LPL History
The Eastside Branch, located on Blake James Dr., replaced this location in 2016
Eagle Creek Branch
The "E" in DEI
What is Equity (will accept Equality)
This space provides people of all skill levels the tools for filmmaking, photography and digital art, music making, and media preservation.
Digital Studio at Northside
This author has the most circulations of any author at LPL and can be found in Adult, Teen, J, and even board books
James Patterson
Introduced as the "best known woman in America", this person gave a talk to a capacity crowd in the Auditorium of the old Henry Clay High School on East Main St. on January 19, 1936.
Amelia Earhart
Tates Creek Branch replaced this location in 2001
Lansdowne Branch
Everyday slights, snubs or insults that communicate hostile, derogatory or negative messages about someone’s race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or disability
Microaggressions
Over 50,000 books, CDs, and DVDs are sold here to provide financial, advocacy and volunteer support to the Library.
Friends Book Cellar at Central
641.5 is the best place to find these kinds of books.
Cookbooks
This LPL service began on September 17, 1951.
The Bookmobile Service
The Beaumont Branch replaced the Southside Branch in this year
1997
Manipulation of a person that causes the victim to question the validity of their own perception of reality, or memories, often by telling the victim they are crazy and lying despite the presence of evidence
What is Gaslighting
A podcast featuring stories of Lexington's history told through the Kentucky Room archives.
Tales from the Kentucky Room
This book about Prince Harry remains one of LPL's best circulating titles this past year.
Spare
A collection "Material" question. This person's book was arguably the most controversial book selection in LPL history.
Madonna
Central Library opened in this year
1989
According to the LPL Mission Statement we value Excellence, Equality, Integrity, Passion, and this.
Stewardship
This collaborative workspace encourages entrepreneurship, personal growth, and artistic expression
The Makerspace at Eastside
“Pebble in the Sky” was his first novel, the “Foundation” of a long & prolific career writing science fiction
Asimov
This "Bubbly" personality performed at the first ever even in Rupp Arena's history on Oct 17, 1976.
Lawrence Welk
The Lexington Public Library opened a Carnegie library in this year
1905
A type of unconscious bias, this is the tendency for people to act similarly to people around them regardless of their own personal beliefs.
Conformity bias (also called group think or peer pressure)
This space invites children and students to learn about Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math through hands-on experiences
The Kloiber Foundation STEAM Lab at Central
1944’s “Absent in the Spring” is one of the non-mystery novels she wrote under the name Mary Westmacott
Testing staff attention span from last year's SDD, this monetary unit is considered the most important historical object in LPL history.
the "Nickel"