by Ed Worso | Feb 22, 2019 | Club Ink, Digital books, Director's Blog, hoopla, Overdrive
Want stories without the weight of a bag of books? Check out the digital collection at GCPL. The ease of streaming and downloading materials has been steadily improving over the past decade, and now, a vast storehouse of work from your favorite authors is yours. All...
by Cheryl McClellan | Feb 18, 2019 | Club Ink, Genealogy
Heritage Quest Online, dubbed “Ancestry.com lite”, is one of the genealogy databases GCPL subscribes to for patron use. The database is owned by Ancestry.com and shares many of its resources, including complete U.S. Census records (1790 – 1940). However, unlike...
by Club Ink | Feb 11, 2019 | Club Ink, Health, Mental health
From time immemorial, humans have helped each other during times of physical, emotional, or mental trauma. Every culture has its own healing traditions and medicines, which were developed long before our modern medicine. Over the past 10-15 years, we’ve seen a...
by Ravenwood Mental Health Team | Feb 8, 2019 | Club Ink, Mental health
Editor’s note: Every month, the experts at Ravenwood Heath share a Club Ink blog post about a facet of mental health. This month, Development Director Kristine Frankenberry writes about the value of kindness. Perfect for February – and every other month!...
by Club Ink | Feb 6, 2019 | Celebrating Geauga Small Businesses, Club Ink, Maple Festival, maple syrup
This edition of Celebrating Geauga Small Businesses comes from Jen Freeman at Richards Maple Products.Geauga County Public Library: When was Richards Maple Products founded? Jen Freeman: 1910. GCPL: What is the story behind your business? How did it begin? What...