What was the best book you read this year? You're invited to join our new book catalog, and comment on your favorites with reviews. Book reviewers from all over the country have their say on the nation's best 2014 titles in this collection of "Best of" lists. I look forward to visiting Tucson's independent bookstores with lists in hand to…
Planning 101: How the Youth Design Team Got to Work
For more than 18 months our Youth Design Team worked together as a team to help the library build a new program from the ground up. They set out to design a media lab for teens at the Joel D. Valdez Main Library, and ended up doing so much more. We are still working hard to…
Promoting Health Literacy @ Your Library
Health literacy is the "the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions.”* What does that mean for you and your health? If you have a high level of health literacy, you are confident you can talk your doctor, know…
Cool! It’s Blondie!
Chris Stein/negative Hey Kids- I always have fun seeing what's on order here and recently I came across Chris Stein/Negative: Blondie, Me And The Advent Of Punk. Deborah Harry was probably the first famous person I really related to, thinking she was just so cool. I remember being obsessed with "Heart Of Glass" when I first heard it…
Book Review: Trauma Red by Dr. Peter Rhee
A typical day for trauma surgeon Dr. Peter Rhee: treating victims of shootings, stabbings, car accidents, and perhaps an emergency surgery. Not so typical: a mass-casualty situation involving a US congresswoman. While Trauma Red begins and ends with the Tucson shooting, the entire story is a fascinating look into a profession most people are curious about…
Memory kits: bringing good memories to life
This article by Librarian Associate Amy Bivins was originally published in the Arizona Daily Star on Nov. 16, 2014. In my earliest memory of my Grandma Kate, I’m four or five years old, and she is teaching me the Lord’s Prayer while she sits on the toilet. She was Irish Catholic to her core and…
Open doors, discover new worlds at your library
This article by Librarian Mary Margaret Mercado was originally published in the Arizona Daily Star on Aug. 17, 2014. Game of Thrones, Minecraft, and, yes, Candy Crush. Throw in social networking, texting, movie streaming—and who has time for books? Well, at the risk of giving everyone an eye roll whiplash, I can honestly say…
November is American Diabetes Month
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, almost 30 million children and adults in the United States have diabetes. Another 86 million have pre-diabetes and are at risk for developing Type 2 diabetes. The estimated health care cost to the nation adds up to a whopping 245 billion in medical care costs, and lost…
Eckstrom-Columbus Library History
The Eckstrom-Columbus Library opened on July 25, 1977. The library was named after Dan Eckstrom, who served on the South Tucson City Council, was the Mayor of South Tucson, and served on the Pima County Board of Supervisors from 1988 to 2003. When the Eckstrom-Columbus Library opened it was originally 11,000 square feet. The building’s…
Dusenberry-River Library History
The Dusenberry-River Library, which opened in January 1991, was the 17th library in the Pima County Public Library system. The library is named after Kathryn "Katie" Norton Dusenberry, a long-time Tucson resident and business owner who served on the Tucson Unified School Board. Dusenberry was the first woman elected to the Pima County Board of…
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