Independence Day Holiday Hours and July 6 - August 7 Summer Hours

KLIC will be closed Friday, July 3 - Sunday, July 5 for the Independence Day holiday.

You spoke, and we listened!  Based on your feedback, the following hours will be in effect July 6 - August 7:
Monday-Thursday 8am-8pm
Friday 8am-4:30pm
Saturday closed
Sunday 12pm-6pm

The KLIC Summer Hours

Summer semester is almost here and so are the summer hours at KLIC!

Starting Monday, May 12 through Thursday, July 3, the summer hours will be 7:30 AM to 7:30 PM on Mondays - Thursdays. On Fridays, the hours will be 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM. And Sunday summer hours too!

That's right, the library will be closed on Saturdays during the summer but open four hours on Sundays! The hours on Sundays will be 3:30 PM to 7:30 PM.

Special summer holiday hours include the Memorial Holiday weekend (Closed Saturday, May 24, Sunday, May 25, and Monday, May 26); and closed during the July 4th holiday.

TigerID and Off-campus Access to Library Resources

The new TigerID is now a student's gateway to online library resources!

If a student is off campus and wishes to access a library database, for example MasterFILE, that student would type in their TigerID username and password! This is for students, faculty and staff.

Get your new TigerID and open the door to a wealth of information provided by the Kolwyck Library through numerous informational databases from CINAHL to MasterFILE Premier to A-Z Maps!

The streaming videos from the library will, for the time being, still use the generic semester username and password. To obtain the summer password for streaming videos, log into eLearn and click the library link.

Still need help? Call the Help Desk at 697-4436 or visit the library's website at library.chattanoogastate.edu

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Summer Library Hours

Monday-Thursday 7:30 AM to 9:00 PM
Friday     7:30 AM to 4:30 PM

Closed Saturday-Sunday

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Library Summer Hours--Please make a note!

During the summer, when the livin' is easy, the library shortens some of its hours. Please make a note of the summer hours as listed below.

We hope you have a relaxing, enjoyable summer, and we look forward to seeing you if you're in summer school or when you return in the fall.

Special Hours

Monday, 5/9 - Friday, 5/13

Saturday, 5/14 - Sunday, 5/15------CLOSED

Monday, 5/16 - Wednesday, 5/18------7:30 am - 4:30 pm

Thurs., 5/19------Begin Summer Hours

Monday - Thursday------7:30 am - 9:00 pm

Friday------7:30 am - 4:30 pm

CLOSED

Memorial Day---Monday, May 30

Independence Day---Monday, July 4

Memorial Day, Mon., 5/30 CLOSED

Angela Ditmar's Vibrant Art is on Display in the Library

We are excited to be able to display a selection of works by local artist Angela Ditmar. The exhibit will be shown in the library through June 24. 

This collection of works was inpired by Angela's visit to the Philipines.  She says, "The term “baranguay” is used to describe a division of land in a Filipino city. By definition it is the smallest unit of government in Filipino culture. As I visited various cities and rural areas of Luzon, the northern region of the Philippines, I was compelled to record an informal baranguay marking system....Each baranguay was coded by a color or color sequence, and on rare occasions, a symbol had been used. Each sequence was then painted on electrical poles and trees along the streets throughout each baranguay. This system, whether placed with intentions towards patronage and pride, invariably became a visual language, demarcating invisible boundaries and territories.

Competition, persuasion, balance, control and defiance are the behaviors that come to mind when something is territorial. I have discovered that these found color sequences combined with the compositional devices and the materiality of a painted field imitates some of these behaviors."

Angela received a Masters of Fine Arts degree in Studio Art from Hunter College, City University of New York, where she has been a guest instructor of graduate courses in Theory and Criticism. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Angela is currently teaching foundation courses as an Adjunct Professor for the Department of Art at UTC, as well as working for the department as the Visual Resources Librarian.

We invite you to take some time out of your day and experience her remarkable interpretations of this element of Philipine culture. 

These Times They are A'Changin': Our Hours, That Is

Overheard in the lobby of the IMC:

Instructor:  So, if you turn in that paper by 9:00 tonight, you might pass.
Student:  Oh, thank you so much!  I will get right on it 'cause the library is open until 9:00 tonight, and I can work on it there and submit it to my drop-box.  My home computer died last week.  That's why I'm late getting it to you.
Instructor:  That's fine. Remember the drop-box closes at 9:00 PM.

