Staff Picks: Charles C. Mann’s 1493
I selected Charles C. Mann‘s (Twitter linked because no website is available) 1493: Uncovering the World New World Columbus Created as an audiobook commuting read. A patron recommended the book to … Read More
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Staff Picks: Stepping into the Romance Genre
Content warning: this post mentions sex, sexual assault, and suicide. I read my first soft-core romance novel at nine years old. It was called The Undomestic Goddess and was written … Read More
“Wrens are soft as yarn” – 3D Image Tutorial
For this summer’s Summer Tales Creative Contest I submitted a 3D rendering of a “knitted” wren in a nest inspired by Li-Young Lee’s “Persimmons,” one of the poems selected for … Read More
Creative Contest: Book Talk on “Diem Perdidi” by Julie Otsuka
The short story “Diem Perdidi” by Julie Otsuka is about a woman with dementia. The story is written in the second person as the woman’s daughter narrates her mother’s memory … Read More
Summer Tales Summary by Alissa
Hello, my name is Alissa Renales. My pronouns are they/them theirs. I am a Graduate Student in the School of Communications and Information and I will be graduating in December. … Read More
Harmony: What I learned from Summer Tales
The library is more than a house of information; it’s a community center. At libraries, we promote community work, learn new skills, and are given a space to simply hang … Read More
Reading for Recovery: Addiction and Literary Reflection
The below was first written for a project funded by the American Library Association, for a pilot project using reading as a way to address issues of addiction. For more … Read More
What is Bibliotherapy?
Bibliotherapy, or guided reading, is defined as using books from a list created under the guidance of a subject expert in order to address a therapeutic need. It has been … Read More
Books We Cite: Bunky’s Birthday
I hardly remember birthdays. But come August 15, I can’t help asking “Who remembers Jellinek?” In an editorial for the Jellinek Special Anniversary issue of the CAS Information Services Newsletter, we … Read More
Summer Reading: Book Sculptures
Tired of reading books? Tired of listening to books? Tired of talking about books? Here’s another creative activity related to books: book sculptures. Full disclosure: we never get tired of … Read More