• Better Service Project
    Level 4 at the Main Library: closed Monday- Thursday, May 20-23

    Better Service Project

    The City Library is upgrading our collection to support better self-service options, which requires that we close our locations for a few days each.

  • Job & Career Accelerator
    Work to become, not to acquire. Elbert Hubbard

    Job & Career Accelerator

    The LearningExpress Job and Career Accelerator is a comprehensive and easy-to-use job search application. Start using it now to make your job searching faster and more effective.

  • Authors Live: Josh Hanagarne
    Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. John F. Kennedy

    Authors Live: Josh Hanagarne

    On Thursday, May 16, The City Library proudly welcomes our home-town librarian, Josh Hanagarne, to the Auditorium stage in celebration of the release of his debut memoir, "The World’s Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette’s, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family."

  • Shop the Library
    Garden as though you will live forever. William Kent

    Shop the Library

    The Shops and Services at Library Square have books, clothes, gifts, flowers, food, and much more to suit any style.

  • The Library Store
    Literature becomes the living memory of a nation. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

    The Library Store

    The Library Store, owned and operated by the Friends of The City Library, sells unexpected literary-inspired gifts to suit all audiences and occasions.

  • Free Music Downloads
    All music is beautiful. Billy Strayhorn

    Free Music Downloads

    Check out Freegal, The City Library's free (legal!) music download service.

  • Get the City Library App
    In any field, find the strangest thing and then explore it. John Archibald Wheeler

    Get the City Library App

    Explore our catalog and access your library account using the new sleek SLCPL Mobile app, available in both the iTunes Store and Android Market.

  • Library Elf is here to help
    Joy is a subtle elf; I think one's happiest when he forgets himself. Cyril Tourneur

    Library Elf is here to help

    The City Library now offers Library Elf, a web-based service to help keep your whole family's library accounts in order, with options for text message alerts when items are due and much more.

  • City Library offers even more ebooks through freading
    Lovers of print are simply confusing the plate for the food. Douglas Adams

    City Library offers even more ebooks through freading

    To further expand our ever growing collection of eBooks the City Library has subscribed to Freading, a digital book lending service. Follow the link to start downloading now.

  • Overdrive: Ebooks & EAudiobooks
    Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning. William Arthur Ward

    Overdrive: Ebooks & EAudiobooks

    The City Library's connection to Overdrive provides cardholders with access to free downloads of e-books and e-audiobooks



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