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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.

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 sourced through 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 and July

Financial Literacy Series: Session 4 - Credit Reports and Scores

Regions Bank will host a virtual workshop on credit reports. Learn how your credit score can affect your finances, how to retrieve your score, and more.

This session will also teach you how to retrieve your credit report at no cost as well as tips for improving your score in the long-term.

In partnership with Flyte Coaching.

Register Here

Tuesday, June 29 from 6pm - 7pm

American Sign Language: New Orleans Signs

Learn American Sign Language basics, including signs for New Orleans-specific words that are familiar to the local Deaf community.

This program will be taught by Pastor John Lovas of the Canal Boulevard Baptist Deaf Church and Barbara Lovas of New Orleans Sign Language Services.

For more information about New Orleans Sign Language Services, click here.

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

Register Here

Wednesday, June 30 from 6pm - 8pm

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.

July stories:

“When Robot and Crow Saved East St. Louis” by Annalee Newitz
“A Catalog of Storms” by Fran Wilde

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, July 3 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.

Story Trails are Here!

Follow a story along our new Story Trails and cross off a square of your SUMMER FUN BINGO Card! Story Trails combine movement and literacy and allow families to experience storytime outdoors at your own pace. Story Trails are set up outside of Alvar Library, Algiers Regional Library, Central City Library, the Children’s Resource Center Library, East New Orleans Regional Library, and Norman Mayer Library during operating hours in June and July.

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.

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