Adult
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Expanded Memory Lab Hours
Posted about 8 months ago by Ben Himmelfarb
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Adult, Families, History and Preservation
| Tagged with archives, digitization, Family history, memory lab, personal history
History Comes Out at the Holidays At this time of year, we are likely to see loved ones we do not see during the rest of the year. We might […]
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October is Dyslexia Awareness Month
Posted about 9 months ago by Lisa Wiertel
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Adult, Children's, Inform * Enrich * Empower, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with children, dyslexia, LD, learning disabilities, Library, reading, resources, richmond, virginia
Every October is Dyslexia Awareness Month. The International Dyslexia Association defines dyslexia as the following: “Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is neurobiological in origin. It is characterized by […]
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The Busy Parents’ Book Club – “The Three of Us” by Ore Agbaje-Williams
Posted about 9 months ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Adult, book discussions, Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions
| Tagged with book recommendations, bookclub, parent, reading suggestions, shortbooks
Welcome to the first installment of the blog post series “The Busy Parents’ Book Club.” I decided to start this series after having my second baby in two years and […]
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Meet the Community Memory Fellow: Marvin Hicks
Posted about 9 months ago by Ben Himmelfarb
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Adult, History and Preservation, Inform * Enrich * Empower
| Tagged with community memory fellow, history, local history, memory lab, Preservation, public history, research, richmond history
The Community Memory Fellow (CMF) position was created to broaden the notion of what public history is in Richmond and make that history accessible to everyone. Over the course of […]
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Just What *IS* D&D?
Posted about 11 months ago by Louis Maranski
Dungeons and Dragons, usually shortened to D&D or DnD, is a game first published by Wizards of the CoastTM in 1974 that has become much more prominent and popular in […]
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Adventure Begins @ Your Library!
Posted about 1 year ago by Lisa Crisman
Summer is here and if you are thinking of adding a bit of adventure to your summer there is no better place to start than at your local Richmond Public […]
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Aux Cord DJ- Hoopla Album Review Series
Posted about 1 year ago by Danny
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Adult, Hoopla, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Music
| Tagged with auxcorddj, Hoopla, music, music recommendations, music reviews
The Richmond Public Library offers users the opportunity to access several mediums through our e-resources. One of the apps that we consistently recommend to our patrons is Hoopla. Hoopla allows […]
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In honor of Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage month, check out these new or updated fiction booklists:
Posted about 1 year ago by Meg Raymond
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Adult, Asian American, Book Reviews
| Tagged with #bookrecs, book recommendations, reading suggestions
Asian-American Fiction: Dark or Dystopian Asian-American Fiction: Literary Asian-American Fiction: Mysteries and Historical Fiction Asian-American Fiction: Rom-Coms Check out the RPL Readers page for more lists. Or, if you’d prefer a hand-crafted, […]
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Let’s Hear it for the Ladies
Posted about 1 year ago by Meg Raymond
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Adult, Book Reviews, Fiction, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions, Women's History
| Tagged with #rplrecommends, book recommendations, book recs, reading suggestions
In honor of Women’s History Month, check out these newly updated biographical fiction booklists: Let’s Hear It For Bad Girls and Nasty Women: Ladies We Love to Loathe Let’s Hear […]
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Books to Celebrate the Year of the Dragon
Posted about 1 year ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Adult, Asian American, celebrations, Children's, diverse reads, Graphic Novels, holidays, holidays; celebrations, Picturebooks, Reading Recommendations, Teens
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