Karl Colón

February is time for matters of the heART: Art, Valentine's Day fun, and celebrating Black History Month! We are coming up on our annual Food for Friends donation drive, where our patrons stock community food pantries and we forgive library fees. And don't forget the last weeks of Winter Reading Challenge and the Masterpiece Mystery…

Dear friends, Winter is a fantastic time to celebrate with family, friends, and community! We are excited to celebrate with you! We have Merry & Bright programming every day at your Library with cookie decorating, live music and performances, seasonal crafts, and more. We are honored we’ve been invited to share our communities’ own celebrations…

Dear Friends, We are humbled that over 100,000 people — more than 60% of everyone in Greene County including 22,000 of our children — use us to: Bring literacy to our kids through Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, storytimes, tutoring, and more; Bring online access and resources to all, giving everyone a chance at the job…

We are so grateful for all the time you shared with us during Summer Reading Club! We love nothing better than being together with you and bringing success to our community! SRC was a lot of fun: there is so much more fun on the way to you!  As we head into the school year…

Summer Reading Club is one of my favorite times of the year — bright "Color Our World" decorations in your library, the prizes and giveaways, crafts and programs, snacks and lunches, guest performers and presenters, and setting aside the time to read! Let’s share summer together with fun, excitement, and reading! And speaking of sharing... we'd love to…

Your Greene County Public Library Team starts each day with a question: How can we make your library better for you? With over one million visits to our web site each year, we decided to take a good look at making our website easier to use for everyone. With years of listening to patrons to…

Spring is here with color bursting out everywhere — from the green in our gardens to the Greene in the amazing history of our county! April is Greene County History Month, where you can learn about our community through GCPL’s Local History & Genealogy department and through our partners at the Greene County Historical Society and the…

It may be Winter, but Spring is coming! In February GCPL is getting you ready for Spring with bright, vibrant, and lively offerings. With Valentines, Black History Month, and more - your librarians are focused on the ways we are better together with programs and highlights from your catalog. Please join us in Sharing & Giving as…

As Thanksgiving makes way for the holiday season, I'm mindful of the many reasons that I'm thankful to serve as the director of your public library. I'm thankful to work alongside our staff. Members of our community that come to work committed to providing what we enjoy, like seasonal programming, monthly reading challenges, or a new digital music…