Updated 12/12/2018 with Captain Cache podcast episode. Ahoy Mateys and a Happy New Year to ye! With the season’s cold and icy waters, I be hunkered down in me Cap’n’s quarters. In an attempt to be festive, I’ve been researchin’ new year’s around the world and have found some pretty interestin’ facts! Did ye …
Hoopla: talk or writing that is designed to get people excited about and interested in something: TO-DO; also : BALLYHOO (from Merriam Webster) The Poudre River Public Library District is the perfect place to discover what all the “hoopla” is about! We have now added hoopla– a streaming digital service with access to thousands of …
The Do-It-Yourself Library- Have you recently biked around Fort Collins and noticed what looks like extra-large birdhouses in people’s yards and wondered what they were? If you got close enough, you saw that these small structures are full of books, and that the books are all free. These mini-libraries are part of the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) …
Ahoy! I, Captain Cache, decided to further me education this fall by enrollin’ in Pirate History 101. Not all pirates be illiterate ye know. I’m lovin’ the class ‘cept I have a HUGE research paper to write on the infamous Blackbeard, and I can’t use Wikipedia! Luckily for me, I’ve got access to the Answer …
Happy December everyone! Hope you had a great holiday weekend, but as you know that was just the start of the season. Here are some ideas from the Library District Green Team to make your holidays, specifically the gift-giving aspects, more environmentally friendly. Ways to REDUCE this holiday season: Batteries – Roughly 40% of all …