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Indigenous Peoples of North America, Part I (Gale)
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Cultural, political, and social history of indigenous peoples from the seventeenth to the twentieth century.

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Freegal Music Subscription Ending August 2025

May 23, 2025

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library’s subscription to Freegal Music will end in August 2025.  Customers will continue to have access to digital music through hoopla.

 

After August 1, 2025, customers will no longer be able to access music that is stored in the Freegal app.  In most cases, you can retain access to music you’ve downloaded from Freegal by transferring the downloaded music to another digital library.  Playlists created within Freegal cannot be retained.

 

Instructions for backing up Freegal downloads for Apple and Android users can be found on the Freegal FAQ page.  Scroll down to the bottom to see questions that address backing up your music or moving it from your device to a computer.  Music previously downloaded to a computer (Mac or PC) should already be contained in a file (s) on your computer, so no further action is needed.

 

New to hoopla?

hoopla allows Charlotte Mecklenburg Library customers to instantly borrow more than 400,000 music albums.  Customers can access entire music albums on hoopla.  Music albums are checked out for 7 days and then are automatically returned to hoopla.  Unlike Freegal, you don’t keep the music permanently but borrow it like you would a physical item from the library.

 

To get started with hoopla, create a hoopla account by clicking “Sign Up Now” on the hoopla site or the hoopla app compatible with your device.  Create an account with your email address, password, and library card number.

 

 

Questions?  Ask a staff member or contact Online Reference at [email protected]. 

 

 

2025 Book Sale Dates

January 21, 2025

This blog was written by Kim Arlia, logistics leader for Charlotte Mecklenburg Library.

This blog was updated on April 24, 2025 to include new dates and remove dates that have already passed.

 

Welcome Spring!

 

Each sale will have a unique selection.  You won’t want to miss a single one!  Plus, we have a special mid-week sale in June:   Wednesday, June 4, 2025 –Bank of America Founders Hall 100 N Tryon St., Charlotte, NC 28202 - lower lever – 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.

 

Bring your book club group!  Pick up some beach reads!  Kids heading to camp – pack a book.  Support your local library and expand you mind.  See you at the sales!

 

We are filling the carts with fiction, non-fiction, children’s, young adult, cook books, and coffee table books.  Prices start at $1.00  Bring a friend and remember to buy for yourself and others!  Gifting a book is a literacy treasure that lasts a lifetime!

 

Start marking your calendar today!  Book sales are 9 a.m. – 1 pm (unless otherwise noted).

 

  • Saturday, May 31, 2025 – West Boulevard Library
  • Wednesday, June 4, 2025 –Bank of America Founders Hall 100 N Tryon St STE 170, Charlotte, NC 28202 - lower level – 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
  • Saturday, June 7, 2025 – Allegra Westbrook Regional Library
  • Saturday, June 28, 2025 – South Boulevard
  • Saturday, July 19, 2025 – South Park Regional Library
  • Saturday, August 23, 2025 – Pineville Library
  • Saturday, September 13, 2025 –Hickory Grove Library
  • Saturday, September 20, 2025 – Mountain Island Library
  • Saturday, October 25, 2025 – Myers Park Library
  • Saturday, November 15, 2025 – Mint Hill Library
  • Saturday, December 6, 2025 – North County Regional Library

 

As new dates are scheduled – the listing will be updated.  Hope to see you soon!!

 

HOW CAN I DONATE BOOKS?

Book donations are currently accepted at all open Library locations. 

 

NOTE: Smaller libraries may have limited storage capacity. Please call your local Library before making a book donation to ensure the location can receive your items. Do not leave them outside – rain and bugs are not their friends! 

 

The Library does NOT accept the following items:

  1. Newspapers
  2. Magazines
  3. Encyclopedias
  4. VHS tapes
  5. Music CDs
  6. Textbooks

Have a large donation? Please contact Kim Arlia by phone at (704) 416-0751 or by email at [email protected] to make an appointment.

 

WHAT HAPPENS TO DONATIONS?

All donations are brought via the library delivery system to the Library Administration Center (LAC).  At the LAC, a team of volunteers will go through the donations and determine what will happen to them based on condition, age, and genre.  Some may be added to the existing library collection, others may go to various outreach programs, some make their way to the many Free Little Libraries in Mecklenburg County, while others end up at the library book sale or for sale at Thriftbooks.com.  Revenue generated by book sales and Thinftbooks.com allows for the procurement of more library materials.

 

CAN I VOLUNTEER AT A BOOK SALE OR AT THE LAC?

SURE CAN!!!  Complete a profile here:  https://www.cmlibrary.org/volunteer  Make sure you select to work with the Book Donation and Book Sale Team Member.  Having problems with the CERVIS site – contact Kim Arlia by phone at (704) 416-0751 or by email at [email protected]