(Banned Books Week is October 1-7. Ahead of this, and our Banned Books Reading Challenge, our Collection Services Librarian wrote this thoughtful post about book challenges, lending context and historical perspective to this important and continually timely issue.) Download the list of Banned Books here: https://bit.ly/3roIEUk Find a list of Top 30 Banned Books for […]
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We’re All Adults Here Book Recommendations & Other Musings by Carol Tuttle Our popular WE Holds program and has gotten some fresh updates to the author list. Are you familiar with WE Holds? It’s kind of a library subscription to upcoming books from popular authors. You choose from our curated list of authors one time, […]
We’re All Adults Here Book Recommendations & Other Musings by Carol Tuttle We are greeting 2022 with a new addition to our WEPL digital collection that brings access to the current day’s issue of our local paper, The News-Herald. Previously, logging in to the NewsBank database offered full text searching of past issues without photos. […]
We’re All Adults Here Book Recommendations & Other Musings by Carol Tuttle The pandemic has resulted in numerous changes in our world, and one we are noticing in libraries is an acceleration of format change. The biggest shifts are away from CD and DVD formats toward Blu-ray and digital format for AV material. Audiobooks on […]
We’re All Adults Here Book Recommendations & Other Musings by Carol Tuttle I have been doing a lot of reading this summer and the month of September is dropping a slew of new books by great authors. Three that I just finished reading are on the September LibraryReads list https://libraryreads.org/ of books being recommended by […]
We’re All Adults Here Book Recommendations & Other Musings by Carol Tuttle We are starting to appreciate how important truck drivers are to libraries. On July 1, there was a switch to a new provider for the daily delivery service between all libraries (public and academic) across the state of Ohio. Hopes were high as […]
We’re All Adults Here Book Recommendations & Other Musings by Carol Tuttle Have you placed a hold on a library eBook and then been dismayed to see the estimated time when it will be ready as “several weeks”? And then been surprised when the book drops into your account sooner than expected? Don’t despair, go […]
We’re All Adults Here Book Recommendations & Other Musings by Carol Tuttle Yes, I’m on My Phone Again..READING! You’re on your phone too much. Have you heard that from someone or from the little voice in your head? I would like to make a point: we shouldn’t judge phone usage by time alone. We need […]
We’re All Adults Here Book Recommendations & Other Musings by Carol Tuttle Authors and Librarians are Mutual Fans. Authors are the rock stars of the library world, and librarians (along with avid readers) are their devoted fans. But many authors are also fans of libraries. Authors appreciate the help librarians provide during their writing process, […]
We’re All Adults Here 2021 Adult Reading Challenge: 10 to Try by Amanda Schoen As we move into spring, we at WEPL are at the advent of a new reading journey to challenge our biggest readers. If you are a diehard reader, try the 2021 WEPL 10 to Try challenge. Participants have until December 15, […]
We’re All Adults Here Book Recommendations & Other Musings by Carol Tuttle Our buildings are open! To help return to some library normalcy, I have ideas for new books to read. One was just published, and the other two are being published in March. They are all available in the catalog for holds, so get […]