November is Native American Heritage Month



The Library of Congress, the National Museum of the American Indian, the Indian Health Service, the Smithsonian, the National Register of Historic Places, and other organizations are paying tribute in November to the rich ancestry and traditions of American Indians and Alaska Natives.

Native American activist, journalist, and poet Suzan Shown Harjo will deliver the keynote address November 13 for Library of Congress celebration. The Library of Congress website also points to teaching resources and digital collections useful for instruction....
Library of Congress



How to search for rare books on eBay



In Honor of Veteran's Day, Oral Histories capture Illinois Veteran's Voices.





Book overdue since 1947 nets $250 fee
A library book checked out from an Oklahoma school library in 1947 has turned up in Ohio and was returned, with a $250 check to cover overdue fees. Librarian Betty Niver said the book New Word Analysis: Or, School Etymology of English Derivative Words, by William Swinton (1879), was mailed to Holland Hall school in Tulsa by Martha McCabe Jarrett, who was a high school sophomore when she signed out the book 61 years ago....
Associated Press, Nov. 1; New England Cable News, Nov. 1



Thanks to everyone who took our programing poll. The top 3 requests were Madrigals, Chinese New-Year, French Cooking and Tea Tasting Demonstration. You voted we listened.

"Closing Books Shuts Out Ideas"

Banned Books Week
September 27- October 4, 2008

 

Banned Books Week 2008 is the 27th annual celebration of the freedom to read. This freedom, not only to choose what we read, but also to select from a full array of possibilities.

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Katie Couric's Notebook: 'Banned Books Week' (CBS News) 2007
 CBSNews Katie Couric ... "Only On The Web": Each year efforts are made to pull "questionable" books from libraries' shelves. Katie Couric talks about "Banned Books Week" and its significance for libraries and literary freedom.


Finding Nemo may be old hat for some, and we can Find Waldo in a lot of places, but can we locate our ancestors?

 

If you’re interested in local history or have thought about digging for the roots of your family tree, a group is organizing to do just these things . . . . to delve into local history and to discover how to research genealogy.

 

Residents of the Prairie Skies Library District are invited to join us on Wednesday, September 17th in the community room of the Pleasant Plains Branch library at 7:00 PM.

 

The plans are for this to be an ongoing group, so bring what you know and share how you learned it.  YOU may be just the expert we’re looking for!  Anyone who has been a part of the Ashland or Plains community for several years would be a valuable resource for the group.

 

Feel free to bring a friend - - this will be a share and learn as you go group, and all are welcome.