Shelf Respect
News, reviews, and ideas you can use from librarians and library staff at RPL
A Message From the Director: Banned Books Week 2023
Posted about 7 months ago by Scott Firestine
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Banned Books, Inform * Enrich * Empower
| Tagged with bannedbooks, bannedbooksweek, bannedbooksweek2023, bookchallenges, censorship, freepeoplereadfreely, intellectualfreedom, letfreedomread
The Richmond Public Library (RPL) stands firmly against censorship and in support of the freedom to read. We celebrate Banned Books Week, which is held every year from October 1-7, […]
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Gellman Room Concerts and First Fridays at the Main Library
Posted about 8 months ago by Hannah Kilgore
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Book Reviews
| Tagged with art, art exhibits, arts programming, classical music, concerts, first fridays, free concerts, jazz, music, programming
An autumn chill is finally in the air, which means it’s time to crack the windows, put the kettle on, and break out your favorite records for some cozy listening…Or, […]
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September Book Chat with the Youth Services Team
Posted about 8 months ago by Ashley Edmiston
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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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Hispanic Heritage month 9/15-10/15
Posted about 8 months ago by Meg Raymond
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Adult, Book Reviews, books in translation, celebrations, Children's, Events, Families, hispanic heritage month, holidays, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Reading Recommendations, September
| Tagged with #bookrecommendations, celebrations, hispanic heritage month, latino
National Hispanic Heritage Month was established in 1968 as “Hispanic Heritage Week” under President Lyndon Johnson and was expanded by President Ronald Reagan in in 1988 to cover a 30-day […]
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RPL Working to Expand Public Knowledge
Posted about 8 months ago by Charlie Schmidt
Have you ever wondered how the Virginia General Assembly really works? Perhaps you are looking for an example of a Bill of Particulars? Maybe you overheard talk at a lively […]
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Celebrate Library Card Sign-Up Month
Posted about 8 months ago by Jennifer Deuell
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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 8 months ago by Meg Raymond
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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 9 months ago by Jennifer Deuell
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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 9 months ago by Chloe McCormick
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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 9 months ago by Barbara Booth
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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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