If you've ever taken a roadtrip, you know there are all sorts of things to see when cruising down the roads of Iowa. Big cities and small towns; railroads, bridges and barns; modern buildings or historic architecture; fields of corn, soybeans or...
Author Archive for Beth
Thursday, Apr 24, 2014
Today we received a call at the Reference Desk from a patron that has us stumped. The patron asked for information about a time capsule they believe had been placed in the former Henry Sabin Elementary School building at 500 South Dubuque Street...
Wednesday, Apr 16, 2014
I love histories and stories and I enjoy learning about the famous. Biographies, autobiographies and memoirs have been long been written by and about the noteworthy. These books make up a large portion of the library’s nonfiction collection, but...
Sunday, Apr 6, 2014
Rarely do I read a nonfiction book and wish the author would write more. Not necessarily more about the topic, just MORE because they are such an entertaining writer. This book is definitely one of them. Detroit News Finance Editor, and creator...
Wednesday, Mar 12, 2014
National Craft Month . What a GREAT idea! A whole month dedicated to crafts of all kinds. On the 2nd floor there Craft Month display with books on all sorts of crafts: ceramics, jewelry making, felting, embroidery, stained glass making,...
Friday, Feb 28, 2014
Recently I had a conversation with one of our teen volunteers about what I liked most about being a Librarian. To me, being a Librarian is like being on a never-ending treasure hunt. Its a great job for someone who is naturally curious. Every...
Thursday, Jan 30, 2014
January is almost over, but does knowing we have at least 7 more weeks of winter make you want learn to hibernate? Does watching yet another snowstorm blow through give you the winter blues? ICPL has the cure! Check out the new Arm Chair Travel...
Thursday, Jan 23, 2014
It's official: Spring is coming! How do I know this? I found my first seed catalogs in my mailbox this week! I had to knock the snow off the mailbox to open it, but the catalogs were there waiting for me. Yes, I admit it. Rather than bleed...
Friday, Jan 3, 2014
To most people, winter means ice and snow. But for some of us - the ones with mud in our veins - winter is time to start thinking, dreaming and planning for our gardens. And what better way to get back in the mood to garden then by getting...
Sunday, Aug 11, 2013
One of the most frustrating things for me about quilting is trying to envision a quilt pattern in colors other than the ones pictured in the pattern. "Alternative colorways" are sometimes provided in magazines, but usually there's just one...
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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...