A National Day of Service: MLK Day, January 20

The library and Chattanooga State will be closed Monday, January 20th for MLK Day.

 

MLK Day is the only federal holiday designated as a National Day of Service to encourage all Americans to volunteer to improve their communities. During the last quarter-century, the MLK Day of Service has grown, and its impact increased as more Americans embraced the idea that citizenship involves taking an active role in improving communities. Find out more about MLK Day at MLKDAY.gov

Find this online audiobook and more on our website at library.chattanoogastate.edu

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