ALA 2026 (6/25-6/29)!

Looking forward to ALA 2026 (6/25-6/29)! Just signed up!

Thank You Rev. Jackson!

Hats off Rev Jackson -- Thanks for helping me out in West Berlin! (background) ...

Chicago Reader Returned to Weekly (2014)

Interesting article from 2014 explaining why the Chicago Reader was returning from bi-weekly to a weekly publication:

Publisher's Note: Why the Reader Is Returning to Weekly Publishing
The Chicago Reader's print publication will return to weekly publishing in June 2024. The paper pivoted to a biweekly print schedule in June 2020. [link]

Note (2/6/26): They've recently switched back to monthly (link)...

Famous Last Words

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Credit to Chicago

Interesting list of contributions from Chicago during the Civil War:

• It should be remembered and made a matter of history that the first money raised in Illinois for the war was subscribed by citizens of Chicago.
• The first armed force sent out in the West was that sent to Cairo, and it was sent from Chicago.
• The first general in command in the State of Illinois was Richard Kellogg Swift, a citizen of Chicago.
• The first shot fired in the West for the Union was a Chicago shot, from a Chicago cannon, trained by a Chicago boy, of the Chicago Light Artillery.

Source: Cook, F.F. Reminiscences of Chicago During the Civil War (1914). [link]

Wow, IceCream Everywhere!

 Outside On My Daily Walk ...  🙂

Library Science 101

My Approach at the RefDesk when helping a student or member of the faculty (which occasionally would get me into trouble):

• "Let's Try Something Else" (i.e. different database or different search terms, etc.)