Fish Love to Read!

Sammy, the Library fish at Jamestown, loves to read the latest fiction. He's pictured here reading Cell by Stephen King which is currently #2 on the New York Times Best Seller List. Come check out Cell and other best sellers at the front desk in the Jamestown campus Library. If he's not too busy reading, Sammy may be able to recommend something!

Not in Jamestown? Request a best seller at the Greensboro or High Point campus Library, and if it's available it will be at your location in a day or two for you to check out.

See other titles on the New York Times Best Seller List at:
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller/index.html

We have new DVDs to help you prepare for the GED!

The libraries at the High Point and Greensboro campuses both received new sets of DVDs to help students prepare for the GED. These may be checked out by faculty or students with a valid student ID or library card.

Titles in the series include:

GED: Language Arts, Reading
GED: Language Arts, Writing
GED: Mathematics
GED: Calculator Essentials
GED: Science
GED: Social Studies

Some of these are multiple-DVD sets. Useful for classroom instruction or for individuals preparing to take the test. They show you the types of questions that will be asked on the exam, and discuss the major subject areas that will be covered.

Ask at the desk at your library for more information, or to check out these DVDs!

Basic Reading Series for Adult Basic Education Students in the Wendover LRC

We have a new set of books in the Wendover Campus LRC (Adult Education Center, Rm. 224, second floor) designed especially for adults learning to read. This is the Contemporary's Reading for Adults-Easy Reading for Adults Learning to Read series, call #428.6.

This series is designed for adults reading on a k-5 grade level, or for adults learning to read and speak English. The books are short, and usually contain no more than 1-3 lines of text per page. They deal with real life situations, and are designed to be easy to read while being appropriate for adults in content.

Here are some example titles from the series:

• Laid Off
• Jobs We See
• Job Hunting
• Group Therapy
• The Grocery Store
• A Good Parent
• The Good News and the Bad News
• Good Moves
• Getting Up on Time
• Earning Extra Money
• My First Real Job
• My Daily Schedule
• When I Have a Problem
• What Worries Me
• Third Shift
• The Temporary Service
• Stress
• Starting Over
• Where Does Our Money Go?
• Old Car

This is not an exhaustive list, but it should give you an overall idea of the content. These books are also available at the HP LRC.

I encourage you to utilize these resources. Sometimes it can be difficult to find material suitable for practice reading that is also appropriate in content for adults, i.e., material where the content is not aimed at children! Contemporary's Reading for Adults addresses both of these concerns. Please take advantage of these books.

Please contact me if you have any questions. I can be reached at 334-4822, x4225 or x4203, or email bkburkhead@gtcc.edu.

NC LIVE Home Page Changes. Black History Month

Changes to the NC LIVE home page
On Monday morning, February 6th, NC LIVE will roll out a new version of
the NC LIVE home page.

Based on usability testing students and patrons, and surveys conducted
with library staff from around the state, we are developing a host of
changes for the NC LIVE web site over the next several months.
The first of these is a move to make the home page more functional by
bringing popular features front and center.

* "Browse by Subject" and "Browse by Type" will appear in the left side
bar. Some of the current features, including the "Featured Resource"
will disappear.

* Below the EZ Search box will be the addition of "Need a specific
resource? Use our Alphabetic list." and "Need a specific title? Use our
journal and magazine search feature."

If you have any questions or comments feel free to let the Help Desk know.


Black History Month Resources through Encyclopedia Britannica

NC LIVE users have access to Encyclopedia Britannica's Guide to Black
History website.

This website was recently updated and presents a vast array of articles,
hundreds of images, and a wide assortment of audio clips, film clips,
and multimedia presentations. The timeline traces two millennia of black
history, and the browse features enable you to pinpoint the central
people, places, topics, and events covered in black history. Our image
and multimedia galleries provide snapshots of black culture throughout
the ages.

You can access the website by opening Britannica Online and scrolling to
the bottom of the homepage where there is a link to Britannica
Spotlights archive. The Guide to Black History is the third selection.