Posted in Explore and Discover on March 21, 2024 at 6:00 am
What was the last book that you made a bad decision in order to read? I’m not asking about the book that made you put off cleaning out the refrigerator. Nearly any book could do that. I’m asking about the last book that made you spectacularly late for work or miss a whole night’s sleep... that magnitude of bad decision. I asked this question […]
Posted in Explore and Discover on December 13, 2023 at 6:00 am
Photo: Rogue Heart Media By Dana Mannino Whenever someone sends the library a thank you note, praises library staff in a comment card, or shares some verbal kudos, we enter that interaction into a database (it’s a very librarian thing to do) so that all staff can see it, making sure those who are being […]
Tags: adults, appointments, book a librarian, books by mail, community, connection, digital library, reading, stories, storytime, suggest, suggestions, technology
Posted in Explore and Discover on November 1, 2023 at 6:00 am
My favorite book illustrations are the ones that feel like paintings. Sometimes they captivate me because they tell a clear story in one glance. Sometimes I’m drawn in because of their mystery, and I squint harder, wanting to puzzle out the meaning. No matter how it happens, I treasure those moments when I am transported by a skillfully executed […]
Tags: artists, books, illustrations, illustrators, imagination, picture books, reading, stories
Posted in Explore and Discover on August 16, 2023 at 6:00 am
By Dana Mannino Tea is versatile—hot in the winter and cool and refreshing in the summer. The variety of available blends and flavors adds to its versatility. In any season, tea is the perfect accompaniment to a book. This summer, we collaborated with three local tea shops to bring you the series Iced Tea & […]
Posted in Explore and Discover on June 14, 2023 at 6:00 am
As we round the corner towards Father’s Day, I’d like to honor some of our loyal library dads. We see these fellows every week (sometimes more often!) investing in their children’s futures. I’m delighted to have interviewed them and to share their stories with you. Plus check out this booklist to read with kids! […]
Tags: books, children, dads, early learning, Father's Day, fathers, kids, literacy, reading, story time
Posted in Explore and Discover on March 29, 2023 at 6:00 am
By Dana Mannino Did you know that the library has books in languages other than English? Currently, our largest non-English collection is in Spanish. We are actively building a collection in Russian and looking ahead to grow our collection in Marshallese and Arabic as well. These are the most common non-English languages spoken in the […]
Tags: adults, bilingual, books, foreign language, kids, language learning, multilingual, parents, pronunciator, reading, Spanish, world languages
Posted in kids, Parents and Teachers on January 11, 2023 at 6:00 am
One of the best parts of working in a public library is interacting with children. Their wonder challenges adult cynicism. Their questions often make us think about the world in a new way. I asked my colleagues to share some of their favorite interactions children in the library. Here are some of those stories that we love. Kids can be tough custom […]
Tags: children, kids, parents, research, storytime, teachers
Posted in Explore and Discover, News on October 6, 2022 at 7:00 am
By Dana Mannino While the pandemic caused us to pause many of our most popular library services, this year has been a joy to start bringing them back. We are excited to announce that we have resumed Project Memory appointments! You can once again get help at the library with transferring your personal photos, home […]
Tags: archiving, digital, digitize, family history, history, home movies, Library of Things, media, photos, Project Memory
Posted in Explore and Discover on June 29, 2022 at 6:00 am
By Dana Mannino At least once a week, I have a variation on the following conversation. Library customer: Can you suggest a good book? Librarian: Sure! What do you like to read? Library customer: Anything, as long as it’s well written. We all want a good book. It’s universal. But often we don’t know how […]
Tags: adults, book butler, book recommendations, booklist, books, fiction, limiters, NoveList Plus, novels, reading, teens
Posted in Explore and Discover on April 28, 2022 at 4:45 am
... To find cool things like this, you need high-level searching skills! But you don’t need to be a librarian to memorize a list of the Valar (the demi-god like beings from Tolkien’s The Silmarillion). Here is a step-by-step guide to nerding out with some super research skills. […]
Tags: academic journals, adults, digital library, digital resources, fandom, Gale, Gale Academic OneFile, kids, nerd, proquest, research, scholarly journals, search, teens, tweens
