The Heart Gallery features children in this community that would like to find forever families
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The Alachua County Library District kicked-off the Children's Home Society's Heart Gallery tour. The Heart Gallery features photographs of adoptable children and their stories. Viewers may take a card home with them about any child that they might be interested in adopting and learn more about adoption and fostering by attending information sessions scheduled in January and February.

The Heart Gallery exhibit will tour Headquarters from December 19 through January 19 with a Bring a Heart Home - Adoption/Fostering Information Session on January 10, at 7 p.m. The Heart Gallery then travels to the Tower Road Branch for display January 20 through February 20 with an information session on February 4, at 1 p.m.

The Heart Gallery is a service of the Partnership for Strong Families. To consider adoption, contact your local adoption specialist at (352) 334-0955 or visit one of these information sessions.

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System status

A new library system and online catalog will debut on May 30. Here's the current status of:

  • Checkouts: Continue as usual, but May 24-29 you must have your physical library card in hand to check out materials.
  • Due dates: All checkouts will have a due date of June 22, except DVDs and GRU watt meters, which still have 7-day limit.
  • Holds and requests: New holds and purchase requests cannot be placed until May 30, but those placed previously will continue to be processed and will carry over to the new system.
  • Returns: Please "Babysit Our Books" — keep them until the new system is running smoothly (mid-June).
  • Registration: Continues as usual today, but cannot be done May 24-29, as our entire system will be down.
  • Interlibrary loan: No new ILL requests can be placed May 24-29.
  • Digital checkouts: OverDrive checkouts and holds will work normally throughout the transition.
  • My Discoveries: Will be retired with the AquaBrowser catalog on May 24. Please retrieve any saved book lists before then.
  • Website: The Library District website (www.aclib.us) will be up as normal throughout the transition.
  • My Account: Account info will be available through May 24. Your account will appear on the new system on May 30.
  • Bill payment: All payments including PayPal are working today. No payments can be accepted May 24-29
  • New catalog: Watch for its debut on May 30, with new features.

More about the transition.
More about the new online catalog.

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