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Kanopy
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Kanopy is an award-winning video streaming service providing access to more than 30,000 independent and documentary films ─ titles of unique social and cultural value from The Criterion Collection, The Great Courses, Media Education Foundation, and thousands of independent filmmakers.

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Getting started:

If you are a first time user, create a Kanopy account by clicking the "Sign Up" button. When creating your account, enter your name, email address and select a password.  An email will be sent to you with a verification link. Click on the link sent in the email and it will ask you to select your Library (Charlotte Mecklenburg Library) and enter your Charlotte Mecklenburg Library barcode and PIN number.

 

New collections - Ticket Free!

  • British Cinema and TV: A unique blend of intriguing mysteries, addictive dramas, and big-hearted comedies for Anglophile customers who relish proper British movies and TV series.
  • Kanopy Favorites: Customer and staff favorites from the Kanopy catalog.
  • Credit-Free Films: Kanopy offers a small collection of free movies each month.

 

Access the Collection

  • Click the "Access Now" button below
  • Download the Kanopy app for Android, Apple, and Amazon Fire tablets.
  • Kanopy can be streamed on your desktop computer, tablets, smartphones, and TV apps. 
  • Click here for supported devices.

Borrowing

  • Charlotte Mecklenburg Library customers have 12 tickets per month to use on Kanopy content. 
  • The viewing period for movies and episodic content will be displayed beside the number of tickets to be used on content. After starting a video, customers can watch it as many times as you want within the viewing period.
  • Great Courses are 5 tickets per course.  When you check out a Great Course, you have access to all the videos in that course for 21 days (from the time of check out).
  • Kanopy Kids does not use tickets.
  • Tickets reset on the 1st of the month.

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In order to control the Library's spending in Kanopy, we have a monthly budget cap in place.  Once the Library has reached it's spending cap service will be paused until the next month.  You will see the following message when our budget cap has been met, "Sorry, access is currently limited per your library's request."  Read more about it here.

 

Tips

  • Kanopy also has a site dedicated to kids! Kanopy Kids highlights films and TV series that inspire and inform, helping children develop empathy, mindfulness, and self-esteem through entertaining and educational videos. Kanopy Kids categories include TV Series, Learning Languages, Animated Storybooks, Anime Favorites, Classic Films, and Movies for the whole family. Parents can set up parental controls for their Kanopy accounts. Kanopy Kids is unlimited plays! Learn more here.
  • Check out more than 70 Great Courses available on Kanopy. View Great Courses such as Masters of Mindfulness, Decisive Battles of History, and Fundamental of Photography. Upon checking out a Great Course, you have access to all the vidoes in the series for the next 21 days!  

Need Help?

Click on the "Support" link in the footer of the Kanopy site. Help articles on creating accounts, using the website, mobile and tv apps, and more are available.

 

Kanopy es un servicio galardonado de transmisión de video que brinda acceso a más de 30,000 películas independientes y a documentales ─ títulos de valor social y cultural único de las siguientes organizaciones: The Criterion Collection, The Great Courses y Media Education Foundation. También se ofrecen videos de miles de cineastas independientes. 

Explore algunos de los más de 70 cursos disponibles en Kanopy como Maestros de atención plena, Batallas decisivas de la historia y Fundamentos de la fotografía. ¡Al ver uno de estos cursos, tiene acceso a todos los videos de la serie durante los próximos 21 días! 

¡Kanopy también tiene un sitio dedicado a los niños! Kanopy Kids destaca películas y series de televisión que inspiran e informan, ayudando a los niños a desarrollar empatía, atención plena y autoestima a través de videos entretenidos y educativos. Las categorías de Kanopy Kids incluyen Series de televisión, Aprendizaje de idiomas, Libros de cuentos animados, Favoritos de anime, Películas clásicas y Películas para toda la familia. Los padres pueden configurar controles parentales para sus cuentas de Kanopy. ¡El número de videos que puede acceder con Kanopy Kids es ilimitado! Aprenda más aquí. 

Kanopy se puede transmitir en su computadora, tabletas, teléfonos inteligentes y aplicaciones en su televisor. Los usuarios de la Biblioteca Charlotte Mecklenburg tienen 12 boletos para usar en el contenido cada mes. El período de visualización de películas y otros contenidos se muestra junto al valor de la entrada.  Los boletos se reinician el día 1 de cada mes.

