Today was designated World Creativity and Innovation Day by the United Nations. Creativity and innovation are great ways to fight boredom while you're staying home. They are also great ways to relieve anxiety and stress. I like to journal or paint to relieve stress. Now may be a good time to get back into that [...]
Hi Everyone! It’s Miss Jamie from the Youth Services team. Lately, I feel like we are living right in the middle of a dystopian novel. That made me think of some of the great YA Dystopian lit there is to read out there. While our libraries are closed, there are lots of great online services [...]
Among the treasures preserved at the Carnegie Center for Art and History is a single, very large page of what would become the most ambitious printed book ever created. Long before the internet, information storage for images and words came in the form of costly to produce books that were often works of art themselves. [...]
A month and a half ago marked the 15th Anniversary of Nickelodeon’s Avatar: The Last Airbender television series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. The show won numerous awards, including a Genesis Award commending its raising awareness of animal issues. Seasons 1 and 2 of this three-season series are currently available for download [...]
Hi Everyone, This is Jamie from the Youth Services team, again. I thought this would be a good time to update the previous list I posted with some new things to entertain kiddos while we are staying healthy at home. I'd like to make some special thank you's to Miss Heather at the Galena Digital [...]
It's been my privilege and pleasure to serve on the committee for the Indiana Early Literacy Firefly Award for the past few years. Our committee accepts nominations of recently published books for young children and decides on a ballot of five excellent books that support the early literacy practices of reading, writing, singing, playing, and [...]
George W. Morison (1820-1893), New Albany’s resident artist in the 1800s, is best-known for painting the iconic landscapes of Southern Indiana and portraits of prominent Ohio River Valley citizens. The largest collection of his paintings is held by the Carnegie Center for Art and History, a branch of the Floyd County Library, including the beloved [...]
Today, your library is starting something new. We had plans to start a new online book group, but the current coronavirus issue has caused us to (at least temporarily) move all our book groups online. The first one to go active is Death on the Shelf, our mystery and thriller group. After some thought, we [...]
Looking for a nice, art-filled walk in a safe, historic downtown setting? You know the fresh air and exercise will do you good! Three important Barney Bright bronzes are now in New Albany, all within easy walking distance of the Floyd County Library. While the streets may by temporarily quiet, the civic pride and community [...]
International Women’s Day was held on Sunday, March 8, but the first official International Women’s Day took place over 100 years ago. I wanted to take a moment to talk about the origins of Women’s Day; how it was originally observed, and how it has evolved to how we know it today. In 1908, 15,000 [...]
