[3] For this month’s Crafty Reads (a KC Unbound Blog series for people looking to take up new crafts and hobbies) we’ll be exploring the Kansas City Public Library’s resources for music performance and musical instruments. I’m pleased to report we have a good selection of materials!
[5] Is your e-reader running on empty? You may love your new Nook or Kindle, but building an e-book library can be costly. The good news is there’s plenty of free e-reading online, but you have to know where to look. Though libraries are becoming the best sources of free, newer e-books from major publishers (learn more [6]), you can also find lots of new, classic, and unusual titles for the taking at a variety of sites.
[8] Do you want to learn a craft or art, but don’t feel inspired or know where to start? Or maybe you’re already a crafter or artist but would like to learn more and dig deeper into your passion. At the Kansas City Public Library, inspiration and guidance can be found in a wide and wonderful selection of titles about many arts and crafts!
[10] The practice of making New Year’s Resolutions dates back to the ancient Romans, who not only established January 1 [11] as the first day of the year but also invented the South Beach Diet (just kidding). Despite the timeless allure of starting over, it can be hard to stick to those year-end promises. The Library has many free resources that just might help you carry your best intentions well into 2011.
[13] Before the days of TV and radio, merchants caught customers' eyes with brightly printed, alluring advertising trade cards for all kinds of products in the new, manufacturing-driven economy. The trade card explosion of the late 1800s was a short-lived but significant phenomenon, and the Missouri Valley Room [14] holds nearly 1,000 such artifacts, including more than a few that highlight that most wonderful time of the year for advertisers – the Christmas holidays.
Links:
[1] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/KC+Unbound/feed
[2] http://drupal.org/node/11816
[3] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/crafty-reads-how-get-started-your-music-hobby-library
[4] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/12761#comment-form
[5] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/how-find-free-e-books-your-e-reader-online
[6] http://www.kclibrary.org/tutorials-guides/download-ebooks
[7] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/how-find-free-e-books-your-e-reader-online#comments
[8] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/crafty-reads-how-use-library-get-started-jewelry-making
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/12333#comment-form
[10] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/how-research-new-years-resolutions-library
[11] http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/calendar/romancalendar.html
[12] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/how-research-new-years-resolutions-library#comments
[13] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/holiday-themed-ad-trade-cards-19th-century-kansas-city
[14] http://www.kclibrary.org/kchistory
[15] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/11630#comment-form
[16] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10500
[17] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10500?page=3
[18] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10500?page=1
[19] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10500?page=2
[20] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10500?page=5
