The Boston Public Library has a large collection of abolitionist documents from the 1800’s, and they need help transcribing them. Find more information and how you can help here. 🙂
The Boston Public Library has a large collection of abolitionist documents from the 1800’s, and they need help transcribing them. Find more information and how you can help here. 🙂
The Boccaccio Project is a LOC commissioned project that is part of their response to the covid-19 pandemic. It started on June 15th and will run for 10 days. A new piece of music will be featured each day!
Need a little break from work? Watch this live stream of a bird library. 🙂
Have you ever made a miniature book? You can now using these instructions from the British Library. Check out these little books made by authors you’ve probably heard of. 🙂 They have lots of other activities as well.
Here are some great lists of antiracist reads:
And a few from the Columbia Public Library:
If you still have extra time on your hands due to social distancing, why not smash your summer reading goals? The New York Times has a great list of books to get us started. Be sure to sign up for Summer Reading at the public library. It starts June 15th. 🙂
The 2020 Pulitzer Prize winners have been announced! Read a little about some of the winners and finalists. Award winner lists are a great way to beef up your TBR list. 😉
During the Great Depression a part of the Work Project Administration, called the Federal Project number One, employed artists to create posters. Many of them are in the Library of Congress. Atlas Obscura has put together several that promoted libraries at that time. They are quite striking. 🙂
Seeing the incredible work and dedication of physicians and all healthcare workers fills me with gratitude. I have read a couple books written by physicians, and decided to see if there were more, and found this great list of books from Goodreads that are written by doctors. Book Riot has also released a list of books that shows the challenges doctors have to overcome in their work.
The grocery shortages have made me think about food shortages during the Great Depression and how that changed the way people ate. I came across this article about some recipes that became more commonplace during the depression. The creamed chip beef sounds pretty good. 🙂
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