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The governance of Lexington Public Library is under the direction of 7 Trustees and up to 10 Advisors who guide the long-term strategies for the Lexington Public Library, including the long range plan, annual budget cycle, advocating for the library and for library customers, and policy recommendations.

The Materials Selection Policy was initially adopted February 25, 1987 by the Lexington Public Library Board of Trustees and was revised March 24, 1993. The Materials Selection Policy was updated and renamed the Collection Development Policy which was approved by the Board on January 14, 2009. The Board of Trustees assumes full responsibility for all legal actions which may result from the implementation of any policies stated herein.

Your tax-deductible gift to the Lexington Public Library Foundation funds innovation in our public library system. We raise funds to support Lexington Public Library programs, services, and special projects that go beyond what public dollars alone can support, today and for generations to come. The Library Foundation will send you an email confirmation of your gift and a year-end summary and tax acknowledgement receipt.

The Lexington Public Library receives most of its operating funds from an Ad Valorem property tax. By State law, the Library receives five cents for every $100 of assessed property value in Lexington and Fayette County.

Throughout the fall of 2023 and into the winter for 2023, the Lexington Public Library will be embarking on a strategic visioning process that will guide library programs and services for the next three years.

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The Lexington Public Library is home to four collaborative creative spaces for making, learning, exploring, and sharing. These spaces offer a variety of events, high-tech and low-tech equipment for patron use, and serve as a space to build community, explore your creativity, and develop personal interests.

Sample projects

Film a music video, 3D print a fidget toy, digitize old family photos, sew a costume or mend your favorite pair of pants, embroider a t-shirt, comb bind a book, start a podcast, record in the audio booth, create content with the green screen, make custom magnets or buttons, engrave a keychain, print a poster, make custom stickers, and more.

Check for current job openings and apply to work at the Lexington Public Library.

The Undesign the Redline project unearths the deep and systemic history of structural racism and inequality in the United States. This interactive exhibit explores policies like Redlining, their implications for today, and what we can do to undesign them. 

The exhibit was created by social impact design studio designing the WE and has been invited to dozens of cities across the country. A local advisory group has helped to produce local history and stories about Redlining in Lexington. 

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Central Library

For Pride Month, join LPL's JP Johnson for a brief walk through Downtown Lexington's LGBTQ History.

Learn about the locations and the people that make up Lexington's queer past.

Tour starts on Water Street in the parking in the Kentucky Utilities parking lot and ends near Barr Street. Wear comfortable walking shoes and be prepared for heat.

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Central Library

For Pride Month, join LPL's JP Johnson for a brief walk through Downtown Lexington's LGBTQ History.

Learn about the locations and the people that make up Lexington's queer past.

Tour starts on Water Street in the parking in the Kentucky Utilities parking lot and ends near Barr Street. Wear comfortable walking shoes and be prepared for heat.

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Tates Creek Branch - Large Meeting Room

Keven McQueen is a Senior Lecturer in the English Department at EKU and the author of 27 books on history, biography, the paranormal, and historical true crime. He will be sharing stories from his book, Creepy Kentucky, with an audience Q & A to follow.  

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Beaumont Branch - Collaborative Learning Space

For large groups (10+), please call ahead. Visit lexpublib.org/summer for more Summer at the Library events.