What I Read Last Week:

Monica Lewinsky: The price of shame | Ted Talks Public library explores around-the-clock service | SF Gate Census Bureau tests new online survey in small towns ahead of 2020 | NPR The administration’s new fracking rule has a few catches | Center for Effective Government Candy Girl : “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” review | The New YorkerContinue reading “What I Read Last Week:”

What I Read Last Week:

The gentle cesarean: more like a birth than an operation | NPR Marjane Satrapi: the Persepolis director escapes her comfort zone | The Guardian For young people in rural areas, suicide poses a growing threat | NPR The transformation: fear of heights meets rock climbing | Outside Ask Andrew W.K.: Feeling motivation in the faceContinue reading “What I Read Last Week:”

What I Read Last Week:

Improve your life with microadventures | Outside Why digital natives prefer reading in print | Washington Post Berkley or Berkeley? Library scores misspelled buttons | Detroit Free Press High court case threatens independent electoral map drawers | AP ‘Library Larry’ receives special dedication | Denton Record Chronicle Administration tells students not to look fraternity grizzlyContinue reading “What I Read Last Week:”

What I Read Last Week:

via A fresh look at Appalachia : 50 years after the war on poverty ‘Can you dig it?’ The Warriors, 35 years later | Esquire You’ve got Nora: A Valentine’s Day tribute to Nora Ephron | Vanity Fair Leaving only footsteps? Think again | New York Times State of emergency declared in West Virginia after trainContinue reading “What I Read Last Week:”

Shelf Wizard

My library recently purchased a number of these Shelf Wiz labels for throughout the adult reading stacks. They are findability tool and one part reader advisory resource. So far we have received a lot of positive feedback from patrons. Much thanks for my friend, Kaytlyn, who is an avid library user and pointed out thatContinue reading “Shelf Wizard”

What I Read Last Week:

via Shelf Check What I Read Last Week: When it comes to jogging, less is more, study | New York Times Why we drink hot chocolate in the winter | The Guardian Maternity leave policies in America hurt working moms | New Republic Guilty, then proven innocent | The Atlantic Diary of the left sharkContinue reading “What I Read Last Week:”

What I Read Last Week:

Inside a coal ash community that can’t use its tap water Coffee horror: parody pokes at environmental absurdity of k-cups | NPR Abortion isn’t about the right to privacy. It’s about women’s right to equality | Guardian ‘Parks and Recreation’ takes on online privacy. And it hits close to home | Washington Post Sign-language interpreterContinue reading “What I Read Last Week:”