The library is open to the public Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Tinker Time in our Maker Space is open every Friday at 2:00 pm. Register online for help with your projects, or stop by to explore the space and ask questions. Equipment includes a Poster Printer, Embroidery Machine, Cricut Vinyl Cutter, Ellison Die Cut Shapes, and more. Sign up today.
The library offers over six hundred free online courses in the following areas of study: accounting, alternative medicine, crafts & hobbies, business, career training, computer training, entrepreneurship, finance, health & medicine, homeschooling, language arts, law/legal/criminal, office skills, parenting & family, personal development, psychology, science, self-help, special education, spiritual studies, teacher resources, test preparation and writing skills. To learn more, visit our website www.allencountylibrary.com and click on “Free Online Classes.”
If you can’t make it to the library, you can download free e-books, audiobooks, and television shows if you have an active library card. Our digital library is always open. Download the Libby and Hoopla apps to access our digital materials. There are thousands of items from which to choose.
New books for children include: Smurfs Book of Magic by Harper, A Good Place by Lucy Cousins, Owl Diaries: Eva and the New Teacher by Rebecca Elliott, You’re My Quiet Little Cricket by Eric Carle, Princess Academy by Shannon Hale, Epic! Seeker Society by Jana Tropper, Kyle Higgins and Zack Giallongo, Explore the Spider-Verse by DK Publishing, How the U.S. Government Works: A Kid’s Guide to Civics by Syl Sobel, The Bad Guys: Guide to the Good, the Bad, and Everything in Between by Shelby Curran, Shells: A Collection of Fascinating Shells from Around the World by Simon P. Aiken, An Immense World by Ed Yong, Diary of a Roblox: Haunted House by Ari Avatar, My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish: Fins of Fry by Mo O’Hara Thea Stilton and the Search for the Secret Garden by Scholastic, Inc., I Spy A-To-Z: A Book of Picture Riddles by Jean Marzollo, and Everywhere You Are by Victoria Monét.
New books for young adults include: Now She’s Dead by Roselyn Clarke, Miri Lives in the Cat’s Eyes by Taiga Shiki, Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol 14 (14) by Gege Akutami, Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 10 (10) by Naoya Matsumoto, Float, Vol 1 by Kate Marchant, Fateless by Julie Kagawa, and Disney Twist-Wonderland: The Manga – Book of Octavinelle, Vol. 1(1) by Yana Toboso, Wakana Hazuki, et al.,
New books on the adult fiction shelf include: The Missing Half by Ashley Flowers, Austen at Sea by Natalie Jenner, The Man Made of Smoke by Alex North, The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff, Murder at Gulls Nest by Jess Kidd, After Taste by Daris Lavelle, Coram House by Bailey Seybolt, Bridesmaid by Chance by Meghan Quinn, Parents Weekend by Alex Finlay, Silent Horizons by Chad Robichaux, Whe She Returned by Lucinda Berry, Every Deadly Suspicion by Janice Cantore, Love Sick by Deidra Duncan, Gone Dark by Ryan Steck, The Love Haters by Katherine Center, The Collector of Burned Books by Roseanna M. White, Guess Again by Charlie Donlea, Fade In by Kyle Mills, and The Winds from Further West by Alexander McCall Smith.
Getting a free library card is easy. Call 270-237-3861 or visit us with a photo I.D. and recently postmarked mail. Once you have your card, a world of books, movies, and music will be at your fingertips. And remember, your voice matters. Let us know if there’s a particular book, movie, or music artist you’d like to see in our collection. We’re here to make your library experience the best it can be.