Cryptonomicon
Neal Stephenson. Just do me a favor and read all his books. Except Anathem. Couldn’t get my metaphorical teeth into it. But this post is on the Cryptonomicon. This book … Continued
Irish Pittsburgh
Here are a few titles we recommend to learn more about the Irish and their influences, and experiences, here in Pittsburgh.
Celebrate One Book, Every Young Child with Momo!
April is known as the Month of the Young Child and, although as Children’s Librarians we focus on young children every day, April has special meaning to us. Children’s Librarians, in partnership with early childhood educators and museum educators across the state of Pennsylvania, will be on a mission to share one very special book with every young child we meet.
The Small but Mighty Mustached Detective
When I was younger, my mom and I used to watch this show on A&E called Agatha Christie’s Poirot. At the time I called it (clearly mispronouncing) Par-ett, and fell into admiration … Continued
Stick To It!
The humble genre sticker makes finding things in the library ever so much easier.
Feminist Booklist to Inspire Young Readers
Each year I get to be part of the Amelia Bloomer Project, a committee of librarians that chooses amazing books with significant feminist content. The annual list is meant to inspire and advocate for the equality of people of all sexes and genders through well-written and well-illustrated books for ages birth – 18.
Historical Stories
As far back as I can remember I have been enthralled by history. There is no particular time period, moment, or event that I tend to focus on but instead … Continued
We Need You For Prototyping and Testing!
How can we make your Main Library better? Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh has been working with design firm brightspot to engage our local community, staff and funders to imagine ways … Continued
Best of BARD: January 2018
This year started with Fire and Fury! We received so many calls from our patrons who wanted to listen to this book, we had to hire 100 little gnomes who … Continued
Zadie Smith and Politics Through the Lens of Self
For the February installment of Talking Books @ LBPH, we read Swing Time by Zadie Smith. This was the first Smith book I’ve read and initially, I was intimidated by … Continued