From the Library Column – Page 46 – Morrill Memorial Library

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Jennifer Bennett reads scary stories in the base library's haunted reading room here Oct. 21. The library staff created the haunted reading room as a part of the American Library Association's teen read week. This year's theme is "It's Alive! @ your library" Jennifer is the daughter of Dorothee Bennett, a library assistant. (U.S. Air Force photo by William Vandermate)

Things That Go “Bump”

Post author:Liz Reed
Post published:October 26, 2017
Post category:From the Library Column

“Don’t worry, all the hauntings here are friendly,” the curator reassured us at the start of the tour. He felt the need to offer this calming statement because we were…

Hawaiian State of Mind

Post author:Site Admin
Post published:October 22, 2017
Post category:From the Library Column

I had just recently become a new Californian when Hawaii became the 50th of our United States in 1959. This remarkable event in American history was undoubtedly front page news…

Saving Time with Audiobooks

Post author:Site Admin
Post published:October 13, 2017
Post category:From the Library Column

I might be the only person neurotic enough to worry that I will die without having read enough books. Some books, like Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on the State of Virginia…

Total Eclipse of the Sun

Post author:Site Admin
Post published:October 5, 2017
Post category:From the Library Column

As a child and teenager growing up in 1960s California, I should have witnessed a handful of eclipses of the sun. I don’t remember much about them, though. I have…

Margaret Atwood’s Prisons

Post author:Site Admin
Post published:September 28, 2017
Post category:From the Library Column

The most common of library problems is requesting one thing and getting something else by mistake. Recently there’s been a recurring issue with patrons finding themselves in possession of a…