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All New Orleans Public Library locations will be closed on Monday, May 31, in observance of Memorial Day.

As City of New Orleans government buildings, all New Orleans Public Library locations require masking and social distancing.

Due to facilities maintenance, Alvar Library will only be open for contactless pick-up & drop-off on Mondays - Thursdays from 10am - 6pm and Fridays & Saturdays from 10am - 5pm.

Cita Dennis Hubbell Library is currently undergoing exterior work but remains open to the public. More information can be found here.

Nix Library is temporarily closed for facility upgrades. Information about this project can be found here.

SUMMER FUN starts Tuesday!

Libraries across the country host summer reading programs as a way to encourage reading as a lifelong habit, maintain reading skills that children and teens have achieved throughout the school year, and increase interest in libraries, and because it’s just plain fun. Join in the SUMMER FUN by signing up today.

Click here to get started.

The 2021 New Orleans Public Library SUMMER FUN reading program is sponsored by the Friends of the New Orleans Public Library with support from the Eugenie and Joseph Jones Family Foundation, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, and the Entergy Charitable Foundation.

Louisiana Reads! Bringing Literacy and Learning to Your Home

Parents and caregivers will learn strategies to encourage their children to read. There is also an opportunity to earn books to build their home libraries. Supplies are limited.

The New Orleans Public Library has partnered with the Center for Development and Learning, a Louisiana-based non-profit organization, to promote at-home reading through literacy awareness, book distribution, and direct-service to families. The Louisiana Reads! initiative aims to tackle the literacy crisis through quality content delivery to caretakers of children, promotion of active parent engagement, and building community partnerships.

To sign up, parents and caregivers can visit www.pathlms.com/cdl and click on Louisiana Reads! to access parent engagement videos and earn books provided by Young, Black & Lit, a Chicago-based non-profit organization committed to increasing access to children's books that center, reflect, and affirm Black children.

Available in June & July

Life and Other Shortcomings - A Conversation with Corie Adjmi

Award-winning fiction writer Corie Adjmi will discuss "Life and Other Shortcomings," her collection of linked short stories, with Constance Adler, a local writer.

Life and Other Shortcomings takes the reader from New Orleans to New York City to Madrid, and from 1970 to the present day. For more information, contact Robin at 504-596-2655.

Sponsored by the Friends of the New Orleans Public Library.

Register Here

Thursday, June 3 from 4pm - 5:30pm

What If? Speculative Fiction Short Story Club

What If? is a virtual monthly speculative short story club, during which we will discuss two stories in the genres of fantasy, science fiction, horror, alternate history, and/or weird fiction.

“Speculative Fiction” is an umbrella term covering a wide range of fiction from sci-fi and fantasy to ghost stories and fairy tales. Any fiction that deals with “non-reality” generally falls under this category.

June's short stories are Folding Beijing by Hao Jingfang and Metal Like Blood in the Dark by T. Kingfisher.

The stories will be available either in the Library catalog or in free online literary magazines. Contact Meliki at maddison@nolalibrary.org for more information about the club or for PDF copies of the stories. Participants may also suggest stories for upcoming sessions.

This program is sponsored by the Friends of New Orleans Public Library.

Register Here

Saturday, June 5 from 11:30am - 1pm

Occasionally, event dates and times change. To ensure you are viewing the most current event information, visit nolalibrary.org/events or contact the Library.

Entrepreneurial Mindset Training Course

Learn how to think like an entrepreneur directly from successful real-world business owners through this free course.

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