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
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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
Finding Humor for Emotional Strength
In Diem Perdidi by Julie Otsuka, the narrator recounts her experiences dealing with her mother’s Alzheimer’s progression. Alzheimer’s is an unforgiving, unpredictable disease. Periods of lucidity are contrasted with periods … Read More
SEBS Little Free Library survived!
July 22, 2021, Rutgers Cook Campus (Facebook, Twitter): “Photo taken today in Foran Hall with an overflowing Little Free Library: the SEBS book exchange program has officially survived!” The SEBS Little … Read More
An Evening with Natalie Díaz
Natalie Díaz is Mojave and an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Tribe. She is also the Maxine and Jonathan Marshall Chair in Modern and Contemporary Poetry at Arizona … Read More
Translating Stories to Make Sense
If this story doesn’t speak to you, you are lucky. If this story doesn’t speak to you yet, it will. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, more than 6 million Americans … Read More