess Walter, YA author extraordinaire David Arnold, poet Elizabeth Bishop, William Shakespeare (yes, really), George Saunders, YA writer Isaac Blum, John Steinbeck, poet and essayist Ross Gay, Wendell Berry, and for young readers — Kate DiCamillo, Kelly Barnhill, Cynthia Rylant, and the amazing duo of Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen. I could list so many more, but I'll stop there.