New Children’s Books Funded by an LSTA Grant You will be seeing many new Children’s book titles coming to your library in the coming weeks thanks to our receiving an LSTA Grant from the Institute of Musuem and Library Services. Here are a few of those titles… Rabbit Magic Read more…
THE APOLLO 11 MOON LANDING The 50th Anniversary ofthe Apollo 11 Moon Landingis Saturday, July 20, 2019 Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two people on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin, both American, landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July Read more…
The Tree That Inspired Dr. Seuss’ “The Lorax” Has Fallen Over The seaside cypress believed to have inspired the fanciful Truffula trees of Dr. Seuss’ classic 1971 children’s tale “The Lorax” has toppled in Southern California. The Monterey cypress stood 80 to 100 years in Ellen Browning Scripps Park in Read more…
Find Out How Long It Will Take You To Read Almost Any Book Maybe you’re planning your reading material for a flight, or maybe you just want an idea of how long it’ll take to get through your reading list. Whatever the scenario, How Long to Read This tells you Read more…
Express Yourself Contest Winners Featuring Booneville Miss Hospitality Abbie Gamble George E. Allen Library in Booneville Ages 7 and Under Ages 8 – 9 Ages 10 – 11 Ages 12 – 14 Ages 15 – 18
James Holzhauer, Jeopardy! Champion and Reading Superstar The Jeopardy! Champion, James Holzhauer, attributes his knowledge to the public library children’s non-fiction section. Visit us to develop your Jeporady skills! “I plan to give some of my winnings to the local branches here in Las Vegas,” says James Holzhauer, who has Read more…
Is Your Phone Spying on You? Have you ever searched for something and then suddenly an ad related to that search shows up in your social media feed? What about an ad for something you didn’t search for and only talked about buying? It’s sometimes creepy, but believe it or Read more…
We Are Open and Atriuum is Live We are open as of 1 PM today. Please bear with us as we begin the adventure of using an entirely new and updated system for our libraries.
The Surprising Benefits of Reading Before Bed We’re all commitment phobes. We scan, we skim, we browse, but rarely do we read. Our eyes pingpong back and forth from Facebook posts to open chat boxes, unclicked emails to GIFs of dancing cats, scanning for keywords but barely digesting what we Read more…
Job Opening: Rienzi Librarian The Northeast Regional Library is taking applications for the Rienzi Librarian. The applicant should be energetic, creative, capable of self-direction and have knowledge of library and computer resources, especially Word, Excel and Publisher. The applicant must be able to deal respectfully with all age groups, pre-school Read more…