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Women's History Month

Grand County Library District has a plethora of wonderful resources to help patrons celebrate Women's History Month.

Explore the catalog where there is already a browsing category filled with exciting biographies, DVD's, nonfiction titles to learn about and be inspired by women.

Kanopy also curated a list of ready to stream documentaries and "films that matter" to celebrate this month.

Enjoy!

Udemy: Upskill at Work and at Life

Grand County Library District (GCLD) has added Gale Presents: Udemy (pronounced as a combination of "you + academy") to the robust list of online resources. Available 24/7 and free to patrons, you can explore and learn from nearly 20,000 premier, online video courses taught by experts. Udemy has three main headings, business, technology, and personal development, and offers 75+ different categories. Over 85% of the courses have been updated in the last two years. 

Transparent Language Online

Transparent Language Online is new to Grand County Library District (GCLD). On the login page, look for a circle with a flag symbol, change the flag to the language you want for instructions. Jump into learning a language here.

Reserve your Access Grand winter passes!

By Tallie Gray
Director of Library Resources

People have been calling anxiously since early November, asking “What will Grand County Library District’s (GCLD) Access Grand have to offer for winter fun this season? Ski passes? Cross-country passes? Music events? Rec centers? Museums? Inquiring minds want to know!”

Drum roll…we have the answer.

Library of Things bring you light and joy!

Grand County Library District (GCLD) is proud of their Library of Things collections.
Perfect for the winter months, are sun therapy lamps to help combat the short hours of sunlight and for those who have seasonal light disorder. Each library has a lamp for you to try. The lamps deliver 10,000 lux UV-filtered, flicker-free natural daylight. Place a hold: Soak up sunlight indoors!

Add Native American and World Cuisines to your holidays with AtoZ Databases.

AtoZ Databases, explore recipes for the holidays

From A to Z Databases by World Trade Press:

AtoZ Food America contains recipes in all course categories (appetizers, soups, salads, breads, main courses, side dishes, desserts, snacks, and beverages) for six US regions, all 50 states, and 33 ethnic cuisines.

Games galore! It's International Games Month

International Games Month

By Arthur Dollard

Tabletop games are secret teachers. While they are playing, children are learning skills like taking turns, reading, counting, science, and world geography. According to America's Foundation for Chess, there are 169,518,829,100,544,000,000,000,000,000 (approximately 1.70x1029) ways to play the first ten moves of a game of chess.

Get making with Creativebug.

Creativebug is the go-to online resource to help you enjoy the holiday season. It can also save you a ton of money with ideas and simple instructions on making presents, costumes, meals, decorations, and so much more.

Take a break from listening to the news. Read it.

GCLD patrons have free 24/7 access to a wide variety of vetted sources under Newspapers on the Online Resources page found here.

Some of the most popular titles include:

GCLD facilities will be closed MLK, Jr Day, Jan. 15