The Second Floor Librarians

What made America?  What makes us?  These were questions explored by a fantastic program that aired on PBS last night.  If you missed it you can view it for free at their website.

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American novelist and short story writer J D Salinger, author of The Catcher In The Rye, died of natural causes at his home on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010.   He was 91.
Click here for more biographical information including encyclopedia and news  articles from Biography Resource Center

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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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Feeling too swamped to read a book these days or just looking for a way to be introduced to new books and authors?  Join our Online Book Clubs.

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I’m not a New Year’s resolutions sort of person. Why bother making them if I know I’m not going to keep them anyway? But I have been thinking about my reading habits the last little while, and I think I’m going to make some reading resolutions.

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On such a winter’s day, I’m not wishing to be in California. No way. Instead, I’m dreaming about being in my own warm & airy garden, among the green leaves and bright flowers, which is deeply textured by the light and shadow of my sunny day.
Sure, it’s the cold, deep-night of winter, but every morning [...]

If you could pick one book that you really enjoyed this year, what would it be? Here’s a list of some of our favorites published in 2009. It’s a bit of a random assortment, but it’s all good, just like the second floor librarians.

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Through the magic of pivot tables in Excel we are able to bring you a list of the top circulating books at the Corvallis-Benton County Public library for the last six months.

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As we head toward the end of the year, all the “Best of 2009″ lists start coming out. You’ll find all sorts of best books of the year lists online, but here’s something uniquely Corvallis – a list of the memoirs and biographies you thought were best this year. I generated this list by running [...]

We have just selected the next round of titles for our library book club.
The next meeting will be on January 20, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. in the Library Boardroom at the Main Library in Corvallis.
Our selection is My Life in France by Julia Child

The Corvallis-Benton County Public Library Book Club is open to everyone!  We [...]