2023 marks the 10th anniversary of the annual month-long baking celebration of “Sourdough September”. This was created as a collaboration between Sustain, a group of organizations and communities in the UK working together for sustainable food, farming and fishing practices and The Real Bread Campaign, whose focus is making bread better for our communities, better…
Back-to-School Sources: Homework Help
As we usher in the month of August, families, teachers, and students are preparing for the new school year. Students of all ages face the pressure of going back to school, studying for their classes, and completing their assigned homework. No matter the age group and grade levels, elementary school, middle school, high school, or…
International Guitar Month
April is International Guitar Month. One of the most recognizable instruments in music, the guitar has been a part of many genres of music. Guitar has appeared in differing forms throughout many types of classical form. Today, electric guitars dominate much of the modern music genres, including variants of rock, jazz, and country music to…
Women in History-Mary Anning
Women in History—Mary Anning Mary Anning was born on May 21, 1799 in a seaside town named Lyme Regis on the southern coast of England. Her parents, Mary and Richard Anning, had ten or more children, but only Mary and her brother Joseph survived to make it into adulthood. Richard Anning made a living as…
Growing Plants from Seed
March marks the first month of Spring and the end to hard freezes. The air and soil get warmer, there are more hours of daylight, and we may even get some pleasant spring showers. For many plant species, this is an excellent month to start growing from seed. Before you get started, you may need…
Women in History—Clara Stanton Jones
Libraries would not be the places they are today if it were not for the hard work and determination of Clara Stanton Jones, the first African-American president of the American Library Association. Known for being an extremely skilled leader and public speaker, Jones helped to expand library access to underserved groups of people and address…
Start the Year Off Right with Gale Courses
It’s the beginning of a brand-new year and people everywhere are setting goals to improve themselves, begin a new hobby, or to further their career. Starting something new can be very exciting, but also intimidating. If you find yourself overwhelmed or not sure where to begin, then a little extra guidance might go a long…
Public Domain Day!
The first day of the year is exciting for many reasons, not the least because it is Public Domain Day! This day marks the annual transition of certain copyrighted works into the public domain. Today hundreds of important and exciting films, books, music, and more are now able to be freely accessed, copied, and used.…
Historical News Articles: The First Known Cases of COVID-19
December 31 will mark the third anniversary of the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission’s report of a cluster of pneumonia outbreaks to the World Health Organization. Though no one knew it at the time, these cases would go on to be the first documented cases of COVID-19. Today reading the first mention of these cases in the…
Historical News Articles: The Axeman’s Letter
How absurd would it be to open your Sunday paper and find a letter from a “demon” that demands your city reenact the biblical story of the Passover, but with jazz? Well for thousands of people on March 16, 1919, that was what they found when they picked up the Times-Picayune. The letter began: “Esteemed…
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