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  • Support your local EM

    Boinnngggg. You could practically hear last week's topic hitting a nerve, one in-house English major at a time. After I inquired which staffers claimed English as an academic concentration, "No" replies landed in my inbox; "Yes" folks responded in person. They needed to vent....
    Posted to Reader's Exchange (Weblog) by Linda Sappenfield on 05-10-2013

  • Not that you asked...

    Not everyone who works in the library is a librarian (technically, that's only the folks with MLS or MLIS degrees). And among the librarians, library assistants, and library associates in the building, a smaller percentage than you might think were English majors. Fortunately. Every day, questions...
    Posted to Reader's Exchange (Weblog) by Linda Sappenfield on 05-03-2013

  • Very very very fine houses

    This week, I found myself tracking former residences the way some people Google their old flames. Leave 'em and love 'em: that's my motto. Of a dozen former homes, we've owned two. We were fond of them then, but they've acquired nostalgia value over time. The soft focus of receding...
    Posted to Reader's Exchange (Weblog) by Linda Sappenfield on 04-12-2013

  • Here's your hat; what's your story?

    Like all parents, I ponder the Generational Divide some days more than others. And this week? Well, it occurred to me that J.K. Rowling's great gift to humankind-- the Sorting Hat --might represent the issue nicely. If the hat assigned generational membership, it might still consider age, but it...
    Posted to Reader's Exchange (Weblog) by Linda Sappenfield on 03-22-2013

  • Oh, don't be so modest (just be accurate)

    The customer isn't always right. On those rare occasions, it's fortunate if someone else has already said so. That's what happened with the recent job hunter who slid his resume across the reference desk, sighed, and related his situation. After applying three times to an area employer with...
    Posted to Reader's Exchange (Weblog) by Linda Sappenfield on 03-15-2013

  • The quality of mercy

    Not an ardent reader of Science Fiction, I approach it like a child lectured that eating vegetables is a Good Thing and should be undertaken frequently: I'm always glad afterward but rarely pursue the experience. Predictably, when an advance copy of Ariel Djanikian's The Office of Mercy arrived...
    Posted to Reader's Exchange (Weblog) by Linda Sappenfield on 03-08-2013

  • Never enough awards for "Best Supporting..."

    I spotted Wonder Woman in the library a couple of days ago. Or maybe it was Super Mom; there's scarcely any difference. The first clue to her identity was the adorable napping baby nestling in a handmade sling tied jauntily around her shoulders. Without apparent effort, she managed a reading list...
    Posted to Reader's Exchange (Weblog) by Linda Sappenfield on 02-22-2013

  • Living in the Sticks-and-Stones Age

    I should appreciate my colleagues in City of Round Rock's Communications division more. Sure, they've been kind and supportive of this blog all along, but now it appears that they've been bravely fostering a risky venture. Consider the case of a university librarian in Canada who's being...
    Posted to Reader's Exchange (Weblog) by Linda Sappenfield on 02-15-2013

  • My kingdom for a repair estimate

    If a significant artifact on the order of Richard III's skeleton is ever unearthed around here, I like to believe that the find wouldn't instigate an internationally publicized squabble between,say, Round Rock and Pflugerville. Emotions run high when honor and tourism are at stake. Couldn't...
    Posted to Reader's Exchange (Weblog) by Linda Sappenfield on 02-08-2013

  • Maggie Smith's Bacon number: 2

    Did you know that the library's getting a new webpage? Watch for it this spring. We're already generating content ideas, including more "If you like.." features: additional reading options inspired by favorite authors or themes. Susan from Youth Services suggested a brilliant one--recommendations...
    Posted to Reader's Exchange (Weblog) by Linda Sappenfield on 02-01-2013
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