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The November 2025 edition of the In the Loop newsletter is now available on the BCPL website. It includes information on library hour changes, our 25th anniversary celebration, movies we will be showing, events for children/teens, and much more. Subscribe to our e-newsletter in order to be among the first notified when the newsletter is available. We send out one email per month to subscribers.

The October 2025 edition of the In the Loop newsletter is now available on the BCPL website. In addition to library event listings and the monthly e-resource spotlight, this edition provides details on Banned Books Week and the debut of our Introduction to Cricut Design and 3D Design 101 courses. It also provides information on upcoming Book Sales through the Friends of the Broome County Public Library.

The August 2025 In the Loop Newsletter is now available. It provides details on programming and events for children, teens, and adults, including our NASA event, a cozy mystery RPG, Hungry Ear, Queer Tea Hour, and more. It also offers information about a database that you can access for free with your library card to find new books to read.

The July 2025 "In the Loop" newsletter is now available on our website! It details all of the fun and instructional events we have coming up for kids, teens and adults. Our programming for July includes gaming, events based on the summer reading theme Color Our World, and our Tiny Art Show!

The June 2025 "In the Loop" newsletter is now available on our website! It details all of the fun and instructional events we have coming up for kids, teens and adults. Our programming for June includes exercise classes, gaming, various Pride Month themed events, and the big Summer Reading Kickoff Party!

The May 2025 "In the Loop" newsletter is now available on our website! From Queer Tea Hour and book groups to public resource information seminars and free exercise classes, we have many activities for kids, teens, and adults available to the community this month.

The April 2025 "In the Loop" newsletter is now available on our website! From exercise classes and crafts to movies and tabletop games, we have many activities for kids, teens, and adults available to the community this month.

The March 2025 "In the Loop" newsletter is now available on our website! From Women's History Month movies and tabletop mini painting to therapy dogs and Take-and-Makes, we have a lot planned for families, kids, teens, and adults.

February is Library Lovers’ Month, a month  dedicated to people that love libraries and everything they have to offer and that lauds everyone who advocates for libraries. Show your library love by playing Bingo! Pick up your Bingo Sheet at the Library Lovers' Month display or Reference Desk. Complete library activities and cross out boxes to get 5 in a row, column, or diagonally. Bring your Bingo Sheet to the Reference Desk to enter a drawing for a library swag bag. Contact the Reference Desk if you have questions about how to do any of the Bingo tasks.

Black History Month, which had its origins in Chicago during the summer of 1915, According to the Black History Month  founding organization, Association for the Study of African-American Life and History, “the 2025 Black History Month theme, African Americans, and Labor, focuses on the various and profound ways that work and working of all kinds – free and unfree, skilled, and unskilled, vocational and voluntary – intersect with the collective experiences of Black people.”

Monday, January 20 is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, commemorating the life and legacy of Civil Rights Movement leader, activist, and minister Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. BCPL will be open that day. Honor his memory by reading one of the many books that discuss his aspirations and accomplishments.