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Library News

Access Consumer Reports

Grab your AAPLD card and explore Consumer Reports Online for free! Get the facts and figures so you can make better purchasing decisions when shopping for on the products you are shopping for electronics, appliances, cars, food, home/garden products, and much […]

Featured

Access Your Favorite Magazines– Instantly!

Looking for a new way to access digital magazines now that they’re no longer on Libby? PressReader offers AAPLD cardholders instant access to thousands of periodicals, including publications from other countries and written in other languages. Begin at the Library […]

Library News

Adding resources for you!

Our library district belongs to a 24-member group of libraries known as Cooperative Computer Services (CCS) that shares resources, knowledge and an integrated automation system. AAPLD’s membership in this group allows us to expand our collection beyond our walls and […]

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Library News

ALA Honors AAPLD Librarian

On December 4, the American Library Association announced the 10 winners of the 2018 I Love My Librarian Award–and named AAPLD’s own Lindsey Tomsu as a recipient. Teens from her previous library in Nebraska and teens at AAPLD completed the […]

Community Events

Be an Informed (and Registered) Voter

As the November 2016 election looms large, the Library is here to help you separate fact from fiction. Want to register to vote? We’ll point you in the right direction. Want to know what the candidates really stand for? We’ll help you […]

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Big Changes Coming to Youth Services

If you’ve been at the library recently, you know there’s a lot happening on both levels — and even in between! Here’s what’s happening on our lower level in the Youth Services Department: The play area is getting a big […]

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Community Events

Blood Drive @ AAPLD

We’ve rescheduled our January 30 blood drive to Monday, March 11 from 3 to 7pm. You’ll feel great doing something for our community–and you’ll receive a Culver’s coupon! The Heartland mobile coach will be parked in the Harnish Main Library […]

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Community Events

Blood Drive May 23

Huddle up…give blood! Heartland Blood Centers, the Chicago Bears, and the Algonquin Area Public Library are teaming up for a mobile blood drive on Wednesday, May 23. The Heartland mobile coach will be in the Harnish Main Library parking lot […]

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Construction

Brick work, roofing, walls etc.

Thanks to the lovely weather the week of November 27 and the hard work of our construction team, the Harnish addition is coming along at a great pace! If you’ve been at Harnish, the last few weeks, you’ve been hearing the roofing […]