Dayton Metro Library

The Dayton Metro Library will be reducing food distributions at its main branch downtown from two to one a month, and closing its Vandalia, Trotwood and Southeast branch pantries.

The Dayton Metro Library added rules for quiet hours in an effort to curb youth fighting at its downtown branch.

The Dayton Metro Library will now only display the U.S. and Ohio flags year round as the standard in all branches, with cultural flags up just during related months.

The Dayton Metro Library's main branch is now deemed a “quiet space” during weekday afternoons. It will have this designation Monday through Friday between 2 - 6 p.m.

Local musicians can apply to perform at Dayton Metro Library branches in 2025.

Dayton Metro Library wants the community to weigh in on how it can be safe and welcoming. This effort is connected to a recent fight at its Southeast Branch on Watervliet Avenue.

Dayton Metro Library will host a community meeting Tuesday, October 22, on how to reduce incidents of teen fighting at one of its branches.

Once a week at the Opportunity Center in the downtown library, interested students can increase their English proficiency and pursue coursework to earn a high school diploma.

The Dayton Metro Library recognized Orange Shirt Day with a story time on American Indian children’s experiences in boarding schools. The library will hold a series of programs for Native American Heritage Month.

Dayton Metro Library is planning a summit celebrating the past, present, and future of the transgender community. This includes an intergenerational panel of trans elders and youth.

It’s been ten years since the police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson. In Dayton, local activists talked this week about police reform and racial discrimination.

The Dayton Metro Library has a 1 mill levy on Nov. 5, 2024, ballot. If approved, it would generate about $10.5 million a year.