A Nested Development - Jackson County Library District What's good for the goose is good for blog candor.

This week on the JCLS Connect Blog, meet the Ashland Library's new tenants.

Today is Library Worker Appreciation Day! JCLS thrives thanks to our amazing and dedicated staff and volunteers. Help us spread the love by sharing how a library worker made an impact on your life! 🦸‍♀️📚🦸‍♂️

Never mess with a guy with two first names, especially when he's the acting deputy CIA director.

Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) is the star of "Clear & Present Danger," our @kanopy.com #FlickOfTheWeek!

Stream it here with your library card: bit.ly/4sS7nKx

In a climate‑riven America, a young empath named E.O. Waverly creates “Earthseed” to forge a new, resilient community - one idea, one shared dream, and a fierce determination to turn chaos into hope. 🌱📚

Check out our Thursday Reads selection here: bit.ly/4szNuaO

What are you reading?

18 Medford-area food trucks offer discounts for library week Jackson County Library Services is celebrating National Library Week with a partnership featuring 18 local food trucks offering discounts to library cardholders.

Cat's out of the bag.

Or, rather, the taco's out of the truck.

Perfect Weather for Picturebooks - Jackson County Library District Take a look. It's in a (picture) book.

This week on the JCLS Connect Blog, we're basking in the collective delight of so many lovely picture books. 📚

Letter writing, dancing, and worms.

An odd trinity, but they're all fun, and they're our featured events on this week's Bookmark!

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We're getting ready to celebrate #NationalLibraryWeek next week, and what better way to celebrate than with food (and books)?

During the week, show your JCLS library card at any of the 18 local food trucks we've partnered with, and get 10% off your order.

Fill your stomach. Feed your mind. 🍔🍟🌯🥙

🎉 New bookmark alert! 🎉

Celebrate #Día with us during the month of April, with special events set for every Saturday! Also be sure to pick up our newest bookmark at your local JCLS branch!

Click here for information on upcoming events at Phoenix, Central Point, and Medford! jcls.org/dia/

Are we there yet?

"Horatio's Drive," the eccentric, quirky story of America's first cross country road trip, is our @kanopy.com #FlickOfTheWeek.

Stream it here for free with your library card: bit.ly/4t6tjCv

More Dorland (Windows In Time) (Trigger warning: This presentation contains a portion that talks about suicide, which runs from about 49:46 - 51:43.) Local historian Sue Waldron was introduced to early 20th century Jacksonville artist Regina Dorland Robinson's work in 1986 when she began working in the Southern Oregon Historical Society's exhibits department. She was also a researcher for SOHS's 2007 book "A Lasting Impression: The Art & Life of Regina Dorland Robinson," and spent several years collecting more details about the tragic young artist's life. Sue's latest Windows In Time talk includes new information about Dorland and her associates, along with images of newfound paintings. The monthly Windows in Time lunchtime lectures feature well-known writers and historians and bring alive the people, values, and events that shaped our southern Oregon heritage. Lectures are jointly sponsored by the Southern Oregon Historical Society (SOHS) and Jackson County Library Services. Learn more about Windows in Time and register for upcoming sessions: https://bit.ly/witjcls Follow us: Facebook: http://bit.ly/jclsfb Instagram: http://bit.ly/jclsinsta Threads: https://bit.ly/jclsthreads Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/jclsor.bsky.social

Our latest Windows In Time presentation, which focuses on the life and works of Jacksonville artist Regina Dorland Robinson, is live on our JCLS Beyond YouTube channel.

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More Than Just a "Thing" - Jackson County Library District The items in JCLS's Library of Things can mean the world to those who borrow them.

This week on the JCLS Connect Blog: a touching personal story about a single item in our Library of Things — and how it helped a JCLS employee hear her father sing again after he passed away.

This week's Bookmark, our weekly spotlight on select JCLS events, is two parts music, one part crafts.

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Happy #NationalLibraryDay to all budding snake experts. (And everyone else.)

It perceives the gunshot, the man who died
And a few other things as the world went by

Check out our latest documentary short, "House of Threads," a Southern Oregon tale of mystery and dark origins.

Watch here: bit.ly/4sPPCw1

Our first Día event kicked off at the White City Branch over the weekend!

Make sure to attend our next Día events if you missed this one:
🪅 April 11, Phoenix Branch, 1:00 - 3:00 PM
🪅 April 18, Central Point Branch, 1:00 - 3:00 PM
🪅 April 25, Medford Branch, 12:00 - 4:00 PM

We have several, so: ✋🖖🫶🤙🤌

As #ArtemisII continues its journey to the moon for a new generation, we look back in time to the first man to take that one small step on the lunar surface. "Armstrong: The Life of Astronaut Neil Armstrong" is our @kanopy.com #FlickOfTheWeek. Stream it here with your library card: bit.ly/3QgrKTH

In the novel "What We Can Know," author Ian McEwan presents the intricate layers of human emotion and morality in thought-provoking narratives.

Get it here with your JCLS library card: bit.ly/4v7ZXF8

What are you reading?

This week's Bookmark, our weekly spotlight on select JCLS events, includes wildflower poetry and photography, a history talk on a local artist, and learning about herb gardens from local experts.

Celebra Día returns to JCLS - Jackson County Library District Are you ready for our fourth annual Celebra Día program?

This week on the JCLS Connect Blog, we're pretty excited for our upcoming Celebra Día program!

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This is a Rocky From "Project Hail Mary" fan account now.

As "Project Hail Mary" basks in its wildly successful theatrical opening, we present to you another story about another Spacecraft That Could - and this one's true. "The Farthest: The Voyager Spacecraft" is our Kanopy #FlickOfTheWeek. Stream it here with your library card: bit.ly/47hSWYe

They were never meant to be overlooked, but history had other plans.

"The Swans of Harlem" uncovers the powerful, untold story of Black ballerinas who defied barriers and left an imprint on dance that can no longer be ignored.

Check it out here with your library card: bit.ly/4t7RKyK

What You Can "Get" From a Book - Jackson County Library District Knowledge is power. And contagious.

Today's JCLS Connect blog includes a quick crash course on the history of tuberculosis — and its fascinating link to libraries in the late 19th/early 20th centuries

Dinosaurs, STEAM experiments, and bath bombs. Just a few events we're highlighting in this week's issue of The Bookmark.

For our full events calendar, click here: jcls.libcal.com/calendar/jcl...

We're celebrating Paul Thomas Anderson, whose film "One Battle After Another" is the latest Best Picture Oscar winner.

More than two decades ago, he released the quirky romantic comedy "Punch Drunk Love," our @kanopy.com #FlickOfTheWeek.

Stream it here with your library card: bit.ly/3NsVwUv

In "A Flower Traveled in My Blood," we follow the extraordinary true story of a group of Argentine grandmothers who suspect their grandchildren—born to their disappeared children during a brutal dictatorship—were taken and secretly given to other families.

It's our Read of the Week.

This One Is For the Clerks - Jackson County Library District Whoever had to push a cart. Whose shelving is a lot like art.

This week on the JCLS Connect Blog, we're celebrating our clerks. 🫡