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Day of the Record — Vinyl Day 2021
Featuring the Make Music Montgomery contest, a panel discussion, and a record-pricing workshop. The Friends of the Library, Montgomery County (FOLMC), Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL), and other sponsors have put the needle back on! Virtual Just for the Record – A Vinyl Day 2021 will spin in cyberspace on Saturday, April 17th from 12…
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April Events for Teens at Montgomery County Public Libraries.
Whether writing, reading, arts, crafts, or coding, April is full of events for teens at MCPL! Check out the descriptions, dates and times below, and join us at the event links! Bookmark our events calendar for a daily schedule of programs for everyone! Spring Vision Board, 4/13, 5pm 4/13, 5pmA vision board is a creative…
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6 Great Kids Books for World Autism Month
April is World Autism Month, where stories are shared and communities get together to educate and ultimately increase awareness, understanding and acceptance of people with autism. World Autism Month kicks off TODAY, April 2nd, with World Autism Awareness day. To celebrate this month, MCPL would like to highlight some of our favorite juvenile reads about Autism and by authors with Autism: Benji, the Bad Day,…
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MCPL Adds Brainfuse Resources VetNow, JobNow, HelpNow to E-Resources
JobNow Brainfuse JobNow connects users with experienced career coaches and resources to assist them during all stages of their job search. Self-assessment and job search resources Carefully selected job resources include eParachute, a Brainfuse partnership offering an online resource created by What Color is Your Parachute? author Richard Bolles. Connect with a Brainfuse JobNow coach to review…
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National Financial Literacy Month at MCPL
April is National Financial Literacy Month — a time to focus on earning, managing, saving, and spending money wisely. MCPL offers a number of events this month on all kinds of money matters, and we hope you’ll join us! All events are virtual; registration and log-in information is available below. National Financial Literacy Month Events…
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Spring It Back to MCPL!
It’s the time of year to take on spring-cleaning projects, both inside and outside of the home. MCPL wants to help everyone clean up with the launch of our Spring It Back! materials return campaign. We officially stopped charging fines for overdue library materials in January of this year. We also wiped out outstanding overdue…
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Contemporary Conversations with Michelle Singletary at MCPL
Meet Michelle Singletary, prize-winning journalist and nationally syndicated personal finance columnist for The Washington Post. Michelle Singletary is well known for taking complicated financial terms and concepts and make them easy to understand. A frequent contributor to various NPR programs and a regular presence on all major networks, NBC, CBS, CNN, PBS and MSNBS, Ms. Singletary…
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Join MCPL for Earth Month Events!
Earth Day is April 22 Join us for the annual celebration of all things Earth on Thursday, April 22. We’ll have a week of fun events, so join in! Planet Earth–Sand Art InstructableApril 19, 3 PM In honor of Earth Month, join us for a virtual meet up, where we will create awesome sand art…
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Montgomery County Public Libraries Announces the Closing Date for Germantown Library Refresh Project
The Germantown Library will close at 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 24 to undergo interior improvements under the County’s award-winning Library Refurbishment initiative. The project will include new flooring throughout public areas, new water fountains/bottle filling stations, new upper and lower-level service desks, sound dampening in the rotunda, painting of the stairway handrails, new shelving…
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“Constitutional Patriotism, Partisanship and the Future of American Democracy ” with Congressman Jamie Raskin
Join Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Monday, April 5 at 1pm for Constitutional Patriotism, Partisanship and the Future of American Democracy. Congressman Jamie Raskin is the U.S. Representative for Maryland’s 8th Congressional District. He recently served as the Lead House Manager during the second Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, which ended with…
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Montgomery County Public Libraries Implements Automatic Renewal
Effective Monday, March 22, Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) will begin renewing customer materials automatically. Customers will no longer need to access their accounts online or call the library to renew their materials, with some exceptions. Materials not eligible for automatic renewal are: Express Books (bestsellers identified by a red Baker & Taylor or “B&T” spine…
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Montgomery Moving Forward & MCPL Bring the Basics to Gaithersburg
Montgomery Moving Forward and MCPL bring a pilot of The Basics to the 20877 zip code in Montgomery County, starting this week! Join us to learn about five crucial practices for young children. The Basics was originally developed in Boston and is also known as Boston Basics. The Basics is currently in use in over…