Each year the garden at our home seems to get bigger and bigger. It feels like it is more work each year for my wife and me (but mostly her); more mulch, more weeds, more trimming. But more stuff! Beauty! Smells! We started our garden maybe 20 years ago, with some help of a friend. […]
https://www.ecpubliclibrary.info/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Garden-1.jpg8981200Charlie, Reference Serviceshttps://www.ecpubliclibrary.info/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/library-logo-2019.pngCharlie, Reference Services2019-09-03 09:32:402019-09-03 09:30:39GARDEN PARTY
As summer slowly fades into fall I wanted to take this opportunity to look back and share some book titles that you may have missed. The Bride Test by Helen Hoang (Contemporary Romance) – Believing he cannot experience big emotions–like love, or grief, Khai Diep avoids relationships, until his mother travels to Vietnam and returns […]
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Do you use Chrome or Firefox to browse the Internet for books on sites such as Amazon, Goodreads, or Audible? Have you ever wondered if the book you’re interested in is available at your local library? Then the browser extension, Library Extension, is for you! This week I discovered this handy dandy feature that will […]
Do you have a wall that’s looking a little dull? Do you want to wow all your friends with your artistic tastes? Have you always wanted to display local artists work but can’t decide on just one piece of art? What if I told you that you could fix all of the above for FREE […]
While you might not be able to communicate with space aliens, did you know that you can directly talk with astronauts aboard the International Space Station? Amateur radio has been featured in science-fiction films such as Contact, Frequency, and Independence Day. While the extraterrestrials and situations in each are fictional, you can connect with real […]
Change can be exciting, scary, interesting, uncomfortable, and wonderful. Sometimes it happens all at once. If you have visited the library in the past several months you may have noticed more than just new materials to check out. There’s new furniture, re-imagined spaces, and new faces to help you. The library is working hard to […]
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The day before my son’s third birthday, we were in a car accident on our way to the grocery store. At the time, I couldn’t fathom a worse scenario; my car had major damage, I had no money to fix it, and worst of all, no birthday cake for my child! It felt a little […]
https://www.ecpubliclibrary.info/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Featured-Image-Shelly-with-kids-in-Dabble-Box.jpg9001200Shelly, Youth Services Managerhttps://www.ecpubliclibrary.info/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/library-logo-2019.pngShelly, Youth Services Manager2019-07-15 08:00:112019-07-15 13:21:00I Became a Librarian by Accident
Who loves miscellaneous information? Brad loves miscellaneous information. Is it true? Mm-hmm! I do, I do, I do, I do-oooh! And what better place to find such miscellaneous information than in the library’s 000s section of non-fiction? The 000s are arguably the oddest and most diverse collection of materials throughout all of the non-fiction collection. […]
CH-CH-Changes! Nope, not the David Bowie song. Or the Charles Bradley song. I am talking about the big changes at our beloved library. First, there have been several comments from our faithful customers thinking that by adding more self-checkout stations, and making these changes, staff have been or will be replaced. Rest assured this is not the […]
Midsummer’s Eve, alas, has come and gone; embark upon the drudg’rous plodding path of dwindling days and never-ending nights ‘til the sun’s rebirth at winter solstice. But far from o’er is glorious summer. Nears the month of ambitious Julius; Fiery, famous, frenetic, and fierce as its founder, ‘tis rife with festivities. Then succeeding Julius, as […]
GARDEN PARTY
/in Blog, Special Interest/by Charlie, Reference ServicesEach year the garden at our home seems to get bigger and bigger. It feels like it is more work each year for my wife and me (but mostly her); more mulch, more weeds, more trimming. But more stuff! Beauty! Smells! We started our garden maybe 20 years ago, with some help of a friend. […]
Don’t Miss These Summer Reads
/in Blog/by Michaela, Technical ServicesAs summer slowly fades into fall I wanted to take this opportunity to look back and share some book titles that you may have missed. The Bride Test by Helen Hoang (Contemporary Romance) – Believing he cannot experience big emotions–like love, or grief, Khai Diep avoids relationships, until his mother travels to Vietnam and returns […]
Library Extension
/in Blog, Curiosities, Special Interest/by Michaela, Technical ServicesDo you use Chrome or Firefox to browse the Internet for books on sites such as Amazon, Goodreads, or Audible? Have you ever wondered if the book you’re interested in is available at your local library? Then the browser extension, Library Extension, is for you! This week I discovered this handy dandy feature that will […]
Getting Artsy!
/in Blog, Curiosities, Library Services, Special Interest, Your Community/by Jon, Reference ServicesDo you have a wall that’s looking a little dull? Do you want to wow all your friends with your artistic tastes? Have you always wanted to display local artists work but can’t decide on just one piece of art? What if I told you that you could fix all of the above for FREE […]
Making Contact
/in Blog, Curiosities, Library Services, Special Interest/by Kevin, Reference AssistantWhile you might not be able to communicate with space aliens, did you know that you can directly talk with astronauts aboard the International Space Station? Amateur radio has been featured in science-fiction films such as Contact, Frequency, and Independence Day. While the extraterrestrials and situations in each are fictional, you can connect with real […]
Community Building Event
/in Blog, Curiosities/by Libby, Community Resources SpecialistChange can be exciting, scary, interesting, uncomfortable, and wonderful. Sometimes it happens all at once. If you have visited the library in the past several months you may have noticed more than just new materials to check out. There’s new furniture, re-imagined spaces, and new faces to help you. The library is working hard to […]
I Became a Librarian by Accident
/in Blog, Special Interest/by Shelly, Youth Services ManagerThe day before my son’s third birthday, we were in a car accident on our way to the grocery store. At the time, I couldn’t fathom a worse scenario; my car had major damage, I had no money to fix it, and worst of all, no birthday cake for my child! It felt a little […]
Who Loves Miscellaneous Information?
/in Blog, Curiosities, Library Services, Special Interest, Staff Picks/by Bradley, Reference ServicesWho loves miscellaneous information? Brad loves miscellaneous information. Is it true? Mm-hmm! I do, I do, I do, I do-oooh! And what better place to find such miscellaneous information than in the library’s 000s section of non-fiction? The 000s are arguably the oddest and most diverse collection of materials throughout all of the non-fiction collection. […]
Changes
/in Blog, Library Services/by Charlie, Reference ServicesCH-CH-Changes! Nope, not the David Bowie song. Or the Charles Bradley song. I am talking about the big changes at our beloved library. First, there have been several comments from our faithful customers thinking that by adding more self-checkout stations, and making these changes, staff have been or will be replaced. Rest assured this is not the […]
A Midsummer Night’s Musings
/in Blog, Curiosities, Library Services/by Stephanie, Reference ServicesMidsummer’s Eve, alas, has come and gone; embark upon the drudg’rous plodding path of dwindling days and never-ending nights ‘til the sun’s rebirth at winter solstice. But far from o’er is glorious summer. Nears the month of ambitious Julius; Fiery, famous, frenetic, and fierce as its founder, ‘tis rife with festivities. Then succeeding Julius, as […]