A Whole New Mind!

Welcome and Purpose

Welcome to the iRead blog. iRead is a program that was started by Cumberland University's Vise Library in Fall 2008. Our current book selection is A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink. We would like to give special thanks to Lucinda Scanlon to creating the banner at the top of the page and granting us permission to use it. It's not too late to sign up to be a part of this iRead session! Even if you can't attend meetings, you are still welcome to participate virtually. If you are interested in joining the group and receiving a free copy of the book, please email Eloise Hitchcock (ehitchcock@cumberland.edu). If you would like to leave a comment on any of the postings, just click on the link at the bottom of the posting to the left of the envelope. Enjoy!

Monday, September 15, 2008

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Vise Library iREAD Program

The new iRead program intiated by the Vise Library is designed to affirm the importance of reading and to create a common reading experience for the Cumberland community. We hope to encourage interaction among students and faculty and to promote critical thinking by facilitating reading and discussion of important books.

Our first selection is A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink. The premise of this best-selling book is that, "The future belongs to a different kind of person with a different kind of mind : artists, inventors, storytellers ... creative and holistic "right-brain" thinkers whose abilities mark the fault line between who gets ahead and who doesn't.

Drawing on research from around the world, Pink outlines the six fundamentally human abilities that are absolute essentials for professional success and personal fulfillment - and reveals how to master them.

A Whole New Mind takes readers to a daring new place, and a provocative and necessary new way of thinking about a future that's already here."