Category Archives: In The Field

What I Read Last Week:

English, loanword champion of the world! | Boston Globe Your tax dollars are hard work…editing the ‘Horse head mask’ page on Wikipedia | The Washington Post Even cleaning a giant whale sculpture is epic | The Atlantic  Should you finish every book you start? | The Guardian Meander (Art) | Wikipedia

What I Read Last Week:

Gnarly in Pink via The New York Times Why Finnish babies sleep in cardboard boxes | BBC News Bees to get help from White House | Discovery News 1999: Teen Movies’ Golden Year | Flavorwire Think before you clap: You could be beat deaf | NPR Hamilton Leithauser talks the occupational hazards of being aContinue reading “What I Read Last Week:”

FIFA Fever

With the World Cup going on and there being grass on the table from the last display, I thought that FIFA Fever and World Cup Dreams was an appropriate selection for this cycle’s display. I was also interested in expressing the fact that one of our maintenance crew members (who is an incredibly dedicated andContinue reading “FIFA Fever”

Comic Culture

Full Disclosure: I had very little to do with setting-up this display. The Assistant Director was looking for display case ideas for June and my co-worker suggested comics and graphic novels from the library’s collection.  Comic books and graphic novels at our library are shelved depending on what department they are purchased from. Adult graphicContinue reading “Comic Culture”

What I Read Last Week:

  Haymaking via Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm Musings on Outreach as Instruction | ACRLog When a Race for Women was ‘Crazy’ | Wall Street Journal TWO Youth Services Things That I Have Been Thinking About (2014 Edition) | Justin the Librarian (re: this is what I am talking about when I say SERVING THEContinue reading “What I Read Last Week:”

What I Read Last Week:

From Genes to Fangs: Snake Venom Recipes Remain Mysterious | NPR From ePortfolio to Open Badges : On the Individuation of Technical Objects | Learning Features Shake Shack Tenth Birthday | Bon Appetit Automatic Renewals at the Columbus Metropolitan Library | Public Libraries Online Thank God for Vaccines | Christianity Today Serving Vets & Military FamiliesContinue reading “What I Read Last Week:”

What I Read Last Week:

In College Lacrosse, Two Brothers Flirt With Making History | NPR Orange is the new academia | College & Research Libraries News The Most Expensive College in Each State (Map) | Mental_Floss How Chocolate Might Save the Planet | NPR Steeped in Darjeeling | National Geographic Foodtown: A visit to vibrant Montclair | Edible JerseyContinue reading “What I Read Last Week:”

What I Read Last Week:

After Months Of Homelessness, A Teen Leaves The Woods Behind | NPR At Pa. School, Teens Build Empathy By Confiding In A Crowd | NPR Amazon’s Tactics Confirm Its Critics’ Worst Suspicions | New York Times Five Poems by Gale Marie Thompson | Route Nine Meet-Cute (Wikipedia entry) Heavy-metal music is a surprising indicator ofContinue reading “What I Read Last Week:”

Warmer (and weirder) New Jersey

The latest display in Media is “Warmer (and Weirder) days are ahead, NJ” –  our attempt at keeping up with the warm weather-adventurous feeling that everyone seems to have, but with a spin – Weird NJ – to keep up intrigue rather than a table of how-to garden DVDs . My co-worker and I gatheredContinue reading “Warmer (and weirder) New Jersey”