Thoroughly enjoying this ad for CT Humanities that is on the back of the Winter 2012 issue of Connecticut Explored.
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When we moved into our new building in 2009, we decided to migrate our community bulletin board to its own dedicated place on our website and supplement it with digital panels in our Main Street area.
Unfortunately, our community never really took to it. Turns out, our patrons want a good old fashioned cork board where they can peruse goings on about town.
When I formed our Senior Advisory Board this past winter, a community bulletin board was one of the very first things they asked about. Admittedly, I hemmed and hawed a bit just because these things are a lot of work to maintain and I was afraid it would put a lot of strain on our front line staff. But my seniors persisted. They did not let me forget. And eventually my light bulb moment came.
This is not my library. This is their library. If they want something, then by golly they shall have it! So here is our Community Bulletin Board! I am going to have a miniature ribbon-cutting ceremony for it at our next SAB meeting on June 5.
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We are in a staff training learning about Zinio, a new service that lets you borrow digital magazines from the Library. Very exciting!
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Meet Seattle’s New Library on a Bike
Each place they go, they’ll tailor their shelves to suit the needs of the community: think kids’ books for pop-up story time in parks, or gay erotica for the Pride Parade, as well as an array of new and best sellers. Librarians will also be on hand to make book suggestions and sign people up for library cards—basically, they’ll provide all the services of a brick-and-mortar library, short of accepting book returns.
Not to be outdone, watch for our own Library on a Bike program coming this summer. Except we’ll be on MOTORCYCLES.
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Why NASA is funding a 3D pizza printer
You could argue that the different eras of human history have been defined by a few key innovations. Advancements in agriculture some 10,000 years ago allowed our nomadic ancestors to finally stay put in one place. Alexander Graham Bell and his rivals changed telecommunications forever in the 19th century with the advent of the phone. The Internet’s rise in the ’90s sparked an era of boundless information, and the smartphone in 2007 put that information in the palm of our hands.
All of which is sure be to eclipsed by what could be mankind’s greatest achievement to date. Behold: The 3D pizza printer.
BRB putting this in my budget proposal for next fiscal year and then planning all of our 2014 programs around it.
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Bon Appetit invited five bloggers to take a test spin with their ridiculously awesome new grilling book.
Read more: GRILL-ROASTED CHICKEN » The Year In Food
If Bon Appetit would like to invite five librarians to take a test spin as well, call me.
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The world of Laura Ingalls Wilder, with jackets illustrated by the wonderful Garth Williams!
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For your Monday viewing pleasure: “Incredible Reading Rooms Around the World” by
Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève in Paris.
I’ve been there! Here’s a photo I took that day:
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Really loving this series of photographs from Carrie Schneider’s “Reading Women” series. Above:
- Sarah reading Zora Neale Hurston, Vicky reading Gloria Fuertes
- Vanessa reading Nathalie Sarraute, Nuiko reading Henriette Renié
- Alyssa reading Patti Smith, Yala reading Susan Sontag
