Library Book Festival - Day Four

"The Deck Chef" 

April 14, 2011

Author Kent Whitaker, "The Deck Chef", signs a copy of

his cookbook for Library Director Lydia Knight. 

 

Kent has written several cookbooks including the Georgia Hometown Cookbook, Smoke in the Mountains Cookbook, and has a new book coming out in June,  

The Meals of War: Feeding the Greats to 

Grunts in World War II. 

Library Book Festival - Day Three

Bark, Boulders, Books, Bytes: 

Methods of Exchanging Information 

Throughout History 

April 13,  2011

Cliff Landis, Web Services Librarian at Georgia State, spoke to students and also gave a book binding workshop.  Students wrote essays for the opportunity to attend the workshop with Cliff.

Lydia Knight, Library Director with Cliff Landis

Library Book Festival - Day Two

"Neuva Frontera" 

April 12, 2011

 

Many DSC students attended the presentation

Faculty authors Roschelle Bautista, Ken Ellinger, David Boyle

and Monte Salyer discuss their book,  

Nueva Fronter: Latino Immigration in Dalton, Georgia

Library Art Contest Winners

During the 2nd annual Dalton State Book Festival, Roberts Library sponsored an art contest for all DSC students.  To enter the contest, students were to submit an original piece of art depicting a literary work, character(s) from a literary work, or the Festival theme, Home Grown Authors.  Winners were announced April 14th and received gift certificates from the DSC book store. 

 

Art work on display in the Roberts Library 

Cynthia Allgood won first place with her entry "Red Riding Hood"

Jennifer Drye won second place for her mixed media "One Fish Two Fish"

Sherif Mohamed won third place for his painting "Poe's Raven"

Library Book Festival - Day One

"Women and Fiction"  

Monday, April 11, 2011

Authors Lisa Patton (left) and Susan Gregg Gilmore (right) with 
Library Director, Lydia Knight 

Lisa Patton and Susan Gregg Gilmore discuss 

their books, Whistlin' Dixie in a Nor'easter and 

The Improper Life of Bezelia Grove.

 

Holiday Closing

The Roberts Library will be closed on Sunday, April 24th. 

Library Workshop

Video Editing

Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Location: Wireless Classroom

Time: 10:50-11:20 am

A 30-minute workshop demonstrating the video editing 
features available in MovieMaker and YouTube.  
Get great tips for combining videos, and adding 

text and music clips to a video. 

To register for the workshop, contact David Brown 
email: dobrown@daltonstate.edu
phone: 706.272.4459

"The Deck Chef"

Date: Thursday, April 14, 2011
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Goodroe Auditorium

Join us as Kent Whitaker, author of The Meals of War: Feeding the Great to the Grunts During WWII; Smoke in the Mountains Cookbook: The Art of Appalachian Barbeque; and Georgia Hometown Cookbook shares humorous stories, recipes and more. Following the program, there will be a reception and book signing.

"Bark, Boulders, Books, Bytes: Multicultural Methods of Exchanging Information Throughout History"

Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: Goodroe Auditorium


Though humanity's history, we have sought innovative and effective methods to convey information.  From ancient stone receipts and ogham border stones to modern comic books and the fast growing e-book market, you will see the diverse and beautiful ways in which we have communicated with each other.  Join us for this fast-paced pictorial journey through some of the more interesting, unusual and innovative books collected from our past, and discover where the book is evolving in the future. 

Cliff Landis, Web Services Librarian at Georgia State University, owner of Cliff Landis Creative Arts, a bookbinding and consulting business and a self-professed "book geek".

"Nueva Frontera"

Dalton State Faculty Panel Discussion
Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Time: 1:00 pm 
Location: Goodroe Auditorium

Panelists will include Monte Salyer, Tom Deaton,
Roschelle Bautista, and David Boyle, contributors
to the book Voices from the Nueva Frontera:
Latino Immigration in Dalton Georgia. 
The panel discussion will be followed
by a reception and book signing.