Improving Lives One of CML’s core values is learning. We connect children, teens, and adults with reading and information to expand curiosity, explore interests, and discover passions. Charlotte Mecklenburg Library is a place where all are welcome to discover who they are or who they want to be. “The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it from you.” –B.B. King, Blues guitarist
A Collection that Meets the Community’s Needs Charlotte Mecklenburg Library has a rich collection of digital and print material. With a total of 2,682,038 items in our collection, customers are certain to find something that piques their interest. The circulation of our collection continues to rise with 4.7 million checkouts of print materials and 3.9 million digital checkouts for a total of over 8.6 million checkouts. This is – in large part – a result of the diversity of our collection.
technology skills, learning a language, and even helping students with their schoolwork.
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library has a mobile library called MoLi (pronounced Molly). This library on wheels connects people of On the Go with
all ages to CML by lowering access barriers to our services. It comes stocked with a collection for children and adults that has fiction and non-fiction in print and digital formats. MoLi also provides access to large print and Spanish language materials, as well as programs and resources that the community needs. In FY2024, MoLi circulated nearly 31,000 items and delivered 28 unique programs to nearly 700 attendees at places like senior centers, neighborhoods, and schools throughout Mecklenburg County.
In FY2024, we completed a diversity audit of our collection. The results showed that Charlotte Mecklenburg Library’s collection far exceeded industry standards across all age groups and genres. Material selectors strive to ensure our collection meets the needs of our diverse community, including titles in sixteen languages. Along with books for all ages, the Library’s collection also includes book club kits and technology like learning tablets and podcast kits that customers can borrow. Our Library collection also offers over 100 online resources to meet community needs such as enhancing
Librarian Saul Hernandez inside of MoLi
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