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Progress at the Eastgate Branch: August Update

Eastgate Renovation
August has been a transformative month at the library’s Eastgate Branch. It’s fitting as we head into September’s National Library Card Sign-up Month which so happens to feature the Transformers Optimus Prime. With staff relocated to the Main Library, the [...]

Rock the Eastgate Renovation!

Eastgate Renovation
Be a Part of Eastgate’s Transformation! Construction is progressing steadily at the Eastgate Branch, and our construction team has been working tirelessly. One of their upcoming projects is pouring the walkout patio, which will flood the library with natural light [...]

Adult Services

Discover September’s Library Reads

To find a great read this September, start with Library Reads!  Fresh, new releases chosen by librarians across the country as their favorites, Library Reads offers something for everyone. Whether [...]

Check Out August’s Art Display

When you stop by AAPLD during August, be sure to visit our Art Wall, upstairs in the Adult Services department. There, you’ll find forty works by area artist Michael Schmitt. [...]

Find facts at your fingertips!

It's new! It's free! AAPLD's newly expanded online resource collection puts thousands of facts at your fingertips. Just in time for the new school year, these resources provide access to [...]

Teen Services

IL High School Booklist: Lincoln Award

Each year Illinois students in grades 9-12 can vote for their favorite book from the Lincoln Award Master list of 20 titles. The Lincoln Award is given to the book [...]

IL High School Booklist: Read for a Lifetime

Read for a Lifetime is a statewide reading program that targets high school students. This initiative promotes the enjoyment of reading by encouraging students to read both classic and contemporary [...]

Summer Reading Update 2: Halfway There

This year we have had more teens signup for Summer Reading than all of the library’s recorded history! Remember what we said during Week 2 about Gen Z using public [...]

Youth Services

Explore World Languages with LOTE4Kids!

The Algonquin Library is proud to offer our cardholders a new resource for learning and engaging with world languages. Starting on January 1st, 2024, we are offering access to LOTE4Kids, [...]

Are you ‘Yeti’ to read? Winter Reading is here!

Get ‘yeti’ for some winter fun with our Winter Reading Program: “Yeti to Read”! The program begins on Saturday, December 9th and runs through Friday, January 26th. Register online through [...]

Check out the Latinx Kidlit Book Festival!

¡Celebramos! The Algonquin Library is proud to connect our patrons with the 2023 Latinx Kidlit Book Festival, a virtual celebration of Hispanic children’s books, authors, and illustrators. The Festival will [...]