Programming is back at the library, just in time for tax season. That’s great news if you need some help. The AARP Foundation Tax Aide is the country’s largest volunteer-run …
Hop aboard for Read City 2022
We are seven weeks into our 2022 Read City voyage, Anchors Aweigh, and we are already handing out prizes! For voracious or steady readers, the first goal of 45 hours is …
Storytimes returning to eight library branches
Storytimes are coming back!
We’ve missed seeing strollers strewn about our libraries. With precautions in place, we are very excited to announce storytimes are back. Starting in March, Baby Bookworks and …
Local children’s books featured for Black History Month
Our observance of Black History Month continues this week with a look at some recommended children’s books in every format – prose, non-fiction, and verse.
We were excited to learn that our …
Walk through The Bottom with Bob Booker
At Knox County Public Library, we are celebrating Black History Month in several ways. For the next few weeks, we are featuring African American authors on our social media feeds. …
Dawson named manager of McClung Collection
Eric Dawson, known to many East Tennesseans as the head of the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound, has been promoted to manager of the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection. Dawson …
Library preserves memories that ‘spark joy’
January is a great time to hit your drawers and closets to declutter your junk. Throwing away out-of-style clothes that don’t fit anymore or old electronic cords with no device …
Mark Cuban helps kick off Read City USA 2022
They say reading takes you places. On Tuesday, we took that adage seriously. Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs and the Knox County Public Library launched the new Read City 2022 …