Category: Yuma Library

December Blog Post

Patricia Allenbaugh | December 20, 2022

Have you ever wondered about national holidays and how they began? Being a librarian I usually start with the background which means I go to a reference source like a dictionary or an encyclopedia. So I started with a dictionary to get a definition for a national holiday and found that Merriam-Webster defines it as “a holiday celebrated throughout a nation or a legal holiday established by the central government of a nation rather than by state or local authorities… Read more

November Blog Post

Patricia Allenbaugh | December 13, 2022

It is hard not to consider the election this November as the news is filled with partisan politics, and misinformation bordering on slander and libel. Merriam-Webster defines slander as “false and defamatory oral statement about a person” and defines libel as “a written or oral defamatory statement or representation that conveys an unjustly unfavorable impression”. This century is filled with recrimination and disinformation… Read more

October Blog Post

Patricia Allenbaugh |

October brings the opening of the U.S. Supreme Court. Tradition for the past 70 years has the judicial season begin with what is known as the Red Mass, a Catholic Service dating back centuries… Read more

September Blog Post

Patricia Allenbaugh | September 21, 2022

I’ve been monitoring the incredible stories related censorship and libraries across the United States over the past year which is one for the history books. In my lifetime, I’ve seen few years like this past one when it comes to the number of materials people are asking to be removed from library shelves, from school curriculums, and to be taken out of stores for purchase… Read more

August Blog Post

Patricia Allenbaugh | September 2, 2022

This month the air is filled with anticipation and anxiety as we ready for both return to campus and the monsoonal rains. They usually coincide here in the desert southwest. However, the desert this year is proving to be even more challenging with molds and fungus growing even here in Yuma! While the monsoons coincide with the return to school, one does not always think about fungus in the desert southwest. … Read more