Colombian grade-school teacher Luis Soriano brings books, via two hard-working donkeys, to the children of Magdalena Province’s poor and violence-ridden interior.
This inspiring and hopeful documentary film by Carlos Rendon Ziapagauta is available to watch on the award-winning POV series website until September 18, 2011.
I have uploaded 189 of my books so far. I just type in the ISBN and it does the rest. The first 200 books are free. Now I can catalog my home library. Yes, I’m liking this. http://www.librarything.com/
I have a new job in Administration. I thought it would be a dry and humorless job filled with endless paperwork, and, to be honest it sometimes is. I write and review policies, apply for grants, deal with personnel issues and patron complaints. When I first learned of my new job responsibilities, I kept listening for the fun part. It didn’t come. No more silly hats, knock-knock jokes, or playtime cleverly disguised as work. But I wasn’t long settled into my new office when Continue reading »
Whether or not we are willing to admit it, most of us have Googled our names to see what hits we would get. The results can range from comical to downright humbling. Few of us, however, have been so bold as the young boy who recently stopped by the library. His mother found him on the computer catalog diligently reviewing his results. When she asked him what subject he was looking for, he admitted Continue reading »
My boss tells the following story from her days as a reference librarian. One day a patron approached her and asked for a book about snakes, particularly snakes in that region of Florida. After she had retrieved some snake books, her eyes fell on the paper bag that the patron had placed on the counter. “What’s in the bag?” she asked. Continue reading »
A chicken walked in to the library, went up to the librarian, flapped her wings and said, “Bok! Bok!” The librarian reached behind her, grabbed a book, and placed it under the chicken’s wing. And, out the door, the chicken waddled.
A few minutes later, the chicken returned. She placed the book on the counter, looked at the librarian, flapped her wings, and said, “Bok! Bok!” The librarian shrugged, reached for another book, placed it under the chicken’s wing. And out the door the chicken waddled. Continue reading »
Recently, I had the pleasure of hosting a class of kindergartners for a story-time and a tour of the library. I was reading the book, Curious George Goes to the Library by H. A. Rey. At one point in the story, Curious George rides a book-cart into a stack of encyclopedias. He goes flying up into the air with the books, then lands between the “O” and the “P”. As I read this line, I happened to notice Continue reading »
