The Evanston Public Library (both the Main Library and Robert Crown Branch) will be closed this Thursday, April 25, for a Staff Development Day.
August 16, 2016
Evanston readers are remarkable individuals. They have superior taste in books. And I know this not just because of what they check out, but because of what they donate to the library. The other day I was on my Evanston Mamas Facebook group and someone mentioned that they had a bunch of lovely children’s books […]
August 10, 2016
Evanston is a city of readers. I learned that fact pretty soon after starting the job. Some cities have libraries with decent, unexciting attendance. Evanston Public Library, by contrast, is a hopping joint. I can take a popular book, put it on the first floor, and watch it disappear almost instantaneously (for example, I put […]
August 8, 2016
A fan of comics? New to them altogether? Want to see what won the top honors this year? Then look no further than the Evanston Public Library collection. And the winners are . . . Winner: Best Digital/Webcomic Bandette Volume 1, Presto! by Paul Tobin Winner: Dustin Nguyen, Best Painter/Multimedia Artist Descender Volume One, […]
July 27, 2016
As you may have heard, there’s a new Harry Potter book coming out this weekend . . . Sorta. Okay, it’s not really a book. More of a script. And it wasn’t even really officially written by J.K. Rowling herself. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a stage play currently in theaters in London. […]
July 22, 2016
Earlier this week I wrote a little post about the kinds of books Evanston readers do and do not like. Naturally I didn’t include every kind of book out there. There are a couple subject areas that are a bit on the odd side that I failed to mention. For example, the books that strike […]
July 20, 2016
It’s been almost a year since I joined Evanston Public Library as their Collection Development Manager. So what have I learned about this city and its reading population? Here’s a quick rundown of some of the facts as I see them about this great city: Travel! Travel! Travel! Evanston’s crazy for it. Honestly I cannot quite […]
July 6, 2016
I don’t usually cross post this blog with the one I run on School Library Journal, but today’s a special day. Summer Reading is here and that can mean only one thing: Every Wednesday (today!) you can see Evanston Public Library employees wearing what I conservatively like to call the most gorgeous summer reading t-shirt […]
June 23, 2016
Tragedy, whatever the form, requires a response. When kids see the world at its worst, they turn to their parents for hope and wisdom and understanding, even when the event is not understandable. Books at their best can serve as an aid to these parents, whatever the situation. That said, there’s not a book for […]
June 22, 2016
In my quest to know the Evanston Public Library collection as deeply and as well as any person can, I find a lot of interesting books. These are not necessarily books that have circulated particularly well, mind you. Rather, they’re titles that have caught my eye for one reason or another. So for your reading […]
June 15, 2016
The first in a series of reviews by local experts in various fields. Today, our guest is Jessica Jolly, a digital literacy coach who helps other adults improve their digital literacy skills. As Jessica says she, “cried through all her math classes in high school but now uses coding enthusiastically to simplify and shorten tedious work.” […]
