Category: Library Services

• Analog Soul

  Some people think analog media is dead. Why bother buying an entire album when you can just stream that song? Who wants to develop a roll of film when we can store thousands of photos on our phones? Is it really necessary to carry around a stack of books when e-readers exist? It’s a valid…

  Cate T.

  February 23, 2026

  Inside Stories, Library Services, Recommendations

  AliceInWonderland, Analog, Arcades, Atari, BeKindRewind, Blu-Ray, Cassette, CDs, Cinnabun, DisneyVault, Dumbo, DVDs, GardenStateParkway, GenX, Mapquest, MenloParkMall, Mixtape, movies, Nintendo, Nostalgia, RobinHood, Sega, Spotify, Streaming, SuncoastMotionPictureCompany, Tapes, VHS, VintageVinyl

• Thanks for Your Memories

  By Ramona B. For most of the past thirty-five years, I’ve worked in public libraries. It all started at age 14, when I got a special work permit so I could become a Page, i.e. book-shelver, in my hometown library in coastal Maine. I had spent untold hours at the library as a child, first…

  Amy S.

  December 29, 2025

  Inside Stories, Libraries, Library Services, Middletown, CT

  150Years, HubbardRoom, MiddletownCT, ReferenceDesk, RussellLibrary, Sesuicentennial, SouthFarms

• Giving Thanks and Showing Support

  Is it just me, or does this holiday season feel a little… different than usual? I’ve sensed it not only in myself, but in the people around me. Less interest in material objects. More inclination to hold loved ones close. A slowing down, a meaningful realignment with what truly matters. It sounds like a heart…

  brandiedoyle

  December 1, 2025

  A Christmas Carol, Giveaways, Libraries, Library Services, Middletown, CT

  art, books, Donations, GiveBacks, GivingTuesday, Heart, IHeartRussellLibrary, Libraries, library, Merchandise, news

• Reading Room by Day, Theater by Night

  Many folks are wondering why we chose to stage A Christmas Carol in the Reading Room of Russell Library. Besides the fact that the room has its own ghosts, I mean. If you have never seen our Reading Room, let me give you a brief history and description. Frances Russell established Russell Library in memory…

  Mary

  September 29, 2025

  A Christmas Carol, Book Reviews, Events, Inside Stories, Libraries, Library Services, Recommendations, Secrets of Russell Library

  AChristmasCarol, CharlesDickens, ChurchOfTheHolyTrinity, EasternConnecticutParanormalSociety, ECPS, EpiscopalChurch, FilmAdaptations, FrancesRussell, ghosts, LibraryFundraiser, MuppetChristmasCarol, PurchaseTickets, ReadingRoom, SamRussell

• Tonies & Yotos at the Library

  By a Librarian-Mom If you are a parent, grandparent, caregiver, child, toddler, preteen, teacher, or … other, you may have noticed these strange boxy-things in toy stores, Targets, libraries, and on ads. Somehow they’re related to books … or music? Or yoga? Or meditation? All of the above? Yes. Tonies and Yotos are both essentially…

  Amy S.

  September 15, 2025

  Kids and Teens, Library Services, Recommendations, Technology, Trending

  ScreenFreePlayer, Toniebox, TonieFigures, Tonies, YotoCards, YotoPlayers, Yotos