Lucky for this student that we're open on the last day of classes, August 5, until 9:00 PM.  Man, it's really been busy in here this week.  Where have all these students been all summer?  I can't imagine that they have procrastinated on their assignments.  Maybe this is all extra credit work and they want to make sure their GPAs move forward instead of backward.

But I digress....

After today, August 5, the library will not be open evenings until September 3.  "What!?" you say.  Come on, now.  Take a break, already. Go home in the evenings and watch a few reruns of Star Trek, or take a walk on the riverwalk and count the herons, or treat your Granny to dinner, or play catch with your kids, or read War and Peace.  You know you've been putting that one off!

Then come back refreshed and ready to dig in and study like your career depends on it. 

Uh, hello. 

To see our hours for the next few weeks, click on this link HERE.

We've Got Free Movies, Free Movies, Free Movies!

Step right up, folks! Form one line, please. Hey, lady, just because your kids are screaming doesn't mean you can break line. Get back behind this man here whose nose is bleeding. He's first!

That's right, ladies and gentlemen, you can check out movies for free right here at the Chattanooga State library's circulation desk. Just show your snazzy CSTCC photo ID card and pick out two movies. That's right, TWO, will be checked out to you for four days. It's as simple as that.

Lady, your kids are starting to bug me. Don't make me get out my kid repellant.

Here's a sample of what we have:

The Tuxedo, a Dreamworks picture
This is Spinal Tap, a rockumentary
One Hour Photo, starring Robin Williams
Blade Runner, the director's cut
Them!, a Warner Bros. classic
Eye, a 2008 Lionsgate film
Delta Farce, need I say more?
Cloverfield, you remember that one, right?
Beowulf, more than just a poem in the comp book
Barbershop 2, MGM sequel
We Own the Night, a NYC crime thriller
The Simpsons Movie, yeah, that's hilarious
Saw IV, you know you missed the first 3!

Those are just a few, my fellow movie buffs. Just come on in and browse the display for more film favs. Our collection is a project of the SGA and donations from anyone who wants to contribute. No X-Rated films allowed, though. But you knew that!

Library Will be Closed on Friday, July 3

Independence Day, commonly known as July 4th, arrives this Saturday, but the official observance by the College is Friday, July 3.  We will be closed that day so that you can get ready to celebrate with all the energy you can muster.

Check out this link provided by Office of Citizens Services & Communications
for lots of information about history, safety, fun facts, trivia quizzes, and more:

Fourth of July is Independence Day

And American University hosts this site prepared by a librarian who's all about the history of how people have celebrated the 4th.

4th of July Celebrations Database

And PBS will blow you away with their website of celebratory events and loads of other interesting things to do, know, and learn.

A Capital Fourth: America's Independence Day Celebration

And if you plan to take pictures of some fireworks displays, read the info at the New York Institute of Photography on how to get really great shots.

New York Institute of Photography

Whatever you do, have a safe and happy Independence Day celebration, and we'll see you back in the library on Monday, July 6.

Image courtesy of Bill Kostroun, Associated Press / July 4, 2007

Ooooh, nooooo! My kids have summer reading lists!

Dear Abby,
Well, the kids are out of school for the whole dang summer, and just when I thought we'd have a homework-free few months, here they come with these horrendous reading lists.  Every kid in the whole county's going to be looking for the same 10 books.  How am I supposed to get my own homework done now that I'm taking classes at Chatt State and find the books they need, too?  You'd think these teachers would give us all a break, ya know?
Sincerely,
Like I Need One More Thing to do This Summer

Dear Summer,
Calm down, girl. I know you're busy, but those kids need to be improving their reading skills this summer instead of vegging-out in front of the X-Box. Since you're in school at Chatt State, you're problems are solved!  Just take those lists, and better yet take the kids, and find what you're looking for in the Kolwyck Library. They have an excellent collection of children's and young adult books, many of which are award winners and best books choices. Your kids can read while you study, or you can let them pick out the books they want to take home.  As a student, you can take out up to 10 books for three weeks.  Here's just a sample of what the library has:

• Caldecott winners


• Newberry winners


• Eric Carle picture books


• Harry Potter novels


• Books by Judy Blume


• Maurice Sendak


• Leo Lionni fables


• Classic fairy tales

You can search the catalog right here in fact.  Just type in the title and see what comes up. Ask one of the library staff for help if you need it.

