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The Charlotte Mecklenburg Library is one of America’s leading urban public libraries, serving a community of more than one million citizens in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Through 20 locations, targeted outreach and online, the Library delivers exceptional services and programs, with a mission to improve lives and build a stronger community. For more, visit cmlibrary.org.

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“Each of the Summer Break learning activities offers benefits that keep our brains active and nimble,”
Dana Eure, Associate Director of Lifelong Learning.
“Our goal is to help students build reading and learning skills and have fun at the same time. Summer Break is designed to do just that.”
Lee Keesler, Library CEO
We want all children and teens to succeed in school, and reading and learning during the summer will help students return to school ready to learn.
David Singleton, Director of Libraries
The new catalog offers features that will encourage community engagement around the collection and promote the expertise of librarians as readers advisory and reference specialists.
David Singleton, Director of Libraries for Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Just like in our physical library spaces, we now have an online experience that allows the sharing of recommendations, reviews and conversation about reading.
David Singleton, Director of Libraries for Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Better integration is being demanded of systems that provide solutions to libraries, and it’s a win for everyone when it happens.
Michael Engelbrecht, Library Automation Systems Analyst for Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
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Library designates June 30 as Ann Clark Day

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library has proclaimed June 30 as Ann Clark Day, honoring her service and commitment to education and for being a strong library partner. Ms. Clark retires from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools also effective June 30. During her 34-year tenure, Clark tirelessly served the children of Mecklenburg County as a teacher, principal, regional superintendent, associate superintendent, chief academic officer and finally as superintendent. Her contributions played a significant role in making CMS one of the most successful and respected urban schools in the nation. Clark will

Library expands ONE Access™ program with CMS

This year, teachers—as well as students—can use CMS school ID numbers as library accounts. Plus, a pilot program with Sprint brings mobile hotspots to students without home internet.In an expansion of a groundbreaking initiative launched last school year, the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library is adding new benefits for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools students and educators to its highly successful ONE Access™ program. This year, CMS teachers and staff will be given Library E-accounts, and the Library is piloting a student mobile hotspot lending program with Sprint to address the challenges faced

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library + Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools = access for 154,000 students

Unique “ONE Access” partnership between Library and CMS will turn Student IDs into Library accounts[See a more recent story here .] Charlotte, NC – Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015 - Research projects are about to become much simpler for students in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. That’s because the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library and the school system are partnering to give all CMS students increased access to the County’s public

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and Library card campaign on target for success

A partnership between Charlotte Mecklenburg Library and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools to put the power of a public library card in the hands of Pre-K to 3rd grade students this fall is off to a great start. So far, 14,116 students have signed up for a new library card and more than 10,000 students with existing cards now have a better sense of how to use them to support their education. David Singleton, Director of Libraries for Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, notes, “We know that early learning is key to educational success, and this partnership means that all participating students and

Library and CMS join forces for student success

Children who read, succeed. In that spirit, the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) have announced the launch of a new strategic initiative to get young students off to a great start to the 2014-15 school year by working together to supply pre-kindergarten through third grade students with library cards. Later in the school year, the partners will be piloting a Library “eCard” for students in grades 6-12 in the Project L.I.F.T community. As partners in education, the Library and CMS recognize that reading is an essential skill for all students because

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