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When was the last time a horror film made you feel frightened and lonely?

In 2015's The Blackcoat's Daughter, the loneliness somehow makes the scares more potent, and it's our Spooky Season Flick of the Week on @kanopy.com!

Stream here with your library card: bit.ly/3IGcWuu 🔪

Imagine studying horror literature and discovering that the manuscript you're reading is talking about REAL witchcraft. 🧙‍♀️

Silvia Moreno-Garcia's "The Bewitching" is our #FridayRead.

Get it here with your library card: bit.ly/3VYlxvA

What are you reading?

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Jackson County Library Services is really getting into the early October spirit. Great times at the Talent Harvest Festival and the Phoenix branch's Halloween swap! 👻🎃

The ALA has compiled the 10 most challenged books of 2024.

Here's that list to kick off #BannedBooksWeek.

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You might flinch a little if you pick up our #FridayReads selection, "Never Flinch," by Stephen King.

Get it here with your library card: bit.ly/3IP4OaQ

Big Ideas: Oh, for Pets Sake! Our Animal Welfare Crisis, 18+ YRS Join us for a discussion of the state of animal welfare in the Rogue Valley. Representatives from Southern Oregon Humane Society (SoHumane), Friends of the Animals (FOTAS) and...

Details on the talk are here:

Oh, for pets sake: the state of animal welfare in the Rogue Valley Laurie Cuddy and Megan Ayars join the Exchange.

Check out this Jefferson Exchange interview with Laurie Cuddy of Rogue Valley Street Dogs and Megan Ayars of Friends of the Animals!

Both Laurie and Megan are our next guests at the upcoming Big Ideas talk, held 4 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, at the Ashland Library.

"The greatest danger to our future is apathy." - Jane Goodall

RIP to a titan.

Today we celebrate Random Acts of Poetry Day.

Or, actually...we suppose we should write it:

Today, celebrate
Random acts of poetry
Let art be your voice

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#RandomActsOfPoetryDay #Poetry

It's Officially UBOB Season! - Jackson County Library District Looking for a homegrown reading competition with low stakes? We got you.

A low stakes reading competition? Sounds great.

Get all the details on UBOB (the Unofficial Battle of the Books) on this week's blog!

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Robust, smooth, elegant, deeper than you'd think. We're thinking "A Brief History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson.

Tell us your go-to coffee (or tea) drink and we'll give you a book recommendation. #NationalCoffeeDay

Our #FridayReads selection is a HOT one. 🔥 King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby follows a family through a treacherous adventure for answers...

Read it with us here: bit.ly/4njcd19

Thirty-five years ago this week, Ken Burns' "The Civil War" documentary premiered on PBS. It remains a captivating, haunting, beautiful series, and is our @kanopy Flick of the Week! Stream it here with your library card: bit.ly/48yOe9G 🎬

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Free Pass to Knowledge: Library Card Sign-Up Month - Jackson County Library District Jackson County Library Services has teamed up with artist Adrian Chavez for a limited edition library card! Claim yours today and check out the story below!

Did you know that if you are logged in to your JCLS account, you can see how much money you're saving on books, movies, music and more by looking at your "Checked Out Titles" page?

Click here to $ave: jcls.org/library-card...

Happy #NationalComicBookDay! Recent hits for us include the Manu Larcenet adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's "The Road," DC's "Creature Commandos" by David Dastmalchian, Jesus Hervas, and Alex Guimaraes, and Joe Kelly's "I Kill Giants." How about you?

Dome Depot - Jackson County Library District Need live help with academics? There's a JCLS offering for that.

In the maze of learning, we're all going to get stuck at one point.

Luckily, Jackson County Library Services offers BrainFuse HelpNow, a database for patrons with numerous academic help offerings, including live tutoring and test prep.

Read all about it here.

Celebrating Latinx Heritage Month 2025 - Read This! It's Latinx Heritage Month, so we're taking a look at a list of books that honors it! Booklist: https://catalog.jcls.org/MyAccount/MyList/22895 Follow us: Facebook: http://bit.ly/jclsfb​ Instagram: http://bit.ly/jclsinsta Threads: https://bit.ly/jclsthreads

Our latest Read This! video celebrating Hispanic authors is live. Have you read any on this list? bit.ly/46wRW17

Why did the scarecrow win an award?
... Because he was OUTSTANDING in his field. 🥁

Happy Fall Equinox aka Dreamy Mood Reader Season aka Twilight Season aka PSL season aka Spooky Season! 🎃🍂 (did we miss anything else?)

Happy fall to all the Calvin & Hobbes fans out there. (And everyone else, too.) #autumn

Get caught up on more of the infamous duo's exploits here: bit.ly/46tOl3F

🚨 NEW BOOKMARK DROP! 🚨

Celebrate Latinx Heritage Month with us & stop by your library to grab our bilingual bookmark this week! This bookmark features a specially made booklist by staff to honor this month. There's a limited supply, so we will see you soon 👋

#jclsoregon #latinxheritagemonth

Our #FridayReads selection travels through the galaxy & features fun, paranormal characters on an adventure to protect a sentient spaceship, Demeter, from Dracula.
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Dive into Of Monsters and Mainframes by @barbaratruelove.bsky.social with us this weekend using the link: bit.ly/46rUcGX 📖

A biographical comedy-drama starring the late Robert Redford seemed appropriate for our @kanopy.com Flick of the Week. Grab your library card and stream A Walk in the Woods with us here: bit.ly/420EaCl
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JCLS has teamed up with ACCESS to collect food for those in need. Just drop any of the listed non-perishable foods off in one of the barrels set up at multiple branches, including:

- Medford
- White City
- Talent
- Butte Falls
- Ruch
- Eagle Point
- Prospect

Spanish Services at JCLS | Servicios en español en JCLS - Jackson County Library District What does JCLS's Spanish Services Coordinator do? We'll walk you through it.

What does JCLS's Spanish Services Coordinator do? Get the lowdown on this week's bilingual blog! #libraries #LatinXHeritageMonth bit.ly/3VUaIKI