Mardi Gras Library Closures

ALL Mobile Public Library locations will be closed Sunday, February 15 through Tuesday, February 17, 2026, for Mardi Gras.

Branch-Specific Closures:

  • Ben May Main Library will close early at 5 p.m. on the following parade days: January 30–31 and February 5–13, 2026. 
  • Ben May Main Library and Local History & Genealogy will be closed on Saturday, February 14. 
  • Trinity Gardens Community Library will be closed Sunday, February 15 through Sunday, February 22, 2026.

Beanstack

Have you downloaded the Beanstack app?

Beanstack is an app to help you track your reading and participate in reading challenges. 

Regularly find yourself browsing titles and wondering whether you’ve read something? You can easily log what you’re reading by scanning the ISBN barcode with your phone and later search your reading log in the app to see what you’ve read already. 

Beanstack can also be a lot of fun. The Mobile Public Library regularly runs reading challenges through Beanstack. This past summer, teens and adults completed challenges, earned badges and won prizes through our Summer Reading Celebration reading challenge on Beanstack. 

We have an ongoing “1,000 Books Before Kindergarten” challenge. Children who complete the challenge receive a medal and certificate to celebrate their achievement. And if the current challenges aren’t your cup of tea, there’s always a new challenge in the works. 

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