Encampment!

This weekend was our much-talked about, highly anticipated Civil War Encampment. It finished off our spring session of our Community Reads program, "Methuen Remembers the Civil War." We will start back with more Civil War programming in the fall (and the staff and patrons may just mutiny....) after a break for summer reading. I was … Continue reading Encampment!

lcarslibrarian: It’s Dot Com!

Bienvenidos a lcarslibrarian.com! Yes, that's right, I've changed my website-address-URL-thingy! Look at me go! Dazzle at my use of interwebs language! But seriously, I've been meaning to do this for a while. The ".wordpress." bit of the address was starting to harsh my mellow, as the cool kids say. So, it's official. If you need … Continue reading lcarslibrarian: It’s Dot Com!

Grown-Up Summer Reading

I talk a lot about summer reading for my patrons on this blog, but today I'm wondering what you are reading this summer or looking forward to reading. Personally, once I'm done finding those elusive happy GLBTQ YA books, I'll finish The Little Friend. Then I hope to get my hands on Neil Gaiman's new … Continue reading Grown-Up Summer Reading

Mass Poetry Festival and weekend excitement

This is going to be a quick post since I have to finish the book (Ruby Red) for my teen book group before I leave for work. Procrastination? Why yes, thank you! Firstly, if you don't have plans this weekend (or even if you do) check out the schedule for the Mass Poetry Festival. It's … Continue reading Mass Poetry Festival and weekend excitement

Massachusetts Library Association conference 2013

Today I went to the Massachusetts Library Conference in Cambridge (I took a bus! By myself! And got off at the correct stop! Grownup city success! And yes, I do feel like this when I go to Boston.). It was good: I got to see some sweet panels, catch up with librarian friends from around … Continue reading Massachusetts Library Association conference 2013