Para comenzar: 

Si es usuario por primera vez, cree una cuenta en Kanopy haciendo clic en el botón "Registrarse". Al crear su cuenta, ingrese su nombre, dirección de correo electrónico y seleccione una contraseña. Se le enviará un correo electrónico con un enlace de verificación. Haga clic en el enlace enviado en el correo electrónico. Se le pedirá que seleccione su biblioteca (la Biblioteca de Charlotte Mecklenburg) e ingrese su número de tarjeta y número PIN de la Biblioteca de Charlotte Mecklenburg. 

¿Necesita ayuda? 

Haga clic en el enlace titulado "Soporte" en el pie de página del sitio de Kanopy. Encontrará artículos sobre cómo crear cuentas, usar el sitio web, aplicaciones móviles y de televisión, y más. 

 

 

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2025 Summer Bookmark Contest for Children and Teens

June 4, 2025

This blog was written by Jesse Isley, children's services manager for Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

This spring, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library hosted our second annual bookmark contest for children and teens in grades K-12 to showcase the creativity of our community. We were excited to expand the contest this year to include middle and high school students, and we loved hosting the contest itself in March as part of our celebration of Community Read! 


We received over 1,100 bookmark entries—including hundreds from local schools and classrooms that teachers graciously dropped off for students. Themes included everything from love of books and reading (which made our hearts so happy!) to nature, animals, positive messages, and the celebration of summer. We also got to see unique materials used to complete the challenge with watercolors, stickers, and photography all submitted this year.

 

While it was a difficult task, we worked hard to narrow down the entries for final selection by our judges. We were so lucky to have 2 local artists judge the contest this year! To Melody Cassen and Chris Georgalas, we are so grateful for your support of our community and for your willingness to take on the hardest job of selecting winners for each range of grade levels. We greatly appreciate the judges sharing their time and expertise. Here is some of the feedback they shared:


“I loved the theme of these bookmarks—positive, universal that can apply to anyone.”


“It was hard for me to judge these as they were all so imaginative and genuine!”


“I congratulate all of the artists. It’s important for all of the creatives involved to know that they are unique in what they dream, and it is a gift they have to share with the world.”


We are thrilled to announce the winners below and first runners up below. Copies of the winning bookmarks will be available to pick up in every library location while supplies last. A huge thank you to our community for your response to this contest, and CONGRATULATIONS to our winners.
 

Winning Bookmarks: (l-r) Zoie Parikh, Laurel Martinez, Josephine M. & Hayden Jenkins
Bookmark Runner Ups: (l-r) Adair J., Lila Russell, Liam Christy, Ever Farley

Step into a story with Free RPG Day

June 6, 2025

This blog post was written by Laura Carroll, a staff member at the Mint Hill branch.

 

Join us for Free RPG Day on June 21st from 11am-4pm at our new University City Library location!

 

Free RPG Day is a world-wide celebration of role-playing games (RPGs). Role-playing games encourage collaboration, storytelling, and imagination as you take on the role of a character in a fictional environment.

 

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library is celebrating its second year of Free RPG Day. This year’s event will feature sword fighting, costume design (cosplay), and, of course, games! We’re also excited to welcome community partners like the Athena Alliance, the Black Gamer League, and the International Game Developers Association at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte among many others.

 

New to RPGs? We’ll have workshops where you can make a D&D character and paint a mini-fig. You can even join a game for beginner players or try your hand at sword fighting.

 

Want to level up your gaming skills? We have a game development workshop and a panel discussion on creating inclusive game spaces. We’ll have lots of gaming tables for you to join – including several different TTRPGs.

 

Feeling crafty? Join us in our Makerspace to 3D print, use a heat press, or make a button. Craving adventure? Swordwind Historical Martial Arts will present a sword fighting demonstration. There will also be giveaways, information about local gaming organizations, and a gaming lounge!

 

Whether you are a seasoned gamer or a new adventurer, we hope you’ll enjoy this special celebration of storytelling and exploration! Find all the details here on our calendar. 

The Charlotte Mecklenburg Library celebrates African American Music Appreciation Month with its Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room

June is African American Music Appreciation Month!  

