Archive for 04/2020

DPPL On Demand

You Don’t Have to Leave the House to Learn a Foreign Language

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by Reference Staff
04.20.20

 

You can learn to speak to others in another language while practicing social distancing.

Sounds weird but it's true.

Ideally you'd be flying to France to learn French or Rome to learn Italian, but that's hard for most of us to do in normal times, and impossible right now.

You can learn a lot through the library's website, however, without even leaving your couch. Or spending any money.

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Miner Recs Newsletters & Podcasts

The Innocents by Michael Crummey

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by Readers Advisory Staff
04.14.20

 

Missing one-on one book recommendations from your favorite 3rd floor staffers? DPPL's new Miner Recs Book Talks are the next best thing! 

Each week DPPL's readers advisory staff will "talk" their best book "recs".

And while we're all sheltering in place, we're calling the first entries in this series Grounded Recs. 

In Episode 1, David discusses The Innocents by Michael Crummey. 

If it sounds like something you'd enjoy reading, DPPL cardholders can check out The Innocents today as an eBook through the Digital Library of Ilinois. Enjoy!