Now, isn't that better?  And you thought it was going to be a long, hot summer.

Your friend,
Abby

What Library Staff Are Reading: Parker Writes Westerns!

Let's fantasize for a minute.  What if Stephen King wrote romantic comedy; Orson Scott Card wrote mysteries; Danielle Steel wrote science fiction; and Dan Brown wrote kiddie lit. 

Well, how about this?  What if Robert Parker wrote Westerns?  Whoa!! That one's over-the-top, huh?  The famous author of the Spenser detective series (remember the TV show "Spenser for Hire"?)  has written a Western trilogy (That would be three.), and Sharon King, library assistant, offers this review:

Most recently I have read Robert Parker's Western series Appaloosa, Resolution, and my current read, Brimstone.  I don’t normally read Westerns, but since I like this author so much I thought that these had to be good too, and I haven’t been disappointed.  The series features two gunmen named Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch, who travel to different towns to restore law and order where it has gone awry.  In each town, Virgil Cole is hired as the Marshall for that town and Everett Hitch is his deputy.  They set out to establish some semblance of law and order and shoot and kill anyone who begs to differ.  Virgil and Everett are after the main bad guy in each town, who is the one who is terrorizing all of the residents and trying to take over the town.  This series has lots of gunfights, but the real story is one of friendship and unconditional love.  In the first book, a woman enters the picture and becomes the love interest for Virgil Cole. Virgil loves Allie unconditionally, but Allie is not faithful to him.  She runs away and Virgil and Everett catch up with her in the third book.  

You can read a brief description of each book in the series by clicking the images below. Our library has Resolution and Brimstone, and the Chattanooga public library has Appaloosa.

 

    

What Staff Are Reading: Palahniuk's newest, Pygmy

I know that when I pick up a novel by Chuck Palahniuk, I won't read anything I have read before. 

"Who is that, and how do you say his name?' you might ask.  

Mr. Palaniuk's name is pronounced PAUL-AH-NIK (say Paula Nick), and he has written 10 novels, three works of non-fiction, and has had 2 movies made from his novels--Fight Club and Choke.

His most recent novel--Pygmy--includes all these elements:

• teenage terrorists-in-training posing as foreign exchange students


• extraordinairy Martial Arts exhibitions 


• satirical interpretations of American teens and lifestyles


• fantastical English language distortions


• unrelenting action and totally unique plot

Read this Time interview, listen to a 2-minute excerpt, and check out our copy (or put it on hold if it's already out), and get ready to have your reading senses bombarded!

And we have other books by him if you want to read more.

I predict that Pygmy will win some major award.  Just remember, you heard it here first!

  

We Have Lots of Textbooks on Reserve Just For You!

Free Textbooks are Coming to You
(Sung to the tune of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town")

Oh, your money is tight.
Your cash flow is slow.
You try with all your might
To make it all go.

Textbooks take a toll on your funds.

The costs are so high
You gasp at the thought
That with your low cash
These books can't be bought.

Textbooks take a toll on your funds.

We see your plight, dear student.
We understand your plea.
We know you try to do your best,
So we've helped you, can't you see.

Just come to the desk
And show us your card.
Use the text book
And study real hard.

Turn it in when you're done, that's all!

That's right! We have copies of many of the current textbooks on reserve at the circulation desk. Just present your CSTCC photo ID and the book checks out to you to use in the library for up to 2 hours.  And you can make copies of some pages if you need to at just ten cents per page.

Check the Course Reserve list in the catalog for your course name or number.

Take a Teeny Tiny Break, Then Our Hours Change

You remember the English fairy tale about the teeny tiny woman, right?  It goes...

"ONCE upon a time there was a teeny-tiny woman who lived in a teeny-tiny house in a teeny-tiny village. Now, one day this teeny-tiny woman put on her teeny-tiny bonnet, and went out of her teeny-tiny house to take a teeny-tiny walk...."

Well, here's the library's version:

Once upon a time there was a teeny tiny student who went to a teeny tiny college in a teeny tiny town next to a teeny tiny river. Now, one day this teeny tiny student put up his teeny tiny textbooks to take a teeny tiny break between teeny tiny semesters.

And that teeny tiny student who's taking the teeny tiny break is YOU!

