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Happy Birthday to the Teddy Bear!

This month, our blog reporter Martha Taylor, spoke with Frank Granger from Presentation U.

1) When did you start working at CPCC? I was officially employed July 1, 1979. I try to “start working” each morning, but something always gets in the way and I end up having a good time.

2) What are your job responsibilities? Presentation U. is charged with assisting faculty and staff with presentation materials. This includes PowerPoint, printed materials, signs, gifts, and handouts.

3) What’s your favorite part of your job? Next to the people I work with and for, its the chance to learns new things and share them.

4) What’s something intersting about you that people may not know? If I told you, you would know! (True – but ask Frank about printing)

5) What’s your favorite book? The next one!

6) Do you have a favorite quote? If you have no enemies, you are apt to be in the same predicament in regards to friends. – Elbert Hubbard

Check out the BookMarks blog for updates on what went on.

It’s time to share your book reviews again! We’re set for Friday, November 4. Do you want more information? Try our BookMarks Blog.

Want to learn more about crime, criminals, and ‘crime busting?’ If you said “yes,” then stop by this display put together by the Levine Campus Library staff. Located in the Levine Library, this display has many titles available for check out.

Here are some pics of the origami display at the Cato Campus. Sharon Nance put the display together.

The origami was created by Yan Wang’s (our library cataloger) mother. Ruiyu Zhao came from China to visit her daughter’s family here in Charlotte. She loves the weather and people here. She enjoys doing origami with her two grandsons and planting flowers.

Check out the new leisure reading books we got this summer! The list is posted here.

Join the CPCC Libraries for a “Making Our Yards Beautiful” talk by Eddie Howell and Tom Bass on Friday, Oct. 14 at 12:30 p.m. in Room 404 of the Central Campus Library. You will be entertained by these lawn care experts as well as learn more about making your yard so beautiful that your neighbors will be jealous. Professional Developement Credit is available for CPCC employees. Sign up on Learner Web.

Sharon Nance put together a small, but timely and interesting display of the CPCC library collection of “banned books” to recognize the American Library Association’s Banned Books Week. During our Student Resources Day at Cato, we spotlighted these titles. Students were shocked to see some of their favorites in the group. The Harry Potter books, The Bridge to Terabithia, A Wrinkle in Time and I know Why the Caged Bird Sings were mentioned most.

ALA’s slogan this year is “Read Banned Books!” Yes, do.

Sonia Coffin, Elaine Kushmaul, Yolyndra Green, Linda Colbert, and Velma Jackson greeted students during the Central Campus Student Resources Day.

Over 400 students were contacted by the libraries from all of the Student Resources Day activities at each CPCC Campus.

And you thought library workers were quiet!