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Comment policy: http://tinyurl.com/9lngpdq Since our opening day on Aug. 10, 2003, the Ashburn Library has been committed to serving the needs of our community and providing free access to books, wifi, public computers, meeting rooms, and educational, fun programming for adults, teens, and children.
Operating as usual
Did someone say Summer Reading Program? 😎
It's a little over a month away, but we're already gearing up for this year's adventure. Get ready to spend your summer reading great books, completing fun challenges and exploring your community! More details coming soon. #LCPLSRP
We enjoyed learning how to become Kid Scientists with children's book author Sue Fliess during our May STEAM Club Jr meeting. From finding out what sea creatures we would find in each level of the ocean to digging for dinosaur bones and seashells, we learned a lot. 🦐🐠🦀🐬🐡🦞🐙🦈
Happy Star Wars Day! If you want to get in on this fun 👇 save the date for Avengers Night at Rust Library.
Summer teen volunteer signup is underway! Get community service hours and great customer service experience while you hang out at your favorite place this summer! Must be at least 12 years old.
Signups on Monday will resume at 3 p.m.!
Summer is coming! ☀️ Help spread the word about this great opportunity for adults 60 and older.
Attention Broad Run, Riverside and Stone Bridge Seniors! Deadline extended to May 9th.
Deadline extended to May 9th!!
National Poetry Month is coming to a close, which means time is running out to enter LCPL's annual Rhyme On Poetry Contest! Head to library.loudoun.gov/RhymeOn for details.
Little poems continue to pop up all around the library during National Poetry Month. Continue the fun at home with our Blackout Poetry Take & Make Activity.
Career change calling? ☎️ Land a new job with help from the library!
Take advantage of live online job coaching and resume reviews on JobNow. Or level up your skills with on-demand classes from LinkedIn Learning, which offers training in IT, web design, marketing and other fields. Access both at library.loudoun.gov/A-Z
![Just hangin with our gnomies! [Courtesy of our latest DIY Teen program - Garden Gnomes]](https://img4.govserv.org/593/642/10159351385936429.jpg)
Just hangin with our gnomies!
[Courtesy of our latest DIY Teen program - Garden Gnomes]
Avengers fans, assemble! This is going to be a super fun night at our fellow LCPL branch.
Something Marvel-ous is right around the corner… 💥 Assemble your crew for AVENGERS NIGHT at Rust Library in Leesburg on May 21!
This free after-hours event features cosplay, a Super Art Fight battle, live ’80s music and superheroic artwork on Artists Alley. We’re SO excited that we’re hosting a series of smaller events leading up to the big night, including family-friendly activities and Marvel Trivia Nights at three local breweries. Get the scoop: https://tinyurl.com/3apydub5
Mark your calendars for May 1. Volunteer applications are available now at the Children's Information Desk. Teens must come in-person to register.
Streaming subscriptions adding up? Let them go. 💸
These days, many of us are looking for ways to cut back. Why not start by swapping out paid video-streaming services with free options? Use your library card to watch Academy-Award winners and documentaries instantly on Kanopy or find more obscure movies and TV shows on Hoopla.
Going out of town for Spring Break? Take our storytimes with you! Visit the Loudoun County Public Library Online Programs YouTube Channel to learn more: https://bit.ly/3M7va45
Hop in this week to stock up on books and movies — we'll be closed Sunday, April 17.
April Showers Bring May Flowers... all around the Ashburn Library! 🌷🌸🌼🌺🌹🌾
April is National Poetry Month - a time to celebrate poets, poetry and the creative mind. We are trying out our own poetic creativity with book title poetry. Here is our creative attempt for week 1:
The last garden in England
Blueprint
To perish in Penzance
All by myself alone.
Be a hero. Donate blood. 🩸 When you donate through Inova Blood Donor Services, your donation stays local and will help someone here in Northern Virginia. Make an appointment at the link below.
Loudoun County Combined Fire and Rescue System's Medical Director Dr. John Morgan and Deputy Chief of EMS Jamie Cooper gave back to the community today by donating blood at our Inova Blood Donor Services blood drive.
