Ever lose a favorite earring or the button off of your best coat? Where could that missing puzzle piece or biscuit tin have gone? What […]
For the Love of Handcrafts
Did you know that the earliest evidence of felting dates back to the Neolithic era? That one of the earliest forms of appliqué is seen […]
Know Your Library #37
Have you ever wondered what the University Heights branch looked like in 1953? Wonder no more! Want to see more articles and photographs about the […]
Victorian Mystery Series
Welcome to the Victorian era in England! Meet Veronica Speedwell, lepidopterist and world traveler! Today’s definition: a lepidopterist is “a person who studies and collects butterflies […]
Know Your Library #36
Before Check Us Out, we had these monthly flyers. Check out the month of March’s programs from 1975! Want to see more articles and photographs […]
Steampunk Series
I find this new steampunk series irresistible, and it’s not just because it has the word “custard” in the title. Although that definitely helps! Gail […]
Better Know a Library Staffer: Doreen
Here on the blog the other Matchmakers and I share what we are reading, watching, or listening to quite frequently, but we don’t often hear […]
Noble Bookworms – African American Fiction
Exciting news – Noble Youth Services staff have started our very own book club! We’re calling ourselves the Noble Bookworms. Each month we agree to […]
Building a Website: Weebly vs WordPress
Heights Libraries offers classes on two different ways to build websites. Weebly uses a drag-and-drop editor to create professional looking websites. WordPress is primarily a blog platform, but […]
Check into a Literary Hotel
I love checking into a literary hotel. Recently, my guide was Nicolaia Rips, a seventeen year old who penned the new book, Trying to Float: Coming […]