PGCMLS Libraries

Learn a language before (or during) your travels. ✈️ Transparent Language helps you pick up practical phrases in over 110 languages, all for free with your library card! Learn at home or on the go. Start learning today! https://ow.ly/r4FJ50Zigq3

🎬 Discover stories of resilience, justice, and community in Kanopy’s Juneteenth film collection. Watch now, free with your library card: kanopy.com/category/49307

The Library will be closed Friday, June 19, in observance of Juneteenth. // La biblioteca estará cerrada el viernes 19 de junio, en observancia de Juneteenth.

Tune in at noon to watch Robin F. Hansen discuss her book "Prison Born: Incarceration and Motherhood in the Colonial Shadow.” Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/live/sULYjzh5jsI

The Spauldings Branch Library will open at 1 pm on Monday, June 8, due to a special event. // La Biblioteca de Spauldings abrirá a la 1 pm del lunes 8 de junio debido a un evento especial.

Missed the latest edition of our award-winning newsletter, “The Library Check-In”? 📰 In this edition, read about Winter Reading, the 4th Annual Geek Out Expo, Autism Awareness month, and more! Read all the stories here: pgcmls.info/library-check-in 📚

Sometimes you take a book home so good that you just devour it. Wait, no, the dog devoured it!?!? Ethel, beloved pup to a Bladensburg Branch Library family, took the phrase "devouring a book" a bit too literally. P.S. This is your friendly reminder not to leave your library books in the chew zone 😉

Join the Urban Equity Collaborative & PGCMLS for the unveiling of their Storymap. The project focuses on climate change impacts in Riverdale, MD, and ongoing responses. Info & registration: https://ow.ly/rirB50Z1aKh

Who do you think actually runs this account — a millennial or gen z? 🤔 #Millennials #GenZ #LibraryCard

The Beltsville Branch Library will close at 3 pm on Thursday, May 7, for parking lot improvements. // La Biblioteca de Beltsville cerrará a las 3 pm del jueves 7 de mayo debido a obras de remodelación del área de estacionamiento.

DREAM Lab: 3D Printing Drop-In 🖨️✨ Learn how the 3D printing process works and how to create designs using your imagination and online software like Tinkercad! No experience required — just bring your imagination! Info & registration: https://ow.ly/4ny450YSxSW #3DPrinting #DREAMLab #Makerspace

Safe and Smart Online: Internet Safety for Kids 🛡️💻 Help your kids navigate the digital world with confidence! This interactive workshop, presented by an Eagle Scout from Troop 544, teaches essential skills for staying safe and responsible online. Info & registration: https://ow.ly/Flgg50YSxNO

Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at the Library! Join us throughout May for 60+ free programs for all ages celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities! 🔗 View the full calendar and register here: https://ow.ly/FmMO50YSxEi

Join us at the Accokeek Branch Library for “Discover: The Traditional Tattoo Art of Batok” on 5/2 at 2 pm. A staff member will lead participants in a presentation detailing the fascinating art form. #AsianPacificAmericanHeritageMonth

Celebrate Children's Mental Health Matters Month at Bowie Ice Arena with free skating (6:30-8 pm), games, pizza, and community resources! Join @PGCMLS and other community orgs for fun, learning, and support. Info & registration: https://ww1.pgcmls.info/event/16090902

Learn more about the Library2Go: Career Connector and sign up for the Virtual Career Center at pgcmls.info/library2go. Our staff is ready, available, and excited to help you on your career and job readiness journey! 💼📚

Happy #NationalOutreachDay! We’re celebrating our dedicated staff who meet people where they are. Whether you visit the Library2Go: Career Connector, use Books by Mail, or talk to us while we are out in the community — our staff is always working hard to meet the community where they are. 🚌 📚

The Accokeek Branch Library will remain closed today, Wednesday, April 22, due to building repairs. // La biblioteca de Accokeek seguirá cerrada hoy, miércoles 22 de abril, debido a obras de reparación en el edificio.

We had a blast at @pgcmls.bsky.social's 4th Annual Geek Out Expo! Whether you came to one of our Learn-to-Play sessions, played a demo game from our awesome library, or participated in any of the other amazing events the library hosted this year - THANK YOU for geeking out with us! #pgcounty #local

Showing this cat puppet things it has never seen at the library. #library #cat #puppet

We don’t make the rules! Whatever you land on, you have to add to your fall TBR 😘

It is #BannedBooksWeek, and you should read them all! So, play a game of bingo with us and see if you can "win" the right to yell "BINGO!" at the top of your lungs! Then, please proceed to the yelling of "BIIINNGGO!" (And, let us know how you won and what you read.) Fun, right? Get to it!

may the force be with us 😮‍💨 #starwars #libraries #printing

library staff be like 🧍🏽 #books #bookgenres #library

Join local journalist and NABJ award-winner Lonnae O'Neal for a conversation with deputy editor of Politico, Teresa Wiltz, discussing Lonnae’s book “Bibb Country” September 2 at 6 pm at the Hyattsville Branch Library📚 Info & registration: pgcmls.info/event/14448203

Say "yes!" to community ✨engagement✨ at PGCMLS! 💍

One of our librarians just tracked down “a book with a red cover and I think a romance plot that I might have read in the 9th grade,” can AI do that? (unsurprisingly, the book was blue)