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leaderboard leaderboard-1"> <broadstreet-zone zone-id="72496"></broadstreet-zone> </div><div class="interior-wrapper"> <div class="content-container"> <header class="page-header"> <h1 class="page-title">Bookend</h1> </header> <article> <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/01/02/bookend-curtains-up/"><img width="980" height="647" src="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/bookend-asu.jpg" class="attachment-i2x3-sml size-i2x3-sml wp-post-image" alt="Caelin Ross, performing arts librarian at Arizona State University Library in Tempe, poses with items from its Theatre for Youth and Community Collection." decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/bookend-asu.jpg 980w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/bookend-asu-300x198.jpg 300w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/bookend-asu-200x132.jpg 200w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/bookend-asu-768x507.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px" /></a> <div class="article-list__article-detail"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/01/02/bookend-curtains-up/" rel="bookmark">Bookend: Curtains Up</a></h2> <span class="publishing-info__byline">By <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/authors/megan-bennett/" rel="tag">Megan Bennett</a> | </span> <span class="publishing-date">January 2, 2025</span> <p>“You can learn so much … from plays written for, with, and by youth,” says Ross, performing arts librarian at Arizona State University (ASU) Library in Tempe, noting that young imaginations allow for more “interesting and experimental” presentations. Ross oversees ASU’s Theatre for Youth and Community Collection. Founded in 1979, the university says it is … <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/01/02/bookend-curtains-up/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Bookend: Curtains Up</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> </article> <hr /> <article> <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2024/11/01/bookend-put-a-pin-in-it/"><img width="970" height="647" src="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/bookend-buttons.jpg" class="attachment-i2x3-sml size-i2x3-sml wp-post-image" alt="Librarian Corinne Wolfson wearing several buttons from Harvard University's political button collection, surrounded by a collage of buttons reading, "Wearing buttons is not enough," "Teddy is good enough for me (alongside a photo of Teddy Roosevelt), McKinley and protection, Draft beer not people, It's a man's world unless women vote, Boycott non-union lettuce, Proudly for Brooke - a creative Republican, Viva LBJ, Rocky has never lost an election, and an illustration of black and white hands cradling a dove of peace." decoding="async" srcset="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/bookend-buttons.jpg 970w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/bookend-buttons-300x200.jpg 300w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/bookend-buttons-200x133.jpg 200w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/bookend-buttons-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px" /></a> <div class="article-list__article-detail"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2024/11/01/bookend-put-a-pin-in-it/" rel="bookmark">Bookend: Put a Pin in It</a></h2> <span class="publishing-info__byline">By <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/authors/megan-bennett/" rel="tag">Megan Bennett</a> | </span> <span class="publishing-date">November 1, 2024</span> <p>From the iconic to the incendiary, political messages like these have emblazoned buttons and pins since the start of US elections. Since 2012, Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government (HKS) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been archiving political buttons. The collection now includes thousands of items spanning a century’s worth of campaigns and causes. “Pre-internet, this … <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2024/11/01/bookend-put-a-pin-in-it/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Bookend: Put a Pin in It</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> </article> <hr /> <article> <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2024/09/03/bookend-lushness-in-the-library/"><img width="970" height="647" src="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/bookend-reno.jpg" class="attachment-i2x3-sml size-i2x3-sml wp-post-image" alt="Photo of the indoor garden at Downtown Reno Library of Washoe County (Nev.) Library Syste" decoding="async" srcset="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/bookend-reno.jpg 970w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/bookend-reno-300x200.jpg 300w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/bookend-reno-200x133.jpg 200w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/bookend-reno-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px" /></a> <div class="article-list__article-detail"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2024/09/03/bookend-lushness-in-the-library/" rel="bookmark">Bookend: Lushness in the Library</a></h2> <span class="publishing-info__byline">By <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/authors/anne-ford/" rel="tag">Anne Ford</a> | </span> <span class="publishing-date">September 3, 2024</span> <p>Hewitt C. Wells, the library’s architect, wanted to build it in a park. When that plan fell through, he decided to build “a park in the library,” Ryan says. Completed in 1966, it won the 1968 Industrial Landscape Award (presented by Lady Bird Johnson) and was named to the National Register of Historic Places in … <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2024/09/03/bookend-lushness-in-the-library/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Bookend: Lushness in the Library</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> </article> <hr /> <article> <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2024/07/24/bookend-say-cheese/"><img width="970" height="647" src="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/bookend-annual.jpg" class="attachment-i2x3-sml size-i2x3-sml wp-post-image" alt="A series of photos of Annual attendees taking photos of themselves or others." