Today Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg announced Heather Lowe as the new executive director of the Louisville Free Public Library (LFPL). Lowe brings more than 16 years of library and archive experience to the job.

LOUISVILLE (September 12, 2025) – Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg, Library Interim Executive Director Barbara Sexton Smith, and Metro Councilwoman Josie Raymond, joined Louisville Free Public Library outreach staff today at Active Day of Watterson Park Adult Day Care to unveil the Library’s new bookmobile. This custom-designed mobile library will deliver books and other materials to adults in care facilities, housing communities, shelters, and other areas with limited access. In addition, Library staff plan to visit parks, shopping centers, community events, and more to help deliver library services to more people across Jefferson County.

The Community Engagement Manager works in partnership with the Executive Director and Library Foundation staff and board to prepare, plan, and implement a community outreach strategy to expand awareness of and philanthropic support for the Louisville Free Public Library (LFPL) and the Library Foundation through the development and cultivation of relationships with local and state elected officials, donors, patrons, volunteers, partner organizations, community leaders, corporations, and foundations.

The Louisville Free Public Library Foundation is seeking a detail-oriented and organized Data Entry Specialist to join our team on a part-time basis. This in-office role supports our fundraising team by maintaining…

While the Louisville Free Public Library (LFPL) does not receive federal funding, it’s important to understand how recent changes could impact our rural sister libraries across the state.  These libraries…