May 2010

  • What I Made: A Sustainable Landscape

    Seattle is home to a thriving DIY ethic and culture.  As part of an occasional series of posts, we feature hand-made items created by staff at The Seattle Public Library and the library books, CDs, and DVDs that showed them how to do it themselves. We hope you’ll draw inspiration from their creations and check… Continue reading

  • Technology and its impact on the future of libraries

    How has technology changed the way information is searched, organized and delivered? How can we ensure information in all formats will be available to everyone? How can libraries stay relevant in the 21st century? Attend a free panel discussion at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 8 at the Central Library, and join the conversation about the… Continue reading

  • Brooklyn Stories: Part Two

    Do you need something to make you smile?  These Brooklyn stories will be sure to succeed. Last Days of Summer  is a charming and funny story about a 12-year-old who strikes up a correspondence with a Giants player in the 1940s. He needs a hero to replace the father who has just left the family. The… Continue reading

  • Readers Worth Reading

    Let’s face it… Learning to read is hard work! And early reading books can be, frankly, BORING! Reading requires practice in decoding symbols, understanding left-to-right page orientation, memorization, interpreting graphic clues, combining sounds and focusing your attention for long periods of time, to the point of losing all interest in the story, if there is… Continue reading

  • Bike to Work and Work to Bike!

    May is Bike to Work Month. As I was riding my bike home from work the other night, I got the idea of chronicling my commute right here on Shelf Talk. Maybe I can bike commute every single work day in May, I thought. I work at the Queen Anne Branch of The Seattle Public… Continue reading

  • Help plan the library of the future

    The Seattle Public Library needs your help. Please take our online survey from Monday, May 3 to Sunday, May 16 and tell us what Library services are most important to you. Your responses will help shape our future role and services. Visit Strategic Planning for more information about the Library’s strategic planning process. Continue reading