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March 6, 2017

Special Women’s Day Poster

Women’s Day is recognized across the globe to inspire and empower girls and women. In some countries, the day is as celebrated as Mother’s Day in the United States! We set aside this day to recognize the cultural, social, political, and economic contributions of daughters, sisters, mothers, and grandmothers from all walks of life.
February 23, 2017

The Story of Penmanship Styles in the Library

  Can you believe it was in 1885 when a librarians got together to decide on which penmanship style would be used for card catalogs? That’s right. The first card catalogs were hand written. For the entire story on these librarians created a handwriting style that would be used throughout […]
February 22, 2017

St. Patrick’s Day Posters

In our perfect world, there’s a pot full of books at the end of the rainbow…ok, ok, we’ll take the gold too. We can’t promise the luck o’ the Irish if you hang these posters in your library, but we do promise that it will inspire and encourage your patrons to read!
February 17, 2017

President’s Day – Fun Facts

This holiday is most commonly called President’s Day, but the federal holiday is officially called Washington’s Birthday. The day honors all of the previous presidents of the United States. It became a federal holiday in 1879. There were four presidents born in February including George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, William Harrison […]
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March 6, 2017

Special Women’s Day Poster

Women’s Day is recognized across the globe to inspire and empower girls and women. In some countries, the day is as celebrated as Mother’s Day in the United States! We set aside this day to recognize the cultural, social, political, and economic contributions of daughters, sisters, mothers, and grandmothers from all walks of life.
February 23, 2017

The Story of Penmanship Styles in the Library

  Can you believe it was in 1885 when a librarians got together to decide on which penmanship style would be used for card catalogs? That’s right. The first card catalogs were hand written. For the entire story on these librarians created a handwriting style that would be used throughout […]
February 22, 2017

St. Patrick’s Day Posters

In our perfect world, there’s a pot full of books at the end of the rainbow…ok, ok, we’ll take the gold too. We can’t promise the luck o’ the Irish if you hang these posters in your library, but we do promise that it will inspire and encourage your patrons to read!
February 17, 2017

President’s Day – Fun Facts

This holiday is most commonly called President’s Day, but the federal holiday is officially called Washington’s Birthday. The day honors all of the previous presidents of the United States. It became a federal holiday in 1879. There were four presidents born in February including George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, William Harrison […]