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2009-10 | 2008-09 | 2006-2008 | 2005-2006 | 2004-2005 | 2003-2004 | 2002-2003 | 2001-2002 | Extras | @ your library^®campaign

2009-2010

Clipart graphic for Get Connected theme Get Connected! @ your library ^®:

• June 2010	To be announced...
• May 2010	To be announced...
• April 2010	To be announced...
• March 2010	Get Connected! National Women’s History Month @ your library^®
• February 2010	Get Connected! African American History Month @ your library^®
• January 2010	Get Connected! Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. @ your library^®
• December 2009	Get Connected! Thinking of Special Benefactor Mr. Andrews @ your library^®
• November 2009	Get Connected! Holiday Silent Auction Hosted by the Friends of the RBC Library @ your library^®
• October 2009	Get Connected! Celebrating National Friends of Libraries Week @ your library^® Get Connected! Remembering Brandy Stivers @ your library^® Get Connected! National Domestic Violence Awareness Month @ your library^® Get Connected! Virginia Authors @ your library^® Get Connected! Wilcox Watershed Conservancy @ your library^®
• September 2009	Get Connected! Constitution Day @ your library^®Get Connected! Celebrating National Housekeeping Week @ your library^® Get Connected! Remembering September 11, 2001 @ your library^®
• August 2009	Get Connected! New Student Orientation @ your library^® Get Connected! Marie Antoinette @ your library^®
• July 2009	Get Connected! Big Brothers Big Sisters Duck Race @ your library^®

2008-2009

Clipart graphic of detective Find Us. Find It. Find Out. @ your library ^®:

• June 2009	Find Us. Find It. Find Out. The Phoenix Project @ your library^®
• May 2009	Find Us. Find It. Find Out. RBC Graduates and Graduate Books @ your library^® Find Us. Find It. Find Out. Remembering Jim Saady @ your library^®
• April 2009	Find Us. Find It. Find Out. National Library Week @ your library^® Find Us. Find It. Find Out. RBC Open House @ your library^® Find Us. Find It. Find Out. Dr. Virginia Cherry Elected State President of Delta Kappa Gamma @ your library^®
• March 2009	Find Us. Find It. Find Out. National Women’s History Month @ your library^®Find Us. Find It. Find Out. Guest Author Ruth Skrine @ your library^®Find Us. Find It. Find Out. Remembering Bobby Churn @ your library^®
• February 2009	Find Us. Find It. Find Out. Guest Author & RBC Alumna Rosetta Thurman @ your library^®Find Us. Find It. Find Out. African American Trailblazers in Virginia History @ your library^®Find Us. Find It. Find Out. Valentine's Day @ your library^®
• January 2009	Find Us. Find It. Find Out. Guest Author Dr. Vernon Lindquist and Guest Artist Susan Fecho @ your library^®
• December 2008	Find Us. Find It. Find Out. Governor Kaine @ your library^®Find Us. Find It. Find Out. SCHEV-LAC @ your library^®Find Us. Find It. Find Out. Seasons Greetings @ your library^®
• November 2008	Find Us. Find It. Find Out. Guest Artist: Paul Penrod @ your library^®
• October 2008	Find Us. Find It. Find Out. Celebrating National Friends of Libraries Week @ your library^® Find Us. Find It. Find Out. Open House @ your library^® Find Us. Find It. Find Out. Virginia Authors @ your library^® Find Us. Find It. Find Out. DKG Zeta Chapter @ your library^® Find Us. Find It. Find Out. RALC Technical Services @ your library^® Find Us. Find It. Find Out. SACS Visit @ your library^®
• September 2008	Find Us. Find It. Find Out. Remembering September 11, 2001 @ your library^®
• August 2008	Find Us. Find It. Find Out. Student Orientation @ your library^®
• July 2008	Find Us. Find It. Find Out. Filming of an IRS Commercial @ your library^®

2006-2008

2006-07 library logo (man with hammer) Renovating for the Future @ your library ^®:

• May 2008	Renovating for the Future! RBC Graduates and Graduate Books @ your library^®
• April 2008	Renovating for the Future! Guest Author: Dean King @ your library^®Renovating for the Future! Celebrating National Library Week @ your library^® Renovating for the Future! Zeta Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma @ your library^®
• March 2008	Renovating for the Future! Guest Author: Ann McMillan @ your library^® Renovating for the Future! Opening Day @ your library^®Renovating for the Future! Celebrating Women's History Month @ your library^®
• February 2008	Renovating for the Future! Supporting a Mosul Hospital @ your library^®
• January 2008	Renovating for the Future! Moving In @ your library^®
• December 2007	Renovating for the Future! Anthony's Army Buddies @ your library^®Renovating for the Future! Holiday Giving & Receiving @ your library^®
• November 2007	Renovating for the Future! Renovation Updates @ your library^®Renovating for the Future! Guest Author: Logan Ward @ your library^®
• October 2007	Renovating for the Future! Celebrating National Friends of the Library Week @ your library^®Renovating for the Future! Guest Author: Jason Tesauro @ your library^®Renovating for the Future! Virginia Authors @ your library^®
• September 2007	Renovating for the Future! Banned Books @ your library^®Renovating for the Future! Celebrating National Housekeeping Week @ your library^®
• August 2007	Renovating for the Future! Welcome Back Activities @ your library^®

