We've thoroughly enjoyed having you with us for our 2022 Summer Reading Program. This was our first Summer Reading Program with pre-pandemic participation. I am thrilled to say that as a system we read over 1 million minutes!
We also participated in over 300 engaging activities from ocean-themed crafts and games to book clubs, S.T.E.A.M-based workshops, and live-animal shows. We hope you've enjoyed diving into "Oceans of Possibilities" with us this summer as much as we have.
As summer comes to an end and we begin to go back to school, we wish all returning students, faculty, and staff a successful and fulfilling school year. Our libraries will continue to support you with the same excellent library services and materials (and even some new ones) you'll need for an excellent year of learning and growing.
We are super excited about an update that has been completed on our Consumer Health Complete database. It is a long trusted and accurate resource for all your health and wellness needs. The new update includes a quick find index, a guide to natural remedies, and digital animations of common medical procedures. Are you curious whether that natural therapy you heard about is safe to try? Maybe you'd like a fact sheet or pamphlet about a health condition? Maybe you want to see a computer-generated explanation of a heart bypass procedure? Don't trust your health to a random internet search. Your library card provides you with dependable and accurate information at home as well as at the library. You can search the Consumer Health Complete on your home computer or your mobile device through the GALILEO button on our website.
As a friendly reminder, in August most of our libraries take a break from library programming and will resume in September.
Have a wonderful first day of school.
Read on!
Jennifer Lautzenheiser, Director.
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Please take a moment to complete this survey about your experience with our 2022 "Oceans of Possibilities" Summer Reading Program.
Quartley Programming Guides are Returning!
We want you to be able to see all the exciting and engaging library programming that will be available each quarter for you so that you can plan ahead. From Book Clubs and Author's Visits to Storytimes and Social Hours, the quarterly programming guides will give you a three-month preview of library programming available at each of our branches across all 7 counties.
The Fall programming guide will be available in September when we return from Labor Day. Find them at your local library as well as a digital version on bibblib.org.
Branch Manager, Dean, looks forward to providing you with one-on-one assistance and answering your tech questions.
Call the Charles A. Lanford Library at 478-300-6760 and schedule your session with Dean.
The Reference staff at Washington Memorial Library is also available for one-on-one assistance with your reference questions.
Need help locating books on a specific topic? Need help understanding a specialized topic? Receive an hour of one-on-one help from a member of the Reference Department. Call 478-310-2130 or visit to make your appointment today.
The staff at the Mary Vinson Memorial Library are ready to help you with your tech questions! Call 478-452-0677 to schedule a one-on-one appointment.
Middle Georgia Regional Library is proud to be recognized as a leader in literacy. Literacy in 21st century Macon reflects our community’s ability to make sense of and shape the world. In addition to our work with print-word literacy, we enhance technological literacy through classes and free public access to computers. Our Business and Nonprofit Center is building financial literacy to empower entrepreneurs and nonprofit leaders. We also encourage life skills literacy. Whether we are teaching resume workshops or crochet classes, we are giving members of our community the tools to live informed, engaged lives.
The Macon-Bibb Libraries Endowment Fund at the Community Foundation of Central Georgia was created to endow the future of the Macon-Bibb County libraries and will help us continue our mission to connect all people to the information necessary to improve their lives through excellent services and materials.
