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Celebrate Library Card Sign-Up Month

Posted about 2 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
Posted in Events, holidays; celebrations | Tagged with celebration, dance party, library card sign-up month, ripple
Press Release Library Card Sign-Up Month 2023 Post Date: 9/1/2023 Get in Your Element this Fall with a Library Card (Richmond, VA) — This September, Richmond Public Library (RPL) joins […]
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Self-Care September

Posted about 2 years ago by Meg Raymond
Posted in Health and Wellness, holidays; celebrations, Hoopla, Inform * Enrich * Empower, nonfiction, Online Database, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions, Self-care, September
Self-Care September I am not a hot weather person, and summer is my Grumpy Season.  I am looking forward to September for many reasons.  It should be cooler, and September is […]
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New Reader’s Advisory Tools @ RPL

Posted about 2 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
Posted in eContent, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions | Tagged with book suggestions, online databases, online tools, readers advisory
You may have noticed recently that we have a few new reader’s advisory tools on our website. The first, NoveList Select, is located within our online catalog. Now when searching […]
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Local History and Genealogy Events in the Richmond Room

Posted about 2 years ago by Chloe McCormick
Posted in Book Reviews
Summer has been a busy time in the Richmond Room as we have been reorganizing our collections and space on the first floor of the Main Library. As we near […]
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Puzzled by the Library?

Posted about 2 years ago by Barbara Booth
Posted in Uncategorized
Raise your hand if you worked a jigsaw puzzle during COVID. Those weeks of pandemic shutdown found many of us returning to this well-loved pastime. Interest in puzzling skyrocketed and […]
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August Book Chat with the Youth Services Team

Posted about 2 years ago by Louis Maranski
Posted in Children's, Families, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with #bookchat, #bookrecs, #childrensbooks, #kidsbooks, #rplrecommends, #youthservices
Welcome to the another installment in our series of blog posts featuring children’s books we’re currently loving! “Book Chat with the Youth Services Team” features one book recommendation from each […]
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Adulting 101: Mending Clothes

Posted about 2 years ago by Nico D'Archangel
Posted in Adult, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Teens | Tagged with adulting, mending, sewing, skills
Welcome to a new limited series! For the next several weeks I’ll be sharing tips and advice from local professionals on topics that might not have been covered in your […]
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Adulting 101: Budgeting

Posted about 2 years ago by Nico D'Archangel
Posted in Adult, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Teens | Tagged with adulting, budgets
Welcome to a new limited series! For the next several weeks I’ll be sharing tips and advice from local professionals on topics that might not have been covered in your […]
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Adulting 101: Voting

Posted about 2 years ago by Nico D'Archangel
Posted in Adult, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Teens | Tagged with adulting, Voting
Welcome to a new limited series! For the next several weeks I’ll be sharing tips and advice from local professionals on topics that might not have been covered in your […]
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July Book Chat with the Youth Services Team

Posted about 2 years ago by Louis Maranski
Posted in Children's, Families, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with #bookchat, #bookrecs, #childrensbooks, #kidsbooks, #rplrecommends, #youthservices
Welcome to the another installment in our series of blog posts featuring children’s books we’re currently loving! “Book Chat with the Youth Services Team” features one book recommendation from each […]
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