Library Commission News & Announcements
I do read more age-appropriate books occasionally, I promise. But when my hold for The Labors of Hercules Beal became available, I tossed aside the mystery I was halfway through to dive into this instead. Whodunit? Who cares? Gary D. Schmidt is just that good...
O #BookfaceFriday! This week's BookFace is brand new to our collection! Next week, December 7th, we'll be celebrating Willa Cather's 150th birthday...
Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! Few industries say "Omaha" like the stockyards. The stockyards began in 1883 when Wyoming cattle baron, Alexander Swan, wanted a livestock market closer than Chicago...
"The Home Place" by Wright Morris is available on cartridge and for download on BARD! First published in 1948, this novel, written in the first person, describes the one-day visit of Clyde Muncy to "the home place" at Lone Tree, Nebraska...
I am a gamer, and I have had cats as pets for almost my entire life. So, obviously, I had to read this book. Cat + Gamer is the first volume of the English translation of the Japanese manga, written and illustrated by Wataru Nadatani...
Highlights from Internet Librarian 2023 will be shared on next week's Pretty Sweet Tech NCompass Live webinar, on Wednesday, November 29 at 10am CT. Special monthly episodes of NCompass Live!...
Pass the #BookfaceFriday! This week's BookFace selection is all about what to do with those pesky Thanksgiving leftovers. Just kidding, "The Leftover Woman: A Novel" by Jean Kwok (William Morrow, 2013) is all about motherhood and identity...