

Books and Cinema: A Love Story
Library and librarian depictions in film and television are well-documented, from Beauty and the Beast to Orange is the New Black to The...


Archiving Objects: A Eulogy
Libraries and archives both digital and physical alike become permanent vessels for the things of yesterday. They are the final resting...


On Living Dangerously
When I was a few decades younger and a few feet shorter, I was the only Girl Scout too afraid to attempt a thirty foot rock wall at...


New Year, New You
In the midst of planning for this year's upcoming library conferences, I stumbled across my notes from last June's SLA annual conference...


Your Weekend is All Booked
That face Aaron Paul makes when Jesse Pinkman is speeding off toward whatever boundless life of freedom is in store? That moment of...


All the Colors One Can Hold
There is little you can do to control the direction of a hot air balloon, floating its way along the yawning skies of a foreign...


Like a French Bookstore
On a brisk autumn walk through the 18th arrondissement of Paris, I stumbled across Les Trois Soeurs, a children's bookstore. It would...