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Three pictures. One is the current blue TCPL library card design. The second is the library card design that features a painting of an elephant and other elements. The third is a blank library card covered with paint splatter and a question mark. Text reads "Choose the next library card! Vote in-person through Oct. 4 or online through Oct. 5"

Vote now for the next library card designs

Celebrate Library Card Sign-Up Month by helping choose the next library cards for Tompkins County Public Library!

Throughout Color Our W

A chalkboard, covered with brown shades of leaves. Text reads "September"

Youth and Family Programs at TCPL in September!

We hope everyone had a wonderful summer with their families and are ready for the fall. I'm excited to share with you some upcoming special and ret

Ithaca Is Books to Bring Authors and Special Programming to TCPL in September

The fifth annual Ithaca Is Books Festival kicks off Thursday, September 11 in Downtown Ithaca with a packed schedule aimed at building a connection

2025 Ithaca Is Books Festival Planned for September 11-14; Events with Bestselling Authors Eve Ewing, Cory Doctorow Among Highlights

The fifth annual Ithaca Is Books Festival is scheduled to take place in downtown Ithaca September 11-14. The Festival is produced by Autumn Leaves

What to Expect from the June 13 Crafternoon Kick-Off to Summer Reading

Tompkins County Public Library has an afternoon filled with food, music, crafts, book giveaways and fun planned for the official launch of the “Col

Composition notebook cover with the text "Gay Agenda" on it with several stickers.

The Gay Agenda - Pride Books for Youth!

Nonfiction

Keith Haring : the boy who just kept drawing: Traces the life of artist Keith Haring, from his childhood love of drawing to his meteoric

‘Color Our World’ Summer Reading to Kick-Off June 13 at TCPL

Join Tompkins County Public Library this summer for a chance at adventure, expression, creativity and lasting memories. Summer Reading kicks off Fr

A rainbow composition notebook design. The words on the notebook read "Tompkins County Public Library presents The Gay Agenda." There are two doodles, one of a heart, one of a cat.

TCPL presents: The Gay Agenda!

Join us at the Tompkins County Public Library for several days of Pride events!

The Gay Agenda will have a resource fair, a gender-affirming

Black and white text, with a stylized image of a book at the center. The text reads Friends of the Tompkins County Public Library book sale

Friends of the Library Book Sale Opens May 3

The Friends of Tompkins County Public Library will hold the annual Spring Book Sale over three long weekends in May at 509 Esty St, Ithaca. With a

big monster and little monsters reading a book

2024 Family Storytime Selections

If you love storytime as much as we do, there are certain books you want to read again and again. So... drumroll please.... here's a selection of our

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