Category Archives: Under the Radar

Friends of Robbins Library Magazine Giveaway – 4/14

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Maura Deedy, Assistant Director of Libraries

Do you love vintage ads? Photographs from bygone eras? The Friends of Robbins Library are giving away back issues of the library’s National Geographic (dating back to 1908) and Life magazines (dating back to 1936). Take one (or more!) home … Continue reading →

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It’s a Library Crawl!

Posted on October 3, 2017 by Maura Deedy, Assistant Director of Libraries

On Saturday, October 21st, eight libraries, across three library networks, including Robbins Library and Fox Branch Library are banding together to put on a Library Crawl.  From 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., library enthusiasts are invited to take a self-guided … Continue reading →

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Rockin’ Robbins Book Cart Drill Team takes Silver!

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Maura Deedy, Assistant Director of Libraries

On Tuesday May 17, the Rockin’ Robbins Book Cart Drill team was awarded Second Place in the Massachusetts Library Association Book Cart Drill Team Competition! The videos were judged on technical ability: organization, precision, unique moves, and timeliness. The overall artistic impression … Continue reading →

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Under the Radar: Tom Drury

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Anna Van Someren

Remember when Tom Drury’s stories for the New Yorker were finally published as the 1994 novel The End of Vandalism? Neither do I! I’d never even heard of Drury until last week, when the cover for The Driftless Area caught my eye. I … Continue reading →

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