News Releases 2021

Most Popular Books Based on Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Patron Borrowing 

Sports Equipment Lending @ Several Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries. Plus, Children Can Play Down their Fines!

Congressman Higgins Announces American Rescue Plan Funding for the Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries and Burchfield Penney Art Center 

Indie Author Day Planned for Sat., November 13, 2021 @ Central Library 

Crane Branch Library to Reopen on November 1, 2021

Building Bridges Between Cultures...With Books. Chinese Club of WNY Donates Books to Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries 

Huge Used Books Sale Oct. 21 -24 @ Central Library

Frank Lloyd Wright's Martin House Executive Director Mary Roberts to Receive IMAGINE Greater Buffalo Award  

October 5, 2021 Message from the Library System - Revised

October 5, 2021 Message from the Library System 

Books for Kids 2021 Donation Drive & Video Release

Buffalo's Riverside Branch Library Renamed in Honor of Longtime Library Advocate Elaine M. Panty

New York State Senator Sean Ryan Announces Library Construction Funding for 2 Libraries in his District

Hispanic Doll Exhibit @ Isaias Gonzalez-Soto Branch Library - Sept. 22 - Nov. 29  
Hispanic Doll Exhibit Flyer 

Name Dedication Ceremony @ the Elaine M. Panty Library - Sept. 20, 2021

New Exhibit @ Central Library- Audubon's Quadrupeds

Crane Branch Library in Buffalo to Close Temporarily for Major Construction

Lancaster Public Library Team Wins 2021 Battle of the Books

August 5, 2021 NY State Assemblyman Bill Conrad Announces Special Aid for Libraries in his District

July 15, 2021 Dr. Eva M. Doyle Auditorium Dedication  

July 2, 2021 Summer Update from the Library System

Summer Reading Tails and Tales @ Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries

Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Director To Retire in June 2021

Buffalo Native Donates Portrait of Harriet Tubman to the Frank E. Merriweather, Jr. Branch Library in Buffalo 

April is National Library Week & Love Your Library Month @ Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries! 

Buffalo & Erie County Public Library wins 2021 ALA Penguin Random House Library Award for Innovation

List of Libraries Assisting Patrons with COVID-19 Vaccine Information 

Mass Email - Take Action - sent on March 5, 2021

Antiques Roadshow Book Appraiser Featured in Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Virtual Program on March 24

Women's History Month - Picturing Women Inventors Central Library Poster Display from the Smithsonian Institute 

Crane Branch Closed for Construction March 8 - 12, 2021

Project Flight's Leaders are Readers Award to Buffalo Academy of Science Charter Elementary School 

Women's History Month Calendar - March 2021

Erie County Legislature Chairwoman April Baskin's -The Black Doll Exhibit @ Central Library -posted February 25, 2021

February 17, 2021 _ Message from Library Director Mary Jean Jakubowski

Buffalo & Erie County Libraries Team Up with Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda Schools to Expand Access to eResources -posted February 15, 2021

Neighborhood Update Meeting for the Crane Branch Library 

Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System Announces 2021 Board of Trustees-  Kathleen Berens Bucki to Serve Third Term as Board Chair

Library by Mail Program for the Homebound Announced - posted January 28, 2021

Take Your Child to the Library Day is February 6, 2021

One Million eBooks Downloaded by Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Patrons in 2020

Virtual Job Fair flyer

Virtual Job Fair - posted January 8, 2021

Imagine Buffalo Speaker Series January & February 2021