by Laura Mundee

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The Library isn't a speakeasy where you need a password to gain access. The Library isn't an exclusive club where you have to know someone to be a member. The Library isn't a sacred space with arcane rituals, but for some people it sure might feel like it.

It might take you weeks or months to know everything there is to know about the Library, but you don't have that kind of time and we're not asking you to spend it trying to figure us out. Instead, we want to let you in on some of the ways we can help you. Library Secrets is just one of the ways we're sharing our tips and tricks.

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• Your Weekly Glossy: Yoga Journal
  Glossy name: Yoga JournalGlossy purpose: Mission is to “give readers insightful articles on yoga, filled with the most current scientific information available, while honoring the 5,000 year old tradition on which it is based”. Each issue includes self-help articles, photos of yoga poses, recipes, gardening tips, and reviews of books and media. It is also [...]
  URL: http://blog.codlibrary.org/?p=644 Added: September 3, 2010

• Prairie Light Review – Submissions Due Sept. 22nd, 2010
  Please consider submitting your creative work for the Fall 2010 issue of COD’s nationally award-winning Prairie Light Review. The deadline for this semester is Wednesday, September 22, 2010. You can see more information or submit your work via our website, www.prairielightreview.org.Teachers, please encourage your students to submit their work! PLR accepts submissions from anyone who [...]
  URL: http://blog.codlibrary.org/?p=674 Added: September 2, 2010

• What’s the smartest card in your wallet?
  Happy Library Card Sign-up Month!  We didn’t bake you a cake, but we got you a card– just stop by the Circulation Desk in the Library to pick it up.  Like any good gift, it’s free– you just need three things to get it: a photo ID (such as a driver’s license)proof of present addressproof of [...]
  URL: http://blog.codlibrary.org/?p=665 Added: September 1, 2010

• Movie Monday: Following
  Following (1998) Dir. Christopher Nolan, United Kingdom.Director Christopher Nolan became a household name with his revisioning of the Batman films (Batman Begins, 2006; The Dark Knight, 2008), but long before the Caped Crusader and the recent success of Inception (2010), Nolan’s Memento (2000) reached cult-status and made him a name to watch among film fans.Whether [...]
  URL: http://blog.codlibrary.org/?p=641 Added: August 29, 2010

• Your Weekly Glossy: The Believer
  Glossy name: The BelieverGlossy purpose: “The Believer is a monthly magazine where length is no object.  There are book reviews that are not necessarily timely, and that are very often very long.  There are interviews that are also very long.  We will focus on writers and books we like.  We will give people [...]
  URL: http://blog.codlibrary.org/?p=638 Added: August 27, 2010

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