With a workman helping from the library’s roof and balloons flying high, Barney Bright’s favorite artwork, The Search, was unveiled in a public celebration. That happened on May 11, 1985 and was the culmination of an eight year process to place a significant new public artwork at the library in downtown New Albany, IN. [...]
April is National Poetry Month, and one of my favorite times of year to work in a library. But just because I can't be with the physical books or share them with you doesn't mean we can't all experience the beauty of poetry together. Poetry is perfect for this moment, when so many of us [...]
April is Autism Acceptance Month, and in honor of that I'd like to provide some recommendations for own-voices books that come from that community. As a reminder, you can access any of these with your library card number; if you do not have one, you can get one here by clicking "Create Account" in the [...]
Lots of you are trying to work from home-- whether that means work for a job, or for school, or for your hobbies-- while the library is closed. We can't get you books right now, but we can provide home access to many digital resources that may assist in your goals. The library has compiled [...]
Today is the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day and to celebrate and the Floyd County Library has a variety of online resources to help you celebrate. This afternoon Dr. Eileen Yanoviak, director of the Carnegie Center for Art and History, will host a discussion of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring. Registration is required and there are [...]
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 [...]
Who else here is new to working from home? I know for me it has definitely been a struggle some days. If you're struggling sometimes, too, your library has resources that can help. Lynda.com offers lots of great classes that might help you cope while working from home or social distancing. Try: Remote Work: Setting [...]
While we miss handing you your next favorite book and seeing your faces, the Library is offering a digital spring reading program so you can participate from home while practicing good social distancing! If 100 people join the Spring Into Reading Challenge, $100 will be donated to Hope Southern Indiana's food pantry. This reading challenge [...]
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. [...]
