Libraries are temporarily closed through April 10. Learn about library services while we are closed.
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March 31, 2020
This April during National Poetry Month, your library is a center for inspiration and creation with online resources and your library card.
Category: Events, Resources
March 18, 2020
Use Plan Builder to write your business plan and access funds, then use DemographicsNow to help locate your customer base and find the ideal location for your business.
Category: Resources
March 16, 2020
Our website is mobile-friendly and easy to add to your mobile device’s home screen.
March 13, 2020
Your library has online resources available to help you take care of your car, including ALLDATA.
March 12, 2020
Libby is a mobile app that makes borrowing and downloading eBooks from OverDrive a breeze. Try it out today.
February 19, 2020
Minnesota musicians, submit your music recording by March 25 to be considered for MNspin, the local music streaming and download platform from your library.
January 13, 2020
Familiar authors and artists were joined by some newcomers in our top 10 most-borrowed titles of 2019 lists.
January 7, 2020
November 20, 2019
If you are a foodie and love to make meals or bake, the library has books and online resources that can help you expand your creative horizons.
Hennepin County Library offers a variety of resources and services to help students choose and research their History Day projects.
Category: Resources, Events
October 4, 2019
Last month we asked for your thoughts on planned changes to Lynda.com. Here are the survey results, plus an update from the vendor.
September 18, 2019
With more than 90 albums added to the library’s free music streaming platform this fall, make a new connection to Minnesota music.
May 15, 2019
Study for AP, GED, SAT, ACT, TOEFL, or military or occupational exams with testing resources available in print and online from your library.
May 14, 2019
Summer is a time to engage with your library to be ready for the next school year. Have fun and help prevent learning loss with summer learning at your library.
With Read Write Draw and Best Book Ever, kids and teens share what they are reading and win a free book to keep this summer.
Books offer readers the amazing ability to enter another world through windows and doors, or to see ourselves reflected in a mirror.
With audiobooks and podcasts, bring your reading anywhere you can listen, while building vocabulary and comprehension skills.
If the child in your life is in a reading rut, we have some suggestions to get them out of it, including finding new ideas in our book lists and rereading favorites in new formats.
The school year starts soon, but the library is here to support learning and discovery year round with events, new books, and tools for school success.
April 15, 2019
Your library card is your ticket to audiobooks you can download to your phone.