Geek to the Rescue!

This friendly computer geek maintains a website that is the "best source of How-To articles anywhere, with content easy enough for beginners but useful enough for geeks as well."

Question topics cover Vista, Firefox, Mac Mini, RSS, Ubuntu Linux, Google, Word 2007, Keyboard Ninja, MS Access, and other topics too numerous to mention.

Other offerings include this geek's blog, links to other geeky blogs, and a discussion forum for geeky posts.

Check it out at http://www.howtogeek.com/

Have you Ever Heard that Book?

If you think you don't have time to read during the busy summer, then you are the perfect person to explore the library's collection of books on CD. Instead of listening to the local DJ chatter or your parents' oldies station, take advantage of your driving time and listen to a good book. Here are a few you might enjoy.

How about a classic that you've always wanted to read, such as:

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig

Kids need a break from TV and video games? How about:

Bambi by Felix Salten
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
Green Eggs & Ham by you know who, of course
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

Or maybe you missed one of these bestsellers:

Black Dahlia by James Elroy
The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown
Gone by Jonathan Kellerman
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Marley & Me by John Grogan
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

Perhaps you need to catch up on important issues with:

Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
Family First by Dr. Phil McGraw
Freakonomics by Steven Levitt
The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman

Or maybe you just need a good laugh:

The Best of Bill Cosby
Boogers are my Beat by Dave Barry
Dress your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
Dusty & Lefty: lives of the cowboys from A Prairie Home Companion
Fresh Air Laughs by Terry Gross
Hey, That's Funny by various comedians

Whatever your interest, we have something you will enjoy. Listen up!

East Library's Web Page Redesigned

The East Library's web page has been redesigned (http://library.chattanoogastate.edu/east). Please take a look at the new web site. After viewing the East Library web page, please choose the feedback link, How do you like our web page, at the bottom of the web page . Your feedback will help the library's web team.

Are You a NextGen, Millennial, Gen Y or DotNet Student?

Does this describe you?

• Born between 1982-1991.
• Grew up with computers.
• Never tethered to communication in one place.
• Prefer working in a group.
• Don't read manuals or instructions.
• Learn by doing.
• Are a producer as well as a consumer.

If you fit this criteria, then you are the challenge that librarians face when providing services. We are hoping to provide technology, work space, and a learning environment that will meet your needs academically and socially, while improving our own skills with technology and instruction.

Let us know what would make your educational experience more successful, productive, and energizing.

We need your input!