If you’ve explored the LFD website, you’ve probably come across our offerings of Free Stuff within that tab. One of the free items I’m proud of (since I created it) is the Bill of Rights bookmark templates (sides A & B are front and back of the same bookmarks). There are four bookmarks on each template, and they are positioned to allow you to easily print them out front and back and then cut them out for use. I give them to participants at democracy-related programs at my library. I…

As we all know, this year we head to the polls in November to elect a president.  If you watch Television, or read the news in any format, you could not have missed the coverage of the Republican primaries.  The coverage is similar to what sports teams get during the playoffs.  Who is going to win?  Analyze this...deconstruct that....but what information do citizens really need to make a firm decision on how to vote?  Who is in a position to give people strong unbiased information concerning…

I attended a Fort Worth Library Advisory Board meeting in early February. During the retreat, we heard from Kevin Walker of CultureLab on how people are communicating in the 21st century.  Of course, he covered all the social media sites and said that some people have argued that the sites have polarized our society because no one ever ventures outside their own network.  This one statement launched me into one of my bing thinking sessions.  What should the role of the library be in these…