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This popular digital library service offers free e-books, e-audiobooks, digital graphic novels, and digital magazines for patrons.
What is Libby?
After this library was burned in the War of 1812, Thomas Jefferson sold his personal book collection to rebuild it. Now it is considered one of the largest libraries in the world by collection size.
What is the Library of Congress?
This crafty librarian once served in the US Air Force.
Who is Susan?
This librarian created a decimal-based classification system still used in libraries today.
Who is Melvil Dewey?
This vehicle, often a van or bus, brings library books directly to neighborhoods, schools, and rural areas.
What is a bookmobile?
Libraries often provide free access to these spaces for making and creating using a public sewing machine, cricket machine, and even sometimes a 3D Printer.
HINT: Our Central Branch has one now.
What is a makerspace?
After a major fire in the late 19th century, this U.S. city rebuilt its public library system into one of the largest in the country.
What is the Boston Public Library?
This librarian has served in a few libraries, including one in England.
Who is Michelle?
This children’s literacy advocate and country singer founded the Imagination Library.
Who is Dolly Parton?
During the Great Depression, this New Deal program sent librarians on these to deliver books in rural Kentucky.
What are horses?
NOTE: This was known as the "Pack Horse Library Project."
This service allows patrons to borrow seeds for gardening.
What is a seed library?
This iconic library is guarded by two stone lions named Patience and Fortitude.
What is the New York Public Library?
This librarian has a pet breaded dragon that sometimes visits the library.
Who is Zoey?
This steel magnate funded over 2,500 libraries around the world.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
Some libraries now use this service to bring books directly to assisted living facilities and nursing homes.
What is home-bound delivery service?
NOTE: BPL offers this service too!
This special collection allows patrons to check out items like tools, cake pans, and/or musical instruments.
What is a Library of Things or a Non-Traditional Collection?
NOTE: Your Haughton library has non-traditional items for checkout like board games, STEAM Kits, Launch Pads, Hotspots, A Car Code Reader, A Video-Digital Converter, A DVD Player Cleaner, and a Dehydrator.
This European library in Dublin is home to the famous Long Room and the Book of Kells.
What is Trinity College Library?
This librarian graduated from a clown college hosted by her church. In clown ministry, she is known as "Amen C. Glitter."
Who is Kimberly?
This former First Lady promoted literacy and the “Ready to Read, Ready to Learn” initiative and once worked as a librarian herself.
Who is Laura Bush?
Before bookmobiles and even horseback delivery became common, this early outreach method had librarians traveling on foot to bring books directly to remote readers.
What is the "Walking Library?"
In a few libraries, you can borrow these human experts for conversation and learning.
What are “human books”? (Human Library program)
This ancient Egyptian library, destroyed long ago, was one of the most famous centers of learning in history.
What is the Library of Alexandria?
This librarian's favorite Muppet character is Gonzo.
Who is Colleen?
This founding father helped create one of America’s first lending libraries in Philadelphia.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
These small, weatherproof boxes placed in neighborhoods give residents access to books using the motto “Take a book, return a book,” though returning is optional.
What is a Free Little Library?