Category Archives: Recommended Reading

The Animated Film Inspired by Hurricane Katrina, Buster Keaton, The Wizard of Oz, and a love for books, “Morris Lessmore” is a story of people who devote their lives to books and books who return the favor. Watch the oscar … Continue reading →

Did you know that a lack of danger is hazardous to the world? It’s true, according to this intriguing and informative book found in the stacks called Where the Wild Things Were: Life, Death, and Ecological Wreckage in a Land … Continue reading →

Today marks the bicentennial of Charles Dickens’s birth!  Read about some notable festivities that are occurring!

If the proliferation of viral videos starring baby sloths getting a bath or cats playing with cardboard boxes has taught us anything, it is that we all love cute animals doing adorable things. In Unlikely Friendships: 47 Remarkable Stories from … Continue reading →

Students Take Note:  What better reason than to use your Library! http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/English_Wikipedia_anti-SOPA_blackout

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Collins Library wishes you happy holidays and a great new year!  Good luck on Finals Week. Bundle up, stay warm, and see you in 2012!

Did you hear about the “library phantom” in Edinburgh who has been leaving amazing paper sculptures made from books in libraries and museums in Scotland?  Read this article from NPR! More photos of the sculptures

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