

Lexington’s African American Heritage Walking Tour
Join us for an on-demand walking tour of Downtown Lexington’s African American heritage sites.
Join us for an on-demand walking tour of Downtown Lexington’s African American heritage sites.
Explore topics related to Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM) in this space for youth, grades 3-12.
Learn how the Lexington Public Library Foundation empowers change within our library system.
Learn or develop a personal or professional skill with LinkedIn Learning classes, available for free with your library card.
Did you know physical materials renew automatically if they don’t have a waiting list? Check your account online to see the status of your items.
We stand for free and open access to information. That starts with removing unnecessary barriers to our educational resources and technology. Starting April 13, 2023, the Lexington Public Library will no longer charge fines or fees for late, lost, or damaged material.
For LPL, fine free means that we will not charge overdue fines or fees for lost or damaged materials.
Please respect your neighbors, who also want to borrow these items, by returning your materials before the due date.
No, we expect wait times to be the same.
We believe in free and equal access to information. Fines and fees pose an unnecessary barrier to those who most need access to our educational resources and technology.
Absolutely. We accept financial donations through the Lexington Public Library Foundation and in-kind gifts to the Friends of the Lexington Public Library. Make a donation anytime here. Thank you!
Fines and fee balances will automatically be removed from your card on April 13, 2023. Please see any staff member if you have trouble accessing your card after that date.
We have been temporarily fine free since March 2020, as we all dealt with the uncertainty of the global pandemic. During that time, we realized that fines and fees were not necessary to get customers to return their materials. In fact, they negatively impacted the members of our community who need our services most, and we have welcomed many new faces to the Library over the past three years as a result.
Nothing! We would have had to hire additional staff to resume charging fines and fees, and that extra staff time would have cost the organization 2-3x the amount collected in fines revenue.
LPL will address this on a case-by-case basis.
Loan Periods |
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Books, audio |
28 days |
High-demand books, magazines |
14 days |
DVDs |
7 days |
eBooks, eAudiobooks |
7 or 14 days |
Items Allowed at One Time |
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Physical materials |
100 items |
Digital content (eBooks & eAudiobooks, combined) |
15 items |
Reserves Allowed at One Time |
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Physical materials |
20 items |
Digital content (eBooks & eAudiobooks, combined) |
10 items |
Materials may be returned to any Lexington Public Library location. Items may be renewed unless the item has had a reserve placed on it. Items may be renewed at any Library location, by telephone, or online.