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Community Report - Read our latest Community Report to learn more about the library's accomplishments, initiatives, and impact throughout 2023.
New Art Installations - Our Main Library will soon be home to two new art installations, and you're invited to participate in the design and creation of each.
Summer Featured Reads - Find the perfect summer read for any age with our newest selection of Featured Reads & Kids Picks.
Summer Programs & Events - Browse our summer lineup of programs & events.

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Endless learning opportunities with LinkedIn Learning

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Get growing with seeds from our new Seed Library

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Thank You to Our Amazing Volunteers

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Coding Made Easy with Fiero Code

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Instruments are Now Available in the Digispace

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*NEW* King Street Timelapse mural at the Main Library

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Introducing our NEW Holds Lockers

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Now Offering Eviction Prevention Office Hours at WPL

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  • We Speak Through the Mountain book cover We Speak Through the Mountain
    Premee Mohamed
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    Farrah Rochon
  • Going Fast and Fixing Things book cover Going Fast and Fixing Things
    Rich Benoit
  • Fake History book cover Fake History: 101 Things That Never Happened
    Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse
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    Robin Sloan
  • Hearts on Thin Ice book cover Hearts On Thin Ice
    Katie Kennedy
  • Devil Is Fine book cover Devil Is Fine
    John Vercher
  • 40 Days and 40 Hikes book cover 40 Days and 40 Hikes: Loving the Bruce Trail One Loop at a Time
    Nicola Ross
  • Cook Simply, Live Fully book cover Cook Simply, Live Fully
    Yasmin Fahr
  • All Friends Are Necessary book cover All Friends Are Necessary
    Tomas Moniz
  • The Bedlam Cadaver book cover The Bedlam Cadaver
    Robert Lloyd
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    Alexandra Rowland
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    Will Cockrell
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    Mo Rocca
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    Nicola Yoon
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    Meg Gardiner
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    Jack Carr
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    Candice Batista
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    Kyne Santos
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    Ruth Hogan
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