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Shelf Talk 9: Support Local

About 400 years ago, poet John Donne was deathly ill. It was during this sickness that he penned the famous Meditation 17, “No Man is an...

Shelf Talk 8: Summer Reading Part 2

Imagine your story. Remember your favorite fairy tale or folktale: did you ever want to be one of those characters? Did you ever wish you...

Shelf Talk 7: Summer Reading Part 1

Do you remember Summer Reading at the Library? I sure do. As a kid, nothing focused my competitive urges quite like Summer Reading. I was...

Shelf Talk 6: Soft Open

Two months. Life has changed in the last two months. Two months of staying home, wearing masks, disinfecting surfaces, washing hands,...

Shelf Talk 5: Virtual Reality

When I was a kid, the big new thing was Virtual Reality. In the ‘90s, personal computers were just becoming common place, internet (for...

Shelf Talk 4: New Services for Novel Times

By Beth Roberts, MCLS PR and Customer Service Specialist During the COVID-19 crisis, so much of the news is focused on what we should not...

Shelf Talk 3: COVID-19 Response

By Beth Roberts, MCLS PR and Customer Service Specialist On Sunday afternoons, my family rests. Monday through Saturday is a never-ending...

Shelf Talk 2: Voting & Census

By Beth Roberts, MCLS PR and Customer Service Specialist “The very concept of public depends upon public libraries.” - Stacy Abrams Last...

Shelf Talk 1

By Beth Roberts, MCLS PR and Customer Service Specialist In a spare drawer at home, under the knickknacks and mementos that build up in...