Spokescat Myles here: Happy to report that HPLD has once again won the Government Finance Officers Association Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting!  What does that mean? It means we made our annual financial report, “demonstrating a constructive ‘spirit of full disclosure’ to clearly communicate [our] financial story and motivate potential users and user groups to read the report.”  So, basically, reporting that there’s NO financial funny business going on. Like, for example, laundering. See what I did there? It was a long road to get here, but we did it! Congratulations and THANK YOU to HPLD’s Finance

Okay, this is a fun one:HPLD staff member Michelle won this year’s Pattie Johnson Outreach Award at the national Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services conference! The award goes to “a bookmobile or outreach support staff member who has provided exemplary service to their community through bookmobile and outreach services,” and here’s a bit from the ABOS press release: “Through her interactions with students, Michelle has built meaningful relationships that extend beyond book checkouts. She takes the time to engage with students, she provides the spark that fosters curiosity and learning. The bookmobile program, under her leadership, has been a vital resource

Let us take you on a brief journey about the importance of CDs, ending with a bunch of recommendations from HPLD’s catalog. Get all these albums in HPLD’s catalog: Babymetal: The Other One Of Montreal: Lady on the Cusp Babymetal: Metal Galaxy Steel Panther: Live from Lexxi’s Mom’s Garage The Killers: Pressure Machine Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit: Georgia Blue Fall Out Boy: So Much (for) Stardust The Drive-By Truckers: Welcome 2 Club XIII Bon Iver: Sable, Fable Chappell Roan: Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess Yungblud: Idols Thunder: Dopamine