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New Streaming Film Collections on Kanopy for Your Viewing Delight

Posted in News on June 11, 2025 at 6:00 am

Our digital resource Kanopy offers quality, thoughtful entertainment with streaming movies, documentaries, and TV series. We introduced Kanopy in 2023 with variety of different collections and later added the Kids collection. We’ve now expanded this offering to include the Family Friendly Collection and Streaming in Spanish Collection. Ideas for […]

Big Library Read: Insightful, Lyrical Memoir with No Holds, No Waiting

Posted in News on May 13, 2025 at 6:00 am

Borrow the Big Library Read with no holds and no waiting, available through Libby and OverDrive. May 15-29, we're reading the memoir "Uncommon Measure" by Natalie Hodges. It is is an insightful and lyrical exploration of music, time, and self-discovery--a virtuosic debut from a gifted violinist searching for a new mode of artistic becoming. […]

New Passes at the Library! Attend a Velocity or Zephyr Soccer Match

Posted in News on March 14, 2025 at 10:15 am

Spokane County Library District is excited to announce a new addition to our Museum & Cultural Pass program! In partnership with United Soccer League (USL) Spokane and sponsored by The Library Foundation of Spokane County, SCLD is now offering free passes to professional soccer matches to watch two local football clubs (FC), Spokane Velocity FC and […]

Unlock Cultural Experiences: Free Museum & Cultural Passes for You & Your Family

Posted in News on February 18, 2025 at 4:00 pm

Museum & Cultural Passes Return: We thank you for your patience while our staff worked to implement a new online system for our museum and cultural passes. Learn more... […]

Wow! Over 1 Million Checkouts of Digital Reads with Libby in 2024

Posted in News on February 12, 2025 at 6:00 am

We’re thrilled to announce that our library customers have surpassed 1 million digital checkouts in 2024 on the Libby app and on OverDrive. This landmark number underscores our community’s embrace and continuing adoption of digital reading. SCLD meets our readers where they are to offer easy access to beloved stories, popular authors, and trend […]

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A Closer Look at hoopla: Digital Books, Music, Movies, TV & the Borrow Limit

Posted in News on February 4, 2025 at 7:00 am

Content available on hoopla includes digital audiobooks, eBooks, comics, music, movies, television shows, and BingePasses. The borrow limit is related to the pay model for this service. Learn more today! […]

SimplyAnalytics: New Resource Offers Powerful Data for Business & Research

Posted in News on January 29, 2025 at 7:00 am

Spokane County Library District (SCLD) has a powerful new digital resource you can access through the Digital Library, called SimplyAnalytics. It can provide powerful information for business and project research. It offers premium demographic, business, health, and marketing data, making it easy to find and generate the data you need. Create inter […]

10 Healthy Habits for Your Brain: A Look at Alzheimer’s & Dementia

Posted in News on January 15, 2025 at 6:00 am

In this guest post by Sean Jonz, program manager for the Alzheimer’s Association, you can learn about 10 healthy habits for your brain, upcoming library programs, helpful books, and a podcast episode of Library Out Loud: SCLD you can watch. […]

Reading & The Brain: How Kids Learn to Read & Decodable Books That Help

Posted in News on January 8, 2025 at 6:00 am

Learning to read is learning to break a complex code. Decodable readers differ from traditional early readers in that the majority of the words in the book contain only letter sounds and sight words that the children have been directly taught at the beginning. Learn more and borrow decodables from the library. […]

New Year, New Genre: What’s in Store for Your Reading Journey?

Posted in News on December 31, 2024 at 7:00 am

Shake up your reading in 2025 by trying a new genre! Each of these booklists offers numerous voices, from classics to present day. Find a wide range of subgenres, award winners, and authentically authored voices (aka own voices)—titles that appeal to readers who are new to the genre and fans alike. […]

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