Every summer the second floor librarians review the magazine collection at the library. We consider adding titles that folks have suggested, we look at Library Journal‘s annual list of best new magazines, and we also consider canceling titles that are expensive and/or not well used.
There are five of us blogging for The Second Floor Librarians. You may have seen us at the reference desk or around town, but if you don’t know who we are, here’s what we look like and something about us.
Well April rolled in yesterday, and that means Tax Day (April 18th this year) is quickly approaching. If you are a bit of a procrastinator (you know who you are) and haven’t started your taxes yet, this post is for you! Here is a recap what the library has (and doesn’t have) at tax time.
March is here which means spring break and time to plan summer trips. Did you know the 2011 guidebooks for the U.S. and countries around the world are now here and you can check them out?
The library will be closed on Monday January 17th in observance of the holiday honoring the late Civil Rights leader, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This year (the 25th anniversary of the holiday) a website has been setup by the Corporation for National and Community Service highlighting ways people can celebrate the life of [...]
With all of the technical difficulties during the past couple of weeks it has been a strong reminder to me that communication is a big part of our business. We want to be available in person at the library, but also we want to be where you are, and enable you to contact us in [...]
Did you do a transaction at the library or on our website on Wed. Dec. 29th? If so, the record of your transaction has been lost, due to our computer failure that happened on Thursday, December 30th. This means that if you placed a hold, checked out an item, returned an item, paid a fine, [...]
It looks like we are back up and running! The catalog is working and access to your account online is also available. Thanks to everyone for your patience!
Traveling this season? Our website now has a travel page to help you find travel resources at the library. You’ll find the page linked from our Research page at thebestlibrary.net/research.
So it’s Halloween on Sunday. I like Halloween, but I don’t like scary things. Horror books, movies? No thanks! Not for me. My favorite thing about Halloween is the smell of candle-warmed pumpkin – it brings back so many fun memories, but it sure isn’t spooky. So for that reason, I can’t recommend any particular [...]
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