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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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Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Offers Free Financial Education with Money Smart Week

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library is joining libraries and financial institutions across the country in Money Smart Week, April 21-28, 2018, with the aim of helping everyone get smart about their personal finances. Money Smart Week is the broadest and most comprehensive financial educational program in the country. Started in 2002 in Chicago with just 40 programs, it has expanded significantly to become the only national educational program for people at all stages of life.  According to exit surveys, most participants indicate they are likely to change the way they manage their money

Belk Foundation Invests in Efforts to Double 3rd Grade Reading Proficiency

Grant to Library Foundation dramatically expands Active Reading training initiativeCHARLOTTE, NC: A grant of $100,000 from The Belk Foundation to the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation will dramatically expand the Library’s efforts to address the challenge of third grade reading proficiency through Active Reading training. “Active reading means reading with children, rather than just reading aloud to children,” says Johanna Anderson, Executive Director of The Belk Foundation. “Research has proven that Active Reading builds vocabulary and comprehension, core components to literacy.

Library launches expanded Summer Break program

New program encourages everyone to read, write, create, play, explore and give.Charlotte Mecklenburg Library  wants to help school children and adults live summer to the fullest. For decades, the Library has offered a very successful summer reading program, which has encouraged thousands to read during the summer months when students are on break from school. This year, the popular program is being transformed to incorporate a wider variety of learning experiences. Reading remains at the core, but the new program, called “Summer Break: Read, Learn, Explore,” aims

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library launches enhanced catalog and social discovery platform

In February, 2016, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library will launch a new catalog experience powered by BiblioCommons, the integrated public library catalog that promotes social discovery and connects large urban and suburban libraries worldwide. By adopting the new catalog and additional enhancements powered by BiblioCommons, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library will join Chicago Public, Brooklyn Public, New York Public, Seattle Public, Boston Public, San Francisco Public Library, King County Library System, Multnomah County Library, and many other large urban and suburban library systems utilizing

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation brings ten award-winning authors to Charlotte for EpicFest

Authors will interact with more than 1,500 students, parents and caregiversEpicFest is an extraordinary, free literary festival that connects families, children and teens to the Library, while strengthening and instilling the love of reading. EpicFest will take place Nov. 6-7, and feature ten award-winning children and young adult authors and illustrators. On Friday, Nov. 6, the authors will visit 19 different Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. On Saturday, Nov. 7, a free literary festival for children, young adults and families will be held at ImaginOn. EpicFest will feature activities to

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library unveils 2015 Community Read titles

Selected titles will be focus of events taking place Sept. 28 – Oct. 17.After months of thoughtful consideration by librarians, the 2015 Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Community Read book selections have been announced. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin will be read and discussed by hundreds in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg community and become the focus of a series of events and activities taking place September 28 – October 17, 2015. In addition to this selection for adults, complementary Community Read titles have been selected for younger readers: The Book Thief by

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