Announcing the 1st Annual Edible Book Festival

Feeling creative? Love literature? Register today for the library's 1st Annual Edible Book Festival! Edible Book Festivals are held across the globe on April 1st in honor of French gourmet, Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin's birthday. Contestants bake, cook, or creatively arrange food to look like books, characters, or puns on titles.

Green Eggs and Ham  by Dr. Seuss

 

 

Holes by Louis Sachar

The Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Harry Potter by JK Rowling

"Ezra Pound Cake"

So, if you fancy yourself a creative baker (or at least willing to give a try!) register your literary inspired creation by March 29th! On the day of the event, drop off is from 10 AM - 1 PM in the library. Viewing and voting begins at 1 PM, winners are announced at 2 PM, and then bystanders and participants get to eat the entries!

Need a little inspiration? Take a look at the Edible Book Festival guide for pictures, guidelines, registration forms, and contact information if you have questions.

Not interested in entering the competition but you are interested in eating cake? That's fine by us! Just drop by from 1 PM - 3 PM to vote on and sample your favorite entries.

Images courtesy of: Loganberry Books

Women of Character, Courage, and Commitment: 2014 Women's History Month

March is Women's History Month! Check out the WHM Guide containing links to ebooks and other resources at

http://libguides.chattanoogastate.edu/womenhistory

Check out the WHM book display near the library entrance.

 This year's theme is Women of Character, Courage, and Commitment. The designation of the month of March for Women's History Month began in 1980.

Chattanooga State has some WHM events planned beginning after Spring Break.  Here is a partial calendar of events:

• Tuesday, March 18 - Build Hope with Early Detection: Breast Health Awareness 11:00am-12:15pm
• Wednesday, March 19 - Mammogram Screenings 9:00am-3:00pm
• Wednesday, March 19 (date to be confirmed) – Carolyn Sherman (retired CIA personnel), Lunch and Learn, lecture
• Thursday, March 20 – Iron Jawed Angels movie screening
• March 27 (date to be confirmed) – Denise Kiernan (Girls of Atomic City), Lunch & Learn, lecture,  and book signing
• Wednesday, April 2 – Second Life Chattanooga 11:00am-12:00pm
• Wednesday, April 2 – Just Talkin’ Human Trafficking 12:00pm-1:00pm
• Thursday, April 10 - Domestic Violence Presentation by Dr. Charlotte Boatwright 11:00am-12:15pm

WHM Book Display near the Library's Entrance

Not So Frequently Asked Questions with Pam Temple!

Pam Temple, Coordinator for Technical Services
Pamela.Temple@ChattanoogaState.edu

Want to add a book to the collection? Pamela Temple is the person to talk to. She is the Coordinator for Technical Services, which puts her in charge of acquisitions, cataloging, and processing new materials. Besides being in charge of all the magic that happens in the back of the library, she's also been known to help at the Public Services desk, work a couple weekend shifts, and she's the liaison for History and Geography, as well as the campus advisor for copyright questions. 

1. When and where do you like to read?
I like to read in the bed, at the kitchen table, on the living room couch, in the doctor's office, in the shower, at the beach, in the car... You get the picture; I like to read just about anywhere.

2. What was your least favorite class in college?
My least favorite class in college was speech. Having said that, I learned things in that class about organizing and presenting information/ideas that have been useful to me all of my life. Almost as useful as typing classes in high school.

3. If you could have any celebrity as your BFF, who would you choose?
George Clooney would be nice. HiIlary Clinton? Cher? Shirley MacLaine?

4. Favorite part of the new library?
The lighting and my office.

5. Early bird or night owl?
Night-owl definitely. Mornings are painful.
 
6. Where are you going on your next vacation?
I would like to take a train trip across Canada on the Continental Railway, but I will probably go to the beach below St. Augustine, Florida.
 
7. What’s your favorite TV show?
I don't watch TV. Weird, I know.

8. What’s the most rewarding part of your job?
Helping people find information and the cataloging of new materials.
 
9. What do you do to de-stress?
I create pottery. You have to totally concentrate and focus on what you are doing. Makes the rest of the world go away for awhile. Playing the piano also works for that. 

10. If you weren’t a librarian, what would you be? 
A nurse

I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

Malala Yousafazai's biography, I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and was Shot by the Taliban is a moving tale of life in Pakistan. Malala is the first born child for her parents, but her father Ziauddin is offered no congratulations because she is a girl. Ziauddin refuses to follow Pakistani customs and delights in the birth of his first child. He adds her to the record of the family lineage which is usually reserved for males. Ziauddin's refusal to see Malala as less valuable will shape her view of the world, and give her the courage to stand up to the Taliban and advocate for women's education across the globe.

The Yousafazai family lives in the Swat Valley of Pakistan. It may not have many of the amneities of Western society, but it makes up for this lack of luxury in beauty and history. Malala lives with her two younger brothers, a loving but illiterate mother, and a school teacher for a father. She recognizes the value of education from first hand observation and is encouraged to attend school by her father, rather than staying at home which many traditional Pakistani families require of their daughters. Malala dreams of becoming a politician and improving life for people in the Swat Valley. But as the Taliban comes into power in the valley, these dreams become impossible. The government seems powerless to stop the Taliban as they impose Sharia Law, vigilante justice, and ultimately ban the education of girls. Malala refuses to stop attending school. She speaks out publicly defending her right to an education, attracting national attention. She also draws the ire of the Taliban. Convinced that the Taliban would never attack a young girl, Malala only fears for her father's safety. But she has underestimated the lengths that the Taliban will go to silence her. Her school bus is stopped one afternoon and armed Taliban demand, "Who is Malala?" When her classmates eyes instinctively glance her way, the man takes his gun and shoots her at close range.

Malala miraculously survives this attack. She's flown to England for adequate care and her family follows her there. Now, as an exile from the country she loves, Malala fights for equality and hopes that one day she can return to a peaceful Pakistan.