Library Director’s NotebookNovember , 2012 It has always interested me that during some of the worst...
Library Director’s Notebook
November , 2012
Important changes coming to the Ocean State Libraries Catalog this Spring. Click here for more info.
Library Director’s Notebook
November , 2012
“What is the sound of an eighty-nine-year-old heart breaking? It might not be much more than silence, and certainly a small, slight sound.”
~ From On Canann’s Side by Sebastian Barry ~
Library Director’s Notebook
September, 2012
Library Director’s Notebook
August 2012
A new book by Anne Tyler is always a treat, not just because her writing is superbly tender and absurdly funny, but because she is not the kind of writer who churns out a new book or two every year. Fans of Anne Tyler need to wait at least a few years between books, but the results are worth the wait.
Library Director’s Notebook
July, 2012
Dennis Lehane fans know that his novels are hard hitting, often very graphically violent stories of the lives of troubled men and women. While his book The Given Day also has its share of violence, there is much more to this book than a front seat to a blood bath.
Library Director’s Notebook
June, 2012
I remember where I was on November 22, 1963. I was sitting in my 7th grade English class, watching with astonishment, as my usually dour teacher burst into tears upon learning that President Kennedy had been shot.
Library Director’s Notebook
May, 2012
Library Director’s Notebook
April, 2012