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Today is Library Giving Day!
Today is Library Giving Day – a special day dedicated to supporting libraries across the nation. Your generosity helps us provide vital programs, services and materials to our community. Your gift, no matter the size, helps provide essential services and programs that benefit everyone in our community. Thank you for your support!
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School Help Centers Open During Spring Break
We’re here to help! Our School Help Centers are open over spring break, connecting you with staff and volunteers. Plus, check out HelpNow, which offers 24/7 access to study tools and test prep and connects you one-on-one with online tutors Monday through Friday 2-11 p.m. It’s all free with your library card.
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Virtual Program: Murder in the Mountains
Monday, April 7 | 6:30-8 p.m.
Explore an old, tangled web of family secrets with this intriguing DNA case study set against the backdrop of a 1928 murder in the mountains of Kentucky. Presented by genealogist Kate Penney Howard. Click below to save your spot!
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Put Your Knowledge to the Test!
Wednesday, April 9 | 7-8 p.m.
Main Library | 96 S. Grant Ave. (Café)Wear your favorite band shirt or dress up as a rock legend for a night of headbanging fun testing your rock knowledge. Play solo or as a band for a chance to win concert tickets from our friends at QFM96!
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See Author Katherine Applegate
Saturday, May 10 | 11 a.m.
Dublin Branch | 75 N. High St.Katherine Applegate is the New York Times bestselling author of Odder, Home of the Brave, Crenshaw, Wishtree, Willodeen, and The One and Only Ivan, for which she won the Newbery Medal. She is also the author of the Animorphs series, and Doggo and Pupper.
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We’re Celebrating Arab American American Heritage Month
In celebration of Arab American Heritage Month, our staff put together booklists for kids, teens and adults!
Plus, stop in any of our 23 locations and ask for a Discovery Quest to connect with great books and characters.
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Authors at the Library
We’re bringing you authors you love plus up-and-coming authors to discover.
Teachers and
Homeschool Parents:
Sign Up Your Class for Winter Reading Challenge Jan. 6-Feb. 28.
Stop in any location for details.
Teachers and
Homeschool Parents:
Sign Up Your Class for
Winter Reading Challenge
Jan. 6-Feb. 28.
Stop in any location for details.
Authors
at the
Library
We’re bringing you authors you love plus
Digital Content At Your Fingertips.
Get online access to movies, music, eBooks, audiobooks and more, free with your library card.
Apply for your library card today to unlock a world of knowledge.
Your library card gives you access to books, audiobooks, eBooks, movies, music, magazines, research tools and so much more. And it’s all free.
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