November 2021
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Library users, we need your help! 
 Let us know what library services and resources you love best,
plus how we can better help you in the year ahead.
 
Click on the purple box below to take a 4-question,
anonymous survey by December 8.
 
*This survey will also be available on social media
and in paper form in all our locations soon.
 
Didn't find something in our collection?
 
 
 
 
Make a purchase suggestion at myacpl.org/suggestions.

(yes, it's that easy!)
 
 
 
Recent gift is music to our ears
This fall, our Athens branch received the gift of a baby grand, whose generous donors wish to remain anonymous.
 
According to librarian Todd, Athens adult programming and exhibits coordinator, this piano has a 1925 construction date and is a turn-of-the century model that won the Paris Exhibition competition. 
 
Regulars have no doubt already had the experience of browsing or studying at the library while a show tune or sonata drifted through the building. Past library events featuring an additional upright piano at this location highlighted great composers of the past like Debussy, celebrated local talent, and offered piano students a relaxed and welcoming space for a recital.
 
We look forward to more musical library programs with this newest addition!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ways to support your library
on Giving Tuesday (Nov. 30) and every day
Volunteer
Tax-Exempt Donations
Memorial Gifts
Join the Friends
 
The Imagination Library in Athens County has also enrolled over 1,700 children and delivered over 13,700 books! This countywide service is administered by the Athens County Public Libraries and funded by the Ohio Governor’s Imagination Library, with the Athens County Foundation providing matching local funds. 

Help continue bringing FREE books into the hands of Athens County children by supporting the Athens County Imagination Library Fund.

For as little as $30, you can support a child for a year! Give the gift of reading at 
bit.ly/AthensImaginationLibrary.
 
Nov. 20 author/illustrator visit for all ages 
Join us Saturday, November 20 from 2-3pm for a virtual visit with Jerry Craft, the New York Times bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning author and illustrator.
 
In 2019, Craft's New Kid became the first graphic novel to win the Kirkus Prize
in the “Young Readers’ Literature” category. A few months later, it won the 2020 John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature. It's the first graphic novel in the Newbery’s nearly 100-year history to receive the award!
 
Jerry will join us via Zoom to chat about his work, as well as answer questions from the audience. A link to the Zoom event will be emailed to those who register for the program here. All ages welcome.
 
Library services update
 
To make a reservation, visit events.myacpl.org/reserve-room 
or ask your local library staff for help.
 
Read our meeting room use policy here: myacpl.org/about/policies/meetings.
 
Thank you for following all current CDC health and safety
recommendations while using a library meeting room. 
 
Staff seasonal picks
From good reads for under the trees
to plots that take place in the fall,
here are some of our favs.
 
 *To go directly to these titles in our catalog, click on the image below,
then select the covers that interest you.

 
More themed lists for your next good read! 
November is also...
 
National Native American Heritage Month
National Cookbook Month 
National Adoption Month
National Jewish Book Month
National Picture Book Month
National Family Story Month
 
 
Athens County Public Libraries
95 W. Washington St.
Nelsonville, Ohio 45764
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