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My kids loves “Diary of Wimpy Kid.” What should they read next?

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Marissa Isgreen in Library Blog, Library Services

“Where would middle-grade fiction be without Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid series” says Booklist Online. And, really, where would it be? Kinney’s series manages to discuss the life and struggles of an average middle school boy using humor and illustrations. Readers were hooked. The book has been such a success that it was […]

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Returning Library Books Shouldn’t be a Hassle

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Marissa Isgreen in Library Blog, Library Services

Did you know that you don’t have to return your library books to the library you checked them out from? In fact, you don’t have to return them to one of the three libraries at all! We have seven book drop locations placed throughout the Fort Collins area, and of those seven four of them […]

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Changes to EBSCO on the horizon

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Marissa Isgreen in Captain Cache, Library Blog, Library Services

To all ye researchers out there, I’ve got a message for ye. EBSCO Host be introducing a new interface called Explora. It replaces the Searchasaurus, Kid’s Search and Student Research Center interfaces, and streamlines the searchin’ process, mateys. Instead o’ sifting and searching through database after database, now ye’ll be able to search lots of […]

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Lexile and Accelerated Reader Information Now in Catalog

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Marissa Isgreen in Library Blog, Library Services

Through a new automated process, Lexile and Accelerated Reader information has been added to 44,000 juvenile and teen listings in the library catalog. Both Lexile and Accelerated Reader are reading level indicators used by teachers and parents to evaluate where a child is reading and to guide readers to books within their level. For families […]

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Pronunciator: yer best friend for international travel

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Marissa Isgreen in Captain Cache, Library Blog, Library Services

Mateys, have ye noticed how many lads and lasses be travelin’ over seas recently? Every other person ye talk to is goin’ to France, Germany, Morocco, Spain, Italy. Now, mateys, I be a well-traveled pirate, and let me tell ye something. Seeing the world be all fine and dandy until ye find yerself negotiatin’ trade […]

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