You Can't Cancel the Library

Our Public Library has been closed for one week. That decision was not made lightly. And the decision to remain closed until Monday, May 4, was also made with a heavy but hopeful heart. Libraries are places with open doors, where knowledge and information are readily accessible to all. We welcome and invite and are not accustomed to being closed or closed off.

The library may be temporarily closed, but that does not stop meetings from happening, committees from forming, or services from being provided!

Here's a behind-the-scenes look at our new workspaces.

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COVID-19 Information & Resources

updated December 7, 2020

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Charlotte Hunt Prize Winners

First prize winner Stephen Barany, stephenbarany.com

Charlotte Hunt Prize Winners

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An Evening with A'Lelia Bundles

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Science Alive

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Civil Rights in South Bend's History

by Joseph Sipocz, River Park Branch Manager

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Saving Money at the Library

by Barbara Bailey, Development Specialist

Somewhere between childhood and adulthood, many of us lose our way to the Library. Maybe we move out of our hometowns and discover that we don’t actually know the first thing about signing up for a library card ourselves. Maybe we hear about a program happening at the library that sounds really cool, but life gets in the way or we forget or think that it's not meant for us.

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Winter Reading Challenge

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You Can't Cancel the Library

SJCPL at Home

COVID-19 Information & Resources

First prize winner Stephen Barany, stephenbarany.com

Charlotte Hunt Prize Winners

Civil Rights in South Bend's History

by Joseph Sipocz, River Park Branch Manager

Saving Money at the Library

by Barbara Bailey, Development Specialist