 In 2011 and 2019, the library received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts Big Read Program.The library used the 2019 grant to fund a slate of public activities related to local author Jeff Vandermeer's book Borne, including book discussions, an outdoor reading by Vandermeer, and an installment in the Library Lecture Series, also presided over by Vandermeer, about Leon County's biodiversity as it related to the novel.The Library Lecture Series are events hosted by the Leon County Government in conjunction with the LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library.