Technology in the library survey

Technology in the Library: Tell Us What You Think

Please give us 5 minutes of your time to take our short survey.


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More Than Everything You Wanted to Know About Birds

Have you always wondered about the birds in your backyard? Join Ed and Phil from the Grand Rapids Audubon Club for a fun-filled trip through the world of birds at 7pm on Tuesday, April 23rd at the Main Library. Learn about how birds are classified, where they live in North America, the states they might [...]


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March Madness Library Style Champion

The winner of GRPL’s first annual March Madness Library Style is . . . It was a close race. Insurgent (book two in the Divergent Series by Veronica Roth) was in the lead until Saturday when Gone Girl surged ahead. Unfortunately, since both books are so popular there is a wait to check them out [...]


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spring break at the library: geodes

Spring Break at Your Library

Book bundles, sing-alongs, and sparkly geodes all await you!


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All library location closed for Easter.

All library locations closed Sunday, March 31

All Grand Rapids Public Library locations will be closed on Sunday, March 31, 2013 for Easter.


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March is National Craft Month

I love making crafts and the library is a great source for new craft ideas. One thing I like to do while I watch movies or TV is crochet. The library offers great books with crochet projects. If you don’t know how to crochet or knit, we have books that will teach you how. I [...]


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GROWING TOGETHER: a family gardening workshop

Yankee Clipper Branch    Monday, April 22 at 6:30 p.m. Main Library    Saturday, April 27 at Noon Registration is required: www.grpl.org/register Kendra Wills of MSU Extension will read The Vegetables We Eat by Gail Gibbons. Enjoy learning about different types of vegetables, what they need to grow, and how families can grow and eat vegetables together. [...]


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New Overdrive site coming soon!

The Library’s Overdrive site will soon be getting a face lift. The upgrade will include a totally redesigned interface, better browsing options, and a new format called Overdrive Read, which allows for direct browser-based viewing. Yes! An option for direct, one-click reading, without the hassle of downloading software and registering devices! The upgrade will take [...]


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Spring Break Fun at the Library!

Looking for something fun to do with your kids during spring break?  Bring them to the library for two free programs! Sing-along with Laz Slomovits of Gemini Wednesday, April 3, 2013 10:30 am | Yankee Clipper Branch | Lower Level 2:00 pm | Seymour Branch Thursday, April 4, 2013  10:30 am | Main Library | [...]


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March Madness Library Style

The Championship

After two close match-ups last week, Insurgent by Veronica Roth and Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn are going head to head in the final round! While Gone Girl was an early favorite here at the library, it was a Cinderella story when Insurgent beat #1 seed The Fault in Our Stars by John Green by just [...]


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