by AnnDee Peterson | Jan 12, 2024 | Featured, From the Stacks
From the Stacks By Carol Ann Robb, PPL Reference Librarian I will be forever grateful to the patron who, back in 2015, told me I needed to read Daniel James Brown’s “The Boys in the Boat” (thank you Suzy!). I admit to being very skeptical—why would someone living in...
by AnnDee Peterson | Jan 5, 2024 | Featured, From the Stacks
From the Stacks By Carol Ann Robb, PPL Reference Librarian It’s Day 5 and I’ve finished my first book of the year. I hope it doesn’t portend the rest of my reading for 2024. Which is my way of saying that although I was excited to check out the book, it did not live...
by AnnDee Peterson | Dec 29, 2023 | Featured, From the Stacks
From the Stacks By Carol Ann Robb, PPL Reference Librarian Every publication and/or news outlet is putting out their “Best of” and “Top Ten” lists, whether they be movies, albums, TV shows, podcasts, and—the only one I care about—books. Some years it’s very difficult...
by AnnDee Peterson | Dec 18, 2023 | Featured, Library News
Library announces changes to Hoopla digital service effective January 1, 2024 Why the change to Hoopla? Although it is free for patrons to use, the Pittsburg Public Library pays a fee for every item a patron checks out through Hoopla. Each time a patron borrows a...
by AnnDee Peterson | Dec 16, 2023 | Featured, Library News
Beginning January 2, 2024, the Pittsburg Public Library will close at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings. Previously, the Library was open until 8:00 p.m. All other operating hours will remain the same. On Monday evenings, the Library will be open...
by AnnDee Peterson | Dec 15, 2023 | Featured, From the Stacks
From the Stacks By Carol Ann Robb, PPL Reference Librarian The year was December 1962 (or maybe ’63). Any trip to the library was exciting but this one was special because we went in an evening. My mother drove Elaine and me down Broadway so we could ooh and aah at...
