[3] Ask any romance reader, and you’ll get a long lecture on what makes a great romance novel. But what it always boils down to are these two elements. (1) Does the novel focus on the relationship between two people? (2) Does it have an emotionally satisfying happy ending?
[5] Jordan Fields likes to teach, but she didn't want to be a full-time teacher. So she became a librarian. Now as the Library's digital projects manager, she is the main architect of two different online repositories of information that, when complete, will educate people about the Kansas City region's past and present.
[7] It’s a Friday night at the Plaza Branch, and magic is in the air in the library’s teen section – in more ways than one. A dozen or so young patrons gather around tables, swapping cards and invoking the names of otherworldly beings: Alien Telepath, Phyrexian Marauder, Fist of Ironwood.
[9] Imagine a future where literature is outlawed, mindless hedonism is the order of the day, and firemen don’t put out fires – they start them. This is the world of Ray Bradbury’s classic novel of censorship, Fahrenheit 451. Watch Waldo librarian Ashlei Wheeler explain why it's her favorite pick in the 2011 Adult Winter Reading Program.
[11] As winter storm season arrives in Kansas City, we can take a look at winters past to see how the blizzards of today compare with the legendary snowstorms of yesteryear. Photographs and newspapers on microfilm in the Missouri Valley Special Collections at the Central Library tell stories of a city blanketed by snow and ice, trains slowed to a halt, and the cold weather taking its toll on the nerves and bodies of Kansas Citians.
Links:
[1] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/KC+Unbound/feed
[2] http://drupal.org/node/11816
[3] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/thirteen-best-romance-novels-2010
[4] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/thirteen-best-romance-novels-2010#comments
[5] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/know-your-librarians-jordan-fields-digital-librarian
[6] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/12013#comment-form
[7] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/plaza-branch-card-classics-its-magic
[8] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/12011#comment-form
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/new-winter-reading-video-librarian-ashlei-wheeler-talks-fahrenheit-451
[10] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/12001#comment-form
[11] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/historic-images-winter-kansas-city
[12] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/11966#comment-form
[13] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113
[14] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=92
[15] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=89
[16] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=90
[17] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=91
[18] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=94
[19] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=95
[20] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=96
[21] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=97
[22] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=111
