Week Calendar

Monthly Meeting

TCPL All Staff Meeting

TCPL welcomes ALL of the Kindergartners in the Ithaca City and Trumansburg School Districts for special class visits!

Tompkins County Public Library will be offering open lab hours in its digital lab.  Open lab hours will provide an opportunity for patrons to drop in and get help with their basic technology questions.  Patrons will be helped on a first

Monthly Meeting

Join us in the Makerspace for self-led open hours!

Tompkins County Public Library's Digital Lab will be a site hosting Alternatives Federal Credit Union's Free Tax Preparation service.  This service is available to low-income residents of Tompkins and Cortland Counties, and is completely free

Caregivers and newborns up to 24 months are invited for music, rhymes, movement and books at 10:30. After storytime, stay for an hour of play and social time.

Join us to talk about kids' books! Open to kids and families. Mondays on Facebook, 11 am to 12 noon.

Book a librarian for help with digital downloads or computer basics.

Do you have old family photos, film or videos that you would like to convert to a digital format?  Now you can for free at the library!  During this hour long session a librarian will help you use our conversion equipment.

Toddlers, preschoolers and their caregivers are invited every Tuesday for early literacy-based stories, songs, finger plays and much more! After storytime, stay for an hour of play and social time.

Join TCPL volunteer technology tutor Woojin Richardson for one-on-one assistance with your website questions.  Woojin has experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, and Firebase.  Please visit the Information and Learning Services ref

TCPL welcomes ALL of the Kindergartners in the Ithaca City and Trumansburg School Districts for special class visits!

Let's get counted!  Join Jennifer Karius, local Census Bureau representative for Census Day on April 1.

Children of all ages and their caregivers are invited to celebrate reading and build their early literacy skills at Family Storytime. We meet each Saturday for stories, songs and hands-on fun.

Join us in the Makerspace for self-led open hours!

Facilitated by psychotherapist and Certified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Teacher Anna Salamone, RN, LCSW, these sessions will encourage participants to shift out of "automatic pilot" mode and observe the workings of the mind, body

Join us to talk about movies! Fridays, 12-1 pm on Facebook.

The Census is hiring for $20/hour jobs in the spring and summer.

Join us to talk about books for teens! Open to teens and families. Tuesdays from 2-3pm on Facebook and Instagram.

Stop by the digital lab to complete your 2020 Census questionnaire.  Library staff will be available to help patrons get started, but are not able to assist patrons with the answering of actual questions on the 2020 Census.

Schedule an appointment with graphic designer Jon Serrano, for help with your Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop questions.  Please visit the Information and Learning Services reference desk at the time of your appointment.

This workshop will provide a safe and stimulating atmosphere for participants to create and share their just-written, fresh, “hot ink" poetry.

Join us in the Makerspace for self-led open hours!

Beyond is an artist collective, an immersive interactive art space, and a new way to experience art. Beyond is coming to Ithaca in the Fall of 2020! 

Children ages 8-12 are invited to explore and learn new board games each week with Michael Timonin, local board game aficionado! All kinds of great games to choose from! Put on your strategic thinking cap and join us!

Book a librarian or volunteer technology tutor for help with digital downloads or basic computer questions.  Please visit the Information and Learning Services reference desk at the time of your appointment. 

Children are invited to practice their reading skills by sharing a story with a truly non-judgmental listener -- a dog! Children who attend 6 sessions will earn a FREE book of their choice!

Co-sponsored by Cornell Companions.

Book a librarian or volunteer technology tutor for help with digital downloads or basic computer questions.  Please visit the Information and Learning Services reference desk at the time of your appointment. 

Do you have old family photos, film or videos that you would like to convert to a digital format?  Now you can for free at the library!  During this hour long session a librarian will help you use our conversion equipment.

Children are invited to attend this weekly LEGO® brick building program. 'LEGO at the Library' encourages children to use their imaginations or LEGO books from the TCPL collection to create their own LEGO art!

Join us for a weekly maker session for teens. Every session will provide a short tutorial on 3D printing, laser cutting, or Arduino programming. No prior experience required. Materials will be provided.

All Staff Meeting

Explore your creative muscles in our casual weekly after school writing workshops. Sign up for a couple or take them all - each week will be something a little different but attendance at all sessions is not required.

Explore your creative muscles in our casual weekly after school writing workshops. Sign up for a couple or take them all - each week will be something a little different but attendance at all sessions is not required.

Join local children's book author and illustrator Katrina Morse for a talk about how to self-publish books.

Come learn in this lecture series from Cornell graduate students how clingy ticks, dairying ants and talking beetles interact with us and each other.

What do you want to make?

Library Assistant Josh will walk you through using one of our machines. Please see below for options.

Join us for a evening of poetry and songs to celebrate the start of National Poetry Month. Richie Holtz will accompany Becca with Guitar.

Join us in the Makerspace for self-led open hours!

Discover for yourself how this process can positively enhance your life, relationships, and health when you start taking the action your inner wisdom suggests.

Join us for an evening of dance with the Mirage Belly Dancers.