Book Discussion - Manhunt

MANHUNT Book Discussion will start on FEBRUARY 10. Manhunt, the 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer is a New York Times best seller. A three-session discussion will be held Tuesdays, Feb. 10-24, 12:15-1:00 PM in the Mansbach Library, College Drive Campus. The discussion is open to ACTC students, faculty, staff and adult area residents. Preregistration through the Library is required, and books are available. The program is supported by a grant from the Kentucky Humanities Council, Inc. through funds from the Kentucky Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission (kylincoln.org). For information, contact Professor Matthew Onion at 606-326-2113 or email matthew.onion@kctcs.edu.

Spring Semester 2007 Book Discussions

ACTC Library will again be offering book discussions to a select number of technical program classes at the Roberts and Technology Drive campuses. The librarians can accommodate up to four discussions this semester. Culinary Arts has already requested a book discussion for 2007, its third year of participation.

The discussion program is simple --- 1) Instructors review an annotated list of library-suggested titles, which can be either non-fiction or fiction, as long as the book is available in paperback and relates in some way to the course of study; instructors select the book with assistance from the librarian; 2) ACTC Library purchases the books and delivers them to each instructor for distribution to his/her students; 3) Students have at least one month to read the book in or out of class, or whichever reading time period the instructor prefers; 4) Each book discussion group convenes, one time, for a discussion session in late February or during the month of March; the session includes a discussion facilitator, as well as an invited resource person, or "scholar" in the particular program field; 5) Each book discussion lasts from 75 to 90 minutes and participants may keep their books.

Technical programs faculty members ... If you are interested in scheduling a book discussion for your students, please contact either Matt Onion (ext. 6-2113) or Pam Klinepeter (ext. 6-2254) for more information.