Library Lover on a Mission

Many people enter the library on a mission. The missions vary greatly in importance and urgency, from lounging with the newspaper, to tracking down the all-important next volume of a TV show that will keep a binge watching sesh rolling, to printing a boarding pass, to making a restroom visit before disaster strikes. For all … Continue reading →

Self-Publishing With a Capital SELF

Earlier this week, the library was fortunate enough to have Billy Huckaby, owner of the Fort Worth-based Wild Horse Media Group, speak about publishing at our writing critique group meeting. While Billy himself is in the business of “traditional” publishing (his companies take on authors, foot the bill for publishing their books, and handle distribution … Continue reading →

Do Not Compute? Come to the Library

  I’ve been using Microsoft Word in some capacity for around 16 years now. I was introduced to it in my middle school’s computer lab, along with Oregon Trail, Number Muncher, and Spellevator. While I tragically no longer use those latter three first ballot members of the ‘90s Kid Software Hall of Fame on a … Continue reading →

Like Chuck Norris, A Librarian is Never Off Duty

While “on duty” as a librarian, I get asked a lot of questions. Some of them are super easy (“Where is the restroom?”), and some of them are real toughies (“What are the names of all the planes Vernon Castle flew?”). When I leave the library and go “off duty” as a mild-mannered civilian, the … Continue reading →

Book-to-Movie: The Golden Compass

This week, we have a guest post from Christina W., a library patron and BARC participant. In order to fulfill the requirements of the book/movie comparison BARC task, Christina has written her thoughts on the film “The Golden Compass”  and the book of the same name by Phillip Pullman on which the movie was based. … Continue reading →