Family Man Librarian

The year 1970 is permanently engraved in my memory. Lots of things happened that year that irrevocably changed my family and those things still have an impact on me today.
In July 1970 I had my third birthday.
That same year, my paternal grandfather, Grandpa Oberg, died. I don’t remember him unfortunately, but I have [...]

Like many others I am really intrigued by the recently unveiled WorldCat Identities project (http://orlabs.oclc.org/Identities/). Just for fun I entered a few family members’ names. For example, works by or about my grandfather, Stanley McCallum, are mentioned here and ones by my brother, Kevin, are shown here. Ok, maybe it’s just a [...]

Last night after we got home from a shopping trip to Kokomo, we turned on the TV and there was a program on PBS called “Great Streets.” Its focus was on The Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland. Emmylou Harris took viewers on a tour of this famous area in one of the most [...]