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How do you cook a frozen steak without defrosting? Chris Kimball says

Christopher Kimball, host of “America’s Test Kitchen,” has some quick tips to help you feed your family and spend less time in the kitchen, including how to cook a frozen steak without defrosting.

What Libraries Can (Still) Do

Librarians will need to cherish their special talent as “stewards” while letting go of the instinct to be “collectors.” Knowledge in physical form needs to be preserved and curated. But with digital information pouring into iPhones and Kindles in petabytes, libraries need to rethink old habits. They cannot collect everything, or even a small fraction of everything.

Not Your Grandparents' Library: How Community Libraries Have Evolved

The neighborhood library is now a global information hub and community connector.

Online Course: Buying and Selling Antiques and Collectibles

How to Buy and Sell Antiques and Collectibles offers a highly successful approach to acquiring and selling antiques and collectibles for both fun and profit. This course incorporates many strategies of acquiring and selling desirable objects and pieces, with the goal of personal enjoyment and fulfillment.

Government lawyers don’t understand the Internet. That’s a problem.

Could Public Reference Librarians Help Us Combat Digital Falsehoods?

Could the answer to today’s deluge of digital falsehoods lie with our nation’s public libraries and their reference librarians that have served us for more than a century?

How the Decatur Public Library is a crucial tool for homeschooling families

DECATUR — Homeschooling families depend on the Decatur Public Library.

How I Increased Student Interest in my Classroom Library

I love reading! Each year, it is my goal to pass my love of reading on to my students. I stock my classroom library with tons of ...

10 Things That Are Free at Public Libraries

Before you spend another dollar on items and services like these, check with your public library.

Use the Decatur Public Library? Find out how much you saved

DECATUR – Decatur Public Library patrons saved $8,212,000 by using the library last year.

Think libraries are obsolete? Think again

Kindles and the internet cannot replace libraries - they are part of the social glue that binds us. The fight is on throughout the country to save them

When Public Libraries Are an On-Ramp to Open Source

Submitted by Phil Shapiro on 6 February 2017 - 12:00amPeople go to the public library to expand their horizons. At the public library, they can encounter new ideas, new perspectives, and new possibilities. Sometimes they'll even find new hobbies and new career pathsThe public library can also be the perfect venue for people to have their first taste of open source — software that…

Libraries help enrich our lives

3 things you didn't know you could do at the public library

We talked with 3 people who used the Brooklyn Library to start a business, get rehearsal space and become a citizen, because the library is awesome.

11 Things You Can Borrow From Libraries Besides Books

Here are just a few unexpected items some libraries lend out.

COLUMN/PERSPECTIVE: Libraries can do a lot for a lot of people

The building that was once the loudest place in Woodbine now may be the quietest.

5 Inspired Ways Libraries Can Kick-Start Your Creativity

This is a guest post from Margret Aldrich, a writer and editor who has worked with authors from American Indian activist Winona LaDuke to punk-rock guitar legend Cheetah Chrome. Her book about Little