December 15, 2015 by Karen Jensen, MLS
The other day in the Programming Librarian Interest Group on FB page someone (Melissa Hozik) mentioned that they were having a Doctor Who themed holiday program. And someone (Evan Mather) then mentioned that they should call it a Doctor Wholiday Party. Genius!! As a huge Doctor Who fan I was disappointed in myself for not […]
January 8, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS
The creator of the BBC Sherlock reboot is none other than Steve Moffat, who also is currently helming another popular BBC show – Doctor Who. One of the things that has always impressed me about Doctor Who as I began watching it was the diversity of the show. When we first meet the reboot Doctor, […]
December 29, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
More about consent from The Feminist Anthropologist She was 2 years old. I had just strapped her into her car seat which held her in pretty tightly. We were getting ready to pull out of her grandma’s driveway, but we weren’t going far – just to run some errands and such. “Can Grandma have a […]
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December 11, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
This is how some program ideas come to me: I am flipping through a new book that comes into our library and it sparks some inspiration. It’s a win/win: patrons get cool books and I get great program ideas. I like the idea of food on a stick. There are some glorious recipes in here: […]
November 26, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
“The first nineteen years of my life, nothing happened.Nothing at all.” Image property of Megan Lara at Megan Lara Tumblr Rose Tyler.Companion, friend, comforter, badass. Resourceful, empathetic, brave, determined. I could go on for days and days about all Rose Tyler’s amazing qualities (and trust me, I’ll get back to that in a second) but […]
November 24, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
When book people and librarians think of library services in relation to Doctor Who, the first comparison is that the TARDIS is like a library and the librarian and library staff are like the Doctor. I’ve said it, Karen’s said it, everyone else has either said it or thought about it. But what if, instead […]
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November 23, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Today I bring you a guest post from one of my all time favorite people – my nine year old son! He’s just the tiniest bit obsessed with Doctor Who at the moment. He asks to watch episodes during almost all of his free time. He dressed as Tennant for Halloween. Ten is “his Doctor”. […]
November 23, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
In my house, Doctor Who is a family affair. We don’t go a night without my Tween asking, “Can we watch Doctor Who tonight?” I can never think of a reason to say no, so we do. So I thought we would get a Tween perspective. Here is my Tween, nicknamed Kicky, writing about her […]
November 23, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
When people ask me who my favorite companion is for Doctor Who, I always have to qualify my answer because I liked them all differently. I liked Rose because she helped 9 learn to love again, and 10 find his heart. I liked Martha because she was brilliant, and ended up leading squadrons of UNIT […]
November 22, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
This Doctor Who post is being brought to you from our Doctor Who Week companion (see what I did there) Maria Selke from Maria’s Melange. Today I bring you another guest post from one of my all time favorite people – my nine year old son! Source BBCAmerica We were discussing an article I had […]
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