The Second Floor Librarians

You might think it would be easy to decide to move to the sunny Central Coast of California from the drizzly Pacific Northwest, but recently, faced with an opportunity to move, I was finding it hard to make a decision. Not long ago I started reading Daniel Kahneman’s  Thinking, Fast and Slow where he describes two [...]

The recent Petraeus scandal has led many to wonder about the state of privacy on the Internet.  Google recently released new numbers in its Transparency Report and found that government surveillance of information on the internet rose significantly between January and June 2012, with the United States being the country that requested individual user data [...]

Over the past few months, I have been on an elimination diet as recommended by a nutritionist.  Basically, I cannot eat any of the major allergens (e.g. peanuts, soy, dairy, gluten), or, put another way, everything delicious.  I dreaded taking on this diet and was convinced that there is no way I would eat anything [...]

October is Queer/LGBT History month, celebrating the achievements of 31 lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender icons. The OSU Pride Center has a whole month of events planned and the library has plenty of books and graphic novels to check out!

In my previous post about Banned Books Week, I provided many links to resources about banned and challenged books, and I mentioned stopping by to see our display in the library.

In the coming weeks my partner and I hope to finally close on our first new home! During the process we relied heavily on library resources to guide us through real estate and mortgage terminology, potential pitfalls, and checklists for picking the perfect home.

The world of libraries and information is rapidly changing and, in order to stay on top of new trends, there’s nothing better than attending a conference!  There are many professional conferences a librarian can attend to learn about new, innovative ideas, talk with librarians in other regions about their services and best practices, and discover [...]

It’s that time of the year when the vegetables in my garden are at their peak.  If I’m not careful those sneaky zucchini will hide under their large leaves and surprise me by turning into log-size vegetables.

Get ready to read in September.   The Random Review series starts up again this month, we have a great pick for the adult book club, and the Friends of the Library are holding their fall paperback sale.

There are still 2 more weeks left in Summer Reading for Grown-ups and that means 2 more prize drawings (we will accept entry forms up until Labor Day).  We’ve been giving out gelato coupons at Francesco’s and gift certificates for the Corvallis/Albany Farmers’ Markets and we have some extras, so these last 2 prizes will [...]