Category: Library Services

• No Buy? No Problem! Russell Library and the No Buy Movement

  $27.40 cents a day doesn’t seem like a lot, does it? Yet by spending that amount each day, you will wind up spending $10,000 per year. It’s scary how fast money can slip away, almost unnoticed. Hence the No Buy 2025 movement. No Buy January, a trend that challenged folks to spend money only on…

  Mary

  September 1, 2025

  Libraries, Library Services, Trending

  BingeBoxes, BookMatch, CalendarOfEvents, DownloadableResources, Downloadables, MuseumPasses, NoBuyMovement

• HallucinAItion

  Can artificial intelligence be trusted? I could hardly believe my eyes. Could it be…? I’d heard about them, of course, but never experienced one before. It seemed so real until the illusion fragmented, degrading from factual to questionable to undeniably fictional. ChatGPT had not only fibbed, but admitted as much when I confronted the liar.…

  brandiedoyle

  August 25, 2025

  AI, Library Services, Recommendations, Technology, Trending

  AI, HarrietZiefert, ReneGoscinny, Sources, TheBestAmericanMysteryStories2025, TheInnovators, WalterIsaacson

• What’s Up This Summer at Russell Library?

  Summer at Russell Library is in full swing. If you haven’t joined in yet, it’s not too late. Even if you’ve already signed up for Summer Reading, we have plenty more to offer. Join the almost 3,000 people who have already signed up for Summer Reading. With three age/ability levels, everyone can participate and it’s…

  Amy S.

  July 7, 2025

  Contests, Events, Inside Stories, Kids and Teens, Libraries, Library Services

  AirHocky, ChessClub, ChickCam, Crafternoon, DanceWithUs, DollyPartonImaginationLibrary, Eggs, Fables&Frolic, family, FamilyFolkConcert, FarmersMarketStorytime, FarmFriends, Foosball, HangWithTheChicks, Kids, MegaChess, MondayMovie, news, PettingZoo, PlayPals, PS4, PS5, SarahLouRichards, SplatterArt, SummerFamilyBingo, SummerReading, Switch, Switch2, TheSpace, TheWildRobot, travel, Wicked, writing, Xbox, XensCritters, YogaForLittles

• 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

• 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