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Ensuring Excellence: Our Library of the Future

You are invited to a capital campaign premier event on Sunday, November 13, 2011.
Public Readings: 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm (Wilson Library-Pleasants Room, UNC campus) Read more ...
Private Reception: 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm (home of UNC President Tom Ross and Susan Ross)

Reservations for the reception are $75 per person ($50 tax deductible), sponsorships are available. Reservations can be made online or by mail. CLICK HERE for information and ticket reservations.

Date set for Library move to UMall

The town has set  September 20 as the date the library will close down to begin a move to temporary quarters at University Mall. According to Town Manager Roger Stancil, the library will reopen 2½ weeks later at the mall in space it will occupy until December 2012, when the expansion project at the current library facility is scheduled for completion. For more details abouts the Library's move to temporary space, transition services and library expansion, please see the Library's information web page. Note again that the move necessitates a 2½  week service closing. Read local articles:

Town moves ahead with Library expansion

The town is moving ahead on its library expansion timeline and moving library services temporarily to University Mall during construction as planned. Read More:

Library Expansion Plan Moves Ahead

The proposal to move the library to University Mall has been shelved. The Chapel Hill Town Council voted unanimously on Feb. 14 to move ahead with its $16 million expansion plan for the library at its current location in Pritchard Park in Estes Drive. Read more:

Proposal to move Library to Mall Stirs Debate

January, 2011 — The Town's proposal to move the Library permanently to University Mall has stirred a great deal of debate between those who want to keep the Library in its current location and those who support the Mall move. Read more:

A Unique Auction for Naming a Character in Clyde Edgerton's Next Novel

January, 2011 — The Foundation launched the first in a series of online auctions. In our first auction, the highest bidder will see their name, or a loved one's name, among the cast of characters in Clyde Edgerton's forthcoming novel, THE NIGHT TRAIN.   ( more )

Council Approves Library Brick Fundraiser

October 31, 2010 — The Chapel Hill Town Council granted permission to the Friends of the Chapel Hill Public Library to sell engraved bricks as a fundraiser for the library's new expansion. Listen to Melissa Cain, CHPL Foundation Executive Director, talk about the fundraiser. And listen to Matt Czjkowski give his support to the project.

Chapel Hill Public Library Moves to University Mall during Expansion

August 27, 2010 — The library's temporary location within University Mall will allow residents to continue to borrow from approximately 70% of the library's collection and to attend programs while the renovations occur. ( more )

Expansion Approved for Chapel Hill Public Library

June 7, 2010 — At the June 7th meeting of the Chapel Hill Town Council, a historic decision was made to issue the bond of $14.2 million to begin construction of a much-needed expansion to the Chapel Hill Public Library. ( more )

Thanks a MILLION!

June 18, 2010 — Chapel Hill Public Library has highest circulation per capita of any library in North Carolina, and it is about to hit yet another record — one million items checked out in one year. Librarians expect to top a million sometime on June 18th or 19th.
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Chapel Hill Public Library's 50th Anniversary Celebration on September 13, 2009

Long Story Short, a Once-in-a-Carolina Lifetime Lineup of Chapel Hill's Best Writers & Two Showstopping Bands!

The community is invited to join a lineup of writers and musicians gathering in the barn at Fearrington Village on Sunday, September 13th, 6:00 p.m., to toast the 50th Anniversary of the Chapel Hill Public Library. Ticket and table reservations are on sale now!  CLICK HERE to purchase your reservations online. ( more )

Foundation receives $5,000 Donation from Strowd Roses Charitable Foundation

Donation will be used to add print and non-print materials for young readers in the Chapel Hill Public Library

July 9, 2009 — The Chapel Hill Public Library Foundation has received a renewal grant of $5,000 from the Strowd Roses Charitable Foundation. This grant will purchase new non-fiction for children and will help support the 2009 summer reading programs for children and teens at the Chapel Hill Public Library. ( more )

Chapel Hill Public Library Foundation Receives $150,000 Donation

Donation Completes 9300 Books Now!  Campaign

March 24, 2009 — The Chapel Hill Public Library Foundation has received a gift of $150,000 from the Anonymous Fund of the Triangle Community Foundation to purchase additional books and non-print materials for the library's collection.

The donation completes the 9300 Books Now!  Campaign started by the Foundation in 2006. The library foundation has met its goal of raising $250,000, the amount that officially fills the library to the brim. It is estimated that the library will be at capacity with 9300 books, hence the campaign goal for 9300 books. The new materials will be available to the public in the next several months and will be incorporated into the opening day collection in the expanded library.( more )

'Books and All That Jazz' at the Siena Hotel

Poetry and Jazz Harmoniously Blend to Benefit the Library!

April 19, 2009 - The Chapel Hill Public Library's benefit, " Books and All That Jazz," was a sparkling event and will continue to shine in the hearts and minds of those who attended. April is National Poetry Month - inspiring the program which was a fusion of words, poems and music.

The program featured five noteworthy writers: novelist and fiction writer, Lee Smith; essayist and journalist, Hal Crowther; and poets Michael Chitwood; Jaki Shelton Green; and Alan Shapiro.

The benefit, raised funds for print and non-print collections at the Chapel Hill Public Library. Reservations were $50 per person and Event Hosts donated $250 per person. The " Books and All That Jazz" event committee, Keebe Fitch, Katharine Walton and Melissa Cain, thank The Siena Hotel for their generosity and excellence. ( more )

A True Tar Heel Collectible:
Three Coaches – One Picture – A Special Message

September 10, 2008 — Tar Heel coaches Bill Guthridge, Dean Smith and Roy Williams are well-known for developing great basketball teams. Now they are joining forces to support Read: It's the Best Time Out You'll Ever Take.

This unique poster features a rare photograph of the three celebrity coaches together and is available through the Chapel Hill Public Library Foundation with a donation of $15.00. ( more )

Chapel Hill Public Library Foundation Presents $36,000 to the Library

June 25, 2008 — The Chapel Hill Public Library Foundation donated $36,000 to the Town of Chapel Hill at the June 25 meeting of the Town Council. Foundation President, Gene Pease, reported on the progress of the Foundation’s fundraising work. The Foundation hired Melissa Cain to serve as the Executive Director and has a new office located at the VilCom Campus. The office space is donated by Jim Heavner of Chapel Hill. ( more )

Foundation Donations Provide Wide Array of E-Resources to Library

June 3, 2008 — Thanks to funds raised by the Foundation, children, teens and adults now have access to a wide array of new electronic resources at the Chapel Hill Public Library!

Most new resources can be accessed from home and require only that you enter the barcode on the back of your library card + your PIN number. ( more )

North Carolina Author Promotes the Foundation's Ensuring Excellence Capital Campaign (photos)

November 7, 2007 — When North Carolina author Clyde Edgerton was a boy, he lived in the small rural town of Bethesda, North Carolina. He came from families of cotton and tobacco farmers and at an early age he gained an appreciation for small-town Southern dialogue and humor. Today, Edgerton is the author of several novels and the recipient of the North Carolina Award for Literature. He is also a fan of public libraries and lauds the important role they play in combating censorship and protecting the individual's right to read. "Libraries and librarians are essential in a democracy," said Edgerton. He added, "Librarians have been especially important to me and in my career as a writer." ( more )

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