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Tech Help
Need assistance with technology?
Schedule a free, 30-minute 1-on-1 session with Albany Public Library staff for basic tech help!
¿Necesitas ayuda básica con tecnología? Agenda una cita gratis de 30 minutos para una sesión personal con un empleado de la biblioteca.
Click here to learn more: APL Tech Help Service or call 541-917-7582
Employment Help from WorkSource Oregon
Wednesdays 10 A.M.-12 P.M.
Jobseekers and anyone with career and employment questions are invited to drop in to meet with an Employment Specialist from WorkSource Oregon. Upstairs in Study Room 3 at the Main Library.
Library of Things
The Albany Public Library is excited to announce the launch of our new Library of Things collection!
Click here to learn more and place Things on hold.
Oregon State Parks Day Use Parking Permit
Visit an Oregon State Park with a day use parking permit from the Albany Public Library! Of the hundreds of day-use parks in the Oregon state park system, 25 parks charge a day-use parking fee. To see where to use passes, click here.
Passes are available on a first-come, first-serve basis at the front desk at the Main Library. Each pass can be borrowed for 7 days.
Central Cascade Wilderness Permit Passes are here!
Planning on visiting the great outdoors this summer? The Main Library has Central Cascade Wilderness Permit Passes again this year, available for check out. They’re good June 15 – October 15.
Board Games
The Albany Public Library has board games available! Games check out for 21 days with no renewals. Limit of 2 games per card.
- 7 Wonders 2E
- Betrayal At House On The Hill 3E
- Cascadia
- Castle Panic 2E
- Clank! A Deck Building Adventure
- Codenames
- Concept
- Coup
- Dog Park
- Everdell 3E
- The Fairy Game
- Flamme Rouge
- HABA Animal Upon Animal
- Skull Pink
- Horrified Universal Monsters
- Machi Koro 5th Anniversary Edition
- The Magic Labyrinth
- Magic Maze
- Magic the Gathering Game Night Free For All
- Mysterium
- Pandemic
- Quacks of Quedlinburg
- Qwirkle
- Risk
- Root
- Scrabble Classic
- Sheriff of Nottingham 2E
- Sleeping Queens 2 The Rescue
- Splendor
- Sushi Go Party!
- Terraforming Mars
- Valeria Card Kingdoms 2E
- Wavelength
- Wingspan Revised Edition
- Zombicide 2E Core Game
HeritageHub- new database!
Explore your family history with this collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for in-depth genealogical research, 1704 – today. Access is available 24/7 with your library card.
Summer Reading Program at APL!
June 1- August 26
Summer Reading for ALL AGES! This summer we are celebrating Oregon! Oregon plants, animals, places, and people will be featured in our programs and prizes. Kids and Teens and Adults can come into either Library to sign up and get a reading log. We’ll have fun activities and prizes all summer long. (more…)
Make a Gift
Walk into either Albany Public Library and you’ll see hope.
Your gift will help the library:
- Give all babies and toddlers an equal chance at literacy
- Get resources into the hands of all our community members
- Continue to support the best Summer Reading Program in the state!
- Keep your collections fresh, relevant, and popular. Your donations pay for 100% of all items added to the collection. This includes the titles you really want; maintaining our eBooks, eAudiobooks and much more.
Give today and help us ensure the library will be here for you now and for generations to come
Your gift is tax-deductible as allowed by U.S. Law.
America’s News
You can now use your APL card to access newspapers like the Albany Democrat Herald, the Oregonian, and more. Check out America’s News here!
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten
If you haven’t signed up for 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten yet, this is the week to do so!
We can show you how to use Beanstack to log your books or get you on your way with our paper tracking version. There are small prizes at various milestones as you read toward your 1,000 books, and it is never too early to get started reading to your babies and young children. We can offer some great board book and picture book recommendations that you will love.
Homebound Delivery Service
Homebound Delivery Service | Nuevo servicio de entrega a personas confinadas en casa
When getting to the library is too difficult, let the library come to you! The Albany Public Library provides free home delivery to Albany residents who are unable to visit the library due to illness, injury, disability or limited physical mobility. | ¡Cuando es demasiado difícil venir aquí, permítanos venir a ti! La biblioteca ofrece entrega gratuita a casa a las personas en Albany que no pueden ir de visita a la biblioteca debido a una enfermedad, discapacidad o necesidades especiales. (more…)
Printing to-go
Need to print something? We are now offering remote printing that can be picked up during our open hours*.
