If you live in Chicago, you may have heard people say that Chicago has the largest Polish population outside of Warsaw, Poland. Chicago’s radio station, WBEZ, investigated this claim in 2015. Although it is not completely true, there are elements of truth to it. According to WEBZ, the largest Polish populations outside of Poland can…
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Library Detective Work
Instead of writing about a specific library or museum, today, I want to write about how librarians can sometimes do detective work. I have had experience overseeing book donations and cataloging the books of an unprocessed library. For both tasks, I have always tried to scout out any books that seem potentially significant. I have…
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