Author Archive for Beth

Sunday, Feb 26, 2017

One of the things I like best about working at ICPL is how easy it is to walk through the new book sections. This week I found a book that I've added to my list to buy. Written by quilt blogger Amanda Jean Nyberg   No Scrap Left Behind - 16 Quilt...

Wednesday, Feb 8, 2017

  With Valentines Day right around the corner, many people's thoughts are turning to romance and relationships.  There many different types of relationships, and ICPL has all sorts of books on them too. Romantic relationships come in all...

Wednesday, Jan 11, 2017

Cooking with cast-iron cookware is something you either love or you hate.  Those who love it make it look so easy - their pans are a lovely shiny black and nothing ever sticks or burns. Then there are people like me - who have tried over and over...

Monday, Nov 14, 2016

What does it mean to be transgender?  Transgender people are people whose gender identity - their innate knowledge of who they are -  is different from the gender they were thought to be at birth. Transgender people are your classmates, your...

Wednesday, Nov 9, 2016

Today the term Veteran encompasses a wider range of people than it ever has in the past. People of different races, genders and sexual orientation, all of whom have or had one thing in common - the willingness to serve and defend our country as a...

Tuesday, Oct 11, 2016

Attention all crafters!   Donations are now being accepted for the Annual ICPL Friends Foundation Fundraising Arts & Crafts Bazaar.  This year the bazaar will be on Saturday, December 2nd, so you still have time to get let your craftiness fly...

Thursday, Jun 30, 2016

July 1st is here!  That means we're halfway through the 2016 Summer Reading Program. But you still have time to play along. This year, participation is even easier - you can do it online or with a paper game-card available at any public service...

Friday, May 20, 2016

With warm weather finally arriving in Iowa, it's time to start thinking about summer fun.  If you're looking for places to picnic, hike, camp in tents or campers, to go swimming, fishing, or boating, or for all sorts of other outdoor activities,...

Monday, Apr 25, 2016

Spring has arrived in Iowa City, and so have the weeds. Which means it's time to keep an eye out for Garlic Mustard. According to the Iowa DNR "Garlic Mustard is a rapidly spreading, highly invasive non-native plant. It was introduced from Europe...

Saturday, Feb 20, 2016

Winters are long in Iowa.  By the time the middle of February comes around, Mother Nature begins to tease us with bright sunny days.  But look at a calendar and you'll see that we are still more than a month away from Spring. If you're itching to...

About Beth

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Title:  Program Librarian Where you'll see me in the library:  I work at the Information Desk, the Help Desk and in the Digital Media Lab during Drop-in Tech Help. I teach some of the Genealogy workshops and I'll be at most of the Library Events & Programs for adults too, so I'm pretty much everywhere. What do you like to read?   I read all...