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MyBook Enhances Literacy Skills and Supports Academic Achievement

Teal and white painted library bookmobile titled the Truck.August 31, 2020
The MyBook program is designed to boost vocabulary, grammar and language skills and to help families give their students the tools and support for a successful start in the early years of education.

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Arlington Public Library’s bookmobile — “The Truck” — has arrived

Teal and white painted library bookmobile titled the Truck.February 28, 2020
Arlington Public Library announces the arrival of “The Truck,” a traveling library designed to hold hundreds of books, games, crafts and DVDs for all ages and interests.

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Arlington Reads Author Series Asks Who Are We the People?

Vector illustration depicting the U.S. Capitol Building.February 25, 2020
Arlington Public Library kicks off the 2020 Arlington Reads spring series with five of the most thought-provoking authors of our time: Roxane Gay, Laila Lalami, Rebecca Traister, Valeria Luiselli and Brooke Gladstone.

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Exhibition Pays Tribute to Women in Arlington

Event graphic for an exhibition titled "Women's Work: Then & Now," showing a purple-colored photo of Gertrude Crocker and a peach-colored photo of Women's March protesters.February 11, 2020
Arlington Public Library launches a new exhibition at Central Library, titled “Women’s Work: Then & Now.” The exhibition commemorates both Arlington County’s 100th anniversary and the 100 years since the passage of the 19th Amendment.

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Grab & Go express book collection

Grab & Go books on a bookshelf at Central LibraryAugust 19, 2019
Arlington Public Library launches a new book collection, “Grab & Go,” which grants library patrons quick access to the most popular books and eBooks without having to wait.

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Rediscover History: Women's Work

Photo of Gertrude Crocker.June 4, 2019
Two years in the making, Arlington Public Library presents the stories of women trailblazers and their far-reaching impact on politics, education, business, social activism and public libraries.

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Press Release Archive


2019
Summer Reading Challenge (6-3-2019)
Arlington Public Library Announces Health Week (5-20-2019)
The Shop invites Arlingtonians to create (4-23-2019)

2018
Arlington Public Library Updates Visual Identity (9-4-2018)
2018 Arlington Reads: Habitats for Inhumanity (3-22-2018)
New Digital Exhibition: Women’s Work (3-19-2018)

2017
Central Library Receives Major Upgrades (10-21-2017)
New Digital Collection to Celebrate Arlington Women and their Achievements (10-20-2017)
Lawrence Block - Grand Master of Noir (9-19-2017)
Take a Stand for Books (9-6-2017)
VACo Honors Arlington’s Pioneering Energy Lending Library Program (8-2-2017)
Crystal City Pop-up Branch Library to Stay Open Into 2018 (7-27-2017)
New App Puts Library at Your Fingertips (4-18-2017)
Why Fiction Matters: Two Pulitzer-Prize Winning Authors on the Truth-Telling Power of Literature (3-28-2017)
Arlington Public Library features exhibition "No Home To Go To” (2-13-2017)
Arlington Public Library Launches Project DAPS (2-2-2017 )

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Increased Browsing Time at Express Libraries & Expanding Service

April 9, 2021

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Urban Libraries Council – Top Innovator Award
The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments – Climate and Energy Leadership Award
Virginia Association of Counties – Achievement Award
2015 – Silver-level Bicycle Friendly Business Award
2012 – Sustainable Libraries Award
2011 
Outstanding Public Program Award
Outstanding Achievement in Local Government Innovation Award

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