Free webinar: We Are the Alexandria Library Sit-In

In 1939, five Black men walked into the all-white Alexandria (Va.) Library and asked for library cards. When they were turned down, each of them silently took a seat and began reading.

Learn how the library commemorated the 80^th anniversary of this historic protest in a free webinar from ALA’s Public Programs Office / Programming Librarian.

“ALA’s Excellence in Library Programming Award Presents: We Are the Alexandria Library Sit-In”

Wednesday, August 5, 1-2 p.m. Central Time - Cost: Free

+Register for the webinar: https://programminglibrarian.org/learn/excellence-library-programming-award-presents-we-are-alexandria-library-sit

+Read a Q&A with the library director https://programminglibrarian.org/articles/doing-right-history-we-are-alexandria-library-sit

Go to our Face Book page to see JoAnn Fralick present online storytime with "A Color of His Own" by Leo Lionni. She has prepared simple craft kits to go with the story. Pick one up at the library for each child who will be watching.

We put out the OPEN flag Monday July 13 at 10:00 a.m. We owe a big thank you to the folks at Run By Dogs for supporting our efforts to open with an offer to provide whatever we needed. We also have to thank the patrons who have waited so patiently and went along with our restrictions for curbside pick up. We will continue to provide that service for anyone who prefers it. Masks and social distancing are required in the library to protect you and our staff, and we ask that you recognize that we are not yet able to be open for programming, visiting, extended browsing or lengthy computer use. Hand sanitizer is available as you enter and we request that you use it before handling any library materials. Please do not reshelve. If you take an item off the shelf but decide you don't want it, please place it on our cart. Computer keyboards have been covered for easy cleaning. Please do not remove the covers.

Come on in. Grab as many books as you can carry and up to five dvds. It's been a long four months.

We have good news from the computer wizards who work electronic magic and from our school district. The wizards figured out at way to integrate the Sora app that students use in school with Overdrive which accesses the collections of our libraries. The wise folks in the Sharon Springs School District have signed on to this integration to give students this access. You can access a (reportedly lengthy) webinar for more details at https://company.overdrive.com/k-12-schools/sora…