Celebrate National Library Week – April 8-14

This week, the Albany Public Library joins libraries nationwide in celebrating the many ways libraries lead their communities through the transformative services, programs and expertise they offer. April 8-14 is National Library Week, an annual celebration of the...

Charity of Choice

The Albany Public Library Foundation is honored to have been selected as a “Charity of Choice” this year, designated to receive proceeds from the 2018 CDPHP Workforce Team Challenge race. Charity of Choice funds will support APL’s Growing Readers Early Literacy...

Honoring Athena V. Lord

The Albany Public Library Foundation takes great pleasure in announcing Athena V. Lord as our Literary Legends honoree for 2017. The Library Foundation will celebrate Athena’s contributions to children’s literature and to the life of the City of Albany at the 4th...