August 30, 2016
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Odd, interesting, and generally very very new books on the Evanston Public Library shelves! Reserve them today and be the first on your block to be in the know! Crochet Taxidermy: 30 Quirky Animal Projects, from Mouse to Moose by Taylor Hart You know you’re curious. Aside from answering […]
August 24, 2016
It’s creepy and it’s kooky, mysterious and spooky. It’s altogether ooky, it’s a Stranger Things inspired . . . If you’re anything like me then you’ve binged on Stranger Things, the 8-part Netflix series that pays homage to roughly 500 different 80s films, books, and tropes. But once the viewing’s over you may find yourself […]
August 18, 2016
Now how the heck did that happen? One minute we’re breathing a sigh of relief after that abysmally long, cold spring and the next minute summer’s almost over and we’re shipping the children back to school. Ah well. Whether we like it or not, it’s almost schooltime again. Let us then celebrate with a look […]
August 16, 2016
Evanston readers are remarkable individuals. They have superior taste in books. And I know this not just because of what they check out, but because of what they donate to the library. The other day I was on my Evanston Mamas Facebook group and someone mentioned that they had a bunch of lovely children’s books […]
August 10, 2016
Evanston is a city of readers. I learned that fact pretty soon after starting the job. Some cities have libraries with decent, unexciting attendance. Evanston Public Library, by contrast, is a hopping joint. I can take a popular book, put it on the first floor, and watch it disappear almost instantaneously (for example, I put […]
August 8, 2016
A fan of comics? New to them altogether? Want to see what won the top honors this year? Then look no further than the Evanston Public Library collection. And the winners are . . . Winner: Best Digital/Webcomic Bandette Volume 1, Presto! by Paul Tobin Winner: Dustin Nguyen, Best Painter/Multimedia Artist Descender Volume One, […]
July 27, 2016
As you may have heard, there’s a new Harry Potter book coming out this weekend . . . Sorta. Okay, it’s not really a book. More of a script. And it wasn’t even really officially written by J.K. Rowling herself. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a stage play currently in theaters in London. […]
July 22, 2016
Earlier this week I wrote a little post about the kinds of books Evanston readers do and do not like. Naturally I didn’t include every kind of book out there. There are a couple subject areas that are a bit on the odd side that I failed to mention. For example, the books that strike […]
July 20, 2016
It’s been almost a year since I joined Evanston Public Library as their Collection Development Manager. So what have I learned about this city and its reading population? Here’s a quick rundown of some of the facts as I see them about this great city: Travel! Travel! Travel! Evanston’s crazy for it. Honestly I cannot quite […]
July 6, 2016
I don’t usually cross post this blog with the one I run on School Library Journal, but today’s a special day. Summer Reading is here and that can mean only one thing: Every Wednesday (today!) you can see Evanston Public Library employees wearing what I conservatively like to call the most gorgeous summer reading t-shirt […]
