The Books on Tap temporary tattoos in action. (at Landmark Inn)
Recent Happenings
Happy Friday, everyone! Even if some of us have to work this weekend… ahem . Either way, here are some recent happenings: The Circulating Ideas Kickstarter is a success! I’m so excited for Steve…
Up on the blog. Check it out!
Northbrook library upgrades technology
Patrons of Northbrook Public Library will soon see technology updates, including a 3D printer and a digital station with Macintosh computers and advanced software. The library committee decided to…Did you hear the news? We have some really awesome new technology coming to the library!
I’m so proud of my library. We have some really exciting things in the works.
On Makerspaces
There’s nothing quite like parking your car, looking up, and seeing a TARDIS on top of a building. Recently, I helped plan a field trip for a group of librarians to Pumping Station: One, a hackersp…
My latest post on Library Lost & Found, on makerspaces. Enjoy!
Quiz Librarians
Check out this Google group for librarians who run pub quizzes. Great resource!
Happy Anniversary Tame the Web
I don’t have to tell most of you what Tame the Web is, but humor me. Let me tell you a little about what the blog has meant to me. Michael Stephens , the creator of Tame the Web, was my very first…
Reader Services Librarian Leah White and Virtual Services Librarian Cathleen Doyle interview Libby Fischer Hellman, author of 2012’s “A Bitter Veil” and the popular Ellie Foreman and Georgia Davis mystery series. Libby will join the Suspicious Minds crime fiction book discussion on April 18th at 7pm to discuss her book, “Set the Night on Fire”.
I helped make this. Very proud. Wouldn’t have been possible without my awesome coworker, Cathleen, and our gracious (and seriously awesome) interviewee, Libby Fischer Hellman.
Someone on Twitter called us a “hipster library” after seeing our blog post on digitizing vinyl.
Well, if that makes us hipsters, then….
Possibly the greatest thing I’ve ever done in my tenure as a librarian.
Toby, this is amazing.

(via theanalogdivide)
Source: skokielibrary





