by AnnDee Peterson | May 26, 2023 | Featured, From the Stacks
From the Stacks By Carol Ann Robb, PPL Reference Librarian What’s “All Together Now”—a Beatles song, an ideal to strive for, or the theme of our Summer Reading Program? Trick question—it’s all three! And we want you to come be a part of our summer fun. Some 20 years...
by AnnDee Peterson | May 19, 2023 | Featured, From the Stacks
From the Stacks By Carol Ann Robb, PPL Reference Librarian Training a new employee this week has brought back memories of my early days as a reference librarian and made me think how much my job has changed. The library had one dial-up computer used only for...
by AnnDee Peterson | May 12, 2023 | Featured, From the Stacks
From the Stacks By Carol Ann Robb, PPL Reference Librarian “The Reading Mother” by Strickland Gillilan I had a mother who read to me Sagas of pirates who scoured the sea, Cutlasses clenched in their yellow teeth, “Blackbirds” stowed in the hold beneath I...
by AnnDee Peterson | May 10, 2023 | Featured, From the Stacks
From the Stacks By Carol Ann Robb, PPL Reference Librarian I can remember the dismay I felt the first time someone called me “ma’am.” I’m not sure I was even 30 yet. Neither was I amused when years later I was asked at the movie theater if I got the senior discount,...
by AnnDee Peterson | Apr 28, 2023 | Featured, From the Stacks
From the Stacks By Carol Ann Robb There’s More to the Story, Continued If you were to walk into our library on any given day, you might find children gathered around Gail on the story time rug, listening intently as she...
by AnnDee Peterson | Apr 21, 2023 | From the Stacks
From the Stacks By Carol Ann Robb, PPL Reference Librarian This year’s celebration of National Library Week begins Sunday. Of course, we call it just another week around here since we celebrate libraries year-round, but we want to share the love with everyone. And the...
