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I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends
John Clark here: I’ve had several comments from blog readers saying they like learning about the Maine library community and some of the people who make it function so well. I don’t know if you have seen any of the … Continue reading
153/365 OR Nancy Drew a Johari Window and Everything Got Better
John Clark: I read 153 books in 2013, possibly the most in one year since I devoured the library in Union along with Sister Kate when we were kids. (Caution: Frankness alert ahead). Looking back on how I felt as … Continue reading
Maine Balsam Libraries, the Next Big Thing?
It all started with OPAC envy, OPAC being Online Public Access Catalog. I was hosting a Tri-County Librarians meeting several years ago (Penobscot, Piscataquis and Somerset), when someone asked how I liked running an open … Continue reading
Introducing a few literary gems, Maine-style
John here, wearing my librarian hat. I can’t speak for other states, but the wealth of books about Maine is amazing. Librarians in Maine have some great resources that allow us to share things that might otherwise be tossed or … Continue reading
Who Said Enabling Wasn’t Fun?
This is my TBR pile, minus four books that arrived in today’s mail as a result of swaps made on Bookmooch.com. I’ve read 88 books this year and the pile continues to grow, aided by trading sites and a growing … Continue reading
Two of the Best Young Adult Publishers You’ve Never Heard of…And how I discovered them.
I’m still operating on the same material budget I had when I took on the job as Hartland Public librarian in 2006. I don’t need to tell anyone what inflation has done to book prices, etc. since then. One of … Continue reading
Catching up with Maine author, John Ford Sr.
Our Hartland Library book group has been going for over four years, meeting at 7 PM on the last Tuesday of each month. When we chose Suddenly The Cider Didn’t Taste So Good by … Continue reading
