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Access your account and search for library books, DVDs, Books on CD and more! See which items you have checked out and due dates, place holds on items from home, create and save lists of your favorite authors!  (Reminder: your pin is the last 4 digits of your phone number.)

The library will be closed, Monday May 26th, 2025 in observance of Memorial Day. The library will reopen on Tuesday, May 27th, 2025 at 9 AM.

All items due on Monday, May 26th, will be due on Tuesday, May 27th. Call 256-232-1233 for any questions or concerns. Thank you. 

Join us for FREE drop-in genealogy classes.

Discover where to look, who to contact, and how to make your family history come alive!

Call the library (256) 232-1233 or stop by the front desk for more details!

Starting June 4th, Silver Sneakers classes will meet 10:30 am – 11:30 am in the Community Room. Please call 256-232-1233 with questions. Thank you!

Free and open to the public. Registration required. Registration opens June 7th. 

🧙‍♂️ ADVENTURE AWAITS! 🐉

Ready to roll the dice and dive into a world of dragons, dungeons, and daring quests? Join us for an Adult D&D Tabletop Gaming Club—a casual, welcoming space for adventurers aged 19 and up, whether you’re a battle-hardened barbarian or a curious first-time cleric.

Activities include: character creation discussions, one shot sessions, gaming jewelry crafting, game master workshops, mini figure painting, and more!

No experience? No problem. We’re beginner-friendly and all about having fun, telling stories, and making connections. Gather your party and we’ll see you at the table.

🌼🐝 Celebrate World Bee Day – May 20th! 🐝🌼

Bees may be small, but their impact is huge! On World Bee Day, we honor these incredible pollinators and raise awareness about the vital role they play in our ecosystems, food supply, and biodiversity.

Stop in the library for a free seed kit or participate in the Great Southeast Pollinator Census at www.gsepc.org!

Grab a bingo card at the Circulation Desk and get started. Whether you like gardening, history, authors or local community news, there’s a podcast for everyone. Receive a PRIZE for a listening to a single episode and posting on FB. There are also PRIZES for listening to a whole row or an entire card blackout!

To listen to podcasts go to:  www.alcpl.org/podcast-bingo/  Or you can find on any podcast platform. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙈𝙖𝙮 1 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙪𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝙖𝙮!

In loving memory of her mother, Dr. Melissa Ward has generously funded the purchase and installation of our new wireless printing system. Thanks to her support, you can now print and pay for copies directly from your own cell phone or laptop—convenient and easy!

Who’s up for a round of Book Bingo at the library?!

What is Book Bingo?

It is basically a reading challenge! Grab a board and decide how you want to bingo and get reading!

Why play book bingo?

We have some really sweet prizes for our bingo winners and for those who blackout their cards!

Get a board at the front desk and join our bingo challenge with the Beanstack app or there is an option to log your books on the back of your board.

If you have any questions about the challenge or how to log your books, call us at the library!

It is that time of year again! The Athens-Limestone County Library is challenging our community to read 25 books in 2025! Starting on January 25, 2025 and going through December 31, 2025, sign up on our Beanstack to earn badges from logging your reading history to enter for a chance to win a $100 gift card!

If you are new to Beanstack, click here to sign up and get started!

Athens-Limestone County Public Library Director April Wise and Josh Wolfe (right), Founder & CEO of WolfeCo Media and President of the Athens-Limestone Public Library Foundation, confirm a perfect fit for Athens Mayor Ronnie Marks of the first T-shirt bought in the Foundation’s spring and summer T-shirt sale fund drive.  Colorful T-shirts in children sizes ($15) and adult sizes ($20) are available at the Library on Jefferson Street in Athens.  The ALPL Foundation conducts many fund raising activities throughout the year.  Funds raised beyond operating expenses are contributed to the Library to support its mission of providing books, programs, and digital resources to the community to foster reading, learning, and discovery.  (Photo by Nate Pittman, WolfeCo Media)

In response to recent reports and patron feedback, the Athens-Limestone County Public Library Board of Trustees provides this statement to keep the public we serve informed with accurate and useful information.
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Athens-Limestone County Public Library Board of Trustees

The Athens-Limestone County Public Library and its board of trustees are committed to the common-sense proposition, shared by the vast majority of citizens in Limestone County, that only age-appropriate materials be located in the youth sections of our library.  Any reports that suggest otherwise are dead wrong.

The ALCPL Board of Trustees is and always has been made up of Athens and Limestone County citizens appointed by the local governments.  All the board members meet this qualification.  Newly appointed board member Vicki Hereford’s qualifications also include an extensive, professional background in finance and academia, and she is known across our community as a conservative mother of three now-grown sons.  She is a welcome addition to the board and we look forward to her championing a conservative approach to decisions concerning library operations and materials purchased for children.

Before Ms. Hereford’s tenure as a board member began, a concerned parent emailed unsolicited graphic images from a book called “Let’s Talk About It”, a book in graphic novel format marketed to teens.  The parent’s email acknowledged that Athens-Limestone County Public Library does not own a copy of this book.  That is correct, and there are no plans for our library to ever have a copy of this book.  The images sent to Ms. Hereford were very sexually graphic.  Ms. Hereford was disturbed by opening an email to see these unsolicited graphic images and she replied by insisting that the parent not send her those kinds of images.

Some news articles have mentioned another book called “It’s Perfectly Normal”.  Despite other reports, Hereford reports that she never read or responded to any emails mentioning that book or showing images from that book.  The library owns a copy of “It’s Perfectly Normal”, and it has been shelved in the adult collection since it was purchased in 2010.  While the book advertises on its cover that it is for age 10 and up, because of the images and material in the book, the library believed it was inappropriate for that age level and placed it in the adult section.

The selection of materials for the library is an on-going process guided by the principle that the collection reflects our community’s beliefs, standards, growth and diversity.  The library has clear policies and procedures to help guide purchasing and placement decisions, and it takes positive action to continually review and evaluate its Children’s and Young Adult collection to ensure the collection aligns with current guidelines set by the Alabama Public Library Service.

Craig Beasley

Chairman

Press Release