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Staying Cool at the Green Lake Branch on the Hottest Day of 2025
How do you stay cool at the Library? On Wednesday afternoon, July 16, when outdoor temperatures hit 90 degrees, we stopped by the Green Lake Branch to check in with a few patrons about how the branch’s first summer with air conditioning was treating them. The branch was packed all afternoon, with most seats in… Continue reading
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Cool News: The Final 5 Library Branches Will Get AC, Thanks to City’s FEMA Grant
Yesterday afternoon, Tuesday Aug. 20, Mayor Bruce Harrell, Chief Librarian Tom Fay, and leaders from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) gathered at the University Branch to announce a groundbreaking FEMA grant that will bring air conditioning to the last five Library branches without it. The grant is part of Seattle’s climate adaption efforts, expanding… Continue reading
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Two Years of No Late Fines at The Seattle Public Library — How Is that Going?
On Jan. 1, 2020, something big happened for patrons of The Seattle Public Library: The Library stopped charging daily overdue fines, a change that Seattle voters approved as part of the 2019 Library levy. Why the change? As the Library shared leading up to the levy, we were following research showing that daily late fines… Continue reading