Updated 5/2019 with Captain Cache’s Curiosities Podcast episode about 3D printing at the Libraries. On the second floor of the Old Town Library, tucked over by the computers and printers, sits a large complex looking machine that steadily toils nearly every day printing wondrous, and sometimes strange objects. It’s a machine for the makers, the …
We all recognize that a child’s home is their first classroom, and their parents and caregivers are their first teachers. Adults who read to their children every day and talk about whey they are reading together, promote a joy of reading and help build strong literacy skills. To aid families’ efforts, the Library District offers …
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It’s here. It’s time. Stretch out those typing fingers, sharpen your pencils, and hook up the caffeine IV. It’s NaNoWriMo! NaNoWriMo, to the uninitiated, is National Novel Writing Month. Writers dedicate the month of November to starting and finishing a first draft of a novel. It doesn’t have to be amazing, it doesn’t have to …
After 70 years of public library services at the Carnegie building on Mathews St., the demand on the building’s space and the library’s collection was reaching its limits. In 1974, the Carnegie building and the library staff were serving 65,000 people in a space designed for a city population of only 12,000 – and this …
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When first starting a job search, most people head directly to their computer to update their fifteen-year-old resume (the one we should all be updating yearly) and then apply for jobs on Indeed. They may even do a little networking – reset their forgotten LinkedIn password and update their profile. Writing resumes, searching for jobs, …