Charlotte Mecklenburg Library offers adults the opportunity to earn a nationally accredited high school diploma online through the Excel Adult High School program.

We provide a limited number of scholarships to qualified adult learners who are looking to expand their career opportunities, prepare for workforce entry or continue their education.

November is National Family Literacy Month, a celebration that has continued nationally since 1994 to raise awareness of the importance of families reading and learning together. Charlotte Mecklenburg Library fosters family literacy daily at all our Library branches and in the community.

Happy International Games Month (IGM)! IGM is an initiative run by volunteers around the world to reconnect communities through their libraries around the educational, recreational, and social value of all types of games – and CML has done a LOT of gaming so far this November!

The new Main Library is expected to open in the spring of 2026.

Allegra Westbrooks Regional Library is gearing up for the 2023 Community Christmas Celebration! The event, held on Sunday, December 10, 2023, is an opportunity for the community to connect with the Library.

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Winter Break programming can provide exciting, engaging, and yes, even educational opportunities for children and teens! Check out all we have to offer this year.

For many, adjusting to and thriving in a new role can be a process that takes a really, really, long time. And for some, the transition is seamless as the role fits who they are. In this case, this individual thrives in doing their job and the effort to do so is pure. This is the story of AWR librarian Andrea Davis.

As we bid farewell to another year, it’s time to unveil what our customers checked out the most in 2023 starting with the top circulator in each genre.

Each morning as the South County Regional Library branch opens, patrons make their way through the building finding places to sit and work, browsing collections, and utilizing public computers and resources. Some of these patrons are here nearly every day, walking by our brightly decorated room and silently wondering: What exactly IS a Makerspace?

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library’s construction of the future University City Regional Library location is now underway with an anticipated completion time in 2025.