Misshelved Bookcases

` Summer vacation time has come and gone again. And just like the people who read them, books collect a lot of miles traveling during the...

Summer reading is about more than books. For many who work in libraries, it can also be about creativity, and at my library branch we are...

If you work in a U.S. public library, especially in youth services, there is a good chance you've recently encountered the scenario I'm...

A few weeks ago, a woman approached the circulation desk where myself and my friend, V.V., were stationed. The woman was looking for a...

Twenty-some years ago I began college at the local satellite campus of a big state university. I transferred halfway through my education...

My first job was as a library page, a job I began a few days after turning fourteen and continued until the summer after I graduated high...

It's that time of year again, library folks! Summer reading, that program where we try to keep kids reading between school years by...

Fun fact: If you work in a library and have some type of secret talent, your library will exploit that talent in all the best ways....