Boy, do we ever! In my last post, I directed you to how you can get to the same archives The Gazette website uses, but for free. But that's just a text-based archive, what if you want to see what the actual newspaper pages look like? Head back to...
Author Archive for Melody
Wednesday, Jul 19, 2017
Yes! The Iowa City Public Library has a database of Cedar Rapids Gazette articles, covering 1992 to the present. The years match what the newspaper's archive page on its website says it has. The articles in NewsBank will be text articles (i.e., no...
Monday, Jun 26, 2017
Fellow magazine lovers: tonight, the service ICPL uses for digital magazines will experience a significant upgrade. The company has been working on a new app that promises to improve the experience of checking out and reading digital magazines. The...
Tuesday, Apr 25, 2017
Icon by Dillon Arloff. Good question! It's been such a beautiful spring so far, why *wouldn't* you be inspired to start running? I, myself, have started running again and am happy to point out a free resource to take someone from the couch to a 5K....
Friday, Apr 7, 2017
I already love audiobooks (I'm an aural-o-gist!), so I didn't think twice about whether to binge-listen to the S-Town Podcast or not. I split the seven-"chapter" (episode) podcast into two days of listening while editing image files at work and...
Friday, Feb 3, 2017
Budeme všichni spát by Czech artist Barbora Bálková, via WikiMedia A week ago, I begged experienced mom and fellow Info Desk staffer, Jen , for help finding books on sleep-training for new parents like me who don't know what they're doing. "I...
Friday, Jan 20, 2017
When major historical events happen before our eyes, it can be fun to turn to the wayback machine and explore what it was like in the past. Thanks to the Historical New York Times database , I can take this trip down the collective memory lane. As...
Thursday, Dec 1, 2016
Every once in a while, I catalog an art book that is so beautiful it makes my jaw drop. Such was the case with Benjamin Grant's Overview . Grant took satellite images of the earth and humans' impact on it, and turned them into art. He has a...
Monday, Nov 7, 2016
Two weeks ago, Brian gave us some very helpful information about registering to vote and researching candidates. Now, we are just one day away from Election Day, and so many people want to know: Where do I vote??? Google has created a very...
Tuesday, Nov 1, 2016
Here's another book I came across while cataloging and just had to put on hold: Sad Animal Facts by Brooke Barker. Flatiron Books' promo line reads "A delightful and quirky compendium of the Animal Kingdom’s more unfortunate truths, with over 150...
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About Melody
I've been at the library for more than 10 years now, and I still find joy when choosing the best books for our readers. My current reading journey is taking me book by book through different genres. I'm challenging myself to find books that are enough outside my wheelhouse that I'd pass them by on first glance. The genre I'm looking forward to...