July 6, 2010
Where it’s unsafe to be outside, libraries provide haven for kids ————————————————– Chicago Tribune (IL)-July 6, 2010 Author: Lolly Bowean, Tribune reporter It was a warm and sunny day outside, but Xavier Parker, 10, was deep into a computer game at Thurgood Marshall Public Library when his father walked in and told the boy he […]
July 3, 2010
If one knows anything for certain about writer Wendell Berry, it is that he is a man of ideals and deeply held convictions. Throughout his long career spanning countless novels, short stories, poems, and essays Berry has written extensively about what he believes constitutes a life worth living. Key among Berry’s beliefs is the idea […]
July 3, 2010
Beryl Bainbridge, who wrote short, incisive novels based on her own experiences in postwar Liverpool, and later based on historical figures and events, has died at the age of 75 (British newspapers), or 77 (American papers). Two of her stories were made into movies, The Dressmaker (1989) and An Awfully Big Adventure (1994). She was […]
June 30, 2010
According to Chicago Sun-Times staff reporter Maureen O’Donnell “It wouldn’t be enough to call Stuart Brent a bookseller. For many, he was a Chicago treasure.” Read more about his interesting life in this obituary. (Laura H., Reader’s Services)
June 21, 2010
Timely article on libraries’ efforts to juggle the provision of Internet services against cutbacks in funding and hours. Rural libraries in particular are often the only location to access the Internet for many patrons.
June 21, 2010
File this one under “Coolest Thing Ever,” with a cross-reference for “Take That iPod, iPad, Kindle, Nook and Reader.” In news that has me beaming from ear to ear, The Daily Telegraph reports that a new British audio journal called Underwood: Stories in Sound has begun releasing vinyl records featuring new short stories read aloud […]
June 18, 2010
The Art of Choosing by Sheena Iyengar Learn why we make the choices that we do, and how we can choose “better”!
June 15, 2010
Are you a member of a book group? The Evanston Public Library has created a brief survey asking readers to share titles their club has read recently and to rate the books on how the discussion went. It’s a fairly common question we librarians get–“What are the book groups reading these days?” Some patrons are […]
June 11, 2010
Novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie will be at the Harold Washington Library Center/multi-purpose room at 1 p.m. tomorrow, June 12, speaking with Mary Schmich as part of the Printer’s Row Lit Fest. In the video below, she discusses the danger of a single story. Because our lives and cultures are composed of many overlapping stories, she […]
June 10, 2010
Eleanor Taylor Bland’s mysteries combined police procedurals with contemporary African American themes. Female cop Marti “Big Mac” MacAlister works with her white partner Matthew Jessenovik in the fictional Illinois town Lincoln Prairie (which was a stand-in for Waukegan ). We have most of her books beginning with her debut mystery Dead Time. Read more about […]
