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BE COUNTED, LONG BEACH
 It’s that time again. Don’t the decades just fly by? As mandated by the U.S. Constitution in Article 1, Section 2: The U.S. has counted its population every 10 years since 1790. Your participation matters! Health clinics. Fire Departments. Schools. Libraries. Even roads & highways. The Census shapes many different aspects of our community. The 2020 Census is happening now. You can complete your census questionnaire online, by phone, or by mail. Visit  Long Beach 2020 Census  for more information.
 
The Census can be fun for the whole family. Join us for a special virtual  Storytime: Census Edition  with Mr. Carl and Miss Sumner. Afterward, enjoy games such as Population Bracketology and Statistics in Schools Quiz, coloring pages, and storybooks, available at the U.S. Census Bureau   website .

IT'S MAKE TIME!

Are you missing your visits to The Studio as much as we miss seeing you make, create, and design projects? We have a solution! Library Studio Guides are hard at work developing virtual Studio programs for you to enjoy from home.

First up is a new series called Make Time , and this week’s feature is Space Frames . Make Time videos highlight a short, fun, and educational project targeted for the entire family, using simple supplies found around most homes. Take what you learn in these videos, put your own spin on the projects, and share your creations online with #LBPLMakeTime .
WE RECOMMEND

Since April is National Gardening Month, and many of us are spending loads more time at home these days, what better hobby to highlight? Before you get started, or too far along in your project, check out these ebooks from the Library’s OverDrive Collection:
  • Apartment Gardening: Plants, Projects & Recipes for Growing Food in Your Urban Home by Amy Pennington
  • Grow Cook Eat: A Food Lover's Guide to Kitchen Gardening, including 50 Recipes, Plus Harvesting & Storage Tips by Jim Henkens
  • Gardening Your Front Yard: Projects and Ideas for Big and Small Spaces-Includes Vegetable Gardening, Pollinator Plants, Rain Gardens, and More! by Tara Nolan 
  • The Ultimate Guide to Gardens: Grow Your Own Indoor, Vegetable, Fairy & Other Great Gardens by Amy Stutz
  • Small Space Container Gardens: Transform Your Balcony, Porch, or Patio with Fruits, Flowers, Foliage & Herbs by Fern Richardson 
  • American Grown: the Story of the White House Kitchen Garden & Gardens Across America by Michelle Obama 
  • Small Space Gardens by the editors of Southern Living

Not in the mood for reading? Have you checked out Kanopy yet? Kanopy is a free video streaming platform featuring movies, documentaries, and series accessible via LBPL’s Digital Library. In honor of National Gardening Month, we recommend viewing How to Grow Anything , a six-episode series that covers planning your dream garden, selecting the right plants for the right place, preparing your soil, designing for light, water, and microclimate, and refreshing your summer garden and prepping for winter.
UDEMY
We'd like to introduce you to the newest addition to our digital library, Udemy! Udemy is an online learning platform that offers thousands of on-demand, video-led courses on a variety of topics ranging from business, to information technology, and even personal development. With over 4,000 courses to choose from, you’ll never run out of learning options.
LIBRARY AT HOME
Just because our libraries are closed doesn’t mean you can’t take advantage of all the great digital resources we have to offer. Our “Library at Home” page is your one-stop-shop for all of our resources that you can access from the comfort of your own home. Sign up for a library card, find fun activities for kids and teens, learn a new skill, and so much more! 
FROM THE LBPL ARCHIVES

In a school census taken concurrently with the 1910 Federal Census, Long Beach parents were asked whether their children had been vaccinated. A recent California law had made it a requirement for school children to be vaccinated for smallpox, the highly contagious disease responsible for the deaths of many millions of people over the centuries.  Though the vaccine at that time was thought to be effective, there was tremendous public controversy surrounding it, and many parents were reluctant to participate. The smallpox vaccination battle in Long Beach was often intense and received consistent local news coverage. The smallpox vaccine was improved over the years, and in 1980, the disease was declared eradicated.

Did you know you can access various Long Beach newspapers through the Library’s Digital Library ?

Long Beach Press, Saturday, April 16, 1910
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