A library location will be open in each ward on Tuesday, Nov. 11, in observance of Veterans Day. See the full list of locations and hours on the library's Holidays & Closings Page.
Library reports zero challenges in 2025 for Banned Books Week
Black History Month gives us an opportunity to focus on the contributions of Black Americans. Here are five Black women you might have missed. I’ve highlighted a picture book biography that features each woman.
These diverse interests emerge from the DC Public Library's 2024 circulation data, which shows how customers engaged with content across books, magazines, streaming media, and online learning platforms, resulting in more than 5.5 million checkouts and renewals.
Something wicked this way comes...and it's you! We are heading into the fall and it is time for the DC Public Library’s third Annual Evil Laugh Contest.
Codex Atlanticus Exhibit at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Nearing End
Labor Day is Sept. 2 this year. We don’t have the literally explosive labor movement that existed when the federal holiday began 130 years ago, but we hear echoes of many of the same social tensions. Below I mention some classics in the DCPL collection that honor America’s workers and spotlight five great books about work for children.
July is Disability Pride Month, the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). These five fascinating books spotlight where we started, how far we've come since then and barriers that remain.
July is Disability Pride Month, the 34th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). These five fascinating books spotlight the world before the ADA, the efforts that led to its passage, how far we've come since then and barriers that remain.
The DC Public Library sounds the alarm on the escalating threats to intellectual freedom with its theme for this year's Banned Books Week: “Freedom is Not Guaranteed.”