Watching our figures
Of all the City of Round Rock departments you know about—Utilities, Transportation, Parks and Recreation, Police, Fire, etc.—which group springs to mind when you think of exercise and fitness? You …
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April art and anticipation
As a certain mid-April deadline approaches, queues for Foundation Communities’ Community Tax Center assistance at the library are lengthening, but not as much as you’d think. Ever since the …
Not too busy to stop and smell the tulips
It may be spring break, but folks in Round Rock never stop doing their homework. The Improvements for Your Home display tower on second floor requires constant monitoring to refill …
Views from above and below
Erik Larson’s Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania will be out soon–March 10–but the reviews (e.g., “…history at its harrowing best”) have me wishing I could get my hands …
Better living through Friends
Why I’m not a morning person: the tendency to awaken with sudden realization of yesterday’s missteps. The first conscious thought the day after our Book Buzz event: Robert–our Penguin Random …
Strange encounter at the library
When you think horror, think Round Rock Public Library! Wait–that didn’t come out right. But we do want fans of terrifying tales to know that we purchase books for them; …
The buzz stops here
Anticipating the Book Buzz event featuring our publisher rep, we wonder: what if popular fictional characters could present library programs?
Round Rock Night before Christmas 2014 (or, The Truth about Our Favorite Public Library Customer)
This Night Before Christmas tribute imagines Santa’s visit to Round Rock and the elves’ micromanagement of his 21st-century duties.
The gift that keeps on changing
Novels that explore facets of contemporary experience help us acquire greater perspective and process change.
All I want is a room somewhere (else)
It’s tempting to channel Eliza Dolittle, imagining what would be architecturally “loverly” even before blueprints for the new library get underway. Recently I speculated how our workflow would benefit …
Pre-owned and priceless
Some museum curators travel the globe to acquire items of significance. A more budget-friendly strategy: pick up the phone and graciously accept when, out of the blue, a caller offers …
That ship has sailed. Hope there were books aboard…
Did you celebrate New Year’s last week? Beginning October 1, City of Round Rock is operating in fiscal year 2014-15. Friends of the Round Rock Public Library hosted a clever …
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Feeling listless?
Which of these is the wrong answer to a reference question? A. You’re kidding, right? B. Sorry, no can do. C. Ummmmm…. D. All of the above I did use …
That’s the spirit
This happened before Youtube and smartphones; otherwise the moment would have inevitably been shared: we’re among a summertime gaggle of tourists entering the Alamo–pausing inside the threshold to consider worn, hand-fashioned …
Travel essentials: cheese, diamonds, someone to watch your back
At the Reference Desk, fear of disappointing our customers should we not possess (or can’t for some reason retrieve) the information they seek is ever present. But last Friday a …
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How to be a novel employee
We’re sometimes asked whether folks who apply for City of Round Rock jobs are required to live here. No–and that’s a good thing. Employees who reside elsewhere can share insights …
