Library News
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Riverview Library Celebrates New Butterfly-Inspired Early Learning Environment
Date: May 24th, 2013
Riverview Library is hosting a Monarch Butterfly Celebration on Saturday, June 8, to celebrate its new early learning immersion environment.
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LED Diorama Workshops for Teens at the Saint Paul Public Library
Date: Apr 28th, 2013
The Saint Paul Public Library is hosting free LED Diorama Workshops for teens.
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New York Times Bestselling Children’s Author Visiting Saint Paul Public Library
Date: Mar 27th, 2013
Jennifer Fosberry will be visiting Highland Park Library on April 10 for a family event. She will be reading from and discussing her new book, Isabella: Star of the Story.
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Saint Paul Public Library Celebrates Diversity in Families
Date: Mar 3rd, 2013
The Saint Paul Public Library will be hosting a free series of events celebrating diversity in families. The I ART Families series invites kids and their parents to celebrate families through art.
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Library Director Kit Hadley on MPR's The Daily Circuit
Date: Feb 18th, 2013
Library director Kit Hadley appeared on The Daily Circuit on Minnesota Public Radio to talk about the future of libraries in the digital age.
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Kids Vote for Book Award Winners at Saint Paul Public Library
Date: Feb 14th, 2013
It's time to pick a winner! Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award voting will be held at Hamline Midway, Highland Park, and Central Libraries March 1-April 6.
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Magazines Now Available for Download—Free from Saint Paul Public Library
Date: Feb 8th, 2013
Saint Paul Public Library customers now have access to online magazines from Zinio. Full digital copies of nearly 100 popular magazines are available, including Consumer Reports, Newsweek, Clean Eating, O-The Oprah Magazine, Men's Health, Hot Rod, Economist, Esquire, and more.
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Sun Ray Library Plans: Maximize Technology, Flexibility
Date: Jan 22nd, 2013
From the East Side Review: Early ideas for a renovation of St. Paul's Sun Ray library share common themes: streamline services, enhance technology and design flexible spaces that can change as patrons' needs change.
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East Metro Libraries Accelerate Digital Changes
Date: Jan 22nd, 2013
From the St. Paul Pioneer Press and TwinCities.com:
Ramsey County Library patrons often make a beeline for the branches' catalog-search terminals and public-access PCs, as they have for years.
But now, increasingly, they'll reach out to tap or swipe the displays in a mistaken assumption that the old-style terminals are touchscreens, like an iPad.
This is an example of how metro-area public libraries haven't always kept up as digital access to information has changed.
Public-library leaders in the Twin Cities acknowledge this -- and are obsessed with getting caught up.
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Lady Gaga and St. Paul Public Library Make Some Noise for Teens
Date: Jan 18th, 2013
When her Born This Way Ball tour rolls into St. Paul, Minn., on February 6, Lady Gaga will be bringing more than music to her fans - known as Little Monsters. The pop icon's Born This Way Foundation has teamed up with the St. Paul Public Library for a program called Read Brave, which is designed to encourage youth empowerment.
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Lady Gaga Partners with Saint Paul Public Library to Promote Tolerance
Date: Jan 15th, 2013
Teens can earn a chance to board Gaga’s Born Brave Bus during her concert tour.
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Saint Paul Public Library and Saint Paul Parks and Recreation Present “StoryWalks”
Date: Jan 8th, 2013
This winter, families can enjoy a story while exploring one of Saint Paul's beautiful parks. The Saint Paul Public Library and Saint Paul Parks and Recreation are partnering to bring the StoryWalk program to Saint Paul.
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