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Yeeee-HAAA: Texas will be home to first all-digital library system
Texas’ Bexar County Library system is getting rid of its printed books to become the world’s first all-digital library system. Here’s the article in PCWorld, which places the decision in context. Despite being himself an unabashed book lover, the driving...
Posted: 2/1/2013 3:58 PM in Stacked
Celebrating Our Presidents
In February we observe President’s day on the third Monday of the month. According to the federal government the Monday holiday is officially Washington’s Birthday. Many Americans believe that this holiday is now called Presidents Day, in honor of both...
Posted: 2/1/2013 1:57 PM in Off the Shelf @ CCPL
The Linen Hall Library
I’d love to present you with an in-depth, behind-the-scenes tour of the Linen Hall Library in Belfast, like we did for the Klau and the Lloyd Libraries, but unfortunately the Stacked travel budget is, shall we say, meager. Or rather, it hopes to one day...
Posted: 1/31/2013 3:31 PM in Stacked
Williamsburg Creative Writing Group
Prompts for the week of February 7th, 2013 Prompt This week we will work a little on character development. I will give you several people to choose from. Take one or more and develop them into characters in your short … Continue reading →
Posted: 1/31/2013 9:03 AM in Off the Shelf @ CCPL
Weekend Reading: Bossypants
Having motored to Motor City for a richly deserved weekend with the Wolfe pack we discovered that we had brought neither novel nor Kindle, a desperate situation remedied by the Heiress’s copy of Tina Fey’s lite memoir, a trifle we devoured in perhaps...
Posted: 1/28/2013 12:13 PM in Stacked
Weekend Reading: Bossypants
Having motored to Motor City for a richly deserved weekend with the Wolfe pack we discovered that we had brought neither novel nor Kindle, a desperate situation remedied by the Heiress’s copy of Tina Fey’s lite memoir, a trifle we devoured in perhaps...
Posted: 1/28/2013 12:13 PM in Stacked
Happy Birthday Amelia Bedelia!
It has been 50 years since Amelia Bedelia has showed us her unique ways of dusting the furniture, dressing a chicken, drawing the drapes, and changing the towels. Amelia does EXACTLY what she is told to do and things just … Continue reading →
Posted: 1/28/2013 11:46 AM in Off the Shelf @ CCPL
Inside “Hidden America”
The cover flap of Hidden America: From Coal Miners to Cowboys, an Extraordinary Exploration of the Unseen People Who Make This Country Work by Jeanne Marie Laskas begins with this teaser: Five hundred feet underground, Jeanne Marie Laskas asked a … Continue...
Posted: 1/25/2013 12:28 PM in Off the Shelf @ CCPL
A Burn’s Day Appeal: Save the Wild Haggis
Happy Burn’s Day! While we at the Mercantile endorse all celebrations of a literary nature, we suggest that when you purchase your haggis, that you choose wisely. While many claim that wild haggis (Haggis Scoticus) is superior in flavor the domesticated...
Posted: 1/25/2013 12:00 PM in Stacked
A Burn’s Day Appeal: Save the Wild Haggis
Happy Burn’s Day! While we at the Mercantile endorse all celebrations of a literary nature, we suggest that when you purchase your haggis, that you choose wisely. While many claim that wild haggis (Haggis Scoticus) is superior in flavor the domesticated...
Posted: 1/25/2013 12:00 PM in Stacked
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