News Releases

2023 Media Releases
New Outdoor Music Garden at the Lake Shore Public Library in Hamburg, 10-30-2023
Indie Author Day Updated Schedule
Update: May 14th Community Collecting Initiative as of 10/16/2023
Library System Announces Indie Author Day, free & open to the public, Nov 4, 2023
Banned Books - Books Unite Us, Censorship Divides Us
Books, Bites & Banter, over 21 Fundraiser for Libraries
Crane Branch Library Reopening Celebration
Kenmore Branch Library Wins 2023 Battle of the Books!
All Together Now - Summer Fun @ Your Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries
Job Fair @ the downtown Central Library on Wed., June 14, 2023
Family History Day - Genealogy Research Program June 10 @ Central Library
Community Pantries Available in City of Buffalo Public Libraries
Flash Mob for Mental Health Awareness @ Central Library
Citizen Preparedness in Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries in May & June 2023
Books for Kids 2023 Media Announcement- Campaign to run April 29 - May 19, 2023
VIP Program with discounts for library cardholders as of 4-2023
Central Library Resumes Regular Hours
Polish Arts Club of Buffalo Donates Mural to the Library
Central Library Temporarily Reduces Open Hours
CPR Kits for Public Borrowing Beginning in mid-March
2023 Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Board of Trustees Announced
Black History Month 2023 Library Programs and Events
Legislature Chairwoman April Baskin Presents 2023 Black Doll Exhibit at Buffalo’s Frank E. Merriweather, Jr. Branch Library
Overdrive Announces Libraries that had 1 Million + eBook Downloads in 2022
Annual Community Celebration Honoring the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Library System Statistics from 2022
Previous Years
Library System Downloadables
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Logo in color:
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Photo of the downtown Central Library
Reada Book Owl, the Library System's Mascot
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Reada Book Owl, the Library System's Mascot
Photo of Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Director John Spears (April 2022)