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On those first Tuesdays when the library opens an hour later for all-staff meeting, we’re almost never discussing what you’d think. Literary chat would be fun, but other priorities rule

Ever had an unflattering photo making the rounds on social media?  This happens to libraries, too.   A valued (and justifiably frustrated) customer tweeted an image of the library’s copy of Flowers for

For someone who pokes fun at shallow social networking relationships (one click and you’re a “friend”) I am awfully quick to claim comradeship with noted authors. Without demonstrating equal talent, one

We don’t operate within Downton Abbey-like social strata, and no impenetrable physical barrier (that we know of) seals off the library’s first floor from the second.  Still, top-floor reference librarians

For this significant anniversary, choose when you wish to observe it.  (Don’t try this at home; a wedding date is a wedding date.) With World War I’s centenary, the approach makes

Jennifer Lawrence and I face different challenges. I worry about income tax filing and furry rooftop intruders at home and maxed-out Fiction shelving at work. Poor Jennifer, on the other hand,

As of this writing, IRS’ Facebook page has been “Liked” 17,878 times. Surely it’s OK to express surprise.   Noting that Round Rock Public Library has 1,687 Likes and we’re SO

Thankfully, this malady is easier to cure than flu.  I refer to CPF (Cookie Press Fixation, sometimes diagnosed as SCPA–Spritz Cookie Production Addiction).  Having achieved nifty results with the dough-filled

…someone writes another version of that classic holiday poem. This one celebrates downtown Round Rock (don’t forget Christmas Family Night on Dec. 6) and Rocksssanne, the library’s beloved (and intrepid) snake mascot. ***