The Second Floor Librarians

Are you curious about meditation?  One of my co-workers is taking a meditation class, and since it is something I’ve always wanted to try,  I decided to take a look at what the library has on the subject.

I just celebrated my 10th anniversary at the library, and I am just amazed at how quickly the time has flown. Not too long after I started here we launched the CBCPL Book Club and it has been fun to look back on all the books we have read. And now you can do just [...]

Thanks to the OSU librarians for sharing some of their favorite books with us:

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!

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 [...]

Awwk, I did it again! Like lots of you, I want to read Jonathan Franzen’s new novel Freedom, so I put it on hold.  The problem is, my hold just arrived, I have two weeks to read it before it has to be returned, and I’m in the middle of another book that I don’t [...]

I love Fall. I love the light, the colors of the leaves  and the cooler weather. And perhaps more than that, or at least as much I love the Fall books. Here is a brief list of what I expect to be the big hits this Fall. 

This is a follow-up post to an earlier one I wrote a few weeks ago. Some of our readers suggested a post explaining how to limit the search to a certain format, so that they can see what’s available as a Playaway, for example. Hopefully after reading this post, you’ll be able to limit your [...]

A common complaint that we get at the desk on the second floor is about our catalog. People often say they aren’t able to find what they’re looking for. Library catalogs are designed to, amongst other things, support fairly complicated searches by library staff. This can mean that the average user gets stymied. So until [...]