Today, February 3rd, is Chinese New Year. We have now entered the Year of the Rabbit, which, according to Chinese astrologers, should be “quiet, positive and inspiring.” I really hope they’re right! I thought I’d take this occasion to highlight some of the contemporary Chinese authors in our fiction collection. I enjoy reading fiction from [...]
There are many news websites available online. We have posted previously what the library has to offer in the way of a great news resource. But what if you want to listen to the news? (You can indeed listen to articles read to you through our PressDisplay database BTW, but that is not what I [...]
My family is hosting a Japanese exchange student. We have been thinking of ways to help her learn English while she is here.
Not only do we have lots of Music CDs but we have several unique streaming audio databases. My favorite of these is Smithsonian Global Sound.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! We have, of course, lots of books about Irish history, cuisine, literature, travel, art, etc. I took a look and a lot of these books are checked out already (especially the cookbooks), by all those people who are organized and plan ahead for their St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. So for those [...]
OK, now this is cool (and I don’t think you even have to be a librarian to agree with me). The library subscribes to a service called PressDisplay, where you can access newspapers from around the world, from Albania to Zimbabwe.
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