In this edition:
❔Information Literacy & Instruction Survey
🎂 Edible Book Festival Results
🖍️ Zines 101
📚 Family STEM Storybook Night
🌙 Late Night at the Library
📘 Native American and Indigenous Peoples Month
🐶 Therapy Dogs
⏲️ Fall Hours
Information Literacy & Instruction Communications Survey
Thanks so much to everyone who has already responded to our request for feedback regarding communications from the Information Literacy & Instruction (ILI) team. If you haven't yet, would you please take a moment to fill out this brief form?
Your responses will help your ILI Team evaluate and improve how we communicate to the campus at large. All faculty and staff are welcome to participate.
Edible Book Festival Results
The Edible Book Festival was a smashing success! Thank you to our amazing bakers who wowed everyone with their creativity, and the 107 attendees at the event who voted for their favorites. You can see all the amazing entries and winners on the Edible Book Festival Guide.
Zines 101
November 4th, 3:30pm, library mobile classroom
Zines are small, self-published books, and they are inexpensive to create.
Join us for a discussion on the history of zines and zine making basics. Attendees will have a chance to make their own mini zine during the workshop.
Family STEM Storybook Night! 📚🔬
Calling all Chattanooga State students, faculty, and staff with children!
Bring your children for a FREE evening of stories, hands-on STEM activities, and family fun!
📅 November 10, 2026
🕔 5:00–7:00 PM
📍 Chattanooga State Community College
Come enjoy an evening of learning, exploring, and making memories with your children through fun, STEM-based storybook activities!
AND come check out our curated display of children's books through November 13!
Late Night at the Library
Late Night at the Library will be held on Tuesday, November 17! This completely free event is from 5pm - 10pm (food served at 6pm) and is an opportunity for YOU to fight procrastination and get working on those end-of-semester research papers and studying for exams. The library is here to support you and make studying a little easier.
Start by setting a goal for the evening on our goal-setting board - when you complete it, our library staff will cheer for you! We'll keep you fueled for the hard work ahead with catering from Chick-fil-a, snacks, coffee, and tea!
Celebrate your achievements with a spin on the library prize wheel or relax with coloring or a puzzle. Take a break from studying with karaoke in the mobile classroom from 8pm - 9pm! Get the boost you need to finish the semester strong at Late Night at the Library!
Native American and Indigenous Peoples Month
The month of November is Native American and Indigenous Peoples Month. In his November 2025 proclamation, President Trump stated that we should "celebrate Native Americans’ enduring contributions to our Nation’s greatness."
Explore our library guide to discover valuable resources, including relevant websites, local parks, and digital selections from Libby, along with books on food and culture. Find the guide at https://library.chattanoogastate.edu/nativeamerica
Additionally, the library recently purchased four new Indigenous-authored books that are not yet featured on the guide:
The Buffalo Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
PS3560.O5395 B84 2025
Selected as One of The New York Times's 100 Notable Books of the Year / Bram Stoker Award Winner for Superior Achievement in a Novel / Libby Award Winner for Best Horror
A historical novel tracing the life of a vampire who haunts the fields of the Blackfeet reservation looking for justice.
Shards of Silence by Brian Lee Young
PZ7.1Y747 Sh 2026
In his first YA novel, Brian Lee Young bridges the generational divide between a Navajo teen at an elite prep school and his great-grandmother's experience at a federal boarding school for Indigenous students. The book is a call for community healing and a coming-of-age story.
That Which Feeds Us: A Hawaiian Gothic by Keala Kendall
PZ7.1.K47425 Th 2026
National Book Award Finalist
A native Hawaiian teen travels to a luxury island resort in search of her missing twin sister and uncovers the dark side of paradise in this supernatural thriller. The book explores the true cost of paradise.
How Settlers Get Away with Murder: The Killing of Indigenous Women and Two-Spirit People in the Americas by Liza Black
HV6529.B525 2026
This book is a forensic history of missing and murdered Indigenous women.
Therapy Dog Schedule
The Library's therapy dog schedule for fall has arrived! Get some much-needed stress relief with our rotation of therapy dog visits.
November 2026
11/3, 1pm - 2pm
11/10, 11am - 2pm
11/11, 11am - 12pm
11/17, 1pm - 2pm
December 2026
12/1, 1pm - 2pm