We are accepting walk-ins until 3pm!
Or visit https://www.inovabloodsaves.org/ to make a donation appointment at a future blood drive.
#GiveLocalSaveLocal #bloodsaveslives
Explore the influence of music on history – and history on music – one song at a time, from 1971 to the present. 🎶
Grab your library card and dive into “Music is History” by Questlove on the Libby app without waitlists or holds through April 18.
Merci, gracias, and thank you to to all the homeschoolers that presented at our Homeschool Geography Fair on Monday. You all did a fantastic job!
No April Fools joke here: After 72 years, the 1950 Census is now available for research!
Ancestry is currently indexing the information, state by state, to make it searchable for you, for free, through the library. Grab your library card and head to library.loudoun.gov/A-Z to get started.
Dog Man is victorious! Thanks to everyone for voting. It was a real buzzer beater.
Our annual poetry-writing contest is back! Enter your work at library.loudoun.gov/rhymeon in one of four categories:
❤️ Love Poem
🏠 Poem About Loudoun
😆 Funniest Poem
🤪 Free Verse
To the winner goes fame, glory and a $65 prize.
BREAKING NEWS: The library now offers free digital access to the Wall Street Journal! 📰 Start reading: https://buff.ly/3iDH0Gd.
It is the final week of March Literary Madness 2022 here at the Ashburn Library, and passions are running high amongst our younger patrons. We have heard kids cheer when they see their favorite books advancing each week. We have also had disappointed young readers question us intensely on the voting results. So for all you curious Literary Madness fans, here were the numbers for our final four: Dog Man (with 70% of the votes) versus Who Would Win (with 30% of the votes); and Elephant & Piggie (60%) versus Harry Potter (40%). Who will be our 2022 Champion?
Here at the library, you're always in good company 📚❤️
Well we shook and we shook and we shook, and shook, and shook until not only had we shaken all our sillies out but we had made butter! Special thanks to Abby with the Virginia Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom, and Loudoun County cattle farmer Sara, for joining us for our Tales from a Dairy Godmother program on Monday. It was fun and delicious!
March is National Craft Month! If you're ready to learn a new one, we've got you covered with plenty of 📚📚. Or, use your library card to take on-demand Craftsy courses about knitting and dozens of other hobbies on the Hoopla app.
Happy St. Patrick's Day from the Ashburn O'Library! 🍀🍀🍀
This sounds like fun! 💡
Calling all Loudoun County Residents, the Office of Elections is holding an"I Voted" Sticker Design Contest! All residents of Loudoun County can submit a design. The contest will open on March 10, 2022, and will close at 11:59 p.m. on April 22, 2022.
For more information about the guidelines, click here https://bit.ly/3MzikML
#LoudounVotes
We're closing early today. Stay safe out there.
Due to inclement weather, the following Loudoun County Government facilities will close early today, Saturday, March 12, 2022, beginning at 11:00 a.m.:
- Parks, Recreation and Community Services (loudoun.gov/prcs)
- Loudoun County Public Library Branches (loudoun.gov/library)
- Animal Services (Animal Adoption) (loudoun.gov/animals)
More: https://www.loudoun.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=7464
Outdoor family storytime is moving inside for Saturday, March 12, due to forecasted snow. We'll see you at 10 a.m.
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MAINTENANCE ALERT 🚧 Please be aware that you may experience outages with our online catalog and digital services overnight Saturday, March 12, beginning at 9 p.m.
Attention Manga fans! Visit our Manga Madness display in the Teen area and vote for your favorites. We are collecting the top votes in the following categories: Series, Stand-Alones, and AnimeManga.
If your Teen is interested in all things Anime or Manga fun please be sure to tell them about our popular monthly Anime Club. https://bit.ly/3sYSeuR
As the world watches conflict unfold in Ukraine, Kanopy has assembled a collection of films that provide further context on this historic moment. Visit go.kanopy.com/ukraine and log in with your library card to explore these informative films for free.
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Ashburn, VA
20147
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