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The art of saving seeds
Posted in Explore and Discover on July 31, 2018 at 6:00 am
by Abra Cole In a remote vault located halfway between mainland Norway and the North Pole, nearly one million seed varieties are stored. The purpose of this immense storage facility is to ensure the genetic future of these seed varieties, should any of the gene banks located around the world suffer catastrophic disaster. One hundred […]
Tags: adults, books, DIY, family, food, garden, gardening, health, hobbies, kale, kale seeds, library hacks, onion seeds, onions, parents, saving seeds, seed library, seed saving, seeds, sunflower seeds, sunflowers, teens, tweens, urban farming
Library Hack: Resources for New Year’s resolutions
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You on December 29, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Kelsey Hudson So we’re going to start this post off like most of my storytimes begin—with some group sharing. Raise your hand if you’ve ever set a New Year’s resolution. Keep it raised if you’ve ever broken it. And finally, raise it even higher if you break them more often than you complete them. […]
Tags: adults, digital library, digital resources, Gale, gale courses, health, hobbies, holidays, library hacks, services
Library Hack: Hidden gems of the Digital Library
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You on December 23, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Brian Vander Veen If you’re a regular reader of this blog, I imagine you probably already use OverDrive for downloadable ebooks and audiobooks. You might also use some of our other popular digital resources, like hoopla to stream music and movies, or Gale Courses to study up on a new skill. But there are […]
Tags: books, education, Gale, gale courses, hoopla, library hacks, services, technology
Library Hack: hoopla digital comics
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You on December 17, 2015 at 6:00 am
By David Wyatt In addition to the movies, TV shows, audiobooks, eBooks, and music available via hoopla, you can now also check out comic books (graphic novels if you’d rather). It’s been awhile since I’ve picked up a comic book, but while exploring hoopla I was excited to see old favorites like Fables and The Sandman. […]
Tags: comics, hoopla, library hacks, services, technology
Library Hack: Around Town
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You on December 10, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Jane Baker This fall, the Spokane County Library District added a small but helpful feature to our website called, Around Town. This new feature is designed help you hear about events and news happening in your neighborhood. The District has 10 libraries outside of the City of Spokane that are located in areas that […]
Tags: community, events, library hacks, services
Library Hack: Get college ready with the Digital Library
Posted in Business and Careers, For You, Parents and Teachers, Teens on November 5, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Brian Vander Veen As a first generation college student, I found the whole process of college planning absurdly confusing. My frustration was compounded by the fact that my peers from college-educated families seemed to navigate the whole process with relative assurance and ease. Many of them ended up going out of state with generous […]
Tags: college, digital library, education, library hacks, services, teens
Library Hack: What’s a Teen To Do?
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You, Parents and Teachers, Teens on January 14, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Sheri Boggs A moment for embarrassing self-disclosure: it’s been a long time since I was a teen. A really super long time. The Spokane Valley Library was my branch, and although I loved books and spent a lot of time there, I couldn’t wait to grow up and move away. Which is pretty much […]
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Library Hack: Book a Librarian
Posted in Business and Careers, Explore and Discover, For You, Prime Time on January 7, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Kelsey Hudson With the holidays wrapped up and the New Year just starting, we see a lot of people in the library needing a bit more assistance than usual. Between new devices they received for Christmas, and New Year’s Resolutions, a lot of people have extra questions at this time of year. We’re always […]
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Library Hack: What Should I Read Next?
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You, kids, Parents and Teachers, Prime Time, Teens on December 11, 2014 at 6:00 am
By Cara Strickland I remember it as if it were yesterday. I would walk into my local library and make a beeline for the children’s section. In that library, there was a children’s librarian sitting behind a special little desk. I would walk up to the desk and smile as though I were going to […]
Library Hack: Whose Library Is It Anyway?
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You on November 12, 2014 at 6:00 am
by Jane Baker When I first came to work at the library nearly three years ago, many of my friends thought I was crazy. “Libraries are dead,” some said, or, “they have no funding.” “I didn’t know the County had a library,” said others. Several community members commented, “the library is Spokane’ […]
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