The Forbidden Daughter By Shobhan Bantal

    Black Rabbit Summer By Kevin Brooks

    Halo: The Cole Protocol By Tobias S. Buckell

    The Atomic Lobster By Tim Dorsey

   Running For My Life: My Journey in the Game of Football and Beyond By Warrick Dunn

    The Lost Tomb By David Gibbins

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A series of events centered around the theme “created equal” will be held during Constitution Week at the Dr. James Carlson Library. These events are part of an introduction to a bookshelf of 21 books recently awarded to each of the three Fargo Public Library locations by the National Endowment for the Humanities, in cooperation with the American Library Association.  All events are free and open to the public.

• The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen will be the theme for preschool and toddler storytimes from September 15-18 (also held at the Northport Branch).
• Smith Stimmel - A Living History will be performed by Steve Stark on Wednesday, September 17 at 6:30 p.m. Stark portrays Smith Stimmel, a Fargo attorney who served as one of President Abraham Lincoln’s bodyguards.
• Culture of Equality: A Panel Discussion will take place Thursday, September 18 at 6:30 p.m. Community leaders from Fargo-Moorhead will discuss the concept of “created equal” in modern American society. 

 The Fargo Public Library recently received an award of three “We the People Bookshelves” from the American Library Association and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The titles we’re receiving can been seen on the We the People site. The Bookshelf contains titles for ages kindergarden to grade 12.

The Bookshelf award is part of a program of events with the Bookshelf’s theme, “Created Equal”, that’s occurring during Constitution Week this September. The program includes a storytime featuring the Ugly Duckling, a living history presentation with a local actor and a panel discussion.

Suzanne Morrison, one of our very own board members, has been awarded the 2007 Spirit of Law Librarianship Award from the American Association of Law Librarians. From the announcement:

The award committee is pleased to announce that Suzanne M. Morrison, U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Branch Librarian for North and South Dakota is this year’s recipient of the Spirit of Law Librarianship Award for her outstanding commitment to international service. Under the auspices of ABA/CEELI, Ms. Morrison has made six trips in the last ten years to troubled parts of the world to help law schools recover from national or regional strife. Her visits have ranged from one to several months where she has taught legal research skills, evaluated law libraries and offered advice to libraries that were in various stages of development. Her work has taken her to many countries throughout Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Asia, including the West Bank and Gaza, Krygystan, Tajikistan, Kosovo, Slovakia and Albania.

When not on the road serving struggling law schools overseas, Ms. Morrison serves her home community by serving on the Fargo (ND) Library Board, works with the YWCA, League of Women Voters, Veterans History Project and volunteers for the local hospice.

Ms. Morrison will be honored at the State, Court and County Law Libraries Special Interest Section’s reception at this year’s annual meeting of AALL to be held this year in New Orleans.

This award is given to a law librarian, or group of librarians, who have used their position and skills as a law librarian to make a meaningful contribution to a social cause, or used their professional training in service of others in some significant way.

We’re very excited for Suzanne and would like to congratulate her on this major accomplishment. Fargo’s lucky to have her overseeing its library.