Halloween is over and the gloves are off—the holidays are coming! Get your candy-decorating skills sharpened because it’s time for our annual #GingerbreadMadness contest. Bragging rights and prizes will be awarded for the most creative gingerbread in four categories.
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I’ve read about half of John Green’s fictional books and enjoyed each one. But each time I tried to read The Anthropocene Revealed, I returned it, unread, even though I knew I really wanted to read it. When Hiram College announced it as the title for their community read this fall, I finally applied some self-discipline and made myself begin reading. Now, I’m about halfway through and enjoying every minute.
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Want an easy tool to find your next great read? One that lets you make lists and recommends books based on what you already like? Goodreads and StoryGraph do that, you say? How about a tool that will do all that and tell you with one click if you can borrow a book from the library? Only Novelist does that – and you can use it free!
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Does your family have an Uncle Buck? He’s that adventurous, standout relative from way, way back that everyone tells stories about at family reunions. But how would you discover his story beyond the family tales? Reed Memorial Library has free access to a host of genealogy and history research tools. More important, if Uncle Buck lived in our area, we have a local history collection that you can search. Where do you find it? Keep reading for details.
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Things are moving and shaking at the library. This week, it’s mostly adult-level fiction books. Yesterday, staff finished moving the new fiction books to the second floor, reuniting them with their older siblings. Finally, the fiction family is together! Very soon, the non-fiction family will be in one home, too. We’re not really moving materials around to reunite book families; we have a plan. Want to hear know what’s happening?
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A few months ago, we reminded you that with SearchOhio, you have free access to over 16 million books, audiobooks, movies, and music from public libraries across the state. If you’re using SearchOhio or its academic counterpart, OhioLINK, there’s good news and bad news.
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We installed a new book on the Story Trail today: Nest, by Jorey Hurley, a story about the first year of a bird’s life. The weather is warming, so take those kiddos outside to the park and read the story while they expend energy walking the trail. Not sure what the Story Trail is? Keep reading for details and a spring book list for kids.
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Where do you go when you have a question and can’t find the answer yourself? Just ask the Google, you say? Then what do you do when Google spits out multiple answers, some that may contradict each other? And how do you know if that answer is even correct?
Do you ask an AI chatbot? We’ve heard the stories about AI’s unbelieveably unreliable answers. You could call a friend, ask around, but did you know that you can also just ask your question at the library?
You’ve been asking and library staff have been answering your questions for as long as public libraries have been around. What kind of questions? Every kind.
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Our Giving Tree went up in December when the cold weather was just getting started. It’s colder than ever now and the need continues. So we’re keeping our tree up, adding decorations and collecting donations through the end of February. You can help.
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Have you been asked to “fax over” some forms or information?
Who faxes stuff anymore since email came along? Where do you even do that in 2024? If you’re under 25, do you even know what a fax machine is? And where am I going to find a fax machine? The answer: your library, of course.
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Sincerely, Cornelius 