It is always nice to get a little recognition for all your hard work. In a recent edition of a local Texas newspaper, Heather was featured in its employee spotlight column. We hope you enjoy the article! —J&H
Heather visits the moose at the Portland Public Library in Maine. (Photo by Jathan Fink, Jadeworks Entertainment)
Last week may have been National Library Week, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t show love to your local library the other fifty-one weeks of the year. Whether you’re a bibliophile who knows each librarian by name or someone who hasn’t stepped into a library since catalogs were in a big wooden chest with thousands of index cards inside, here are some ways to make the most of your local library now. Continue reading “Six Ways to Show You Love Your Library”
Heather and colleague Sarah Silverthorne cook up some fun at the public library. (Photo by Adrienne R. Morton)Books are my life. It seems like I’m either reading them, shelving them, reviewing them, checking them out to patrons, or chatting with authors and publishers about what is coming out next. I’ve spent most of my adulthood working at various libraries across the country, so I typically have a lot to say on the topic. And on rare occasions some folks decide I might make a good interview subject because of my voracious literary appetite! Two weeks ago, Adrienne R. Morton with the Friends of the Library came by to chat with me, and I thought I’d share that piece with you here. I hope you enjoy the interview and some of the pictures I’ve posed for during the past year! Continue reading “How Books Have Influenced My Life [INTERVIEW]”