The Second Floor Librarians

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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 [...]

Booklist Magazine just came out with its list of the top 10 craft and gardening books of 2010 , and I wanted to share it with you.

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 [...]

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.