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Celebrate with us!

National Library Week 2024 will be celebrated Sunday, April 7th through Saturday, April 13th. 

We'd love for you to stop in your local library. Every time you check out an item during the month of April you get entered into a drawing for a gift basket. Drawing held May 1.

We've got many services and items to check out that you may not even be aware of! Need any of these things? We've got them!

• photocopy
• scanned document
• fax
• notary public service
• magazines (print & digital)
  
• ebooks
• movies & TV series (DVD & streaming)
• music (CD & streaming)

Days of note during that week are:

Monday, April 8: Right to Read Day is a National Day of Action in support of the right to read. The State of America's Libraries Report is released, including Top Ten Most Challenged Books of 2023. You'll be surprised to learn that some of your favorite books may have been banned recently or in the past. AND our Eclipse Viewing Parties!

Tuesday, April 9: National Library Workers Day, a day for everyone to recognize the valuable contributions made by library workers. Stop by and say thanks. We always try to provide the best service to our community.

Wednesday, April 10: National Library Outreach Day, a day the dedicated library professionals who are meeting their patrons where they are. We're going to try to be out in the community today.

Thursday, April 11: Take Action for Libraries Day, a day to rally advocates to urge members of Congress to protect the freedom to read.

Stop by your library in person, or digitally. You can find us on the web at Russell County Public Library and on social media at RussellCountyVALibrary on Facebook and @rcplva on Instagram.

Posted by Kelly McBride Delph

 

 

Strong Men & Women in Virginia History

Library Opens Exhibit... Celebrating Black History

Russell County Public Library hosts the Strong Men & Women in Virginia History exhibition in the Lebanon Library Cumbow Meeting Room through mid-March. Each year the Library of Virginia and Dominion Energy celebrate the contributions of African Americans to Virginia’s history and culture.  The exhibition includes Virginians from Roanoke to Norfolk and includes the 2023 honorees.

People of African descent have been a part of Virginia’s — and America’s — story since European colonization of the North American continent began. Yet the contributions of African Americans often have been ignored, obscured, or underappreciated by those who recorded history. The Library of Virginia and Dominion Energy honor distinguished Virginians, past and present, as Strong Men & Women in Virginia History for their important contributions to the state, the nation, or their professions. 

These men and women offer powerful examples of individuals who refused to be defined by their circumstances. Their biographies are a testament to the determination and perseverance displayed by extraordinary people during challenging times. These individuals demonstrate how African Americans have actively campaigned through education and advocacy for better lives for themselves and all Americans. 

This program, which combined Dominion’s Strong Men & Women: Excellence in Leadership series and the Library of Virginia’s African American Trailblazers in Virginia History, operates in Virginia only, and was inaugurated in January 2013.

With this program is an annual student contest where students and classes nominate Virginians to be honored. If their nominee is selected, the students and their schools receive an award. The public may also nominate Virginians; nominations are open for 2025. Click Strong Men & Women in Virginia History to make a nomination.

The public may view the exhibition through mid-March, anytime the Lebanon Library is open.