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Communications Staff
March 8, 2021

1,000 Books Before Kindergarten

Literacy skills begin to develop at birth, long before a child actually learns to read, and it is never too […]

Communications Staff
March 7, 2021

New Digital Services

Two new digital services are now available to Library users.  Kanopy, a movie streaming platform, is now available for SJCPL […]

Communications Staff
March 7, 2021

Weaving on the West Side

Community Creations at the Western Branch By Chad Rajski, Youth Engagement Librarian Around noon on September 23rd, we were visited […]

Communications Staff
March 7, 2021

Saving Money at the Library

by Barbara Bailey, Development Specialist Somewhere between childhood and adulthood, many of us lose our way to the Library. Maybe […]

Communications Staff
March 7, 2021

Civil Rights in South Bend’s History

by Joseph Sipocz, River Park Branch Manager Rosa Parks, the Greensboro Four, and the March on Washington are a few […]

Communications Staff
March 7, 2021

Charlotte Hunt Prize Winners

The St Joseph County Public Library (SJCPL) and South Bend Museum of Art (SBMA) are proud to announce that five […]

Communications Staff
March 7, 2021

SJCPL at Home

The library may be temporarily closed, but that does not stop meetings from happening, committees from forming, or services from […]

Communications Staff
March 7, 2021

SJCPL Online Book Club

While we’re stuck at home, cooking mac & cheese and ordering toilet paper online, let’s read and talk together! In […]

Communications Staff
March 1, 2021

Question of the Month

What was your favorite book as a child?

Communications Staff
February 8, 2021

Coastline Children’s Film Festival

This March, SJCPL will host screenings of the films Mary and the Witch’s Flower and Kid Flix as part of the 8th Annual Coastline […]

Communications Staff
February 8, 2021

Discovery Pass

A hike in the woods or a picnic in the grass is only a visit to the Library away. SJCPL, […]

Communications Staff
February 7, 2021

Adult Access Card

The whole community benefits when more people have access to the Public Library, but for some library cardholders, there are […]

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