The Second Floor Librarians

Ok, so I am a little late with posting our staff picks this month.  I blame February.  It is too short and always throws me off.   And don’t get me started about Leap Year…  Anyway, in case you did not know, we post Staff Picks on our website each month at
http://www.thebestlibrary.net/joomla/content/view/212/165/
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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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The eighth annual Tcha Tee Man Wi Storytelling Festival, with public performances February 18-21, promises another weekend of both traditional and unique entertainment and workshops for adults, and matinees for children. Most events workshops are in Corvallis, and free.

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You now have access to more streaming music!

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Interested in finding out what is new in the library?  Our Classic Catalog can help.  By using the New Items tab you can see what we have just added to the collection as well as titles that will hit the shelves soon.    You can even limit your search to a particular collection like DVDs, [...]

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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Ever find yourself looking for the next book in a series?  With some authors it is fairly easy.  With Sue Grafton for example, you can be fairly sure that B is for Burglary comes before C is for Corpse.   With other authors it can be fairly challenging, and sometimes even the date is not helpful [...]

We are happy to announce a new way to search our library’s collection.   Our current catalog is not going away but we now have an alternative way to search.

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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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With the help of a grant from the Oregon State Library Board Corvallis-Benton County Public Library will be able to make Ebooks available from our Library2Go website.  Around 5000 titles will be available initially in March 2010 with more titles to be added later.

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