Posted by Candice on Friday, Mar 27, 2020
Did you know that you can still come to the Library for assistance--online, that is?! Staff are providing chat information services M-F, during the hours of 10-5. You can ask us for help with downloading e-materials (books! audiobooks! movies!! magazines!!!), using some of our online databases (care to delve into the Sanborn maps, anyone?), finding up-to-date reliable information about Covid, or really, anything you find tickling your brain.
For instance, I'm getting ready to staff the chat from 1-5 today, and on Wednesdays from 1-5 for the next two weeks...some of my work-related and personal interests are local history, mystery/thriller books, nonfiction history, travel guides, and cats. Yes, cats. So, if any of you out there are really just sitting around wondering what unique web-based, free local history resources I like to use, come chat with me! Want to know what mysteries are at the top of my list right now, or how to find recommendations on what to read next? Give me a holler! Interested in finding out what types of cat beds my cats like or don't like? You know where to come! Want some non-traditional travel books to get you ready to hit the road again, once we can? I've got some favorites.
Basically...if you have questions, ICPL still has answers. We're here for you...chat now, operators are standing by!
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I work at the Info Desk on the second floor, and I select books for the adult nonfiction collection. I have a degree in anthropology, which really helps in selecting...well...almost anything. I also manage the Art To Go collection of framed prints and original art, and the nonfiction DVDs.
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First, this book is beautifully written. Menachem Kaiser's grasp of language to tell a story, illustrate situations, and convey thoughts and emotions is so fluid and engaging. Second, this book is important in many ways, but also very interesting--a real nonfiction win-win. It's a slightly winding story, starting out with particular goals and desired outcomes, but as so often happens when researching and interacting history, the modern world and reality intervene, and make things a lot harder to get hold of and follow. Menachem goes where the story leads him, and the results are so strange, interesting, and profound that you couldn't have imagined some of it. This story is also full of love and learning and respect--for self, for others, for history, and for the stories that survive. -Candice