There sure has been a lot of ink used lately to discuss e-readers, whether you're a Kindle, tablet or ipad, or a Nook fan. Thanks to the gift-giving season, ownership of such devices (in the U.S.) jumped from 10 percent in mid-December to 19 percent in early January -- according to the report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project...

The library's annual Food for Fines week will run through January 15. Pull out those cans of food you didn't use over the holidays and bring them to the library. Each item is worth $1 towards your library fines. You can clear your account and help the local food pantry!...

The Marshall Public Library invites you to our Holiday Open House from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15. We will have snacks and festivities. For children of all ages, we are anticipating a visit from Santa from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Please join us! New materials...

Yesterday, I was reading an article in Library Journal about the struggles between the Kansas State Librarian and Overdrive (a platform providing access to an ebook collection.) It seems that some of the requirements of a contract with Overdrive are not very compatible with the nature of libraries -- providing access for the public at the lowest cost possible while maintaining the quality of the collection...

Thursday, Oct. 13, at 6 p.m., the library will host Derick Samson as he describes how he turned one of his life's passions into his livelihood. Weather permitting, Derick will have one of his vintage cars on display in the library parking lot. For those history lovers and music lovers out there, the Library of Congress launched a National Jukebox this past Spring. ...

The library is delighted to host author CarolLee Miles for an author signing of her recent book, "Getting Paid to Cruise: Secrets of a Professional Cruise Host." CarolLee, a former Marshall resident now living in Colorado, shares her professional and personal advice for finding that "just right" career...

This week, I read about two recently released books. Both are intriguing for completely different reasons. Watch for both of these books coming to your library soon. The first is a collection of Shel Silverstein's poems, published posthumously by his family. This incredibly whimsical author left over 1,500 poems and his family worked to sift down about 150 poems for the new book...