Most crafters know the feeling. You have a favorite craft or hobby, but when you do too much of it for too long you start feeling burned out. You're stuck in a crafters rut. There is a simple way out though. Spend a day or a week or two...
Author Archive for Beth
Friday, Dec 12, 2014
The Holidays are fast approaching - and at least for me that means its time to bake cookies! On the 2nd floor we have a new pop-up display of Cookie cookbooks, and there are even more in the circulating collection at 641.8654 . I can't pick my...
Monday, Nov 17, 2014
Begun in 1936, Consumer Reports magazine is the go-to source for unbiased consumer reviews of consumer products - from air conditioners to vacuums and everything in between. Consumer Reports publishes reviews and comparisons of products based on...
Thursday, Sep 25, 2014
ICPL's 3rd Annual Arts and Crafts Bazaar is coming up in December, and we're taking donations now . If you'd like to make something to donate to the bazaar, but need some suggestions, there are a lot of great new crafting books on the New Book...
Thursday, Aug 28, 2014
August 26th is National Dog Day, and to celebrate we have two new displays on the 2nd floor. There is a photo display of ICPL Staff Dogs and book display of with all kinds of dog books : Books about the history of domesticated dogs and owning (
Wednesday, Aug 20, 2014
Recently I had a conversation with one of the Library's 2nd floor Information Pages about the yearbook collection at ICPL. Hannah had become curious about her paternal grandfather and looked through our collection of University of Iowa Hawkeye...
Tuesday, Aug 19, 2014
The One Community One Book* selection for 2014 is The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande. Born in a small town in Guerrero, Mexico, Reyna Grande Rodriquez was two years old when her father left for the U.S. to find work. Her mother followed...
Friday, Aug 15, 2014
You told us what you read this summer and we kept track. Click on the cover or title to place one of these on hold. The most read book this summer, by both teens and adults is The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. The story is narrated...
Wednesday, Aug 6, 2014
Is there a difference between a recipe book and a cookbook? If there is, than Mason Jar Salads and more - 50 Layered Lunches to Grab & Go is more of a recipe book. There's little, if any actual cooking here. Author Julia Mirabella has...
Wednesday, Jun 25, 2014
On these long steamy days of summer is there anything that sounds better than a nice fresh salad? Some people can create wonderful salads as if by magic. But I'm not one of those people. Even wandering through farmers market I get stumped on...
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About Beth
Title: Program Librarian Where you'll see me in the library: I work at the Information Desk, the Help Desk and in the Digital Media Lab during Drop-in Tech Help. I teach some of the Genealogy workshops and I'll be at most of the Library Events & Programs for adults too, so I'm pretty much everywhere. What do you like to read? I read all...