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Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County Community Forum Blog

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The Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County Community Forum hosts conversations between the library and the community of Charlotte, North Carolina. We hope you will share your opinions on issues important to the future of your library and to the Charlotte/Mecklenburg area.

• Added on: Dec 30th, 2008
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Cordelia Anderson
• Listed in: Books Education
• Tags: education community Libraries charlotte literacy mecklenburg

Recent Posts

• ‘Tween running and reading, girls find worlds of self-esteem

  Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 10:43 in events, charlotte, running, dowd, charlotte mecklenburg library, plcmc, charlotte public library, steele creek, public library of charlotte & mecklenburg county, fit city

  The Fit Girls practice for the run. Photo courtesy the Charlotte Observer. There’s a great article in today’s Observer about the ‘tween girls who will be running in tomorrow’s uptown race. It’s part of a national running...

• Learn how to download from your library

  Posted on Tuesday November 3rd, 2009 at 13:03 in events, library, Libraries, charlotte, overdrive, public awareness, bookmobile, charlotte mecklenburg library, charlotte public library

  Millions of people are already downloading audiobooks, eBooks, and more from their public libraries, and you can too. Find out more when the Main Library hosts the Digital Bookmobile for a special event on Wednesday, Nov. 4 from 11 a.m. – 3 p....

• Reading beyond reality

  Posted on Friday October 16th, 2009 at 12:13 in events, library, Libraries, teen read week, charlotte mecklenburg library, plcmc, public library of charlotte & mecklenburg county, charlotte public library

  Area teens will be reading some exciting stuff as celebrate Teen Read Week, October 18 – 24, 2009, with the theme, “Read Beyond Reality.” Part of this celebration includes a lineup of exciting sci-fi and fantasy themed events including author v...

• What’s the future of reading?

  Posted on Thursday October 15th, 2009 at 00:09 in technology, library, Libraries, charlotte, strategic planning, news stories, mike collins, charlotte mecklenburg library, future of the library, plcmc, wfae, charlotte public library

  Library Director Charles Brown chats with WFAE’s Mike Collins about the role of libraries in a digital age. Other guests include Stanley Wilder, University Librarian for UNC Charlotte and Sarah C. Michalak, Assoc. Provost for Libraries and Uni...

• Novello kicks off with a very funny start.

  Posted on Friday October 9th, 2009 at 16:58 in events, charlotte, novello, charlotte mecklenburg library, plcmc, novello festival of reading, charlotte public library, public library of charlotte & mecklenburg county

  The first Novello event, an Evening with Christopher Buckley, was a hoot! But don’t take our word for it — read the article by Pam Kelley of the Charlotte Observer, “Satirist Christopher Buckley keeps audiences giggling at Novello k...

• Largest single gift of books in Library’s 104-year history

  Posted on Wednesday October 7th, 2009 at 11:59 in books, gifts, library, Libraries, book sale, community engagement, charlotte mecklenburg library, plcmc, charlotte public library, public library of charlotte & mecklenburg county

  Sophie Greenfield and her sons. “I just hope I have enough time to read them all.” That’s what Sophie Bruckner Greenfield told her sons Russell and Michael, referring to her personal collection of more than 20,000 books. Sophie Greenfield die...

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