April Fools!

April Fools!

Buffalo’s The Bee put a disclaimer up on its front page warning readers that the articles in this issue are not truthful. In bold lettering, the title instructs all readers to read the disclaimer before reading the rest of the paper. To read more of the paper...

Library Technician, Paul Smith’s College

Position: Library Technician Status: Regular Full-time, Non-Exempt, 12-month Department: Joan Weill Adirondack Library Reports to: Director of Library Services Description: The Library Technician provides customer service support to library patrons and assists staff...

Data Technician, North Country Library System, Watertown

IMMEDIATE FULL TIME JOB OPENING Data Technician Technical Services Department The Data Technician in the Technical Services Department helps maintain a database of library materials for 65 member libraries. General Job Description Operate a computer to create, add,...

Library Director, Westport

We are looking for a congenial, intelligent, computer literate person to oversee our friendly, historic library. Library degree or library experience and college degree preferred.  The Director works with the Board of Trustees to serve the community. Compensation and...
Corset Guide

Corset Guide

A “helpful” corset guide was posted in the Geneva Daily Times on November 22nd, 1900. It discusses how to choose a properly fitting corset, and through the rhetoric of the article, the stigmas attached to wearing an ill-fitting one. To view the full page,...
Prohibition: Down to the Vote

Prohibition: Down to the Vote

A page in The Ogdensburg Advance and St. Lawrence Sunday Democrat reminds those who oppose the prohibition to vote to end it within the nation. On December 5, 1933 the 21st amendment was ratified and ultimately ended the prohibition of alcohol. Click here to read...