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Take our art-inspired Summer Reading Challenge and win prizes! Together we'll read books, attend free events, and create new friends along the way. See you at the Kick-Off Party Messtival on May 22!

Take our art-inspired Summer Reading Challenge and win prizes! Together we'll read books, attend free events, and create new friends along the way. See you at the Kick-Off Party Messtival on May 22!

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Digitize your family history with the DIY Memory Lab

Mar 03, 2025
Public Tech Supervisor Jim Barnes shares how patrons can use LPL's new DIY Memory Lab to archive old media and preserve family memories.

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Adult Fiction Books picked by the Book Squad

Squad-choosen books for your 2025 Summer Reading goals!
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Somewhere is Here: An Interview with Jose Pimienta

An interview with author & illustrator Jose Pimienta about his graphic novel Halfway to Somewhere, set in Lawrence, KS.
Dan Coleman
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From the Stacks to the Streets

Outreach Coordinator Sarah Mathews explains all the ways we're bringing the library out into the community this summer and beyond!
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Artistic Reads

Books about art and artists on Libby.
Staff List

Adult Fiction Books picked by the Book Squad

Squad-choosen books for your 2025 Summer Reading goals!
LPL_ReadersServices
Blog Post

Somewhere is Here: An Interview with Jose Pimienta

An interview with author & illustrator Jose Pimienta about his graphic novel Halfway to Somewhere, set in Lawrence, KS.
Dan Coleman
Blog Post

From the Stacks to the Streets

Outreach Coordinator Sarah Mathews explains all the ways we're bringing the library out into the community this summer and beyond!
smathews
Online Resource

Artistic Reads

Books about art and artists on Libby.

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