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Free Children’s Ebooks Available From TumbleBooks

TumbleBooks has offered Gal’s Guide patrons free access to their library through August 31, 2020. Because we’re a women’s history library we’ll help you find some amazing titles that focus on women’s history but you’ll have access to all the books in the TumbleBook Library. Gal’s Guide Patrons will receive an email to log into […]

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Book List books Library social distancing

Free Children’s Math Ebooks Available From TumbleBooks

Does your little one need math help? TumbleBooks has offered Gal’s Guide patrons free access to their library through August 31, 2020. They have an amazing database of ebooks dedicated to math! Gal’s Guide Patrons will receive an email to log into TumbleBooks. If you are not yet a Patron, click here. If you have […]

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Book List books Library social distancing

Free Romance Ebooks Available From TumbleBooks

TumbleBooks has offered Gal’s Guide patrons free access to their library through August 31, 2020. They have an amazing database romance ebooks! Gal’s Guide Patrons will receive an email to log into TumbleBooks. If you are not yet a Patron, click here. If you have not received an email, contact info@galsguide.org. TumbleBooks Romance Ebook Database […]

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Events Library

Opening Night of the Gal’s Guide Library

Join us for a historic evening as we host the opening night of the Gal’s Guide Library, the first women’s history library in America where you can browse the books the stacks and check out a book. Browse our collection of over 1,600 women’s history books. Sign up for a library account and be the […]

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Events Library Uncategorized

Sticker Party – Galentine’s Day Edition

Gal’s Guide has collected over 1,500 women’s history books from various sources. Some of the books still have price tags or previous library stickers and barcodes. We need to get these books cleaned up so that they are ready to be checked out and on display for March! Many hands make light work so let’s […]

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Library News

Why Libraries Will Have A Long Shelf Life

Did you know that more American’s visit the library than go to the movie theater? Thanks to a new Gallup poll done in Dec 2019 there is data revealing that libraries are the most frequented leisure activity for American’s surpassing sporting events, live concerts, and museum trips. This is a wonderful confirmation to the team […]

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books Events Library

Volunteer Event: Sticker Party!

Gal’s Guide has collected over 1,300 women’s history books from various sources. Some of the books still have price tags or previous library stickers and barcodes. We need to get these books cleaned up so that they are ready to be checked out and on display. Many hands make light work so let’s have a […]

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Events Library Outreach

Library Pop-Up Crowdfunder

Let’s Make History!!! ​ We are starting an epic crowdfunder to open the first independent women’s history library in the United States! Can you believe there isn’t a women’s history library where you can browse the stacks and check out a book?! With your help, we can change that! Gal’s Guide has collected over 1,300 […]

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Library Support Systems

Volunteer at Gal’s Guide!

Gal’s Guide is 100% volunteer staff. We are a small organization with a big history-making mission. We would love your help cataloging our collection, prepping the collection for lending, searching for books, researching gals, developing programs, and more! If you can volunteer in person, sign up for a shift below. If you are not able […]

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Events Library

#GivingTuesday 2019

Black Friday. Small Business Saturday. Cyber Monday. Giving Tuesday. What is Giving Tuesday? (from GivingTuesday.org) Giving Tuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world on December 3, 2019 and every day. It was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that […]