Category Archives: Disappearing print

New Pew Report: Families Use Libraries

Posted on May 1, 2013 by

Children’s librarians will find the new Pew Report Parents, Children, Libraries, and Reading very reassuring. As we have long suspected, the children’s department brings families into the library, and while they’re there, the adults use the libraries for themselves as … Continue reading →

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New Kinds of Learning at the Library

Posted on March 1, 2013 by

Lately, like many people working in public libraries, I’ve been thinking about makerspaces–creating room in your library where people can make things, build things, DO things. I went to a great program on the topic that talked about using 3-D … Continue reading →

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Big Kids, Battles, and Vets @ my library

Posted on November 8, 2012 by

At my library, I get to do storytime with the big kids. “Big kids” in that sentence means four and up, and that might not sound that big to you, but that is because you are a grown-up. When you … Continue reading →

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Vacation reading

Posted on July 17, 2012 by

One of the ways you can tell for sure that I’m a librarian is that when I go on vacation, one of the high points of the trip for me is unpacking my bag (or two) of books. This year, … Continue reading →

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