Category Archives: In The Field

What I Read Last Week:

PA LibErty Project Beings Testing (and here is the catalog that’s in beta. Pretty cool.) Nashville High Schoolers Train as Baristas to Prepare for The College Grind | NPR The Imitation Game: Applying For-Profit Strategies in the Nonprofit World | Public Libraries Online The Woman Who Took on Nike with Running Shorts | Outside BetaContinue reading “What I Read Last Week:”

Bones & Scones Gets Props

Partners in Crime: How Indie Authors and Libraries Can Work Together to Gain New Readers I’ve been working on a project with Library Journal and the SELF-e program and my baby, Bones & Scones, got a mention. I love doing this program because of the community voices and unique genre that is highlighted. Plus, scones!Continue reading “Bones & Scones Gets Props”

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:

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:”