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1/18/22 Fiction escape, art exhibit, community news & COVID updates
1/11/22 Get organized, new kits, MLK Day, & COVID
1/4/22 Staying connected, programs, community news, and COVID
12/28/21 Staying safe, library porgrams, and COVID update
12/21/21 Holiday closure, library news, Omicron variant and COVID update
12/14/21 Holiday hours, Eanes survey, library news & COVID update
12/7/21 Book store & donations, blood drive, programs, COVID & more
11/30/21 Best of 2021, library programs, Hanukkah, COVID & more
11/23/21 Thanksgiving hours, upcoming programs, COVID updates & more
11/16/21 Reading for fun, Wall Street Journal, Native American Heritage Month & more
11/9/21 New hours, Veterans Day, library programs & more
11/2/21 Backyard storytime, local history, writing workshop & lots more!
10/26/21 Halloween, genealogy, library and community news
10/19/21 New books, library news, programs, community events & more
10/12/21 Planning ahead, library programs, online newspapers & more
10/5/21 Wednesday 7pm close, Amanda Eyre Ward, crochet kits & more
9/28/21 Smile Day, learning to read, community news & COVID updates
9/21/21 Letter writing, library news, COVID updates, & more
9/14/21 Author visits, new hours, Hispanic Heritage Month & more
9/7/21 Remembering 9/11, library news, & COVID updates
8/31/21 Library news, quokkas, community events, and COVID updates
8/24/21 Change, Baking, Afghanistan, and COVID
8/17/21 Back-to-school stress, library news, and COVID updates
8/10/21 Back to school, education topics, and COVID updates
8/3/21 Stories, library news and COVID updates
7/27/21 New books and programs plus COVID update
7/20/21 Library news & COVID update
7/13/21 Pre-school kits, author visit, COVID updates, and more
7/6/21 Westbank is open, new Discovery Kits, 2nd summer read-aloud & more!
6/29/21 Westbank update, 4th of July, and more
6/22/21 Storywalk, kids’ room, Wednesday programs & more
6/15/21 Laura’s Library is open!
6/8/21 Updates, Preschool Kit, Typewriter Rodeo, COVID and more
6/1/21 Summer discovery kits, Typewriter Rodeo, COVID updates and more
5/25/21 Summer plans, library updates, community news, COVID, and more
5/18/21 Approaching normalcy, library news, COVID updates, programs & more
5/11/21 Annual report, good COVID news, library programs, and more!
5/4/21 Progress, activities, community and COVID updates
4/27/21 Book bundles, writers’ group, community and COVID updates
4/20/21 Beginner’s Mind, library news and programs, community news, and COVID
4/13/21 Plans, poetry, Activities, COVID updates & more
4/6/21 Poetry month, autism, artisan workshops, community news & more
3/30/21 Upcoming plans, election, programs, and more
3/23/21 Longer hours, mini Westbank, reserve changes, and more
3/16/21 Moving books to Laura’s Library, curiosity kits, spring break programs, COVID and more
3/9/21 Progress at Westbank, take home activities, new books, COVID updates
3/2/21 Westbank damage update, program highlights, COVID updates, and more
2/23/21 Changes to library service and other news
2/17/21 Water damage at Westbank
2/16/21 Transaction window coming soon, snow and ice, repairing your garden, COVID and more
2/9/21 Upcoming Closure, Pre-K Kits, Valentines, Black History Month, COVID and more
2/2/21 Groundhog Day, upcoming closure, Black History Month, COVID variants and more
1/26/21 Creative reading, watching legislation, long COVID and more
1/19/21 Reading fiction, new book club kits, vaccine info and more
1/12/21 MLK Day, Pre-K kits, the Night Sky, COVID, and more [This issue mistakenly mentions Dr. Joseph Peniel as heading Eanes’ DEI initiative. That, in fact, is Dr. Mark Gooden.]
1/5/21 Stay Curious, reading logs, snow & more
12/29/20 Goodbye 2020, reading challenges, COVID Stage 5, upcoming programs
12/22/20 Noon Year’s Eve, holiday closures, COVID updates
12/15/20 Upcoming holiday fun, planet watching, COVID news
12/08/20 Food banks, Artisan’s Market, author visits, COVID stats in plain English
12/01/20 Artisans’ Market, art classes, Lyle Thormann tribute. COVID news (vaccines), programs
11/24/20 Thanksgiving closure, upcoming artisans’ market, COVID news
11/17/20 New materials, COVID updates, community and library programs
11/10/20 Veterans Day, new preschool kit, COVID count comparisons, programs
11/03/20 Election Day, history programs, racism terminology and book club kits, COVID updates
10/27/20 Halloween fun, election and COVID updates
10/20/20 Being creative during the pandemic, Halloween fun, genealogy resources, latest on elections and COVID, a bit about Montpelier and James Madison
10/13/20 Connecting a few minutes at a time, writing and author visits, electioneering, COVID updates
10/6/20 Keeping the kids connected, election news, COVID updates, programs
9/29/20 Friends of the Library, library election, book bundles for all ages, COVID in schools, election updates, programs
9/22/20 Preschool kits, ILLs, new COVID metrics and dashboards
9/15/20 Including interlibrary loans, RBDigital Overdrive merger, discrimination in the justice system, mask washing
9/7/20 Library on break, new pick up hours
9/1/20 Including artisan workshops, robotics, evaulating COVID risk,
8/25/20 Including audiobook narrators, BookPage, oak wilt
8/18/20 Fake news, print service, Labor Week break, contemporary black authors, COVID guidance, programs, and news
8/11/20 End of summer, TCMS Town Hall with Dr. Leonard, Parenting & Education Book Group,
8/4/20 Getting ready for school, stuff for kids, and news
7/28/20 New programs, COVID benchmarks, and news
7/21/20 Midsummer fun packs, book clubs, programs, and updates
7/14/20 Introducing Vox and Book Bundles, community conversations about race registration, and more
7/7/20 Making your mark, upcoming programs, and community updates
6/30/20 New programs, community conversations, election and COVID updates
6/23/20 Library & community news, COVID spikes, read about racism with no wait time
6/16/20 Library news, COVID updates, community conversations about race
6/9/20 Protests, library news, COVID updates, and election news
6/2/20 Summer kits and programs, Reserve & Pick Up service, read about racism, coronavirus updates
5/26/20 Summer kickoff, contact tracing, Lost Creek park access, upcoming programs
5/19/20 Library updates, next phases of re-opening Texas, fawns and coyotes, celebrating graduating seniors
5/12/20 Return library books between now and May 30, parks access, new COVID tests, book to movie pairings
5/5/20 Homesteading tips, help for businesses in Rollingwood, job search help, restaurants re-opening
4/28/20 Texas begins phased re-opening, the library is not re-opening quite yet, understanding COVID data
4/21/20 Visit with a Librarian, information about COVID-19 testing, ways to help, business resources, links to your government representatives
4/14/20 Re-opening in Texas, library resources, planning ahead to manage illness from home, all about masks
4/7/20 Getting good information, de-stressing, food safety, pet safety
3/31/20 Staying connected, programs through Zoom, working from home with kids
3/24/20 Ways to look after each other, the digital library
3/17/20 Library closure, changes to library service
3/16/20 Reduced library hours, limited services
3/14/20 Coronavirus information, using the library from home