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News Releases 2021

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

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

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

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

Crane Branch Library to Reopen on November 1, 2021 (pdf)

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

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

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

October 5, 2021 Message from the Library System - Revised (pdf)

October 5, 2021 Message from the Library System (pdf)

Books for Kids 2021 Donation Drive (pdf) & Video Release

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

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

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

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

New Exhibit @ Central Library- Audubon's Quadrupeds (pdf)

Crane Branch Library in Buffalo to Close Temporarily for Major Construction (pdf)

Lancaster Public Library Team Wins 2021 Battle of the Books (pdf)

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

July 15, 2021 Dr. Eva M. Doyle Auditorium Dedication  (pdf)

July 2, 2021 Summer Update from the Library System (pdf)

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

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

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

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

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

List of Libraries Assisting Patrons with COVID-19 Vaccine Information (pdf)

Mass Email - Take Action - sent on March 5, 2021 (pdf)

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

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

Crane Branch Closed for Construction March 8 - 12, 2021

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

Women's History Month Calendar - March 2021 (pdf)

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

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

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

Neighborhood Update Meeting for the Crane Branch Library (pdf)

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

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

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

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

Virtual Job Fair flyer (pdf)

Virtual Job Fair - posted January 8, 2021 (pdf)

Imagine Buffalo Speaker Series January & February 2021 (pdf)