The Library Vault

Reaching for the Top Shelf, Russell Library’s new podcast

Are you looking for your next book recommendation? Do you like discussions with bookish people who talk about their favorite stories and well-crafted writing? Do you feel stuck in a literary rut and need suggestions? Russell Library has the solution! We’re proud to introduce Top Shelf with Russell Library, a new podcast where you’ll hear…

kspachman

June 23, 2025

Book Reviews, Inside Stories, Library Services, Podcast, Recommendations, Technology, Trending

DigitalLab, NotaryServices, Podcast, SilentBookClub, TopShelf
Wine & Words: The Real Truth?

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote There are many different readers throughout the world. There are people who are born readers. Then there are others who find reading, or sometimes reading finds them. It could be a book or an author that is the catalyst spinning them into a bibliophile. I was one of those…

sbarillari

June 16, 2025

Book Reviews, Wine & Words

Bibliophiles, ClutterFamily, FermeDeLaForet, Gamay, GamayNoir, InColdBlood, Murder, TrumanCapote, WineColor
Wait … Adults Have A Summer Reading Challenge, Too?

By: Briana G, your Adult Summer Reading Guru I have the best news ever. Seriously. Summer is here! Well, almost. June 20th is officially the first day of Summer. AKA the longest day of the year. However, nothing revitalizes me more than the season of Summer and all it has to offer. Summer, to me,…

brianarusselllibrary

June 9, 2025

Contests, Events, Giveaways, Library Services, Trending

adult summer reading, adult summer reading challenge, Audiobooks, Bingo, book challenge, bookish, Ebooks, giveaway, Hoopla, Libby, Librarians, Libraries, library, LoveOfReading, middlesexcounty, Middletown, MiddletownCT, Prizes, readers, reading, RussellLibrary, summer, summer reading, summer reading challenge
Researching a Middletown Pride Pioneer

Here at the Russell Library Information Department, we absolutely love a good research question. I’m always looking for a good excuse to comb through our microfilm collection of local newspapers (dating all the way back to 1790!), find books in our local history collection, aptly named the Middletown Room, or take a deep dive into…

Hana T.

June 2, 2025

Library Services, Middletown, CT

AncestryLibrary, ButtonwoodTreePerformingArtsCenter, FamilySearch, KatherineSissyWells, KatherineWells, LGBTQIA2S+, MiddlesexCountyHistoricalSociety, MiddletownPRIDE, MiddletownRoom, OnlineResources, PRIDE, SissyWells
PRIDE 2025 at Russell Library

This year PrideFEST falls on Saturday, June 7, and Russell Library is honored to serve as a partner for a sixth consecutive year. We welcome you to join us at 123 Broad Street to pick up themed book giveaways, snag a mocktail and a bag of popcorn, get your face painted, make a rainbow crown,…

brandiedoyle

May 26, 2025

Events, Kids and Teens, Libraries, Library Services, Trending

BlockParty, Books&Brews, BookTalkWithAWalk, CountryQuiltLlamaFarm, DragArtistStoryHour, FablesAndFrolic, FarmersMarket, FreePeopleReadFreely, LEGOBuilders, LGBTQIA2S+, LibraryCard, MiddletownPRIDE, MiniMovers, OutdoorFamilyStorytime, ParentingPlaygroup, PlayPals, PreschoolPowerStorytime, PRIDE, PrideFEST, PRIDELibraryCard, PRIDEmarch, PRIDErally, SarahMcBride, SaturdayFamilyStorytime, StorytimeAtTheFarmersMarket, SummerFamilyBingo, TheMagicFish, TheSpace, TomorrowWillBeDifferent, TrungLeNguyen, YogaForLittles

Reaching for the Top Shelf, Russell Library’s new podcast

Wine & Words: The Real Truth?

Wait … Adults Have A Summer Reading Challenge, Too?

Researching a Middletown Pride Pioneer

PRIDE 2025 at Russell Library