Halloween Suggestions

Still need a costume? Go as a librarian! But not a stodgy, shushy type of librarian. A cool librarian. Your humble blogkeeper suggests the following:
Batgirl – Remember: Barbara Gordon, A.K.A. Batgirl, was a librarian. Invaluable research assistance by day, butt kicker by night. And in modern comic book continuity, [...]

New Book Displays

We have a couple of new book displays set up that are worth taking a look.
The first set of reference shelves near the computers on the first floor has a display celebrating the fact that October is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered (LGBT) History Month, and the rear display shelves up on the second floor [...]

New Leisure Reading Titles

Here are some new titles we’ve recently added to our rotating McNaughton Leisure Reading Collection:

Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo
Away: a novel by Amy Bloom
Blaze: a novel by Richard Bachman; foreword by Stephen King (Wow, how’d Bachman hook that up?*)
Body Surfing: a novel by Anita Shreve
Run by Ann Patchett

These and other leisure titles are on [...]

So, what magazines would you like to see us get?

The library is looking to increase the number of leisure-reading magazines that we subscribe to, and we’d like your help. What sorts of magazines would you like to see us carry? Any specific titles or subject areas you’d like us to cover? Sports, fashion, travel, car stuff, pets, crafts… the sky’s the limit. Except for, [...]

Banned Books Week: Top Ten Challenged Authors

As compiled by the American Library Association, these are the Top Ten Most Challenged Authors from 1990 to 2004 (via):

Alvin Schwartz – Author of the Scary Stories series.
Judy Blume – Author of Blubber, Deenie, and Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Robert Cormier – Author of The Chocolate War, I Am the Cheese, and [...]