The Evanston Public Library (both the Main Library and Robert Crown Branch) will be closed this Thursday, April 25, for a Staff Development Day.
May 6, 2016
On this date in history in 1937, the German passenger airship The Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at Naval Air Station Lakehurst in Manchester Township, New Jersey. Of the 97 people on board (36 passengers and 61 crewmen), there were 35 fatalities (13 passengers and […]
May 4, 2016
The 2nd Annual Evanston Literary Festival is here! Celebrating Evanston’s vibrant literary community and rich history, the festival brings together more than 50 free events from May 4-14. Enjoy author talks, readings by novelists, poets, historians, and essayists, storytelling events, panel discussions on writing and publishing, storytimes for children, and a new play performance. Events are […]
April 29, 2016
I don’t know if you saw it, but recently there was an excellent online New Yorker article on one of my favorite websites of all times: Awful Library Books. If you haven’t seen the blog before, it’s just a sheer delight. All librarians have, at one point or another, weeded (removed from the collection due […]
April 28, 2016
Good morning! As the Collection Development Manager of Evanston Public Library, it’s my job to buy the books for the library. Along the way, I notice some pretty interesting titles that folks might want to know about. So hold onto your hats while I promote some of the most interesting books coming out in the […]
April 26, 2016
Morning, folks. This is the first in a series where we highlight recommendations from your fellow patrons. This week, a patron wrote us about attempting to find good books for people aiding stroke victims. Here was her message, and recommendations: A friend just had a stroke. When I visited, her husband was frustrated that he […]
April 21, 2016
Psst! Over here! I know this is a blog about Evanston Public Library, the sheer awesomeness that encapsulates that very institution, and all things EPL. But . . . when a nearby library does something neat I just gotta give ’em credit. We libraries need to stick together, after all. So check out the new […]
April 20, 2016
I don’t usually do this. As the Collection Development Manager I end up reading a lot of reviews in professional journals in a given week. After a while they all just sort of blur together. But once in a great while I’ll read one that’s so interesting I feel like I just have to share. […]
April 19, 2016
They’re here! They’re here! Not many books on the old list, but what there is, we have. Check out what the 2016 Pulitzer Prizes are going to these days: Fiction “The Sympathizer,” by Viet Thanh Nguyen Reserve your copy here. History “Custer’s Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America,” by T.J. Stiles […]
April 13, 2016
Psst. You know Hoopla, the simply lovely database we acquired that allows you to instantly get a wide range of ebooks, music, and movies? Well, here’s your daily tip of what else you might find on Hoopla . . . It has all the Ferrantes on audiobook. Yep. The current popularity of Elena Ferrante’s Neopolitan […]
April 8, 2016
*yawn* Poetry. Am I right? If it’s not your thing it’s not your thing and no amount of jibber jabbing is going to change that. So thought this librarian for a number of years (and my own mother’s a published poet, so you know it’s not due to lack of exposure). Seems my old attitude […]