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/bookend-annual.jpg 970w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/bookend-annual-300x200.jpg 300w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/bookend-annual-200x133.jpg 200w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/bookend-annual-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px" /></a> <div class="article-list__article-detail"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2024/07/24/bookend-say-cheese/" rel="bookmark">Bookend: Say Cheese!</a></h2> <span class="publishing-info__byline">By <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/authors/megan-bennett/" rel="tag">Megan Bennett</a> | </span> <span class="publishing-date">July 24, 2024</span> <p>Clockwise from top: Haley White, reference department manager at Springfield-Greene County (Mo.) Library District, takes a selfie with actor and author Max Greenfield during a book signing for his upcoming children’s title, Good Night Thoughts; Newbery Medal–winning author Jerry Craft captures a photo of the crowd during fellow Newbery winner Kwame Alexander’s talk on June 29; … <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2024/07/24/bookend-say-cheese/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Bookend: Say Cheese!</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> </article> <hr /> <article> <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2024/06/03/bookend-from-a-to-zoo/"><img width="970" height="647" src="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/bookend-zoo.jpg" class="attachment-i2x3-sml size-i2x3-sml wp-post-image" alt="Kelley Woolley poses with items from the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance library collection" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/bookend-zoo.jpg 970w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/bookend-zoo-300x200.jpg 300w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/bookend-zoo-200x133.jpg 200w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/bookend-zoo-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px" /></a> <div class="article-list__article-detail"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2024/06/03/bookend-from-a-to-zoo/" rel="bookmark">Bookend: From A to Zoo</a></h2> <span class="publishing-info__byline">By <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/authors/megan-bennett/" rel="tag">Megan Bennett</a> | </span> <span class="publishing-date">June 3, 2024</span> <p>“I’ve been a huge animal person my whole life,” Woolley says. Today, she oversees the library and archive for the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance (SDZWA), the nonprofit that runs the zoo and park. Her workplace is one of a handful of zoo libraries across the US that employs a full-time librarian. SDZWA’s 16,000-item library comprises … <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2024/06/03/bookend-from-a-to-zoo/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Bookend: From A to Zoo</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> </article> <hr /> <article> <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2024/05/01/bookend-holding-court/"><img width="970" height="647" src="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/bookend-pickleball.jpg" class="attachment-i2x3-sml size-i2x3-sml wp-post-image" alt="Drew Evans seated on a pickleball court with books about pickleball propped up on the net" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/bookend-pickleball.jpg 970w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/bookend-pickleball-300x200.jpg 300w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/bookend-pickleball-200x133.jpg 200w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/bookend-pickleball-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px" /></a> <div class="article-list__article-detail"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2024/05/01/bookend-holding-court/" rel="bookmark">Bookend: Holding Court</a></h2> <span class="publishing-info__byline">By <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/authors/greg-landgraf/" rel="tag">Greg Landgraf</a> | </span> <span class="publishing-date">May 1, 2024</span> <p>Drew Evans, a retired law librarian who has previously worked at Kansas State University in Manhattan and Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, took up the sport about seven years ago. “I was hooked from the first hit,” he says. “You’re about 14 feet from your opponent, and that allows for a lot of social interaction … <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2024/05/01/bookend-holding-court/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Bookend: Holding Court</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> </article> <hr /> <article> <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2024/03/01/bookend-completing-the-circuit/"><img width="970" height="647" src="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/bookend.jpg" class="attachment-i2x3-sml size-i2x3-sml wp-post-image" alt="Kathleen Donahoe, robot archive processing archivist at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), poses with a selection of robots in CMU's archive." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/bookend.jpg 970w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/bookend-300x200.jpg 300w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/bookend-200x133.jpg 200w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/bookend-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px" /></a> <div class="article-list__article-detail"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2024/03/01/bookend-completing-the-circuit/" rel="bookmark">Bookend: Completing the Circuit</a></h2> <span class="publishing-info__byline">By <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/authors/carrie-smith/" rel="tag">Carrie Smith</a> | </span> <span class="publishing-date">March 1, 2024</span> <p>How do you archive a robot? This is the question that Kathleen Donahoe, robot archive processing archivist at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Libraries in Pittsburgh, and a team of archivists, roboticists, and preservation experts seek to answer through the Robotics Project, which launched in 2019. “There are just so many layers to how a robotics … <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2024/03/01/bookend-completing-the-circuit/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Bookend: Completing the Circuit</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> </article> <hr /> <article> <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2024/01/02/bookend-keeping-track/"><img width="970" height="647" src="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/bookend-train.jpg" class="attachment-i2x3-sml size-i2x3-sml wp-post-image" alt="Anna Kresmer, holding a title from the B&O Railroad Museum research library, poses in front of a 19th century locomotive." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/bookend-train.jpg 970w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/bookend-train-300x200.jpg 300w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/bookend-train-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px" /></a> <div class="article-list__article-detail"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2024/01/02/bookend-keeping-track/" rel="bookmark">Bookend: Keeping Track</a></h2> <span class="publishing-info__byline">By <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/authors/megan-bennett/" rel="tag">Megan Bennett</a> | </span> <span class="publishing-date">January 2, 2024</span> <p>“It really [was] a seismic culture shift,” Kresmer says. “We call it the moonshot. We liken it to the internet, how it had that kind of change on people.” Kresmer analyzes and catalogs materials, supports exhibit development, and oversees BORM’s research library, home to more than 5,000 titles. Locomotives aside, BORM’s collection—including its archives, library, … <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2024/01/02/bookend-keeping-track/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Bookend: Keeping Track</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> </article> <hr /> <article> <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2023/11/01/bookend-marching-full-circle/"><img width="970" height="647" src="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/bookend-marine.jpg" class="attachment-i2x3-sml size-i2x3-sml wp-post-image" alt="Philip Espe stands in a room with filing cabinets in the background. He is in a red US Marine Band uniform holding a stack of sheet music. Various pieces of music, memorability, and children's books are arranged on the table in front of him." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/bookend-marine.jpg 970w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/bookend-marine-300x200.jpg 300w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/bookend-marine-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px" /></a> <div class="article-list__article-detail"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2023/11/01/bookend-marching-full-circle/" rel="bookmark">Bookend: Marching Full Circle</a></h2> <span class="publishing-info__byline">By <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/authors/carrie-smith/" rel="tag">Carrie Smith</a> | </span> <span class="publishing-date">November 1, 2023</span> <p>All signs pointed to Philip Espe joining the Marines. The 34-year-old comes from a long line of military family members. But he also had a calling in music. Espe studied clarinet performance, earned a master’s of music in orchestral conducting, and directed community and youth orchestras. He used those skills when serving as a youth … <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2023/11/01/bookend-marching-full-circle/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Bookend: Marching Full Circle</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> </article> <hr /> <article> <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2023/09/01/recipe-in-peace/"><img width="970" height="647" src="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/bookend-recipe.jpg" class="attachment-i2x3-sml size-i2x3-sml wp-post-image" alt="Photo of Rosie Grant with one of the gravestone recipes she created for her @ghostlyarchive account" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/bookend-recipe.jpg 970w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/bookend-recipe-300x200.jpg 300w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/bookend-recipe-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px" /></a> <div class="article-list__article-detail"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2023/09/01/recipe-in-peace/" rel="bookmark">Bookend: Recipe in Peace</a></h2> <span class="publishing-info__byline">By <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/authors/megan-bennett/" rel="tag">Megan Bennett</a> | </span> <span class="publishing-date">September 1, 2023</span> <p>“Food connects us to someone we miss,” says Rosie Grant, digital librarian for American Jewish University in Los Angeles and outreach and communications manager at UCLA. “It connects all of our senses to that person or memory.” Grant, who is known as @ghostlyarchive on TikTok, went viral last year for trying recipes etched on gravestones … <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2023/09/01/recipe-in-peace/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Bookend: Recipe in Peace</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> </article> <hr /> <article> <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2023/07/19/bookend-electric-exhibits/"><img width="970" height="647" src="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0723bookend.jpg" class="attachment-i2x3-sml size-i2x3-sml wp-post-image" alt="Snapshots from ALA's 2023 Annual Conference and Exhibition in Chicago." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0723bookend.jpg 970w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0723bookend-300x200.jpg 300w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0723bookend-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px" /></a> <div class="article-list__article-detail"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2023/07/19/bookend-electric-exhibits/" rel="bookmark">Bookend: Electric Exhibits</a></h2> <span class="publishing-info__byline">By <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/authors/megan-bennett/" rel="tag">Megan Bennett</a> | </span> <span class="publishing-date">July 19, 2023</span> <p>Nikole Brown, assistant manager of reference at St. Louis (Mo.) County Library, with Chicago-based drag performer Ginger Forest, who did a “Read the Rainbow” storytime at the Lyrasis booth. 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