Our break is even tinier than yours because we're changing our hours only slightly for the summer semester.

Starting Wednesday, May 13, you can come to the library all summer long at these times:

Monday-Thursday 8:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Friday 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Saturday and Sunday - CLOSED

Until then, we'll be open 8:00-4:30 May 8, 11, and 12.

So, take your teeny tiny break before the first summer session starts on May 13, and come by to keep us company during the teeny tiny summertime.

Save Money--Read our Magazines

If you're a magazine junkie but find that your gas tank is slurping up your magazine budget, there's an easy, inexpensive way to feed your habit: Come to the library and read OUR magazines instead of buying them at the newsstand.

The current issues of many popular magazines are shelved in alphabetical order (Well, we are a library, you know!) in the area to the left as you enter the front doors. You'll find lots of entertainment and knowledge, as well as some welcome relaxation--all for FREE!

Here are some of the most popular titles:

American Heritage
American Craft
Architectural Record
Better Homes & Gardens
Car and Driver
ESPN
Essence
Esquire
Fortune
Garden Design
Good Housekeeping
House Beautiful
Ladies Home Journal
Motor Trend
National Geographic
Newsweek
People
Popular Science
Prevention
Psychology Today
Redbook
Road and Track
Southern Living
Sports Illustrated
Time
US News
Vanity Fair
Vogue

Did you miss last month's issue of any of these? Not a problem. Just lift the shelf and find several months of back issues still available.

So, find a comfy chair and gather your favorite mags for some pleasant relaxation between, before, or after class.

Pre-Summer Semester Hours for the Library

The main campus library's hours between semesters begin Saturday, May 3, when we will begin being closed on Saturdays throughout the summer. Other hours for the week of May 5 are:

Monday, May 5--8:00AM--6:00PM
Tuesday, May 6--8:00AM--4:30PM
Wednesday, May 7--8:00AM--4:30PM
Thursday, May 8--7:30AM--9:00PM Classes begin.
Friday, May 9--7:30AM--4:30PM

Saturday and Sunday--CLOSED

Regular summer hours begin May 12:

Monday through Thursday--7:30AM--9:00PM
Friday--7:30AM--4:30PM

See you soon!

Summer is for Reading--Fiction and Non

If you have extra time on your hands now that summer is here, get out from behind that computer and get in front of a good book. We have current fiction that you'll find on the bestseller lists, as well as some fascinating, intriguing, and thought-provoking non-fiction. Here are a few titles you might check-out--literally!

Fiction:

Bad Luck and Trouble: a Jack Reacher Novel by Lee Child--the 11th Jack Reacher adventure--Not again!

Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien--first complete book by Tolkien in 30 years--So, whatcha been reading all these years?

Divisadero by Michael Ondaajte--The newest novel by the author of The English Patient--but waaaay shorter!

Dream when You're Feeling Blue: a novel by Elizabeth Berg--This is one of her best, so don't miss it!

The Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill--Stephen King's son follows in his father's footsteps--or does he?

The Meaning of Night: a confession by Michael Cox--a thriller/murder mystery set in 1854 London--Don't read it alone.

Sleeping with Strangers by Eric Jerome Dickey--well, uh, you know Dickey's style, right?

Twilight by William Gay--Southern fiction writing at it's gothic best & set in rural Tennessee--imagine that!

Non-Fiction:

Castles by Guy De la Bedoyere--gorgeous pictorials of castles in Great Britain, Ireland, and Europe--When do we leave?
Cell Phone Reader by A.P. Kavoori--read how the cell phone is transforming society
Citizen Speilberg by Lester D. Friedman--examines the genres of this amazing director's films
Fifty Greats for the Piano by Yamaha Music--scores for Chopin, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, and others--How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice!
Insurgent Iraq by L. Napoleoni--reveals how Abu Musab al-Zarqawi spread his terror network
Into the Mummy's Tomb--spooky tales by Bram Stoker, Anne Rice, Louisa Alcott, Mark Twain, et al.
Reality Television by Richard Huff--analyzes the beginnings and impact of this phenomenon--Just whose reality is it?
Understanding Workplace Violence by M. Paludi--a guide for managers and employees--Which one are you?
The Vatican Museums by B. Furlotti--masterpieces from the incomparable Papal collections--I don't know much about art, but I know what I like!