Madigan Reads

Summer reading is in full swing! This year's theme is "Build a Better World." Here is a phenomenal display put together by som...

I've been doing a lot of thinking lately about library donations. Mainly, about how very often, the very things you want the most... ...

In general, I try to avoid getting political in my blog... but I have to say, our library is serving as an Early Voting site and as a pol...

I was at a dinner party recently, and one of the guests, upon hearing that I am a librarian, innocently asked, "Oh! Yes! The library...

I thought we'd have a little fun at the library this April Fool's and had planned on putting out this "joke" self-check...

I hate signs. I hate signs in the library. There, I've said it. Well, that's not exactly true. I do like decent wayfinding. When...

Agh! How did it happen? How did I become one of those bloggers. You know the sort. The kind of person who posts apologies for not posting ...

I recently did an interview with Elizabeth Keathley from Atlanta Metadata Authority for Steve Thomas' library podcast, " Circula...

With the recent arrival of my new daughter, I thought I'd share a funny story... My last few weeks of pregnancy, I'd catch...

Hey all, I'm on vacation... catching up on reading is sooo nice. Look for plenty of reviews when I return!

Library fines are just a part of my everyday business as a librarian. Why do libraries have them in the first place? Really, the main rea...

My latest project has been re-housing kids audiobooks. Here's the before picture: The main issue with these is that the plastic...

I found these three books at a library booksale and knew I had to have them. Originally, they were part of a 10 volume set. I only found the...

As I've mentioned before, I'm making an effort to improve some of the signs in my library. I also recently had the chance to upgrad...

This week I helped a kid on one of our library PC's, by showing her how to automatically spell check on a paper she was working on for ...

The library where I'm working at now has been without a children's librarian for some time. One of the first things I noticed was ho...

How much of a book-nerd am I? This much: Yay! So glad my new plate is finally here!

In the Library with the Lead Pipe recently posted an entry about how to say no. It's a timely piece I think. With budgets growing tig...

What a couple of weeks, actually! Our new branch is open, and fully operational. It's been busy, and wonderful. We hosted a huge event ...

These past few weeks I've been working at a new branch. A brand new branch! I am beyond excited about it. The Silver Lake branch will...