April 2016

New BiblioCommons Profile and Subscription Features

April 4, 2016

Through the generosity of The Seattle Public Library Foundation, The Seattle Public Library partnered with BiblioCommons – the vendor which supplies our online catalog – to improve information access and delivery for our patrons. In this partnership, the Library and BiblioCommons developed several innovative features for the catalog based on patron feedback and user trends… Continue reading
FIRST FOLIO! Cheesy Teen Films – Shakespeare Style!

April 4, 2016

~posted by Danielle As a teenager in the early 2000s, there seemed to be endless teen romantic comedies based on Shakespeare plays. In celebration of the library hosting Shakespeare’s First Folio, here are the top 3 teen films that stuck with me. Continue reading
FIRST FOLIO! From You Have I Been Absent in the Spring: Of Shakespeare and the Sonnet

April 1, 2016

When forty winters shall besiege thy brow (Sonnet 2) Then let not winter’s ragged hand deface (Sonnet 6) Not marble nor the gilded monuments (Sonnet 55) Full many a glorious morning have I seen (Sonnet 33) One glorious morning before April has fled, perhaps, you will mosey on down to the Central Library, with ticket in… Continue reading
Shakespeare’s Skull Found …in Brooklyn!

April 1, 2016

As reported in Smithsonian and The New York Times, archaeologists using ground penetrating radar have recently discovered that despite its dire inscription of “Curst be he moves my bones,” William Shakespeare’s tomb was probably disturbed in the late 18th century by grave robbers out to steal the genius’s skull. In a startling turn of events reminiscent of… Continue reading

April 2016

New BiblioCommons Profile and Subscription Features

FIRST FOLIO! Cheesy Teen Films – Shakespeare Style!

FIRST FOLIO! From You Have I Been Absent in the Spring: Of Shakespeare and the Sonnet

Shakespeare’s Skull Found …in Brooklyn!