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All branches will resume their current schedules on Monday, April 18.

Gainesville, Fla. – The Alachua County Library District will increase operating hours, add Sunday service at seven branches, and offer browsing during all open hours starting Saturday, March 27.Patrons will be able to browse and use computers and printing services during all operating hours. Outside services will continue, weather permitting, from 1-5 p.m. on days when branches are open, and the Alachua Branch will continue to offer drive-through service during all operating hours.

Gainesville, Fla. – Artists ages 16-19 can submit their paintings, sculptures, and photos through April 16 to the Alachua County District’s Spring Teen Art Show.Teens can visit www.aclib.us/TeenArtShow for contest rules and entry forms. Each participant can enter up to three pieces of original artwork in any format, including videos. Submissions will be judged by local artists and arts professionals.

Gainesville, Fla. – The Alachua County Library District is accepting submissions for the Teen Creative Writing Contest now through April 16. Teens in sixth through 12th grade can enter short stories and poems.

Gainesville, Fla. – The Alachua County Library District invites quilters to share their stitch works for the 2021 Virtual Quilt Show by Monday, March 22.

Gainesville, Fla. - The Alachua County Library District is one of six public libraries nationwide to win the 2021 Winter Reading Challenge. The Library District will receive a virtual author visit and a set of 50 books from publisher Simon & Schuster’s “Books Like Us” collection.From Jan. 1 through Feb. 14, Alachua County Library District participants logged 677,139 minutes of reading and earned 4,607 program badges. Nine participants won restaurant gift cards from the local prize sponsors.

Gainesville, Fla. – Parents and caregivers can sign up online for the new 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program starting March 1 to empower families to read to infants and toddlers, building skills for future success.

Gainesville, Fla. - The Alachua County Library District and George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida are Image

Media Advisory – Jan. 12, 2020Gainesville, Fla. - The Alachua County Library District will be closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 18. All branches will resume their current schedules on Tuesday, Jan. 19.

The sale will run Jan. 14-Feb. 10.