The Northeast Regional Library is taking applications for a Branch Manager/Librarian at the Walnut Public Library The Northeast Regional Library is taking applications for a Branch Manager/Librarian at the Walnut Public Library. The applicant must have a High School degree or GED. An Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree or comparable work Read more…
The Book Was Almost Thrown Away Friends of the Memphis Public Library Sold it for $1,250 You never know what you’ll find in a bin of old books. In the case of the Friends of the Memphis Public Library, you might just find a book worth $1,250. That’s how much Read more…
A 30-million page library is heading to the moon to help preserve human civilization The massive archive is aboard Israel’s Beresheet spacecraft. Feb. 28, 2019, 2:58 PM CST By Corey S. Powell – NBC News When Israel’s Beresheet spacecraft launched toward the moon last week, it was carrying a mysterious cargo. Mission planners Read more…
Posthumous Dr. Seuss book coming Sept. 3 NEW YORK (AP) — There is no muse like Dr. Seuss. An unfinished manuscript by the late children’s author is the basis for “Dr. Seuss’s Horse Museum,” coming Sept. 3. Random House Children’s Books announced Thursday that illustrator Andrew Joyner completed the text, Read more…
Luka, The Picture Book Reading Robot Luka is a little owl shaped robot that reads picture books to your kids. Literally, it reads the book—you place a picture book in front of Luka and it reads the title. You turn the page and it starts reading the words on the Read more…
Children Read Aloud to Therapy Dogs to Boost Literacy Skills & Confidence Sometimes, you just need a helping paw when learning to read, and that’s exactly the mission behind programs all over the world that pair children with therapy dogs for reading practice. View this post on Instagram Congratulations Read more…
“It helps plant a seed that there’s people here before you, these are the lands that they’re on, and they’re still here.” What traditional territory is your city on? Are you on the territory of the Huron-Wendat and Petun First Nations, the Seneca and Mississaugas of the Credit River? Or Read more…
More than a quarter–26 percent–of American adults admit to not having read even part of a book within the past year. That’s according to statistics coming out of the Pew Research Center. If you’re part of this group, know that science supports the idea that reading is good for you on several levels. Reading fiction can help Read more…
Randy Lynn – Educator kidscodems.org @RandyInMS I first developed an interest for computing in the 1980s after my mother purchased an Apple IIe computer for our family,” Randy Lynn explains to us. His story isn’t too different from all the kids that grew up with a BBC Micro in the Read more…
Iuka Friends of the Library November Newsletter Iuka Friends Newsletter Nov 2018 pages 1,4 Iuka Friends Newsletter Nov 2018 pages 2,3