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Big announcement! We're now offering a monthly newsletter to keep folks up to date with all the happenings at TCPL. We will expand our email offerings to include event announcements, collection highlights, and much more.

Some Housekeeping Announcements
It's almost spring, and we're doing some spring housekeeping! We are working to make sure our patron and holdings databases are accurate and up-to-date—and we need your help.
How can you help? We’re glad you asked!

Service Update, March 2022
With the lifting of many COVID-19 restrictions in New York, we continue to revise and update our services here at TCPL.

Call for Proposals: TCPL Teen Center Mural
We're excited to announce a search for artists to paint a mural that celebrates our Equity Statement. We're asking for submissions that feel youthful and appropriate for a teen audience. Successful applicants are comfortable working with teen volunteers to complete the project. A jury to award $2,000 will be assembled in November, including teen library users and TCPL staff.
Take and Make STEAM Kits: Sun Prints!
Thank you for crafting with us! All of the current Take and Make kits at TCPL have been claimed and are unavailable at this time. We're putting together a new Take and Make kit that will be available sometime in July. Any questions or comments, please contact Joah Tang, Library Assistant, by email at jtang@tcpl.org.

Service Update, October 2021
With the lifting of many COVID-19 restrictions in New York, we are revising and updating our services here at TCPL.
Take and Make STEAM Kits: Chromatography Butterflies!
Thank you for crafting with us! All of the current Take and Make kits at TCPL and the Sciencenter have been claimed and are unavailable at this time. We're putting together a new Take and Make kit that will be available sometime in July. Any questions or comments, please contact Joah Tang, Library Assistant, by email at jtang@tcpl.org.
What colors are hiding inside a marker???

Expansion of In-Person Hours Beginning June 1
Exciting news!
Beginning Tuesday, June 1, 2021, our hours are changing!
Open Hours

AAPI Heritage Month Events
We're offering the following events in honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month:
Spilled (Soy) Milk Film Discussion with Director
Tuesday, May 25, 12:00 to 1:00 pm
Professor and Director Changhee Chun will show excerpts from the film, which highlights the rich diversity of Asians & Asian-Americans in Ithaca, NY.

Spring Writes Literary Arts Festival
We're excited to partner with Community Arts Partnership for their annual Spring Writes Literary Arts Festival!

Social Solidarity Haiku Window Display
We're pleased to present a Social Solidarity Haiku window display, now through May 15, 2021!
Viewable from the North Reading Room windows facing Green Street, these original haiku were created by community members during three separate Social Solidarity Haiku workshops held throughout the pandemic. The workshops were led by former Tompkins County Poet Laureate Melissa Tuckey, and were offered to help raise the community’s voices with frontline essential workers. The display was designed in collaboration with Makerspace Librarian Cady Fontana.

COVID-19 Vaccination Information
To Register for Vaccination Within Tompkins County
Visit https://tompkinscountyny.gov/health/covid19vaccineform. PLEASE NOTE: This registry is for Tompkins County Health Department to better understand demand for the vaccine and to communicate directly with those who are eligible to receive the vaccine when doses become available. You must meet eligibility requirements to register.

Will Eisner Week, March 1-7
Will Eisner Week is held every March, celebrating comics, graphic novel literacy, free speech, and the legacy of Will Eisner. This year, we'll be celebrating with a series of virtual events and a Take and Make Kit for kids and families!

Magazine Sale
Our annual Magazine "Sale" will look a bit different this year! Starting January 28 and continuing through the end of February, discarded magazines will be made available for FREE in presorted bundles on socially distanced tables in the Avenue of the Friends.
