A library customer recently came into the Council Tree Library looking for book suggestions and said he was looking to read something positive about the United States or the direction the country is heading. The man ended up checking out two recommendations from our librarian: a July 2016 issue of Time magazine with the article …
In 1986, Italian author Italo Calvino wrote an amazing essay “Why Read the Classics?” (later published in a book of literary essays with the same name) exploring 14 reasons why we should read classic literature. Among his reasoning, Calvino says that “every rereading of a classic is as much a voyage of discovery as the …
For the past eight years, our Business Librarian, Anne Macdonald, has had a side-gig as a market research consultant with the Larimer County Small Business Development Center (SBDC), where she works with existing and new businesses to help them grow and prosper. Anne has contributed over 1,100 hours meeting with more than 400 clients from …
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For many Americans, being fit and healthy is their number one New Year’s resolution. Here at Poudre River Public Library District, we want to help you stay healthy…through reading! Yep, you can improve your health by reading books (of course you’ll still have to follow a healthy diet and active lifestyle). Research studies routinely show …
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And there came a day on Earth when the Poudre River Public Library District’s mightiest heroes found themselves united in support of digital literacy and technology troubleshooting, to educate the community about eBooks and computer classes and age-appropriate apps. On that day, the Media Mentors were born! No foes can withstand them! No technology can …
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