The McCreary County Public Library welcomes Tammy Neal to the role of part-time Youth Services Programming Associate. Tammy will be working with youth ages 6-14 in our Tween/Teen programs. We are very excited to have Tammy on our team. Tammy is a retired teacher and has a love for kids so we can’t wait to…
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MCPL’s Appalachian Art & Music Festival is a yearly event featuring live music, local artisans and authors, a quilt show, and more!. Dalton Dailey, a 15 year old musician from Corbin, KY, and his band wowed the audience with their energetic and engaging performance! Attendees enjoyed browsing the beautiful arts and crafts. The food vendor…
more: MCPL’s Annual Appalachian Art & Music Festival was a hit!
Ms. Jodi brought the Bookmobile to “Easter in the Park” where she and helpful volunteers did a craft project with the kids.
McCreary County Public Library Director Grady Wilson and Youth Services Librarian went to the Kentucky Capitol in Frankfort on Tuesday March 17th to speak with legislators and advocate for state funding for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. Two of our School Readiness Story-time families attended with Grady and Holly to show legislators first hand who…
more: MCPL Library Staff Head to Frankfort to Advocate for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library
We are beyond excited to announce that we are officially #1 in the state of Kentucky for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. This is based on percentage of overall enrollment of children under the age of 5.
Some of the McCreary County Public Library staff attended the 2026 Kentucky Public Library Association Conference in Somerset, KY, this week. Attending the conference was made possible through funding from the 2026 Conferences Grant from the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Library staff members gained valuable…
Coming to MCPL in 2026…Blast off to READING! Join our Space-Themed Reading Challenge, where every book becomes a mission and every page turns your journey into an interstellar adventure. As you read, you will track your rockets and see how far your curiosity can take you. Ready to launch? Let’s read into the cosmos! This…
The McCreary County Public Library would like to thank the Friends of the McCreary County Public Library group for funding the new “Blast Off to Reading” program and for the mini-grants they’ve awarded the library for adult programming, bookmobile activities, and the library’s yoga and wellness programs! We greatly appreciate the continued support from the…
more: MCPL Thanks the Friends of the McCreary County Public Library!
The Lake Area Foundation, Inc. presented a $1,500 grant award from the Lake Cumberland Area Development Fund’s Fall 2025 grant cycle to the McCreary County Public Library for their Comfort Cabinet project. MCPL plans to purchase cabinets to place in the library’s public restrooms and stock them with personal hygiene items for the public to…
In January 2022, we began offering yoga classes at the McCreary County Public Library. Initial funding for the program came from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Grant through the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Our goal was to provide a healthy outlet for stress relief…
more: Thank You, Ms. Connie, for 4 Wonderful Years of Yoga at the Library!