I just love how romantic and upbeat this song is — exactly what one needs at the close. listening :: ^this song on repeat (which happens to be the theme song for the rip-roaringly interesting Beautiful/Anonymous), back episodes of My Brother, My Brother and Me. You know, just some real high-brow stuff; watching :: OlympicsContinue reading “Currently”
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We got to support each other
I love going to the consortium committee meetings that I go to because afterwards my friend-colleague who works at another member library and I spend 15 minutes in the parking lot aggressively validating and supporting each other
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:”
Currently
listening :: I’ll Have Another and King Falls AM; eating :: chicken pad see ew (welcome, IDW); watching :: the Olympic trials; reading :: a stack of People back issues and Endangered Species; wanting :: my wireless DVD/streaming player to actually work and just a little more rain; writing :: more words and back-blog posts;Continue reading “Currently”
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”
“Stop trying to make Jubliee happen, show.”
listening :: to the podcasts On Being (so many back episodes) and I’ll Have Another; watching :: the above video. So funny. So true; reading :: just finished Paper Girls v.1, #FirstEditionFriday, and starting Lumberjanes v.3 and The Last Boy and Girl in the World; wanting :: 6:00PM, disco fries, and to reinvent Teen ServicesContinue reading ““Stop trying to make Jubliee happen, show.””
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:
Saving the scream queens | The Atlantic Planning an academic conference | CRLN (note: Zara is awesome) The public library in the internet age | Michigan Radio Left for dead: How America fails the missing and unidentified | Reveal
Patience
My library has been closed for the last 8 days for an asbestos abatement project. I spent 6 of the last 8 days being a counselor coordinator for 40 teen-aged counselors. While my co-workers prepped for 7-10 days of working-from-home projects, I grabbed a few files and then packed my bags for a week away.Continue reading “Patience”
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:”
Cassidy B. Charles 