The Book Designer

Are you writing your first novel and need tips on how to get published?  I just came across this great blog called The Book Designer with tons of tips to get self published.

NaNoWriMo 2011

NaNoWriMo is about at the midway point and the library is having a party write-a-thon tonight at 7pm.  Computers will be reserved for patrons to stop by and add to their novels. Coffee, drinks,cookies and chips will be provided for all.

Please add the Final party to your calendar.  It is scheduled for November 30 at 7pm.There is still time to join the group of writers.
Visit the NaNoWriMo website to sign up or check out all of the fun stuff!

FKCC Library Now Open Late!

posted by Eric Dillalogue, Asst. Director

Starting September 28th, the FKCC Library will be open from 10 am to 10 pm on Wednesdays.

Mr. Noded. Open Late. 2006. Digital image.
Flickr. Web. 21 September 2011.

We hope our "night owl" patrons will find the later hours convenient for doing homework, performing research, or just having a space to study.  We're working on a few events as well, which we'll announce once the plans are definite.

The later hours are on a trial basis for now and the usage will be evaluated after a few weeks.  Make sure you let us know that the later hours are important to you by coming in - numbers are important!

Our hours will remain the same for all other days.  Here they are for reference:

Monday - 8:30am to 9:00pm
Tuesday - 8:30am to 8:30pm
Wednesday - 10:00am to 10:00pm
Thursday - 8:30am to 8:30pm
Friday - 8:30am to 4:00pm
Saturday - 8:30am to 4:00pm
Sunday - closed

Wondering what to read next?

Stop by the FKCC New York Times Best Seller Display and pick up one of the titles below.  Click on the title to read a review posted on Amazon.com. If you would like to reserve the book go to our library's online catalog, OPAC and enter your library card number and your PIN (the last 4-digits of your ss#) and the book will be held for you to pick up at our Key West campus or we can ship it to the Marathon or Coral Shores campus.  


Go ahead, don't be shy and add your review as a comment.

• Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
• In the Garden of Beasts, by Erik Larson
• Bossypants, by Tina Fey
• The Greater Journey, by David McCullough
• Seal Team Six, by Howard E. Wasdin and Stephen Templin
• Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me, by Chelsea Handler, Glen Handler, Bory Handler and others
• Through My Eyes, by Tim Tebow with Nathan Whitaker
• Reckless Endanderment by Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner
• Those Guys Have All the Fun, by James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales
• Sex On The Moon, by Ben Mezrich
• Does The Noise In My Head Bother You?, by Steven Tyler
• Now You See Her, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
• Smokin' Seventeen, by Jane Evanovich
• Split Second, by Catherine Coulter
• The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest, by Stieg Larsson
• The Bourne Dominion, by Eric Van Lustbader
• Against All Enemies, by Tom Clancy with Peter Telep

Google a Day

What resource do you turn to when you have a question?  For many people (including librarians) the answer is: Google.  The Internet has given us all the ability to enter a few keywords, press search, and instantly have several web pages available with potential answers.  Google recently came out with a new tool to help everyone hone their search skills: Google a Day.

The premise is simple: a question is posed (e.g. "An 11-foot bird lives less than two miles from 30.891383, -102.885032. What’s his name?"), you perform a search that you think will work, then submit your answer.  Google will then reveal the answer and their search strategy.  This allows you to learn the many ways of searching the Internet for answers, perhaps even new methods.  Google has even set-up a pre-question version of the Internet, Deja Google, to prevent current discussion of the question from appearing in the results.

You can see today's Google a Day question on the right-hand side.  Below is also the question for the day: