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    Director’s Thoughts – 8/16/2024

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    If you’ve never gotten a chance to tour the Library of Congress, it should be added to your bucket list! The building itself is absolutely gorgeous and as the largest library in the world, it’s an impressive sight to behold! The Thomas Jefferson Building was opened to the public in…

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    Director’s Thoughts – 7/12/2024

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    Today I thought I’d highlight some resources that many libraries have that are often very expensive and don’t get as much usage as we’d all like! I’m talking about the online resources that you can access from home online because the library pays a subscription for them. What I love…

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    Malcolm Gladwell on Research

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    Wired does a series of videos on YouTube where they invite an expert in a field to answer Twitter questions about that topic. Recently, Malcolm Gladwell was on answering questions about research. I find these interviews fascinating, partially for the questions they choose and I always learn a little something.…

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    Resource: Library Services for Children Journal Club

    Bear with me as I introduce this story by telling you all how I met Lindsey. Lindsey (and her awesome colleague Dana) have this little website called Jbrary. I’ll wait for you to check out their amazing-ness if you don’t know who they are already. Go ahead, I’ll wait… You’re…

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    Book Review: Mr. Lemoncello's Great Library Race

    I was so excited to get an ARC of Mr. Lemoncello’s Great Library Race by Chris Grabenstein at BEA a couple weeks ago and bonus – I got it signed! This has become one of my favorite middle grade series for its adventure and library focused scavenger hunts. This most recent…

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    Half Brother

    Ben Tomlin was an only child for thirteen years, until the day his mother brought home Zan – an eight-day old chimpanzee.  Ben’s parents plan on raising Zan as a human and to teach him American Sign Language (ASL) in order to see if Zan can acquire advanced language skills.…