June 6, 2025

This blog was originally published in June 2019 by Sydney Carroll and updated in June of 2025 by Chauna Carr, digital production librarian in the Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room 

 

Originally coined Black Music Month, the commemoration was conceived by black music moguls Kenny Gamble, Dyana Williams and Ed Wright in the 1970s and initiated by President Jimmy Carter on June 7, 1979. The holiday was later renamed African American Music Appreciation Month by President Barack Obama in 2009.  

 

This month, we celebrate African American musicians, their songs and their lasting cultural and historical impacts. Join the Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room as we celebrate this month – our music archive is a treasure trove of music produced by notable African American artists from North Carolina. 

 

Music created by African Americans has played a significant role in the Long Civil Rights Movement, serving as the rallying cries of protests and the beat to which activists march. Songs used during the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s were often pre-existing songs that were modified to reflect the aims of the movement, such as We Shall Overcome and This Little Light of Mine, but there were also many new songs written specifically as protest songs, such as You’d Better Leave Segregation Alone and Dog, Dog by James Bevel and Bernard Lafayette. Some of the most popular tunes were captured in Sing for Freedom: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement Through its Songs, compiled by Guy Carawan in 1990. In addition to providing the lyrics and sheet music for songs used in the Civil Rights Movement, Carawan provides historical context, including events in North Carolina and the city of Charlotte, and includes interviews from the movement’s participants detailing the significance of music to their activities. 

 

Charlotte has been home to notable rappers, jazz musicians and R&B artists. Some of these Charlotteans include Fantasia, Arsena Schroeder, DaBaby, Deniro Farrar, K-Ci & Jojo, Bettie Grind, Ruga, Anthony Hamilton, Elevator Jay, Lute, Harvey Cummings, Jason Jet, D’Yenna Dukes and Jodeci.  

 

The city has celebrated the month in several ways – the Harvey B. Gantt Center has held free events in honor of the month, and Charlotte radio station Power 98 FM has dedicated the month of June to honoring African American musicians. The #BeONE Music Experience was also created to observe African American Music Appreciation Month in the Charlotte, bringing together live music, comedians, food and black culture in several celebrations throughout the city during the month of June.  

 

The Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room’s music archive features a multitude of albums produced by black North Carolinian artists of all genres such as John Coltrane, the Badgett Sisters, Clyde McPhatter, the Jordan River Boys and many others. Also available are albums featuring various artists, such as Big Mamas: Independent Women’s Blues (Ida Cox, Billie Holiday, Martha Copeland) and A Cappella Gospel Singing (Georgia Peach, Dixie Hummingbirds, The Spirit of Memphis Quartet).  

 

Want to listen to hits by prominent black artists? Check out this compilation of playlists from Freegal (available until August 2025): 

Charlotte’s Southland Jubilee Singers, performing for WSOC Radio in the 1940s. Photo donated by Virginia E. Keogh to the Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library.
A live performance in Charlotte’s Excelsior Club, broadcast on WGIV radio in the mid-1940s. Photo donated by Carolyn Wyche to the Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library.
Charlotte soul artist Arsena Schroder. Photo by Kevin Currie.
Yanceyville folk and gospel group, the Badgett Sisters. Photo by Roger Manley. Albums available for listening in the music archive of the Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library.
The album cover of Black Pearls by Hamlet jazz musician John Coltrane. Available for listening in the music archive of the Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library.

 

Cover Image Caption: Album cover of Rhythm and Soul by Durham R&B, soul, and rock artist Clyde McPhatter. Available for listening in the music archive of the Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library.

 

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 June 6, 2025 to include new dates and remove dates that have already passed.

 

SUMMER IS HERE!  Let the humidity begin!  I do not know about you but now it is all about chilling and enjoying a vacation/staycation with a good book!  What better place to pick up your next favorite read than at the library book sale!  At a loss of what to read – just ask the volunteers and staff at the sale – we have lots of recommendations!  Trust me – my TBR ( to be read) list is a mile long!

 

Each sale will have a unique selection.  Bring your book club group!  Pick up some beach reads!  Kids heading to camp – pack a book.  

 

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!

 

Support your local library and expand you mind.  See you at the sales!

