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If you heard the news last spring that LinkedIn had just purchased the video training site Lynda.com for $1.5 billion, you probably thought, "Wow! Those must be some excellent videos!" Well, now you can see for yourself. The Des Plaines Public Library has a new subscription to Lynda.com and you can use it for free with your library card.

You can learn to do almost anything on Lynda.com. Here are some subjects you may want to try:

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With Halloween quickly approaching, now is the perfect time to break out a favorite frightening book from our High School collection, or check out a few new ones.

I just finished reading Daughters Unto Devils by Amy Lukavics, a book that I picked up almost immediately after hearing it described as Little House on the Prairie meets Steven King (eek!).

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I'm going to keep this post short and sweet today -- the Cubs are playing in the playoffs, and Chicagoland is abuzz with excitement (well, except for my brother-in-law who grew up as a Mets fan and when he transplanted to Chicago, couldn't be a Cubs fan so he picked the Sox!)  

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It’s a cold winter day.  A Saturday.  Early in the morning.  Many have traveled from all over Illinois, by highway and through snow, just to get there. 

These educators and librarians make up the Monarch committee, through ISLMA, and they have an important job to do. 

Continue Reading "Who Will Be the Monarch Award Winner?" →

I have a vivid memory of accompanying my mom to the library sometime in the mid '70s. She was on a mission to definitively resolve (OK win) an argument that had been simmering between my dad and her for days. 

What year did the song Blue Suede Shoes first hit the charts? 

My dad insisted 1954, my mom 1956. The debate was heated.

Continue Reading "Because There’s NOTHING Trivial about Trivia" →