Summer 2008 Read

Join us Wednesday, August 27, 2008 F.D. Bluford Library, Seminar room 256-258, 12:30pm

More "The Tipping Point" information....
http://www.gladwell.com/tippingpoint/index.html

"Accepting diversity or delving outside of your accepted social boundaries and embracing different circumstance absolutely contribute to happiness".

Here is a link to Malcolm Gladwell's speech on TED Talks 2004
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIiAAhUeR6Y

Gladwell, a New Yorker staff writer, offers an incisive and piquant theory of social dynamics that is bound to provoke a paradigm shift in our understanding of mass behavioral change. Defining such dramatic turnarounds as the abrupt drop in crime on New York's subways, or the unexpected popularity of a novel, as epidemics, Gladwell searches for catalysts that precipitate the "tipping point," or critical mass, that generates those events. What he finds, after analyzing a number of fascinating psychological studies, is that tipping points are attributable to minor alterations in the environment, such as the eradication of graffiti, and the actions of a surprisingly small number of people, who fit the profiles of personality types that he terms connectors, mavens, and salesmen. As he applies his strikingly counterintuitive hypotheses to everything from the "stickiness," or popularity, of certain children's television shows to the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, Gladwell reveals that our cherished belief in the autonomy of the self is based in great part on wishful thinking. Donna Seaman-BookList

Enjoy

Summer 2008

OH MY!..... summer is upon us.

This summer by popular demand we will be reading a Non-Fiction title.

Join us Wednesday, August 27, 2008
F.D. Bluford Library , Seminar room no. 256-258
Bring your lunch, thoughts and questions about ......

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
by Malcolm Gladwell (2002).

On The New York Times bestsellers list for over a 150 weeks. Gladwell puts an interesting twist on the simple notions of cause and effect. He explores the question: Fads and epidemics, what do they have in common?
The 2002 edition has a afterwards by the author that connects the Tipping Point lessons to a real world library system. Enjoy :-)

Find the Tipping Point in Bluford Library

A&T Stacks- HM 1033.G53 2000
or
A&T Reserves- HM 1033.G53 2002


Fall 2008 teaser.......
Can you tell a book by its movie?

Ponder Poetry

In the spring, Lunch and Literature “Pondered Poetry” in honor of National Poetry Month and part of Bluford Library’s National Library Week celebration, April 14 -18, 2008

I was a little apprehensive about doing poetry for Lunch and Literature however, this worked out smoothly. There was not much preparation as in; time to read a book, taking notes, and come up with thought provoking questions.

I just sent out the word for each attendant to bring their favorite poem from well known and not so well known Black poets for a lunch time read aloud.

Below is a list of the poems presented at our gathering.

We're Back.....

Lunch and Literature is back...
in the swing for spring.

In honor of National Library Week and National Poetry Month we will read, listen to, and ponder poetry. Specifically African American poetry.

Bring your lunch and your favorite poem by a black poet for sharing, and lively discussion.

Also we have extra copies of Black Poets By Dudley Randall to loan to Lunch and Literature participants.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 . 12:30 p.m. to 1:30p.m. F.D. Bluford Library, 2nd floor seminar room.

Your comments are welcome.

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.

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

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

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