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Blind Date with a Book 2016

We celebrated Valentine’s Day with our annual Blind Date with a Book display. I started the tradition last year and so far library users have adored it. I select some well-known and some off-the-beaten trail fiction, nonfiction, mystery, and biography books, warp them in brown paper + decorate, and write tags for them that withContinue reading “Blind Date with a Book 2016”

What I Read Last Week:

Ina Garten does it herself | Eater The long, strange history of ABC Family | The New Republic California becomes 2nd state to automatically register voters | NPR Pittsburgh evaluates its hundreds of staircases for first time | Keystone Crossroads California approves a sweeping digital privacy law | NPR ‘Uncensored: information antics’ at MLK libraryContinue reading “What I Read Last Week:”

What I Read Last Week:

Alaskans check bat detectors out at the library | Mental Floss Teens try hard to be rational, but emotions overrule | NPR Want to write a bestselling cookery book? Don’t worry about making it any good | The Guardian Reading the right book at the right (or wrong) time | Book Riot The semiotics ofContinue reading “What I Read Last Week:”

What I Read Last Week:

Mormon leader Joseph Smith’s 34 wives inspire Utah artist | New York Times It’s unconstitutional to an the homeless from sleeping outside, the federal government says | Washington Post How libraries became the front line of America’s homelessness crisis | Washington Post Fishing, cooking and a Yup’ik upbringing  made Alaska’s health commissioner  | NPR PennDOTContinue reading “What I Read Last Week:”

What I Read Last Week:

Making mountains out of trail markers | NPR (re: Things that I didn’t know had names) Librarian-hosted radio show earns recognition | Nanaimo News Bulletin Beat mental roadblocks on the run | Runner’s World Bridging the experience gap | Cecily Walker The hall of fame speech Junior Seau’s daughter couldn’t give | New York Times

What I Read Last Week:

Catching up with time | College & Research Libraries News Taking a second look at emergency procedure plans | College & Research Libraries News How the turtle got its shell | NPR ‘I hate heavy metal,’ says Mastodon frontman | The Guardian Coming this fall | The New Yorker The summer day | Library ofContinue reading “What I Read Last Week:”