You may have noticed the red bar that runs across our homepage. There is a ton of amazing information that hides just below the surface of the red bar. And not in a creepy way, but in an amazing, “wow I didn’t know that was there!” way. A lot of people use the red bar [...]
This week is Banned Books Week, a week to raise awareness about the importance of the freedom to read. Our blog post for BBW last year was quite popular, probably due to its attention-grabbing (and true!) headline: “42% of the top 100 novels of the 20th Century have been banned or challenged.”
Did you know that 60,071 items were checked out in July? 1,225 audio books were checked out in June, and 359 e-books downloaded. These statistics are useful in showing how well-used the library is, to find out which materials are the most popular, and to track which days and months of the year are busiest. [...]
There are a couple of things I tell people about at the library that always get a good reaction. Everyone knows we have books. Most know we have DVDs, magazines, and books on CD. But here are the top ten things I tell people about the library that make them go “Wow, that’s great! I [...]
Tomorrow is the 4th of July, and to celebrate, here are some quotes about one of the things that makes America great – her public libraries.
I always stop to smell the roses, or any other flowers that are in reach of my nose when I’m out for a walk. I feel like I only have one lifetime’s worth of smelling flowers, and I want to make it count!
Tuesday is usually my day to blog – it’s on my calendar. Today I’m having trouble coming up with a great topic to blog about. My mind flits around like a bee in a garden, from idea to idea. Maybe it’s the sunshine, or the colorful geraniums our supervisor brought in for us second floor [...]
A while back, we had a nice exchange with one of our Twitter friends, John Bergquist (@johnflurry). He posted a link to a Huffington Post article with pictures of amazing libraries around the world. Readers have been voting on their favorites, and at the moment, the top library is the Long Room in the Trinity [...]
The second floor librarians just noticed that today is exactly one year since we first posted on our blog. And this is the 151st post. How cool is that?!
Why does the library have only one copy of (insert super-popular book title here)?!? This is a very common question/complaint we get from you, our library users.
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