Library Notes

Working at the Ames Public Library, there are some resources we use occasionally and some we might use only once in a blue moon! Then there are resources we use almost every day! Let’s look at a couple online Library resources that you can use daily too!

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Ames Public Library is proud to represent Iowa as our state’s official Center for the Book, part of a program from the Library of Congress. Each of the fifty states has an institution designated as their Center for the Book, as well as U.S. territories Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virg...

One of the things I love about working at Ames Public Library is that my job is never the same two days straight. I get to meet new people, read new books, and plan new events all the time. That variety is what makes a community library so incredibly special. If you need a vari...

250 years ago, 56 men representing the thirteen British colonies in North America signed the Declaration of Independence and created the nation in which we now live. To celebrate this anniversary, the Ames Public Library has received a grant from WETA, the PBS station who published...

I will confess I’ve never been part of a book club. I have often found the books chosen to be interesting and I can understand the draw, but it has never been for me. That got me thinking about how and where I do share and talk about books (aside from regularly in my job).

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