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Beyond the Bookend: The end of a month long celebration of poetry
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Thursday, April 26, 2012. The end of a month long celebration of poetry. Dr Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg typing. A poem to send out into the world. Last night I had the pleasure of meeting the charming and brilliant Poet Laureate of Kansas, Dr. Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg. Miss Conception's awesome poetry. Slamming skills won her the grand. Prize - an iPad 2! I'm really glad hat I had the opportunity to work with the programming librarian and the Lawrence Arts Center. Posted by William Ottens. Top Five Friday: 90s ...
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Beyond the Bookend: Book Review - God Help the Child
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015. Book Review - God Help the Child. God Help the Child. Spare and unsparing, God Help the Child—the first novel by Toni Morrison to be set in our current moment—weaves a tale about the way the sufferings of childhood can shape, and misshape, the life of the adult. Ever since I took a seminar class on Toni Morrison in college, I’ve been a big fan of her work, and I was excited to pick up God Help the Child. Even though the description says the novel is set in our current moment, I re...
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Beyond the Bookend: January 2014
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Monday, January 20, 2014. Reading around Twelve Years a Slave. Next Tuesday evening will be the first meeting of the Books and Beer Club. I'm hosting with the co-owner of a local bar, The Cellar Peanut Pub. After a surprisingly great response from their social media following, we selected Solomon Northup's Twelve Years a Slave. For our first title. I just finished reading this past weekend, and now I'm looking forward to discussing the book over craft beers at the pub next week! Twelve Years a Slave.
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Beyond the Bookend: Turning 30 on the Edge of a Cliff
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Thursday, April 9, 2015. Turning 30 on the Edge of a Cliff. Final Fling party my senior year at Graceland. I entered my 20’s a sophomore at Graceland University. While in library school, I gained my first job in a library and transitioned to Lawrence. I started at the Lawrence Public Library. After an assigned reference desk observation which I coincidentally completed just before a part time position opened up. That was my foot in the door. Pulling a mannequin from my beetle for a display at LPL. So her...
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Beyond the Bookend: January 2015
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Saturday, January 17, 2015. Book Review - Landline. This review is also posted on my library's blog, The Reader's Window. Georgie McCool’s husband, Neal, has left her and she’s trying to keep cool. They’ve been together for fifteen years. He’s actually only taken their two girls to spend the holidays in Omaha, but he wasn’t happy with her when they left. That’s because Georgie elected to skip out on the Midwestern Christmas to work on her sitcom. Is she going insane? Posted by William Ottens. Saturday, J...
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Beyond the Bookend: Create & Innovate: Post-It Note Pixel Art
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Wednesday, March 4, 2015. Create and Innovate: Post-It Note Pixel Art. For our monthly teen crafting program, we invited teens to decorate the library with Post-It Note pixel art. You basically create giant mosaics with the Post-Its! It's helpful to have a few examples or guides, or even provide graph paper so the teens can plan out their art before putting it up. We'll be leaving these up through Teen Tech Week - they're perfect decorations! Posted by William Ottens. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Beyond the Bookend: Getting Shift Done
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Saturday, March 21, 2015. I began by going through the collection pulling the biographies. One of the previous directors had the cataloging staff start putting biography stickers on new titles, but they didn't go through the collection and put stickers on anything already on the shelf. This made the process a little more complicated than it could have been, because I had to go through each volume on the shelf, especially in the 900's, 800's and 700's. Had a biography label on it. The permanent home for t...
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Beyond the Bookend: Put A Bird On It!
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Monday, March 23, 2015. Put A Bird On It! My newest display is inspired by my favorite clip from Portlandia. Put A Bird On It! I figured birds would be a nice spring-ish topic, so I pulled pretty much anything that has a bird on the cover. I thought pulling titles from 598 and 636.6 would be a little too easy, so I also pulled anything from fiction and our movies. Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. I also cut out a few silhouettes to make the display pop a little. And here's the inspiration:. Put A Bird On It!
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Beyond the Bookend: Poetry & Arts in April at the Library
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Thursday, April 2, 2015. Poetry and Arts in April at the Library. If you've read past blog posts, you'll know that I'm a fan of poetry and that April is National Poetry Month. I try to do at least one thing related to poetry at the library, even if it's a simple display featuring titles from our poetry collection. In the past, I've gone all out and used mannequins for Poetry In Your Pocket Day. Featured favorite poets from staff and let a poetry slamming gorilla loose in the library. Our Youth Librarian ...
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Beyond the Bookend: October 2014
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014. Book Review: 100 Sideways Miles. Andrew Smith has quickly become one of my top favorite authors this year. His characters are honest and relatable, and their stories are always engaging. 100 Sideways Miles. And what would a coming of age story be without a life-changing event? On the trip, the boys become unlikely heroes after another unexpected accident and learn that it’s okay to take a detour from what’s planned. Posted by William Ottens. Friday, October 17, 2014. The direct...
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