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SBPL Coffee Break (Episode 3)

Summer Reading Program 2018 – https://www.santabarbaraca.gov/gov/depts/lib/events/summerreading.asp makeSB – https://www.santabarbaraca.gov/gov/depts/lib/getinvolved/sbplsystem/details.asp?NewsID=1466&TargetID=31 Dead Wake – http://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=800518 Boys in the Boat – http://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=800759 Boys in the Boat (Young Reader’s Edition) – http://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=806889 Toms River – http://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=680578 Soft Sounds From Another Planet – https://michellezauner.bandcamp.com/album/soft-sounds-from-another-planet Santa Barbara Spot Prawns – http://www.latimes.com/style/la-fo-prawn04-2008jun04-story.html Barnes & Barnes – Fish Heads (NOT Tiny Tim! MyContinue reading “SBPL Coffee Break (Episode 3)”

SBPL Coffee Break (Episode 2)

(Apologies for the audio quality) Mentioned In This Episode: Poetry at the Library: http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=6549&backTo=Calendar&startDate=2018/05/06 Trail Talk: http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=13106&backTo=Calendar&startDate=2018/05/17 Black Panther: http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=11939&backTo=Calendar&startDate=2018/05/17 Italy Travel: https://www.hoopladigital.com/search?page=1&q=italy+travel&scope=Everything Ecco Guide to Italian WIne: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11918229 My Italian Bulldozer: https://blackgold.overdrive.com/media/2989427 Basque Restaurants Bakersfield: https://www.visitbakersfield.com/visitors/restaurants/bakersfield-basque/ Last Gentleman & Second Coming (Hoopla): https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11560220 Second Coming: http://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=258493 Lucy Knisley: http://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&type=Keyword&term=knisley,%20lucy&by=AU&sort=MP&limit=TOM=bks&query=&page=0&searchid=10 French Milk: http://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=969122 You CanContinue reading “SBPL Coffee Break (Episode 2)”

What I Read Last Week – 4/4/18

Filipino Food Finds a Place in the American Mainstream | New York Times The Myth of Authenticity is Killing Tex-Mex | Eater Investigation Sheds Light on 1966 Disappearance of Louise Pietrewicz| The Suffolk Times The Killer Nanny Novel That Conquered France | The New Yorker How Washington-Area Activists Fought Segregation at Local Libraries | WAMUContinue reading “What I Read Last Week – 4/4/18”

April 2018 Goals

Made by Emmastudies.com Revisiting January 2018… Read 3 books – nope Complete my Library Journal/BL reviews queue – ugh 50/50 Assemble the bookcase – Done! Which was a nightmare and involved damaged parts and return/refund policies Confirm new insurance with my practitioners – Done! Sign-up for a YMCA membership and start going – Done! AndContinue reading “April 2018 Goals”

2018 Goals and January Goals

We have a bit of catching up today. I have so many words to share with you. My employer was closed from December 23 – January 1 for a combination building maintance/holiday break, so I traveled home to New Jersey for the first extended time since I moved to California (nearly!) a year ago. ThatContinue reading “2018 Goals and January Goals”

My New Employer Requested a Few Introductory Sentences to Distribute to the Staff – So this is what I wrote:

“Hello! I was born and raised in the New Jersey and am now trading in the Atlantic Ocean for the Pacific. I have worked in a variety of libraries for the last 10 years in a variety of capacities across Pennsylvania and New Jersey – one of which made a cameo in a movie. IContinue reading “My New Employer Requested a Few Introductory Sentences to Distribute to the Staff – So this is what I wrote:”

TBT – Banned Books Week

One of my least successful displays (from a circulation perspective). Readers were less inclined to check-out the books, but their interest was piqued (and surprised in some cases) as they turned this display into a bit of a game (the title were written on the back).

TBT – To Walk Or Not To Walk

This is an old post I found in my drafts – a blast from the past. Spoiler alert: I walked in my graduate commencement and I am happy that I did. Lately, I have been going back and forth about walking at my graduate school’s commencement. Since I graduated in December (or January 2014 saysContinue reading “TBT – To Walk Or Not To Walk”