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This Saturday, September 21st marks the birth date of animation legend Chuck Jones . Even if the name doesn't ring any bells, if you've ever watched a Warner Bros. cartoon or really any… continue reading Friday Five: Animation Legend Chuck Jones
By written by Peter SM September 20, 2013
Checkout the Top 10 Author Event Podcasts Downloaded in August 2013 . There were more than 19,400 podcasts downloaded from our website for the month of August! View our full Fall schedule and… continue reading Top 10 Author Event Podcasts Downloaded in August 2013
By written by Peter SM September 17, 2013
If you're looking at this blog, you may notice something different: more stories, more color, more pictures. We've redesigned our blog ! When you go to Free Library's blog now, you… continue reading Check Out Our New Blog Redesign!
By written by Peter SM September 13, 2013 1
Want to have a fun-filled day of creativity, learning, and making cool stuff courtesy of Free Library and SparkFun ? The SparkFun tour bus and staff will visit the Cecil B. Moore Library at… continue reading SparkFun Brings Maker Movement to Cecil B. Moore Library
By written by Peter SM September 10, 2013
There's no shortage of media and entertainment vying for our attention these days. Between books, movies, television, and the Internet (which you can get all the aforementioned forms of visual… continue reading Friday Five: Fall 2013 TV Season or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love Binge-Watching
By written by Peter SM September 6, 2013
Here are the Top 10 ebooks downloaded from the Free Library's OverDrive Digital Library in August 2013. There were more than 47,000 ebooks checked out and downloaded for the month! The… continue reading Top 10 ebooks OverDrive Digital Library August 2013
By written by Peter SM September 4, 2013 1
Labor Day weekend is here and with it the end of another summer. A long holiday weekend is on tap for most of the country, but few of us nowadays may know or remember exactly why we have off on… continue reading A History Minute: Labor Day
By written by Peter SM August 30, 2013
There have been a number of news stories over the past few weeks discussing the digital divide that still exists around the world. Studies and statistics show that access to the internet has… continue reading Helping to Bridge the Digital Divide
By written by Peter SM August 27, 2013
Criminally talented and prolific novelist and screenwriter Elmore Leonard passed away earlier this week at the age of 87 from complications suffered after a stroke in July. To say that the man had… continue reading Friday Five: Elmore Leonard
By written by Peter SM August 23, 2013
Back in May we posted about the Google+ redesign , which included a multiple column layout, consistency across devices (desktop, tablet, and mobile), an emphasis on visual content with the ability… continue reading Free Library of Philadelphia's Google+ Page Sees Increased Number of Followers
By written by Peter SM August 20, 2013
Summer is winding down with Fall just around the corner, and with it a full schedule of Free Library Author Events ! In the meantime, you can checkout the Top 10 Author Event Podcasts Downloaded… continue reading Top 10 Author Event Podcasts Downloaded in July 2013
By written by Peter SM August 16, 2013
Elysium , the latest entry into the dystopian sci-fi film cannon, is set in the year 2154 where the disparity between the rich and the poor is literally larger than ever--the rich live on a… continue reading Friday Five: Dystopian Science Fiction
By written by Peter SM August 9, 2013 2
Here are the Top 10 ebooks downloaded from the Free Library's OverDrive Digital Library in July 2013. There were more than 54,300 ebooks checked out and downloaded for the month! The following… continue reading Top 10 ebooks OverDrive Digital Library July 2013
By written by Peter SM August 6, 2013
Summer is in full swing right now here at the Free Library: We are well past the half way mark in our Summer Reading 20-Million-Minute Challenge. Thursday storytimes at Eakins Oval have been a big… continue reading Summer Jams on Free Library's Spotify Channel!
By written by Peter SM July 26, 2013
The saying goes, "Everyone loves a good mystery". And a recent mystery in the literary world has people rushing to libraries and bookstores to pick up a book called The Cuckoo’s… continue reading Author Pseudonyms and Pen Names and Aliases, Oh My!
By written by Peter SM July 23, 2013
This weekend, the sci-fi robots vs. colossal monsters of Pacific Rim will be stomping all over movie screens and battling at the box office. Director Guillermo del Toro, no stranger to fantastical… continue reading Friday Five: Monster Movies
By written by Peter SM July 12, 2013 2
Here are the Top 10 ebooks downloaded from the Free Library's OverDrive Digital Library in June 2013. Taking the top spot for the month was Neil Gaiman's newest novel The Ocean at the End… continue reading Top 10 ebooks OverDrive Digital Library June 2013
By written by Peter SM July 9, 2013
As reported on this blog back in March, Google Reader announced that they were shutting down their Google Reader service as of July 1st, 2013 . Once we went through the five stages of grief, we… continue reading Alternative RSS Readers to Replace Google Reader
By written by Peter SM June 25, 2013
Neil Gaiman has just released his newest book, The Ocean at the End of the Lane , and to say that a number of us here at the Free Library are beyond excited to read it would be an understatement!… continue reading Friday Five: Neil Gaiman
By written by Peter SM June 21, 2013
2013 marks the 75th anniversary of "The Man of Steel," "The Last Son of Krypton," "The Man of Tomorrow"; the quintessential figure that helped invent the entire comic… continue reading Friday Five: Superman
By written by Peter SM June 14, 2013 1