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My grandfather called to point me to this article about Glenview’s Library in the Chicago Tribune. Most of it, I had heard before. But not this: “Demand for library services at this suburban locale is continually increasing with new card registrations up 56 percent… Continue Reading “Plug from the Trib”
And the Library is packed. I arrived early, and took a walk around. The children’s room was buzzing. And there were actual teens in the Teen Room. It has booths in it, like a diner. Not that food is allowed in there. I am… Continue Reading “First Night Back”
I had just realized that I haven’t bought any books – new or used – since Labor Day Weekend. It helped that my own Library Used Book Store has been out of commission for the last month. (Not that I’ve gotten much reading done.) … Continue Reading “Used Book Sales”
I arrived early and parked in the commuter lot at the train station. ‘Cause who wants to fight it? And I caught a view that I hadn’t seen before, because it was behind the fence. From Jackman Park: Again, I was early, so I… Continue Reading “Glenview’s New Library – Day 1”
I was just getting ready to post about the re-opening of the Library – Saturday, 1pm – when the director of the Used Book Store sent me a link to an article. Patch.com is a website that does local news and Glenview has its… Continue Reading “The Grand Re-Opening”
Last night while Alex was at football practice, my brother was at the park with his daughters, age 21 months and 4 months. He fell and badly sprained his ankle. So badly that that after hobbling over to sit down on a bench, he… Continue Reading “Good Citizens”
Sigmund the Foster Bird is looking scraggly, as he picked a bunch of feathers again. But he can share a tree with Kiwi for 15 minutes at a stretch. And, he deigned to walk across the room so I would pick him up and pay… Continue Reading “Sigmund Update”
The first thing I noticed when I walked into the Library tonight was an empty bookcase. And then another and another. It appears that they have emptied all of the displays of featured books. Like the Oprahs and the Wallflowers and my personal favorite,… Continue Reading “Counting Down”
Yesterday, Tim at LibraryThing posted an essay about the economics of e-book lending from public libraries. He did some research on the cost of lending and came to the conclusion that it probably wouldn’t work. By dividing number of books lent each year by… Continue Reading “E-Book Lending at the Public Library”
Have you noticed there are bookclubs everywhere? And bookclub websites everywhere. I may have mentioned that my library offers a “book club in a bag” that includes ten copies of a book and a lending period of six weeks. It is rather popular. My… Continue Reading “Book Club Bandwagon”
The Next Dark Age 