From Friday, Jan. 2 – Saturday, Feb. 28, Tacoma Public Library is partnering with Communities in Schools of Tacoma to host a Snack Drive that helps ensure students in 7 Tacoma schools have the snacks they need to get through the school day. From Friday, Jan. 2 – Saturday, Feb. 28, all libraries will collect: Individually wrapped…
2025 in Review: A Message from our Director
Dear Tacoma community, As we approach the close of 2025, I find myself reflecting on the strength, resilience, and creativity of our vibrant community as we came through a challenging year together. This year, Tacoma Public Library continued to serve as a hub where connections are made, ideas are shared, and stories are told—both…
You can check out the Best Books of 2025 from our Lucky Day Collection!
Find the Best Books of 2025 on a "Lucky Day" shelf at your local library! Inside every Tacoma Public Library location, there exists a magical shelf holding titles from our Lucky Day collection. The Lucky Day collection features highly popular books available for immediate checkout—meaning you can skip the hold queues and check them out…
13 Ways of Looking at the Northwest
By Heather Lowcock, Project Archivist, NHPRC Grant – News Tribune Collection There were blackbirds surrounding me. Okay, well, not literally. I was in the basement of the Tacoma Public Library, sorting thousands of envelopes, digitizing photographs, and importing metadata, but they were there, circling my brain--blackbirds--more specifically, a poem about blackbirds. It is, perhaps, unsurprising…
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