Tag: library

A novel is a garden carried in the pocket | grow. learn. connect.

I love the title of this JMRL Blog post. How true!

March 20, 2012
JMRL Big Read | This is going to be fun!

I am so happy with the choice of the Maltese Falcon for this year’s Big Read! Everyone that I mention it to says something like, “Wow, that is really going to be fun!” No excuses – JMRL has a number of copies, but the book is also widely available from Amazon and Barnes & Noble…

January 10, 2011
Downloadable, electronic and audio books – perfect for frosty winter days!

A new service at the Jefferson Madison Regional Library means you will never be stuck at home during snowy winter weather with nothing to read. I tried it out this morning and I am delighted with installing Adobe Digital Editions (free) and downloading my first Adobe EPUB eBook in seconds. The downside for me is…

December 6, 2010
Just in time for summer – enjoy the new JMRL blog for library folks everywhere

I am so excited to see the new blog from the friendly folks at the Jefferson Madison Regional Library. For anyone who loves books and reading and information, etc. etc., this is such a wonderful resource for lifelong learning, entertainment — again etc., etc.! And, believe it or not, you can also chat with a…

June 17, 2010
Our First Lifelong-Learning Resource – Remember the Library?

As a military child moving to a new community every few years, I valued the family trips to the local library as one of the the pleasures that I could count on no matter where we lived. Even in Germany in 1950, we visited the library provided by the US DoD for the families moving…

August 24, 2009