Your colleagues who work in the Library building at the back of the College near the lake, and at the branches at North Metro Tech and Haralson, want all of Georgia Highlands College to become better acquainted with us and the things we do for you and the College. Most of you know about us and avail yourselves of some of the library's services and facilities. We just want you to know about all of our services and all of the ways we can help. We also want to know about those things you want from us, and this forum provides for that. You are encouraged to respond to the articles you read here, and we will be discouraged if you don't (You don't want to deal with a bunch of discouraged library types; we get grumpy)! more

For five years the students of Georgia Highlands College have grown used to GALILEO. It is now customary to direct students to GALILEO when they begin any sort of research. Those of us in the Library are so used to teaching new students to take their first steps into computerized research that we could do it in our sleep, except for the fact that GALILEO keeps changing, growing, becoming more and making more better. What is on our laptops today looks nothing like what we saw when all of this was new. And new was only five years ago. more

The freedom of speech granted by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution is challenged on a regular basis. Printed materials, books, short stories, and poetry are frequently challenged by persons who feel it necessary to limit exposure to the words written on those pages. Titles such as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Color Purple, and the Bible are just a few examples of those books that have been banned or challenged over time. In an effort to remind us that we do have the freedom to read, the American Library Association and several other sponsors have an annual promotion called Banned Books Week. more

The FC Library and Tutorial Center are proud to announce a new community open to all Georgia Highlands College students, staff, and faculty: the Book Forum. This new discussion group grew out of the "Poetry in the Pop Culture" group from the Spring semester of last year. The poetry group proved to be so successful that we put our heads together to come up with something; hence, the Book Forum. We plan to cover all forms of literature, from fiction to nonfiction and poetry to drama, with something for everyone. more

This past summer we've been very fortunate to be able to acquire some new technology for our students and faculty to use. We've gotten a new multimedia computer with some fun add-ons and an electronic book device that offers portability of textual information. more

The Galileo home page is the starting point for your research on the web. GALILEO has a new look this year. From the Galileo home page you have access to the Galileo databases, Internet resources, Georgia library catalogs, electronic resources and information from the University System of Georgia. You will find new search screens in the Galileo web site that make information more current for you. more

Waco may be the smallest kid on the block, but we are definitely in the thick of things this fall! Here are the latest happenings from the Floyd-Haralson Site Library . . . In keeping with the latest computer system upgrades, we have updated the Voyager Circulation System to Version 2000.1, the old Banner System to the new GUI Interface, and Microsoft Office Suite '97 to MS Office 2000. more

Meet our student assistants for the fall semester. more

It's Official

The former North Metro Technical Institute is now officially North Metro Technical College. Watch for the announcement of the formal celebration that will be held later in October. more