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- Book Picnic January 2025
Every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read at our Book Picnic. Here’s what we’ve been reading recently.
- Archive volunteer recruitment
GWL houses a truly unique collection of materials relating to diverse women’s lives and contributions. Our collection include materials documenting women’s […]
- Women’s Christmas Day: Ireland’s celebration of women
As the festive season draws to a close and we all return to normal life, on Monday (6th January) Ireland celebrated one last day of festivities with […]
- Story Cafe round up: food and celebration
There was a relaxed “end of term” atmosphere at the final Story Cafe of 2024. Wendy had planned our readings for the first hour to feature food and […]
- Book Picnic December 2024
Every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read at our Book Picnic. Here’s what we’ve been reading recently.
- Story Cafe round up: Urdu Poetry
Pauline, our devoted Story Café blogger, couldn’t make it this week, so I had my pen and notebook at the ready to take notes…. We had a full house for
- Story Cafe round up: Hope
Wendy explained that our theme today was Hope to tie in with Book Week Scotland and the Scottish Book Trust free publication Hope, which is available from […]
- Christmas Reading Ideas
With Christmas fast approaching here is a list of some books I have put together which may make you laugh, cry or even both over the holidays. The Glasgow […]
- Honoured for Outstanding Creative Response: A Celebration of Diversity and Diaspora
Last week, we were delighted to receive an award for the She Settles in The Shields exhibition at a Civic Reception at Glasgow City Chambers hosted by The Rt […]
- Book Picnic November 2024
Every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read at our Book Picnic. Here’s what we’ve been reading recently.
- Invisible women: an exercise in imagination
The Glasgow Women’s Library champions the voices of women who, for various reasons, haven’t been, or aren’t being, heard. Whether that’s refugees […]
- Story Cafe round up: Black History Month
Pauline reflects on an illuminating, inspiring Story Cafe, celebrating Black women writers. .. Wendy introduced this year Black History Month theme – […]
- Story Cafe round up: Libraries Week & National Poetry Day
Pauline shares what’s been inspiring us at Story Cafe…. Wendy always has the knack of choosing just the right pieces to share with us in Story Cafe and it […]
- Morag Smith is Leaving the Building
Adele reflects on Morag Smith's remarkable 15 years at GWL.
- Book Picnic October 2024
Every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read at our Book Picnic. Here’s what we’ve been reading recently.
- Towards a Green Library: GWL’s journey to net zero
Our volunteer and Green Cluster member Carolyn interviewed Annika, GWL’s Facilities Management Officer about the Library’s journey to operational net zero.
- Story Cafe round up: She Settles in the Shields
Pauline reflects on a fascinating Story Cafe… This Story Cafe Special was part of Glasgow Women’s Library participation in Open Doors 2024 with the theme […]
- Beyond the Boundary: The Unexpectedly Scottish and Suffragette History of the First England Women’s Cricket Team
In 1934, four of the Scotland women's cricket team sailed to Australia to play for England.
- GWL’s Lending Library – A Reading List
Just a wee reading list to inspire you for the colder months ahead. All the suggested books tell stories about the lives of women in very different situations, […]
- Women’s Ongoing Fights for Reproductive Rights and for Deciding over Their Own Bodies
The legal situation for women deciding about their own bodies has been always been challenging, ambivalent and mostly determined by others – especially by […]
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- Summer Reading 2022
Howard County Library Summer Reading Program May 31- July 29 & Celebration August 4 Adventure reading with the Summer Reading Program, this year’s theme […]
- Pride Month Display & Events
Pride Week & Month! Book Display • Books • Resources • Events Come to the MHMS Library Media Center and Check Out Our Book Display & Get ‘Em […]
- Research Made Easy: Our A+ Partnership ROCKS!
Years ago, when I was on the ISTE Board of Directors,* I was honored to tour a few of the Nashville Metro schools & observe their amazing partnership with […]
- Give Thanks
from our friends at the Howard County Public Library: Recommended Reads for Thanksgiving Whether you need a last-minute dessert recipe for your Thanksgiving […]
- Welcome Back to School!
Welcome Back Kiddos, Parents, & Families! This year is going to be challenging. I’m not gonna lie. It’s gonna to be weird at first, a little anxious, […]
- Summer Reading: Tails and Tales
Hey Mountain Lions! Check out our Summer Reading Student Resource Course Canvas Page! OR, if you’re a visitor here from outside our school – Welcome! […]
- Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Resources
Hey Mountain Lions! Check out our Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Month Resources on our Student Resource Course Canvas Page! OR, if you’re a […]
- Calling all Creatives – Rainbow Vision!
Rainbow Vision Literary Magazine ISO student submissions! “Rainbow Vision is specifically looking for material for our literary magazine that has an LGBTQIA+ […]
- Got Curbside Books?
Our MHMS Curbside Library Media Book Pick Up Program is Going Strong! HOW This Works: Hey Murray Hillers! As I’ve mentioned in my many Canvas messages and […]
- MHTV Student News
Hey Mountain Lions! Enjoy the latest MHTV News Show written, filmed, produced, edited and created by our talented #MHTVNews producers & staff! Closed […]
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- Announcing the 2025 Public Domain Day Film Remix Contest Winners & Honorable Mentions
We’re thrilled to unveil the creativity of our top three winners and three honorable mentions in this year’s Public Domain Day Film Remix Contest. These […]
- Virtual Public Domain Day Celebrates 1929 Creative Works & 1924 Sound Recordings
On January 22, hundreds of people from all over the world gathered together for Singin’ in the Public Domain, a virtual celebration of the works that moved […]
- Public Domain Spotlight: Singin’ in the Rain
One of the most enduring pieces of music from the 1920s has just now entered the public domain (Duke Law). Watch as Internet Archive’s Sean Dudley, a […]
- WEDNESDAY: Celebrate Public Domain Day 2025 at the Internet Archive
Lights, camera, action! It’s time to roll out the red carpet and celebrate Public Domain Day, Oscar-style! On Wednesday, we’re honoring all the […]
- Public Domain Spotlight: Popeye
Over the last few years we have seen many new characters enter the public domain including Winnie-the-Pooh in 2022, Mickey Mouse in 2024, and now, Popeye in […]
- Vanishing Culture: Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications
The following guest post from curator and amateur radio enthusiast Kay Savetz is part of our Vanishing Culture series, highlighting the power and […]
- Public Domain Spotlight: The Skeleton Dance
Disney’s classic animated short, “The Skeleton Dance,” is now in the public domain (Duke Law). Why is that such a big deal? Watch as Internet Archive’s […]
- Efforts Underway to Preserve Historic Images of 1960s San Francisco and Find the Mystery Photographer Who Shot Them
Bill Delzell is trying to track down who took thousands of high-quality photos in the late 1960s in San Francisco and left the vast collection abandoned in a […]
- LOST LANDSCAPES OF SAN FRANCISCO — Streets, People and Play: The Drama of Daily Life
January 13 @ 6:30pm – 9pmInternet Archive, 300 Funston Avenue, San FranciscoBuy Tickets This year’s LOST LANDSCAPES OF SAN FRANCISCO (the 19th!) casts an […]
- Welcome to the Public Domain in 2025
Celebrate the public domain with the Internet Archive in the following ways: On January 1, 2025, we celebrate published works from 1929 and published sound […]
