From meeting best selling authors to artsy face painting there were lots for families and children to do at the annual Jacksonville Library Bookfest.

The Jacksonville Public Library creates activities year round to engage the community.

A local children’s author had the opportunity to read and share insight on her book “Mike The Friendly Firefighter” during a literacy event at the Jacksonville Public Library on Saturday.

Many of the private lots are run by Elite Parking and there are no attendants. Customers either pay at a kiosk or by text and that’s been part of the problem.

Dust off those old photo albums and gather up those VHS tapes and 8mm films you haven’t seen in years. It’s time to give them new life with the free, do-it-yourself digitization equipment available now at Jacksonville Public Library’s brand-new Memory Lab.

The Jacksonville Public Library had its beginnings when May Moore and Florence Murphy started the “Jacksonville Library and Literary Association” in 1878 was made up by various prominent Jacksonville residents and sought to create a free public library and reading room for the city.

What were your friends and neighbors reading in 2021? What is everyone going to be reading after in 2022? Chris Boivin of the Jacksonville Public Library joined us on RCL to discuss this! Get inspired with a fantastic lost-in-time tales, children’s tales from Presidential Inauguration poet Amanda Gorman, or the award-winning book book by author Angeline Boulley that went viral on TikTok. And look forward to the novel that’s set to become a Michael B. Jordan film, a Ted-Bundy-Meets-the-Three-Stooges epic by Florida author Tim Dorsey, and the good and bad of regrets from bestselling columnist Daniel Pink.

Got an overdue library book that you’ve been dreading returning because of the fine? Well, worry no more, library officials say.

The Jacksonville Public Library’s main location downtown will reopen to the public next month, the city announced Tuesday.

The Jacksonville Public Library’s main location downtown has been closed for a month. It’s where monoclonal antibody treatments are being given.

The City of Jacksonville and Jacksonville Public Library want residents of Duval County to pay a visit to its five branches in June and tell them what they want and need from future neighborhood libraries.

Jax Library Summer Programs and Story Time Heats Up

Celebrate Earth Day 2021 with the staff of the Jacksonville Public Library.

Two pop-up vaccination sites in Jacksonville offered the Johnson & Johnson vaccine on Sunday.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – It’s less than 36 days until election day and ballots are already pouring into the Supervisor of Elections Office in Duval County. On Friday, News4Jax reported voters don’t have to wait to cast their ballots. “Well, I voted like this because I don’t trust the mail. And I don’t really trust standing in line on the third because they might just slam the doors on us,” Summers said. “I don’t trust the mail because of all of the hoopla,” Hardwick said.

Amanda Toman and Misty Darnell join us with more information about ghost hunting at the Jacksonville Public Library.

The private meeting was held in a public facility, the Jacksonville Public Library's Main Library downtown, but the local media was not allowed in -- not even into a lobby area outside the conference center. The area off of Main Street outside the meeting rooms and a library entrance used to be public. This is not funded by taxpayers' dollars, said Chris Boivin of the Jacksonville Public Library. News4Jax waited outside the library until the JEA meeting ended. "It was a private meeting with JEA employees," said JEA spokeswoman Gina Kyle, who was at that meeting.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Nearly 100 LGBTQ teenagers attended Pride Prom on Friday at The Buckman Bridge Universalist Church after the Jacksonville Public Library's decision to cancel the event due to safety concerns. Around 50 volunteers, Jacksonville Sheriff's Office officers, LGBT veterans, private security and more helped make sure the event ran smoothly. Dozens demonstrate over halted LGBTQ promBeatrice Palmer (BeBe Deluxe), the host of the Pride Prom event, said safety was never an issue. The Pride Prom event was all about friendship, positivity and love. Tim Rogers, director of the Jacksonville Public Library, told News4Jax on Wednesday that he canceled the sold-out event because there were questions about there being enough safety and security.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Dozens of people demonstrated early Friday evening over the Jacksonville Public Library's decision to cancel an event for LGBTQ teenagers due to safety concerns. The "Storybook Pride Prom" event for teenagers ages 14 to 18 had been scheduled for Friday night at the Willowbranch Branch Library on Park Street in Riverside. "I am here to support the teens that were supposed to be here -- to lift them up," Cynthia Baker said. Some supporters of the "Storybook Pride Prom" said they arent buying the library directors reason for canceling. On Saturday, there will be a Pride event at the Museum of Science and History.

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - There are calls for the director of the Jacksonville Public Library to resign after he canceled an event for LGBTQ youth. For over two hours Wednesday, Rogers was at the library meeting with staff members and talking about the decision. PREVIOUS STORY: Jacksonville Public Library cancels 'Storybook Pride Prom'Some people, like Bebe Palmer, followed Rogers out as he left the conference room. "My purpose for being here is to raise awareness that Tim Rogers is the one who canceled the event at the Jacksonville Public Library allegedly because the library had received death threats and abusive phone calls that were not reported to JSO. A pride event is scheduled to take place over the weekened at the Museum of Science and History.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - There are calls for the director of the Jacksonville Public Library to resign after he canceled an event for LGBTQ youth. Tim Rogers canceled the sold-out pride prom event at Riverside's Willowbranch Library, citing safety concerns. For over two hours Wednesday, Rogers was at the library meeting with staff members and talking about the decision. News4Jax was not allowed into the meeting, but Rogers spoke about his decision after the conference. "My purpose for being here is to raise awareness that Tim Rogers is the one who canceled the event at the Jacksonville Public Library ... because the library had received death threats and abusive phone calls that were not reported to JSO.