March 2024
In this Issue
March 2024
2024 Expanded Hours
New! Kanopy
Greening Richmond Public Libraries
Featured Resource - Heritage Hub
Curated Reads for March
Check It Out: Your Blood Pressure at the Library
Holiday Closings
Moment of Calm
Support the Library
Sign Up for the Newsletter
2024 Expanded Hours
We have exciting news! We're expanding our hours again.
 
Starting Monday, March 4, our Broad Rock, East End, and North Avenue locations will be open additional hours. Many of you have requested expanded hours, and we are delighted that this expansion reflects a total of 44 additional hours added to our systemwide schedule since January 1.
 
Please make a note (and tell your friends) of our new hours. We hope these additional morning, evening, and Sunday hours make it even easier for you to access our building, resources, and staff. Here is our new schedule:
 
Belmont
Monday, Wednesday 10AM-8PM
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 10AM-6PM
Saturday 10AM-5PM
 
Broad Rock
Sunday 1PM-5PM
Monday - Thursday 9AM-8PM
Friday 9AM-6PM
Saturday 9AM-5PM
 
East End
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9AM-6PM
Tuesday, Thursday 9AM-8PM
Saturday 9AM-5PM
 
Ginter Park
Sunday 1PM-5PM
Monday, Wednesday 10AM-8PM
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 10AM-6PM
Saturday 10AM-5PM
 
Hull Street
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10AM-6PM
Tuesday, Thursday 10AM-8PM
Saturday 10AM-5PM
Main
Sunday 1PM-5PM
Monday-Thursday 9AM-8PM
Friday 9AM-6PM
Saturday 9AM-5PM
 
North Avenue 
Monday, Wednesday 10AM-8PM
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 10AM-6PM
Saturday 10AM-5PM
 
West End
Sunday 1PM-5PM
Monday-Thursday 9AM-8PM
Friday 9AM-6PM
Saturday 9AM-5PM
 
Westover Hills
Monday, Wednesday 10AM-8PM
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 10AM-6PM
Saturday 10AM-5PM
New! Kanopy
You've been asking and we've delivered! Kanopy is now available with a Richmond Public Library card.
 
Kanopy streams thoughtful entertainment to your preferred device with no fees and no commercials. Everyone from film scholars to casual viewers will discover remarkable and enriching films on Kanopy. With an extensive collection of narrative and documentary films, as well as TV series and kids content, we’re pleased to bring this streaming service to our community. Log in with your Richmond Public LIbrary card and enjoy their diverse catalog with new titles added every month.
 
The films that truly resonate with us do more than just entertain. They inspire us, enrich us, and challenge our perspectives. At Kanopy they believe in the power of film to bridge cultural boundaries and bring people together. Start watching today and expand your worldview.
 
 
Greening Richmond Public Libraries
In an effort to increase public awareness of storm water runoff and reduce it, the James River Association is working alongside Richmond Public Library, Richmond Department of Public Utilities/RVAH2O, and Four Winds Design to plan, design, and install green infrastructure that manages storm water at library branches across the City of Richmond. Since 2019, projects have been implemented at Broad Rock Branch, East End Branch, North Avenue Branch, West End Branch, and Westover Hills Branch.
 
Now, our Ginter Park Branch will be the latest location to GO GREEN! In an effort to reduce storm water runoff leaving library grounds, the team is seeking input on green infrastructure that could be added to library grounds. Your ideas will be shared with the Four Winds Design team and help inform the transformation of Ginter Park.
 
Please help us with this initiative by filling out this brief questionnaire.
 
 
Featured Resource - Heritage Hub
U.S. Obituaries from 1704 - Today
 
Explore your family history with the premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for in-depth genealogical research from 1704 – today. HeritageHub helps you easily identify relatives, uncover new information and potentially unknown family members. It includes deep coverage from all 50 states, hard-to-find content from the mid 1900’s, and original obituary images. Access is available 24/7 from the comfort of your home. All you need is a Richmond Public Library Card.
 
 
Looking for some assistance with your genealogical research?
The staff of our Richmond Room is available to help. We have an extensive collection of genealogical and local history resources both on site and online. Visit the Richmond Room during regular business hours or book an appointment with staff to receive one-on-one research assistance.
 
We also offer a variety of classes on genealogical topics including the basics of genealogical research, African American genealogy, and more. See a full list of classes here.
 
Curated Reads for March
It's March and almost spring! It's the perfect time of year to add some new titles to your TBR. We've curated some lists on Libby to help you do so. Visit our website or the app and check out a few today!
 
I Can Check out Flowers
 
        
 
Oscars Nominations from Books (through the years)
 
       
 

Check It Out: Your Blood Pressure at the Library
Check It Out: Your Blood Pressure at the Library is a community-based initiative to reduce hypertension. Its goal is to increase awareness about blood pressure (BP) and BP control by meeting people where they are.
 
Seven of our branches have self-service BP stations as well as monthly BP screenings to help you and your loved ones know your numbers, learn about healthy lifestyles, and be connected or reconnected with primary care to support BP monitoring and control.
 
And, starting in March, Richmond Public Library cardholders will also be able to check out a BP monitoring kit for use at home. This newest tool, courtesy of the American Heart Association, will make monitoring your health even easier.
 
 
Holiday Closings
All Richmond Public Library locations will be closed the following dates this month:
 
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
Friday, March 8, 2024
 
SPRING HOLIDAY/GOOD FRIDAY/EASTER SUNDAY
Friday, March 29, 2024 – All libraries closed
 
Moment of Calm
"Still I Rise"
By Maya Angelou
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I’ll rise.
 
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
’Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I’ll rise.
 
Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops,
Weakened by my soulful cries?
 
Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don’t you take it awful hard
’Cause I laugh like I’ve got gold mines
Diggin’ in my own backyard.
 
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.
 
Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I’ve got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?
Out of the huts of history’s shame
I rise
Up from a past that’s rooted in pain
I rise
I’m a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
 
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.
 
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