Friends & Foundation of the Rochester Public Library

FFRPL, Central Library and all City Branches will be closed:

Memorial Day: Monday, May 27

Juneteenth: Wednesday, June 19

Independence Day: Thursday, July 4

note: in addition, (just) Central Library will be closed Thursday, May 9 for staff training

Archived E-newsletters

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News Highlights

RPL/MCLS Library Director Patricia Uttaro was featured in the September/October 2021 issue of American Libraries as the recipient of the Sullivan Award for Public Library Administrators Supporting Services to Children. Read the full American Library Association press release

RPL/MCLS Library Director Patricia Uttaro was (former) Mayor Lovely Warren’s “spotlight” feature profile April 2021

Check out this profile of RPL/MCLS Library Director Patricia Uttaro, in March/April 2021 issue of 55 Plus magazine.

Thanks to Carol White Llewellyn, for the wonderful article on the Monroe County Library System, posted Jan. 16, 2020 on the BeyondTheNest.com online entertainment calendar

FFRPL’s (former) Executive Director, Ned Davis, was honored with the New York Library Association’s 2018 Intellectual Freedom Award! Read the press release here

FFRPL was featured in the November 2018 issue of 585 Magazine! Read the ‘Creating Community’ article in 585 Magazine here