• May 2007	Renovating for the Future! Honoring RBC Graduates @ your library^® Renovating for the Future! Rededication of the Virginia Capitol @ your library^®
• April 2007	Renovating for the Future! Celebrating National Library Week @ your library^®
• March 2007	Renovating for the Future! Celebrating Women’s History Month @ your library^®
• February 2007	Renovating for the Future! Library Lovers’ Month @ your library^®
• January 2007	Renovating for the Future! Remember Dr. King @ your library^®
• December 2006	Renovating for the Future! Goodbye to Amy Shay @ your library^®
• November 2006	Renovating for the Future! Learn about The Lukmire Partnership @ your library
• October 2006	Renovating for the Future! Celebrating National Friends of the Library Week @ your library^® Renovating for the Future! Virginia Authors @ your library^®
• September 2006	Renovating for the Future! Banned Books @ your library^®Renovating for the Future! Remembering September 11, 2001 @ your library^®
• August 2006	Renovating for the Future! Welcome Back Activities @ your library^® Renovating for the Future! Honoring Colonel Carson @ your library^®
• Summer 2006	Renovating for the Future! Renovation @ your library^®

2005-2006

Food for Thought graphic Food for Thought @ your library ^® :

• May 2006	Food for Thought! RBC Graduates and Graduate Books @ your library^®
• April 2006	Food for Thought! National Library Week @ your library^® Food for Thought! National Youth Service Day: Support the Troops @ your library^® Food for Thought! Guest Author: Anne Thomas Soffee @ your library^®
• March 2006	Food for Thought! National Women’s History Month @ your library^®Food for Thought! Phi Theta Kappa Jacket Drive @ your library^®
• February 2006	Food for Thought! Black History Month @ your library^® Food for Thought! Library Lovers’ Month @ your library^® Food for Thought! Natural History @ your library^®
• January 2006	Food for Thought! Dr. Martin Luther King’s Legacy @ your library^®
• December 2005	Food for Thought! Gifts of Literacy @ your library^®
• November 2005	Food for Thought! VIVA and netLibrary electronic resources @ your library^® Food for Thought! Letter-Writing Day to Pay Tribute to U.S. Troops @ your library^®
• October 2005	Food for Thought! Enter to Win a Drawing of Marilyn Monroe (Hurricane Katrina Relief) @ your library^® Food for Thought! Virginia Authors recognized @ your library^® Food for Thought! Remembering RBC Benefactors @ your library^® Food for Thought! Gravesite of Richard Bland @ your library^®Food for Thought! Smart Voting Starts @ your library^®
• September 2005	Food for Thought! Beads for a Buck (Hurricane Katrina Relief) @ your library^® Food for Thought! Register to Vote @ your library^® Food for Thought! Constitution and Citizenship Day @ your library^® Food for Thought! Banned Books @ your library^®
• August 2005	Food for Thought! 85th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment @ your library^® Food for Thought! Student Activities @ your library^® Food for Thought! RBC faculty and staff "Welcome Back" ice cream social @ your library^®

Food for Thought! Meet the Library Staff @ your library ^®

(Top row, left to right: Christine Skirbunt, Irene Handy, Dr. Virginia Cherry; Bottom row, left to right: Deborah Vroman, Amy Shay)

2004-2005

Lights, Camera, Action! @ your library ^® :

As planning for the library renovation moves forward, we'll keep you up-to-date with regard to the proposed layout and timeline as well as the exciting new features in the works!

