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September is Library Card Sign-up Month!

Library cards are FREE, and libraries have lots to offer to you and your family. You will find books, eBooks, CDs, DVDs, databases, computers, WiFi, programs for all ages, & much more at your library.

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Join the Great American Read

Join us and 100 readers at 100 Richmond Locations over 100 days as they present the 100 books on the PBS Great American Read book list.

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Updated Hours

Announcing new hours at Main Library, Ginter Park, East End, and North Avenue branches

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Gellman Room Concerts

These exciting concerts return September 29th for the 2018-2019 season.

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Library News

40th Anniversary and Annual Friends’ Meeting

September 17, 2018

Our West End Branch celebrates its 40th Anniversary on Saturday, September 22, 11-4. Branch manager Lisa Crisman has arranged special programs throughout the day starting with The Story Lady at 11. At noon, Dr. Mary Lynn Bayliss will discuss her book From Ireland to Maymont. Lisa will show the film The Westwood Community at 3. […]

Shelf Respect

It’s all in your head: time, memory, and the mind

September 14, 2018

So, we’re looking at more of a Category 2 Book Situation this weekend, right? I figure one book to every inch of rain in the forecast is a good ratio. Plan on needing 2-4 books this weekend then. While the forecast may not be calling for the end of the world anymore (which is a […]