 

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

 

  • Saturday, June 7, 2025 – Allegra Westbrook Regional Library
  • Saturday, June 28, 2025 – South Boulevard Library
  • Saturday, July 12, 2025 – Sugar Creek Library
  • 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
  • Saturday, December 13, 2025 – South 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. DVDs

  7. 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]

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The Shelf.TV
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Nota: El acceso a The Shelf.TV finalizará el 30 de junio de 2025.

Shelf.TV es una colección de videos en streaming de películas en español, series de televisión, eventos de artes escénicas grabados y contenido infantil de América Latina y España. La sección de niños incluye videojuegos y aclamados programas animados

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Shelf.TV es una colección de videos en streaming de películas en español, series de televisión, eventos de artes escénicas grabados y contenido infantil de América Latina y España. La sección de niños incluye videojuegos y aclamados programas animados
¡Hay algo para todas las edades! Shelf.TV está disponible como aplicación para iOS y Android, así como en computador de escritorio 

Iniciar:

  • Haga clic en Acceder Ahora
  • Nuevos clientes: Haga clic en "Crear Cuenta".

Cree una cuenta siguiendo las indicaciones:

  1. Ingrese su dirección de correo electrónico y cree una contraseña.
  2. Seleccione EE. UU. en el menú desplegable del país y Biblioteca Charlotte Mecklenburg en el menú desplegable de la biblioteca.
  3. Complete su número de tarjeta de la biblioteca o el número de One Access, nombre y fecha de nacimiento.
  4. Lea y acepte los términos de servicio para completar el registro.

Nota: Los clientes menores de 13 años solo tendrán acceso al contenido de Zona Kids.

  • Clientes Recurrentes:

Seleccione EE. UU. en el menú desplegable del país y Biblioteca Charlotte                              Mecklenburg de la lista de bibliotecas en la sección "Buscar y seleccionar su                       biblioteca".Ingrese su número de tarjeta de la Biblioteca o el número de One Access y la contraseña en la sección "Acceda a su cuenta". Haga clic en "Entrar en el Shelf”.

NOTA: Cuando se abra la página, es posible que vea una ventana emergente que dice que el sitio utiliza cookies. Está bien hacer clic en "Aceptar" en esta ventana emergente. Estas cookies son esenciales para la plataforma. Shelf.TV no utiliza cookies de terceros ni realiza un seguimiento de los datos personales.

Préstamos:

Los clientes de la Biblioteca Charlotte Mecklenburg pueden pedir prestados hasta 12 títulos con boleto por mes. Las entradas se utilizan para películas y artes escénicas (busque el icono de la entrada). El resto del contenido es ilimitado (incluidos los juegos para niños). El monto del crédito del boleto se restablece el primer día de cada mes.

Todo el contenido está disponible para su visualización hasta 48 horas después del pago.

 

The Shelf.TV is a streaming video collection of Spanish-language movies, TV series, recorded performing arts events, and kids content from Latin America and Spain. The Kids section includes video games and acclaimed animated shows. There is something for all ages!  The Shelf.TV is available as an iOS and Android app, as well as on desktop computers.

Getting Started:

  • Click Access Now
  • New customers: Click “Create Account.”

Create an account by following the prompts:

  1. Enter your email address and create a password. 
  2. Select USA from the country drop down and Charlotte Mecklenburg Library from the library drop down.
  3. Fill out your library card number or One Access number, name, and birthdate. 
  4. Read and agree to the terms of service to complete registration.

Note: Customers under 13 will only have access to the Kids Zone content.

  • Returning Customers:

Select USA from the country drop down and Charlotte Mecklenburg Library from the list of libraries in the “Find and Select your library” section.  Enter your Library card number or One Access number and password in the “Access your Account section”.  Click “Enter The Shelf.”

NOTE: When the page opens you may see a popup saying that the site uses cookies. It’s okay to click “Accept” on this popup.  These cookies are essential to the platform.  The Shelf.TV does not use third party cookies or track personal data.

Borrowing:

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library customers can borrow up to 12 ticketed titles per month.  Tickets are used for movies and performing arts (look for the ticket icon).  All other content is unlimited (including kids games.  The ticket credit amount resets on the first of each month.

All content is available for viewing up to 48 hours after checkout.

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