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: Whose Foot Is That? by Darrin Lunde, Eggs, Please by Cheryl Yau Chepusova, Hot Pot Night! by Vincent Chen, Shape Pet by Matthew VanFleet, Count Pet by Matthew VanFleet, Duck, Duck, Goose by Tad Hills, Let’s Learn to Read! Phonics Racers 10-Book Set by Mattel Press, Schooled by Jamie Sumner, Scaring and Daring, A Horror Writers Association Anthology, edited by Eric J. Guignard, The Witch of the Hagstone Hill by Johanna van Veen, Warriors: Super Edition, Stormclan’s Folly by Erin Hunter, and Impossible Creature by Katherine Rundell.
New books on the adult fiction shelf include: We Are All Guilty Here by Karin Slaughter, Jack by Susan May Warren, Knife in the Back by Karen Rose, Mansion Beach by Meg Mitchell Moore, Crossfire by Wilbur Smith, You Are Here by David Nicholls, The Pastor’s Wife by Lyndee Walker, Kisses Codes, Welcome to Murder Week by Karen Kukess, Great Black Hope by Rob Franklin, You Shouldn’t Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose, Final Approach by Lynette Eason, Conspracies by Abigail Hing Wen, Hotel Ukraine by Martin Cruz Smith, Departure 37 by Scott Carson, Next to Heaven by James Frey, Edge of Honor by Brad Thor, Serentiy at Seagrove by Rachel Hanna, and The Convenience Store by the Sea by Sonoko Machida.
New books on the adult non-fiction shelf include: Architectural Digest at Home edited by Amy Astley, The Blue Zones Kitchen by Dan Buettner, The Dog Will Change Your Life by Elias Weiss Friedman, Amplify: How to Use the Power of Connection to Engage, Take Action, and Build a Better World by Adam Met, PhD, Clint Eastwood: The Man and the Movies by Shawn Levy, These Heathens by Mia McKenzie, and They Poisined the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals by Mariah Blake.
Getting a free library card is easy. Call 270-237-3861 or visit us with a photo ID 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.