Category Archives: Recommended Reading

Bringing your laptop to the library? Protect your laptop from theft by checking out a lock at the Circulation Desk on the main floor. It’s as easy to use as a bicycle lock. The cable loops around any secure object, … Continue reading →

April is National Poetry Month! Publishers, booksellers, literary organizations, libraries, schools and poets around the country band together to celebrate poetry and its vital place in American culture. Businesses and non-profit organizations participate through readings, festivals, book displays, workshops, and … Continue reading →

Stop by the Collins Library and say hello to those employees whose work keeps your library up and running with the quality and level of service you have come to expect! Some library  fun facts: 35, 480 library visitors came … Continue reading →

April is National Poetry Month!  Publishers, booksellers, literary organizations, libraries, schools and poets around the country band together to celebrate poetry and its vital place in American culture. Businesses and non-profit organizations participate through readings, festivals, book displays, workshops, and … Continue reading →

Collins library celebrates Pierce County READS 2011 (March 5 – April 30, 2011), the largest community reading event in Pierce County! This year, the public voted best READ’S pick as best-seller “The Big Burn” by Pulitzer Prize winner Timothy Egan. … Continue reading →

Today March 3, is UNESCO’s World Book Day! Share a favorite book that matters to you, whether intellectually, personally, or any other way at all!

Monday, February 21, 2011, at 3:30 p.m. — Wheelock Student Center, Murray Boardroom. University of Washington Pre-Doc. Beth Patin gave a lecture about her incredible experiences living and working in Louisiana when Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, including her work … Continue reading →

The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, dedicated to the memory of our nation’s 35th president, has opened a new presidential archive online! Now you can enjoy the convenience of historic items from Kennedy’s famous speech drafts and letters, … Continue reading →

Mark Twain’s autobiography has finally hit the library book shelf! His wish came true: His autobiography which he devoted the last decade of his life to writing was to be published no earlier than 100 years after his passing. And … Continue reading →

Read about Amazon.com’s pulling of a book they once defended in the Marketplace article Amazon.com removes controversial book but controversies may return. Will this act stir up censorship and controversial issues? What do you think?