Tag: Digital Resources
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MCPL 2025 by the Numbers
From new library cards to visits to our branches, community room reservations and on-site wifi and tech access, to over TWELVE MILLION checkouts of print and digital media combined, the Montgomery County community showed up at the libraries last year! MCPL Serves Every MoCo Voice, Every Story! Montgomery County Public Libraries serves Montgomery County’s 1.1…
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Veterans: Your Guide to Education and Careers
As we honor our veterans throughout November, we’re excited to share valuable resources designed to support you and your family during your transition to civilian life.
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Montgomery County Public Libraries Launches New Digital Library Card Registration System
Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) now offers an online application system for obtaining full-service digital library cards, eliminating the need for in-person visits to County library branches to apply for a card. This new system provides a more convenient and efficient way to access MCPL’s extensive collection of digital resources, including e-books, audiobooks and online…
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Celebrate Black History Month 2024 at MCPL
Black History Month at MCPL February is Black History Month, and MCPL has online resources, books, and events to help you learn and celebrate! If you’re looking to explore and research online we’ve got some wonderful, authoritative resources for you. The African American Times, later the Montgomery Times, archives cover seven years of the first Prince Georges and later…
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Kanopy Switches to Ticket System: Get the Details!
Do you use Kanopy with your MCPL card? Hopefully you already use Kanopy to stream films anytime, anywhere on your preferred devices. It’s free for you, with your MCPL card. Kanopy users will now use Tickets to play videos on Kanopy, instead of plays. Each month, you receive 30 tickets from MCPL. Your tickets reset…
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Books Unite Us, Censorship Divides Us for Banned Books Week 2023
It’s Banned Books Week, the annual celebration of the freedom to read. 2022 was a record year for book challenges, per the American Library Association (ALA). Launched in 1982 to respond to a sudden surge in challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries, Banned Books Week highlights the value of free and open access…
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Back to School 2023 with MCPL!
It’s back to school time in Montgomery County, and you’ll want to take Montgomery County Public Libraries along!
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Borrow Demon Copperhead on Hoopla! Plus other hot ebooks and audiobooks this summer
The wait is long to borrow Barbara Kingsolver’s newest hit book, but it’s possible to read it right now, with your MCPL card. Borrow Demon Copperhead on Hoopla, along with all of the other great titles available on the app this summer!
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Overdrive App sunsets on 5/1. Get to know the Libby App!
The OverDrive app sunsets today, May 1, 2023. Here’s how to get started with the Libby app.
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Celebrate Black History Month 2023 at MCPL
Black History Month at MCPL February is Black History Month, and MCPL has online resources, books, and events to help you learn and celebrate! If you’re looking to explore and research online we’ve got some wonderful, authoritative resources for you. The Oxford African-American Studies Center contains over 6,000 biographies, more than 10,000 articles, and hundreds of maps, documents, images,…
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Experience Maryland STEM Festival 2022 at MCPL!
Celebrate STEM at MCPL The Maryland STEM Festival is a month-long celebration of science, technology, engineering and mathematics that takes place every Fall. Students, families, friends, STEM professionals, teachers, volunteers will all enjoy events taking place throughout Maryland. We’re proud to host many Maryland STEM Festival events at MCPL this year. Ours are among hundreds…
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Books Unite Us, Censorship Divides Us for Banned Books Week 2022
It’s Banned Books Week, the annual celebration of the freedom to read. Launched in 1982 to respond to a sudden surge in challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries, Banned Books Week highlights the value of free and open access to information, and unites the entire book community in support of the freedom to…