Mad Science Preschool Workshops are unique hands-on, minds-on learning experiences for preschool-age children, 3 ½ to 5 years old. Interactive and age-appropriate, each workshop introduces children to a basic science topic. From animal friends and bugs, to water, weather and worms, dozens of topics are available. Preschool workshops last for 45 minutes, but the interest they…
Sharing Your Shelves (and Keeping Them Private)
One of the features of the library's new website and catalog is the ability to share the books, movies, and music that interest you with others. Sharing can be a great way to help others discover new things, but sometimes it might not be what you want to do. You have control over what you…
Finding LGBTQIA Materials in the Library Catalog
If you have looked for LGBTQIA+ materials in the library’s collection you may have had a frustrating experience. Searching for materials by subject relies on the Library of Congress Subject Headings and other information in an item’s record in the catalog. Subject headings don’t always employ natural language and so can be tricky access points…
Going Mobile
The new SPPL.org was built to be mobile-friendly, so you can do all of the same things you can do on a desktop or laptop computer on your tablet, smartphone, or other mobile devices. The library's website is responsive, so it adapts to the size and orientation of whatever web browser or device you are using…
Digital Library Highlights: Digital Magazines and Audiobooks
Check out digital magazines and audiobooks from the library using RBdigital. Saint Paul Public Library’s RBdigital magazine collection contains many popular titles, including some (like Newsweek) that are only available digitally. Downloaded magazines are yours to keep! There are no due dates and you can keep the magazine on your device as long as you like…
Meet Your Members: An Interview with Yana Komaritsa
The June-July 2018 issue of the Innovation Lab Newsletter features a brief interview with Innovation Lab member Yana Komaritsa.Describe Yourself in 1 Sentence or Less: I'm positive, outgoing, creative, and I love to have fun! What projects are you working on or have you recently completed? Right now I have several ongoing projects. I work…
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