It used to be that librarians just didn’t tell our library users what we thought about books. Revealing our opinions might cause people to avoid us for our “bias.”
In the new millennium, librarians are getting bolder. Sometimes we come out from behind our service desks, mount our horses, and tell people what we think. Hence [...]
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January 20, 2010
Giddy up!
January 6, 2010
You Need to Read “Need”
Believe it or not, we library folk don’t get to read books at work. Some days it can be torturous, but it’s true. If we want to read a book, we have to check it out and take it home just like you.
I’m a cataloger for children’s books and music. Most of these books come [...]
December 2, 2009
Listen Up!
I’ve temporarily traded my bus pass for a steering wheel. One of my favorite things about riding the bus was the chance to read twice a day. So when I needed to start driving more, I was bummed. Then I found audio books.
Listening to an audio book instead of reading the printed version is a different experience. [...]
October 28, 2009
And We’re Off
Today marks the inaugural post on “A Reading Life,” Everett Public Library’s venture into blogging about books as well as other library materials and topics. We’ve been working on this blog project for several months, and we’re all hoping that you’ll find our posts lively and well-written, and the books we write about worth adding [...]
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