• Summer 2005	Lights! Camera! Action! The Color of Money @ your library^®
• May 2005	Lights! Camera! Action! RBC Graduates and Graduate Books @ your library^® Lights! Camera! Action! Library of Virginia @ your library^®
• April 2005	Lights! Camera! Action! National Library Week @ your library^® Lights! Camera! Action! Mnemosyne Authors and Artists @ your library^®Lights! Camera! Action! FDR: A Presidency Revealed @ your library^®
• March 2005	Lights! Camera! Action! National Women’s History Month @ your library^®
• February 2005	Lights! Camera! Action! Library Lovers’ Month @ your library^® Lights! Camera! Action! Black History Month @ your library^®
• January 2005	Lights! Camera! Action! Dr. Martin Luther King’s Legacy @ your library^®
• December 2004	Lights! Camera! Action! Gifts of Literacy @ your library^®
• November 2004	Lights! Camera! Action! VIVA and netLibrary Electronic Resources @ your library^® Lights! Camera! Action! Renovation @ your library^® Lights! Camera! Action! Local History @ your library^®
• October 2004	Lights! Camera! Action! Smart Voting Starts @ your library^® Lights! Camera! Action! Research Tips @ your library^®
• September 2004	Lights! Camera! Action! RBC Library “Friends” @ your library^® Lights! Camera! Action! Register to Vote @ your library^® Lights! Camera! Action! Banned Books @ your library^®
• August 2004	Lights! Camera! Action! Student Activity Carnival @ your library ^® Lights! Camera! Action! RBC faculty and staff "Welcome Back" ice cream social @ your library ^® Lights! Camera! Action! "The Good Ship Lollipop" is Now Showing @ your library ^®

Lights, Camera, Action! Meet the Library Staff @ your library ^®

(Left to Right: Deborah Vroman, Amy Shay, Dr. Virginia Cherry, and Joy Galloni)

2003-2004

RBC Us Grow @ your library ^®:

Beginning 2003 Fall Semester, preliminary planning will begin for the expansion and renovation of Richard Bland College Library. So see us grow as we celebrate the value of RBC Library throughout the year!

• July 2004	RBC us remember Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) @ your library ^®
• June 2004	RBC us celebrate D-Day @ your library ^®
• May 2004	RBC us recognize our RBC graduates @ your library ^®
• April 2004	RBC us celebrate National Library Week @ your library ^®
• March 2004	RBC us celebrate National Women's History Month @ your library ^®
• February 2004	RBC us celebrate Black History Month @ your library ^®
• February 2004	RBC us celebrate How to Love your Library Month @ your library ^®
• January 2004	RBC us celebrate Martin Luther King Day with our diversity resources @ your library ^®
• January 2004	RBC us commemorate the 50th anniversary Brown v. Board of Education @ your library ^®
• December 2003	RBC holiday greetings from your library staff @ your library ^® The Friends of the RBC Library Holiday History Tree @ your library ^®
• December 2003	RBC the library staff supporting Angel Tree @ your library ^®
• November 2003	RBC JFK: A Presidency Revealed @ your library ^®
• October 2003	RBC netLibrary e-books @ your library ^®
• September 2003	RBC us grow with Friends' guest author Angus Gillespie @ your library ^® RBC us celebrate your freedom to read Banned Books @ your library ^®
• August 2003	Student Orientation @ your library ^®
• August 2003	RBC faculty and staff "Welcome Back" ice cream social @ your library ^®

2002-2003

Let Us Amaze You @ your library ^™ :

• April 2003	Let us amaze you with National Library Week activities @ your library ^™and Let us amaze you with guest author Curt Autry @ your library ^™
• March 2003	Let us amaze you with new and graduate books @ your library^™
• February 2003	Let us amaze you with DVDs @ your library^™
• December 2002	Let us amaze you with the Career and Transfer Center @ your library^™
• November 2002	Let us amaze you with VIVA resources @ your library^™
• October 2002	Let us amaze you with eBooks @ your library^™ Let us amaze you with the Travelers' Chapter of the Virginia Writers @ your library^™
• September 2002	Let us amaze you with banned books @ your library^™

2001-2002

Reeling You In @ your library ^™:

• 2001-2002	Reeling you in with 40 years of history @ your library ^™
• April 2002	Reeling you in with guest authors @ your library ^™and Reeling you in with National Library Week 2002 @ your library ^™
• March 2002	Reeling you in to explore women's history @ your library ^™
• February 2002	Reeling you in with a love of books @ your library ^™
• January 2002	Reeling you in to celebrate diversity @ your library ^™
• December 2001	Reeling you in with gifts of literacy @ your library ^™
• November 2001	Reeling you in to explore the web @ your library ^™
• October 2001	Reeling you in with eBooks @ your library ^™
• September 2001	Reeling you in with banned books @ your library ^™
• August 2001	Reeling you in @ your library ^™

And more . . .

Information about RBC's @ your library ^® campaign . . . —

Using ALA's Campaign for America's Libraries Information Guide (PDF) by Dr. Virginia Cherry
Using ALA’s Campaign for America's Libraries Powerpoint presentation by Dr. Virginia Cherry

library@rbc.edu | Last Update: November 25, 2009