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Today we welcome Matthew Jobin, author of The Nethergrim, which was recently released in paperback. A short summary of The Nethergrim from the publisher: Everyone in Moorvale believes the legend: The brave knight Tristan and the famed wizard Vithric, in an epic battle decades ago, had defeated the evil Nethergrim and his minions. To this day, songs are sung […]
View from the Director’s Chair: Guest post by Lynette Pitrak
Film Festivals, Guest Post, Movies, Programming, STEAM education, Uncategorized
|Downers Grove Public Library just finished a large redesign project, and two of the major changes were a brand new Teen Central area and a Digital Media Lab. While the Digital Media Lab is open to all ages, we thought that our teen patrons would be especially excited about this area’s advanced video, music, and […]
One of the features on the Robot Test Kitchen is a True Confessions series. In it, we discuss our personal experiences in this brave new world of integrating technology programming into our libraries. Sometimes it’s triumphant, sometimes it’s scary, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. The point of our True Confessions is to illustrate […]
A Sherlock Holmes Themed Community Reading Event, a guest post by Anna Behm
classics, collaborations, Community, Guest Post, Hound of the Baskervilles, Library Programming, Programs, Self Directed Programming, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes
|My library is abuzz with all things Sherlock Holmes, but it has nothing (well, almost nothing) to do with the premiere of the third season of Sherlock. We just launched our first independent community reading event, Westmont Reads, and The Hound of the Baskervilles is our chosen book. And while it might be too soon […]
Happy Halloween! Or should I say, “Happy Halloweenies”. Today, we bring you this special treat – a guest post by author David Lubar. Now you can’t play any tricks on us. Enjoy this low calorie treat. Sure it’s not chocolate, but it won’t go straight to your hips either. But it will nourish your BRAAAIIINNNSSS […]
Guest Blog: Stonewall Book Awards by Peter Coyl
ALA Midwinter, Awards, GLBTQ, Guest Post, Reader's Advisory, Stonewall Awards
|Looking to add children’s and young adult GLBTQ literature to your collection? Start with the Stonewall Book Award’s Mike Morgan and Larry RomansChildren’s and Young Adult Literature prize. Added in 2010 to the first and most enduring awards for GLBTQ books, the Stonewall Book Awards, it is now one of three awards annually given by […]
I’ve said it before and I will say it again: the best way – the very best way – to serve teens well is to know them, spend time with them. And to spend time reading their blogs! There are some amazing teen bloggers out there reading books and sharing what they think. We’ve talked […]
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