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January 11, 2022
Book recommendations from The First Friday Book Chat
The inaugural First Friday Book Chat was a rousing success, in that everyone who attended — including our Librarians — came away with a long...
December 13, 2021
You should have heard the grumbling when we asked our staff to pick their three favorite reads from 2021. If we’d had a dollar for...
April 30, 2021
We hear the cicadas are about to emerge from their 17-year nap, and that reminded us of a great little newspaper clipping our friend and...
April 22, 2021
Can you believe it? On Saturday, November 6th, 2021, George Saunders will deliver the Mercantile Library’s thirty-third Niehoff Lecture. The MacArthur Fellow and PEN/Malamud, Folio, and...
December 18, 2020
Whatever else it was, 2020 was a great year for reading at the Mercantile. Circulation is up, and readers have found gems in the stacks...
March 20, 2020
It might seem odd to think of libraries at a time like this. But it might also be worth noting that libraries exist for times...
February 12, 2020
The Mercantile Library Visitors' Register, 1872-1918 is Online
Excuse me while I geek out. The Mercantile Library’s Visitor Register is now available online, thanks to the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County...
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