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Spine-Tingling Staff Recommendations

Creepy, freaky, scary, and spine-tingling – check out these staff recommended horror, thriller, and mystery books to add some *fright* to your fall. Silence of

Banned Books Week 2023

Public libraries by their very nature present people with a range of differing viewpoints. When you enter a library, there is not one specific book

DIY Walnut Ink

Paint the day away with your very own walnut ink! Walnut ink can get expensive at the craft stores, so we show you how to make your own in this video. Please prepare with caution as you will be boiling the ink for a long period of time. A parent

7th Annual Writers Conference

I was overjoyed when Spokane County Library District (SCLD) reached out to us at Spokane Public Library to suggest a partnership for the 7th Annual Spokane Writers Conference. I worked for SCLD when this wonderful writing conference began, and it’s been a blast collaborating with library colleagues to expand this

Babylonian Clay Tablets | Among the Oldest Books

Among the oldest existing “books,” the cuneiform (wedge-shaped) writing was developed in remote ages from picture signs and was in use by many peoples at the dawn of history. The Semitic Babylonians adopted it from its probable inventors and their own predecessors in the land, the Sumerians, a non-Semitic people

Eat Your Weeds: Foraging in Your Own Backyard

You can probably find a variety of edible vegetation in your own backyard! It’s all about knowing what’s what. Community Educator Juan Juan Moses shares which weeds are edible in our Eat Your Weeds program. Learn more about which weeds are edible in the gallery below. Before you start foraging:

Friday Night Paint | Paint Your TBR Stack

There are so many books out there TBR (to be read)! Many of us have TBR stacks on our bed-side tables or book shelves. Let’s inspire ourselves to read our TBR stacks by painting them in watercolor. Use this template to paint your own. Choose three colors as your main

Preserving Black History: Community Scanning Day

Written by Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, Dana Bronson In the Inland Northwest Special Collections, we try to practice what Rachel Vagts, an archivist at the Denver Public Library, coined as “radical welcome.” This challenges staff to design our policies and procedures through the lens of “how can we make

Spine-Tingling Staff Recommendations

Creepy, freaky, scary, and spine-tingling – check out these staff recommended horror, thriller, and mystery books to add some *fright* to your fall. Silence of

Banned Books Week 2023

Public libraries by their very nature present people with a range of differing viewpoints. When you enter a library, there is not one specific book

DIY Walnut Ink

Paint the day away with your very own walnut ink! Walnut ink can get expensive at the craft stores, so we show you how to make your own in this video. Please prepare with caution as you will be boiling the ink for a long period of time. A parent

7th Annual Writers Conference

I was overjoyed when Spokane County Library District (SCLD) reached out to us at Spokane Public Library to suggest a partnership for the 7th Annual Spokane Writers Conference. I worked for SCLD when this wonderful writing conference began, and it’s been a blast collaborating with library colleagues to expand this

Babylonian Clay Tablets | Among the Oldest Books

Among the oldest existing “books,” the cuneiform (wedge-shaped) writing was developed in remote ages from picture signs and was in use by many peoples at the dawn of history. The Semitic Babylonians adopted it from its probable inventors and their own predecessors in the land, the Sumerians, a non-Semitic people

Eat Your Weeds: Foraging in Your Own Backyard

You can probably find a variety of edible vegetation in your own backyard! It’s all about knowing what’s what. Community Educator Juan Juan Moses shares which weeds are edible in our Eat Your Weeds program. Learn more about which weeds are edible in the gallery below. Before you start foraging:

Friday Night Paint | Paint Your TBR Stack

There are so many books out there TBR (to be read)! Many of us have TBR stacks on our bed-side tables or book shelves. Let’s inspire ourselves to read our TBR stacks by painting them in watercolor. Use this template to paint your own. Choose three colors as your main

Preserving Black History: Community Scanning Day

Written by Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, Dana Bronson In the Inland Northwest Special Collections, we try to practice what Rachel Vagts, an archivist at the Denver Public Library, coined as “radical welcome.” This challenges staff to design our policies and procedures through the lens of “how can we make