Now that I have a child who is a freshman in high school, the whole debate about “what future college students will expect from libraries” has become a lot more real to me. For instance, Keegan loves video games; always has. (Unfortunately for him, I hate video games; always have and probably always [...]

This weekend I was able to spend some time scanning old photographs, negatives, and slides using a borrowed scanner with the needed features, such as an automatic photograph feeder and slide/negative attachment. It’s funny how many memories are contained in photographs, and how enjoyable it is to relive them when looking at them after [...]

The capacity for evil in this world continually astounds me. The violence against innocent girls in an Amish country school yesterday haunts me, as does the killing of a girl in a school in Colorado and the murder of a school principal in rural Wisconsin. Another incident that I can’t get out of [...]