Curious what life was like in the area that is now Rockbridge County during the American Revolution? 🇺🇸
Join Library of Virginia historian Eric Johnson at the Glasgow Public Library on Monday, July 27 for an engaging history talk rooted in the firsthand accounts of the Revolutionary era. Throughout the war and its aftermath, local residents of all backgrounds shared their stories via legislative petitions and narratives of their war service. Today, those petitions and narratives — along with maps, wills, newspapers and other documents — are preserved at the Library of Virginia, and in this talk, Johnson will share these local glimpses into Rockbridge`s past....
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Rockbridge Regional Library System is seeking Donations and Book Sales personnel. This position coordinates the library`s book donations and book sales including organizing monthly book sales, overseeing online book inventory, and training and scheduling volunteers.
RRLS is also seeking a Service Desk Assistant for the Lexington branch. Approximately 4-8 hours per week. Schedule includes Monday and Wednesday 5p-7p and every other Saturday 10a-2p. Computer skills and customer service experience required. Primary job responsibilities include collection maintenance and shelving library materials. This position will also assist at the Service Desk as needed.
Applications may be filled out using the form at https://www.rrlib.net/jobs/. Please send resume and letter of interest to admin@rrlib.net.
Applications can also be picked up at your local library in person. Please bring or mail completed application, letter of interest, and resume to Rockbridge Regional Library 138 S. Main St. Lexington, VA 24450....
Do you have a rising Kindergartener? Stop by the Lexington Branch to ask for a free kit to help your young scholar get reading for school! #gettingready #school‼️ #librarylove...
Join the Bookmobile at our many stops this week for our Summer Reading Program.
This week we`ll explore Petals & Prehistoric Pals--design a prehistoric paradise in a bowl. Choose your favorite dinosaur and pair it with a flower to create a tiny ancient world to take home. Read to your flower and help them grow. 🦖...
The Horror Writers Association`s Summer Scares program aims to introduce horror titles and encourage reading all year. You`ll find teen picks and some frighteningly good reads here!
https://wowbrary.org/nu.aspx?p=11831--CUS29 Follow this link to see more information about each book and to place a hold!
You can find even more titles by searching our catalog or using our reader`s advisory resources, NoveList.
There is still summer time left, and beachy stories are waiting to be read! Check out a beach read for your upcoming vacation, or just to help you pretend you`re somewhere laying on a beach in this hot weather ☀⛱
My Friends by Fredrik Backman "#1 New York Times bestselling author Fredrik Backman, who "captures the messy essence of being human" (The Washington Post), returns with an unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a stranger`s life twenty-five years later. Most people don`t even notice them-three tiny figures sitting at the end of a long pier in the corner of one of the most famous paintings in the world. Most people think it`s just a depiction of the sea. But Louisa, an artist herself, knows otherwise and she is determined to find out the story of these three enigmatic figures. Twenty-five years earlier, in a distant town, a group of teenagers find refuge from their difficult home lives by spending their days laughing and telling stories out on a pier. There`s Joar, who never backs down from a fight; quiet and bookish Ted who is mourning his father; Ali, the daughter of a man who never stays in one place for long; and finally, there`s the artist, a boy who hoards sleeping pills and shuns attention, but who possesses an extraordinary gift that might be his ticket to a better life. These four lost souls find in each other a reason to get up each morning, a reason to dream. Out of that summer emerges a transcendent work of art, a painting that will unexpectedly be put into eighteen-year-old Louisa`s care. As she struggles to decide what to do with this bequest, she embarks on a surprise-filled cross-country journey to learn the story of how the painting came to be. The closer she gets to the painting`s birthplace, the more she feels compelled to unleash her own artistic spirit, but happy endings don`t always take the form we expect in this fresh testament to the transformative power of friendship and art"--. Provided by publisher....
We have one more week of our Summer Reading Youth programming before we get ready for the return of the school year. Be sure to join us in Unearthing a Story this week while there`s still time!...