Follow this link for instructions on how to upload your documents:
**The printing queue is cleared every night so you must upload documents and pick them up on the same day.**
próximos eventos
Exploración de libros en español – virtual sobre Zoom
Domingo, el 14 de marzo, 2-3pm
Una exploración virtual en Zoom de la colección de libros en español, incluyendo los libros recién comprados para la biblioteca, y unos de los favoritos títulos de Millie. Usted puede reservar y obtener los títulos mostrados (¡y cualquier otro título!) usando nuestro servicio de recogida en la acera de la biblioteca.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85859907651
Bingo en español – virtual sobre Zoom
Domingo, el 28 de marzo, 2-3 pm
Relájese con una tarde divertida de Bingo en línea. Todos son bienvenidos participar. ¿Usted puede ganar el premio?
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Beanstack challenge is now active for ages 0-6! If you have questions about using Beanstack, email april.spisak@cityofalbany.net
Teen Reading Recommendations
Teen Volunteering!
This summer looks a little different, but there are still opportunities for teens in grades 7 & up who are interested in volunteer credit. If you have volunteered before, check your email for Teen Volunteering correspondence – if you don’t see anything, email our Teen Librarian at christine.troetschel@cityofalbany.net to check that you are on the mailing list.
If you haven’t volunteered before, fill out the Teen Volunteer Application here . You’ll be added to the mailing list and should receive a Welcome Email within a few days that breaks down what volunteering can be done right now, and you’ll get all future emails with new opportunities.
Currently teens can create art to donate to StudentsRebuild, and read & review books for volunteer credit. Volunteer kits will be available later in the summer, as well as some limited in-person opportunities should we be able to accommodate volunteers safely.
CloudLibrary offers ebooks and audiobooks you can access at home!
Check out our digital service for ebooks and audiobooks- CloudLibrary!
New titles for all ages!
Virtual Read to Dogs!
Wednesdays at 11 a.m. The R.E.A.D. therapy dogs are great listeners–and reading to dogs helps with literacy & communication skills! Now you can read and interact with the R.E.A.D. dogs from home. Sign up here for your virtual reading time.
APL Staff Virtual Story Times
Want to listen to a story, or a poem? Our staff is excited to be continuing story times for you to watch from home. You can find our stories, poems, songs, and bilingual stories here.
Databases and Resources
Looking for something to do? We have a wide selection of databases for you here.
Check out Libby
Download the Libby app for access to e-books and e-audiobooks!
Library Passport Card Update!
Beginning February 1st, APL Passport cards held by Linn Library Consortium members (see list below) will no longer be valid. These patrons will use their home library cards for checkouts from Consortium Libraries, as policies allow. Passport cards from outside the consortium will be unaffected.
Linn Libraries Consortium includes: Albany Public Library (Main & Carnegie), Harrisburg Public Library, LBCC Healthcare Occupations Center Library, Lebanon Public Library, Linn-Benton Community College Library, Scio Public Library, Sweet Home Public Library
Thank You to our Summer Reading Program Donors!
A big thank you to all of our Summer Reading Program Donors! You helped us give out more than 11,500 books this summer to kids of all ages. Along with the books, there were fabulous prizes for kids aged 0 – 18, and drawings with great prizes for adults as well. Thank you for keeping up the reading skills of our community’s children during the summer. All of the programs are fun and provide a good opportunity for family time.
Gardening in the PNW slider
Gardening in the PNW, March 19 @ 6:30 p.m.
Thank You Volunteers!
A big Thank You to all of our amazing volunteers! We couldn’t do it with out you.
Join us at Story Time!
Join the fun at the Library! Story Times are listed below, in Calendar.
Pay Library Fees Online
Checkout our new online payment feature! Login to your Library account and securely pay fees and fines with a debit or credit card.
Saturday Summer Hours at the Carnegie Library
Carnegie Library open Saturdays this summer!
Donate Materials
You can make a donation of new and gently used materials. By making donations to the Library or the Friends of the Library Bookstore, you are helping support our Library.
The Friends of the Library Bookstore (Main Library):
Monday 1:00-5:00 p.m.
Tuesday Noon-3:00 p.m.
Wednesday 1:00-5:00 p.m.
Thursday Noon – 3:00 p.m.
Friday 1:00-5:00 p.m.
Saturday 1:00-4:00 p.m.
Donations of all types of books are welcome, as well as CDs and DVDs. Bring books to the Main Library or to the Carnegie Library.
Fines
Fines are charged for overdue materials based upon the current fee schedule.
Rates
- Fines for overdue library materials are $.20 per item, per day.
- Fines per item will accumulate to a maximum of the item cost or $5.00, whichever is lower.
Four-day grace period
- If overdue items are returned before the fifth day overdue, the patron will not be fined for the first four days.
Maximum fines
- Patrons may continue to check out library materials until they have accumulated $15.00 in fines.
- Once a patron accumulates $15.00 in fines, library privileges will not be permitted until fines are brought below $15.00.
Vacation loans
Vacation loan periods may be requested at the time of checkout and they are double the usual loan period. Items that normally check out for one week will be checked out for two weeks, and items that normally check out for three weeks will be checked out for six weeks.
Call or e-mail us for an extended loan – 541-917-7581.
