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The four public libraries of Pittsylvania County, as well as the bookmobile, have begun to circulate Barnes and Noble Nook e-readers to area library patrons.  The electronic devices are pre-loaded with a variety of books; books will be added to … Continue reading →

Happy Tax Day, everybody. Library workers, as guardians of the forms, are always happy to see this day arrive.  It means that we can put the forms away for another year.  We regain some of the flat space in our … Continue reading →

The 1940 census data was released this week.  In one of their stories, NPR noted that this is as exciting to genealogists and historians as the Super Bowl is to football fans.   You might discover, as I did, that it’s … Continue reading →

I finished an astonishing book this weekend. I had not really planned to read The Sense of an Ending.  I knew of its author, Julian Barnes, and knew he had become well-respected in literary circles.  However, I just was browsing … Continue reading →

Until Food Network decided to make nearly every show a competition, until they chose to embarrass people on camera the way other networks do, I liked to tune in.  In fact, I still watch Guy Fieri’s Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, … Continue reading →

Linsanity passed me by for about a week.  In case that describes you, too, here’s a quick update.  Jeremy Lin was a very good high school basketball player in California.  He wanted to play for Stanford University, but they did … Continue reading →

“Machines are gonna fail and the system’s gonna fail…then, survival. Who has the ability to survive? That’s the game – survive.” Do you remember who said that?   That line came back to me over and over again throughout the month … Continue reading →

Libraries are, as I have noted before, all about connecting people with the information they need.  In the interests of doing just that, I am posting links here to all three of the uranium mining studies that have been released … Continue reading →

I get lots of good book recommendations at my book club meetings. What a radical idea. This is my shout-out to the fellow members of my book club.  Intelligent and thoughtful women all, they are also astute reviewers of their … Continue reading →

In October, the New York Times ran an article on the post office as the heart of a community.[1] As most of us know, post offices are under tremendous economic pressure.  The use of the Internet, e-mail, electronic bill pay, … Continue reading →