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My Library Story: “Chardon’s Center for Self-Indulgence”

by Club Ink | Apr 10, 2019 | Club Ink, My Library Story, What the Library Means to Me, Why I love the library

To celebrate National Library Week we are asking patrons to tell their library story, answering the question “How Do You Library?” Chardon resident Shannon Meyer must have been in tune to this, having written a post on her These Moments blog called “Chardon’s Center...

What the library means to me: Alex Bevan

by Club Ink | Jun 13, 2018 | Club Ink, Libraries Rock, What the Library Means to Me, Why I love the library

This Libraries Rock! version of “What the library means to me” comes from Alex Bevan, that “skinny little boy from Cleveland, Ohio.” I grew up in East Cleveland in a time when to find a book you had to go into a card catalog. The librarians...

What the library means to me: A library story from Vince Slusarz at Gotta Groove Records

by Club Ink | May 29, 2018 | Club Ink, Libraries Rock, What the Library Means to Me, Why I love the library

Editor’s note: We reached out to a maverick in vinyl record production, Vince Slusarz owner of Gotta Grove Records. Slusarz recognized early the trend for vinyl records to make a comeback. He left a long career at Kinetico in Newbury to pursue his dream of pressing...

What the library means to me: Michael Stanley

by Club Ink | May 23, 2018 | Cleveland rocks, Club Ink, Libraries Rock, Summer Reading, What the Library Means to Me, Why I love the library

Editor’s note: In honor of the 2018 “Libraries Rock” summer reading theme we reached out to Cleveland rock and roll icon Michael Stanley to hear his thoughts on libraries. He was kind enough to take a moment out of his busy schedule to share this great story with us:...

Why I love the library, by Nancy Hagemeier of the Chagrin Valley Herb Society

by Club Ink | May 3, 2018 | Bainbridge, Club Ink, Gardening, What the Library Means to Me, Why I love the library

I was sitting here a few days ago…mid April and the warmest day so far in 2018 thinking, yes, maybe it is finally time to think seriously about gardening and upcoming plant sales. Unless, of course, Mother Nature yanks her big bungee cord to snap us back into snowy...

What the Library Means to Me, by Rebekah Frumkin

by Club Ink | May 1, 2018 | Club Ink, Visiting Authors, What the Library Means to Me, Why I love the library

There is nothing so rewarding as being able to walk into a library and know that all the books you could possibly want are there. I remember being a kid and reading the Goosebumps series and coming upon a topic I didn’t understand. I confidently marched myself...
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