Each week, Friends of HCL staff will post links to blog, articles, and websites, we’ve been digging (because they make us laugh or think, or just because we like it.) For September 26, 2011 we are dedicating our links to MPR’s Midday program. Over the last few years, MPR’s Midday program has recorded dozens of
A Media Round Up for Spotlight on Coffee House Press with Ed Book Lee and Bao Phi
September 24th, 2011 | Our Library in the News
Spotlight on Local Presses debuts Saturday, Sept. 24 Minn Post, September 20, 2011, 3 pm Local presses and the public library have always had a shared mission to inform and inspire people to read. As collaborative crusaders in nurturing and celebrating the written word, it seemed only logical that they join forces to promote the
A Week of Great Press for Talk of the Stacks Author Nuruddin Farah
September 24th, 2011 | Our Library in the News
Nuruddin Farah launches Talk of the Stacks’ fall season on Tuesday, Sept. 20 Minn Post, September 12, 2011, 1:30 pm Novelist Nuruddin Farah left Somalia in the early 1990s, but the landscape of his homeland, and all the suffering it has experienced, is vividly evoked in his writing. His new book details the forces that
Top Links for September 19, 2011
September 19th, 2011 | Books & Library Links
Each week, Friends of HCL staff will post links to blog, articles, and websites, we’ve been digging (because they make us laugh or think, or just because we like it.) Here’s our list for September 19, 2011: Star Tribune Books: Edited and compiled by the talented and thorough Laurie Hertzel, this is your go to
Minneapolis Organizations Celebrate Books and Presses This Fall
September 14th, 2011 | Our Library in the News
Publisher’s Weekly, by Claire Kirch Minneapolis is celebrating books and those who produce them this fall. In partnership with the Hennepin County Library and the Minneapolis public schools, the city is launching a “One Minneapolis, One Read” community reading initiative, and The Friends of the Hennepin County Library is sponsoring a series of events spotlighting
Library Foundation Announces Change of Name
September 12th, 2011 | Press Releases
New name. Same reason for being. Library Foundation of Hennepin County Announces Change of Name to Friends of the Hennepin County Library After a thorough strategic planning and branding process, the Board of the Library Foundation of Hennepin County has approved a name change effective September 12, 2011. The new name, “Friends of the Hennepin
Top Links for September 12, 2011
September 12th, 2011 | Books & Library Links
Each week, Friends of HCL staff will post links to blog, articles, and websites, we’ve been digging (because they make us laugh or think, or just because we like it.) Here’s our inaugural Top Links post: Hennepin County Library Website: Who else would we pick to kick-off our inaugural post? Last year nearly 20 million visited
Got a Question? Text the Hennepin Co. Library
September 8th, 2011 | Our Library in the News
KSTP, Channel 5 Eyewitness News, By Gail Brown Are they biting off more than they can chew? Download this handy App from the Hennepin County Library system. Today library officials are launching their new “Ask Us” information service–you can text them with a question wherever you are…and their staff will answer it. Library patrons can
Talk of the Stacks to Host Farah, Trillin and Randall
August 29th, 2011 | Press Releases
Next month, Talk of the Stacks, a free author series exploring contemporary literature and culture, will host three acclaimed authors, each presenting a new book. Mark your calendars for our busiest book week of the season: September 20: Nuruddin Farah — Crossbone September 28: Calvin Trillin — Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin: Forty Years of
Volunteers rule, and do lots of unpaid work.
August 26th, 2011 | Our Library in the News
MPR News, The Cities Notes, by Dan Olson Every week during the school year Aimee Willoz and Steve Ferris show up at a Hennepin county library and help kids with homework. The teacher handed the homework to students during the term, and the young man had completed none of them. Mostly math. Aimee works at