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Why Matt de la Peña Writes for Children
Why We Shouldn’t Shield Children From Darkness written by Newbery Award-Winning author Matt de la Peña was published on Time’s website just a few days ago, but what an impact it has made. I myself have read over it a handful of times and each time I do, I marvel…
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Life Without Libraries
Jeff Jacoby, a columnist at The Boston Globe, wrote an opinion piece titled “Life Without Libraries Would Be Unimaginably Poorer” yesterday. The writer talks about his experience in libraries growing up and how, although technology is important, it doesn’t make a library – books make a library. I had a similar experience…
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Libraries In Today's Ever-Changing Digital World
My director handed me this article and thought it might make for an interesting blog post. The article itself is a book review of John Palfrey’s new book entitled BiblioTech: Why Libraries Matter More Than Ever in the Age of Google due out in just a few short days on May 5th.…