March 2021
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Finding Your Next Great Read + Yourself in The Story
Click on "Reader Resources" above to sign up for themed reading recommendation lists that will come straight to your email.
 
To browse the following highlighted titles in our catalog, 
click on the image below, then on the book or film covers that interest you!
Library Outreach
Our Pop-Up Library offering free wifi, library cards, and checkouts on the spot, made its debut at the Developmental Disabilities Awareness Festival in 2019.
Virtual Bandits Book Club
Deborah from our Nelsonville branch re-vamped  the Next Chapter Book Club, a reading group inclusive of developmentally disabled adults, for online gatherings during the pandemic.
 Our Most Recent Partnership with Passion Works Studio
(Pictured above) A glimpse of the extensive new mural in the children's area
at the Athens library!
 
"At the heart and soul of Passion Works is a core group of working artists with developmental differences.This collective creates aesthetically and conceptually powerful works of art. More important than what is produced is how the collaborative practice encourages connection, purpose and belonging for the individual artists and the community at large..." ~ Passion Works website
 
A Bookmobile Update!
Get ready for library services in more of Athens County--
Our new bookmobile is set to make its maiden journey later this spring!
 
Click on the box below to watch ACPL staff loading the vehicle:
The bookmobile is made possible through a generous gift from Dr. Bruce and Aline Paxton and features art and design by Kevin Morgan. 
 
More info here: myacpl.org/bookmobile/
 
FEAST at Home Expands to Coolville
A past FEAST at Home meal kit
(photo by Live Healthy Appalachia)
 
COMCorps members Mollie, Sydney, & Erica ready to hand out ingredients and recipes
(photo by Live Healthy Appalachia)
 
Looking for new dinner ideas?
FEAST at Home is now happening in Nelsonville AND Coolville!
 
Join Live Healthy Appalachia, SNAP-Ed, and Community Food Initiatives (CFI) as we cook and learn together – all from the comfort of your home. 
 
Register to pick up a meal kit that will include complete ingredients and a recipe highlighting seasonal, local produce. Nutrition Information and
a fun video will be sent to the e-mail address used to register.
 
Meal kits will be available for pickup at the Coolville Public Library
the 2nd Thursday of the month starting in March. Nelsonville kits are available the 3rd Wednesday of the month outside the library. 
 
Register for FEAST at Home through the "Events" tab 
at MyACPL.org, or ask a librarian for help.
 
(Psst! Glouster, you're next! More info coming soon...)
 
Don't Let a Scam Get You Down
 
Click on the image below to watch a short Tech Tips video 
from Sarie, ACPL's Technology Training Librarian, on how to spot 
things like scams and fraud, and how to report them. 
 
Visit consumer.ftc.gov for more important tips.
 

 Locker Library Opens in Shade!
 
 
This NEW location at the Shade Community Center joins other Locker Libraries in Amesville and New Marshfield, with a location in Stewart coming any day!
 
For instructions + FAQ, visit myacpl.org/shade-locker-library/.
 
Yes, We're Open for Curbside Service!
 
While our buildings are still closed for the time being to protect the health of our staff and visitors, take advantage of our extensive eLibrary; grab-and-go programs for all ages; and our no-contact, curbside service to check out physical books, movies, & games + for printing needs, to get a library card, and more.
 
Want to return items? Go right ahead-- each library branch has an outside book drop. 

How does curbside work? Visit 
https://www.myacpl.org/curbside-service-only/ 


Athens County Public Libraries
95 W. Washington St.
Nelsonville, Ohio 45764
myacpl.org