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Monthly Archives: April 2014
Collins Library Links: A New Library System Will Debut in Mid-June 2014!
A New Library System Will Debut in Mid-June 2014! We are moving with our partner libraries in the Orbis Cascade Alliance from 37 stand-alone systems to one powerful, shared system. Through a single search box on the library home page, you will … Continue reading
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April is National Poetry Month: Hijab by Soraya Bodaghi
Hijab A thin black scarf hides hair, nose and lips my eyes must speak a thousand words I cannot say. Lessons: how to make khoresht, clean lace curtains in buckets of bleach. My only education. Stealing Bijan’s Qur’an to study … Continue reading
Music & Performing Arts Database
Music & Performing Arts combines audio and video that spans all time periods, hundreds of thousands of seminal artists, composers, choreographers, and ensembles to provide an unparalleled learning environment for the teaching of music. Contemporary world music, classical music, popular … Continue reading
From the Archives: Homer T. Bone papers
Homer T. Bone served Washington State as an attorney, house representative, and state senator. Included in his papers is an original work seen here, painted on canvas. Interested in getting a close-up look at some full size history? Stop by … Continue reading
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Food for Fines! April 21 – May 11, 2014
This spring, Collins Memorial Library and Backpacks of Hope are co-sponsoring Food for Fines. Pay off your library fines with food instead of cash, April 21st – May 11th. Donate to a worthy cause AND clean up your library debt … Continue reading
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New in the Popular Collection: “The Remedy” By Thomas Goetz
In this nonfiction title, Goetz takes readers behind the scenes of a marvelous tale of hubris and ambition involving two of history’s greatest men. In 1890, Dr. Robert Koch announced his cure in Berlin for century’s deadliest disease: tuberculosis. Among … Continue reading
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In honor of tax day, we thought we would share some history from the Library of Congress!
If, in the midst of sorting receipts and studying the latest changes in the US income tax laws, you suddenly wonder “What is the origin of this annual ritual in the weeks leading up to April 15th?” here are some … Continue reading
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It’s National Library Week – Tell us what you like about Collins!
What kind of positive impact has Collins library made in your life? Your stories are key to communicating the value of libraries. National Library Week is the perfect opportunity to share it. On Tuesday, April 15, comment on the whiteboard … Continue reading
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Books? Or No Books? Envisioning the Academic Library of the Future
The book still holds a powerful symbolic message of wisdom, intelligence and scholarship The next time you watch a television interview or news briefing or press conference, check out how often books or bookshelves are used as a backdrop. But … Continue reading
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The 2014 Pulitzer Prizes, which honor excellence in journalism and the arts, will be announced on Monday, April 14th.
To see who the winners are please check the Pulitzer web site at: http://www.pulitzer.org/ In 1912, one year after Pulitzer’s death aboard his yacht, the Columbia School of Journalism was founded, and the first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded in 1917 … Continue reading