Library Advocacy Day

Our February Advocacy campaign in support of Library Advocacy has come to a close. But there are still a few weeks before the NYS Budget is passed. Stand up for libraries and tell your elected officials that you love libraries and you vote! This year, we tabled four...
Appeal Update

Appeal Update

Our 2023 Annual Appeal has raised $8000 from 76 donors. Thank you to everyone who has sent in a gift! We are just under half-way to this year’s goal $20,000 goal. Please take a moment to share the Annual Appeal on social media or urge a friend or neighbor to...

Tuesday Book Talk Survey

For as long as we can remember, the Friends Tuesday Book Talks have taken place at noon on Tuesdays at Washington Avenue. An important community partner has asked us to consider moving the time to later in the afternoon, and so we are sending out this survey to find...
Appeal Update

Support the Annual Appeal

It has been a year of tremendous growth and activity here at the Friends & Foundation of APL!  We are asking for your help to sustain the programs and services that we help the Albany Public Library provide for our community. Donate Thanks to a single grant...

Some Highlights from 2022

Funding Innovation at APL Your gifts to the Annual Appeal paid for the exhibition component of “The Brothers” at Arbor Hill Branch this year. This screening and discussion was presented in partnership with M.E. Grenander Special Collections at University at Albany...