Thursday, December 13, 2007

This fall semester the Lunch and Literature Program took a different turn from the traditional way we usually appreciate the literary experience and tackled a new format. Instead of reading our selected titles, we listened to them via our desktop, lap top or Mp3 players and Netlibrary eAudiobooks.
Netlibrary eAudiobooks is one of the many resources offered through F. D. Bluford Library. Participants downloaded the first three books (nine in all) of the unabridged series The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith.
Smith’s main character, Mma Ramotswe, captured our attention with her wit wisdom and unconventional ways of solving a mystery. In addition, we discovered there is a movie in the making, base on Smith’s series due out in 2008. Sounds like a field trip!
Dr. David Johnson one of the Lunch and Literature participants from the Sociology department donated a set of the first three books of the series to the library.
Thank you, Dr. Johnson
Even though most participants preferred to read the printed version than to listen to the books read to them, the majority said they would use eAudiobooks again for Lunch and Literature program.

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Reminder....

Ok Aggies ....
Start your eAudiobook NOW!!!... so you will have time to listen to the whole book by next Wednesday ;-]

Download
"Morality for Beautiful Girls" by Alexander McCall Smith via NetLibrary eAudiobooks

I will see you Wednesday, December 5, 2007
12:30 to 1:30p.m.
Bluford Library, Seminar room 258

How To.....

How to access Lunch and Literature eAudiobooks

1. Go the Bluford Library’s homepage http://www.library.ncat.edu/
~ Click the catalog portal
~ Do a title search for the desired book. “ The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency”
~ Follow the link to access the downloadable audio book.

2. Create a free account with netLibrary(upper right hand corner).
~ Click download this eaudiobook
~Check Out & Download (CD quality for broadband/radio quality for dial up)
~ The audiobook should open with Window Media Player 9, or above

Net Library eAudiobooks is not compatible with itunes/ipods

Friday, October 5, 2007

Lunch and Literature …..Audio version

Pump up the volume….
Man your computer stations-desktops, laptops or mp3 players; Lunch and Literature is going audio. This fall we will be listening to our book selections via
NetLibrary eAudiobooks accessible through F.D. Bluford Library.

The infamous eAudiobooks series by Alexander McCall Smith, The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency will be our first installment.

Alexander McCall Smith’s character, Mma Ramotswe, is Botswana's one and only lady private detective. She has captured millions of readers with her wit, wisdom and unconventional ways of solving a mystery. This series will not only entertain but explore the conditions, culture and customs of Botswana, Africa.

Mark your calendars and bring your lunch to each of our lively book discussions at Bluford Library’s seminar room 258, 12:30p.m.
October 24, The No.1 Ladies’ Detective agency
November 15, Tears of the Giraffe
December 5, Morality for Beautiful Girls

No excuses. You don’t need the book. The entire campus community has access.
For more information contact: Cass Plater, ceplater@ncat.edu, 336.334.7159

Saturday, July 21, 2007

Lunch and Literature

Join in on the fun.
Bring your brown bag lunch, sit down at a large, long table and chat about a selected book.
Enjoy lively, intellectual, and honest discussion about the selected book. The gathering are held in Bluford Library's seminar room 258. Meeting time varies from month to month, however, we always meet from 12:30 to 1:30pm.

Here is a list of the books we have discussed in the past:

The Known World / Edward Jones
The Secret Life of Bees / Sue Monk Kidd
The Color of Water: a black man’s tribute to his white Mother/ James McBride
The Darkest Child / Delores Phillip
The Crystal Vaz / Hoyt Phifer an Aggie
The Covenant with Black America / Tavis Smiley (Text in Community)

For more information contact Cass Plater- ceplater@ncat.edu