September 2026 News and Information
 
Library card design contest winners are available just in time for September Library Card Sign-Up Month! Get or renew your library card with a winning design.
 
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It's Library Card Sign-Up Month, and we are not only encouraging new borrowers to sign up for their first-ever card but also reminding our borrowers to renew their cards! Did you know that your library card expires every 3 years? Make sure to return to your library to update your card and check out what's new.  
 
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Book Club Members Discussing a Book at Home
Want to connect with others at your library? Join a book club!  Take the opportunity to read a new book, make new friends, and connect over a common read.
 
 
Did you know that we offer fun, easy-to-use encyclopedia content that can
help you complete your research and classroom assignments? With over
130,000 articles, 60,000 images and videos, and an interactive world atlas,
there are plenty of topics to study and explore!
 
A new leadership opportunity awaits students to serve on our Library
Youth Advisory Council. The council will elevate the voices of young people
from Central Minnesota to shape library services and discuss improvements
to current library services and programs for youth. 
 
Get to Know Your Library Staff
Keegan Agyekum: Elk River Library Assistant
 
How did you start your career with GRRL?
I was looking for a job that gave me time to write, and working at a library seemed to be a perfect fit!   
What book or movie are you currently recommending?
A book I recommend is Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. It's a book that's best read knowing as little as possible going in, but it is fantastic and well worth the read.
The audiobook is also amazing.  
What's a fun fact about you?
Oh, I dunno. What is a fun fact anyway? Hey, I have a pear tree; that's neat. Here's a picture of me looking at it blooming earlier this year.
 
Staff Pick
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Piranesi
by Susanna Clarke

The award-winning, New York Times bestselling fantasy sensation that Madeline Miller called, a miraculous and luminous feat of storytelling, Piranesi is an intoxicating, hypnotic novel set in a dreamlike alternative reality from the author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell.
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