Once Upon A Time …
Their stories began at LFPL ... ONCE UPON A TIME, MOHAMMED HAJI AND HIS FAMILY CAME TO THE U.S. AS REFUGEES FROM SOMALIA. They first visited the Iroquois Library…
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May 3, 2017
Northeast Regional Library Construction Part of Mayor’s Budget
Construction of the Northeast Regional Library is officially moving forward, Mayor Greg Fischer announced during his budget address April 27, 2017. Fischer included funding for the library in his annual…
May 1, 2017
LFPL’s Sophie Maier Named a 2017 Library Journal Mover & Shaker
Sophie Maier, the Louisville Free Public Library’s Community Outreach Coordinator at Iroquois Library, has been named a 2017 “Mover and Shaker” in the library industry by the national publication Library Journal. In its…
March 16, 2017
South Central Regional Library Nears Completion
Construction of the new South Central Regional Library is nearing completion! This new 40,000-square-foot community resource will open in the spring of 2017. Located near Jefferson Mall in Okolona, it…
January 17, 2017
Foundation Scholarship Recipients Complete Master’s Degrees
Congrats, grad! Two of our Library Foundation scholarship recipients have completed their master's degrees in library science — join us in celebrating Terren Thomas and Belinda Catman! They graduated from the…
January 10, 2017
Let The LFPL Help You With Your Resolutions
Setting your new year’s resolutions and goals for the new year? The Louisville Free Public Library can help you achieve those goals and become your own best self. While LFPL…
December 28, 2016
Inspiring Others To ‘Dream About Great Things’
Rev. Roland and Gloria Allen have been involved with the Newburg Library before there even was a Newburg Library! As a child, Gloria remembers her teachers telling her of the…
December 22, 2016
Library Launches Adult Winter-Reading Program
Get Lit Lou (short for Get Literary Louisville) is LFPL's brand-new winter reading program for adults, encouraging everyone to "read responsibly" this holiday season. From December to February, participants who read…
December 17, 2016
Wishing you volumes of fond memories this holiday season!
As we prepare to turn the page on this year, we want to say how grateful we are for your support of the Louisville Free Public Library and the Library…
December 13, 2016
A Path Forward: How Libraries Support Refugee Children
Huda Kutmah doesn’t personally know what it’s like to be a refugee. Her parents left Syria because her father wanted to continue medical school in the U.S., and she’s lived…
December 7, 2016