Press Releases

Gainesville, Fla. - The Alachua County Library District Governing Board encourages all interested citizens to apply for two vacancies, effective April 1, 2021, on the Alachua County Library District Board of Trustees. Applications must be signed and mailed or delivered to Headquarters Library Administration by 5 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 5, 2021.

Gainesville, Fla. – David Baldacci’s thriller “Walk the Wire” and Ibram X. Kendi’s seminal “How to Be an Antiracist” topped the Alachua County Library District’s 2020 checkout lists.   In total, library patrons borrowed 800,000-plus items, including hundreds of thousands of picture books, novels, and DVDs using the Library District’s outside services. Patrons listened to more than 305,000 digital audiobooks and swiped through 823,000 eBooks. 

Gainesville, Fla. – The Alachua County Library District will be closed for the Christmas holiday all day Thursday, Dec. 24, and Friday, Dec. 25. All branches will resume their current schedules on Saturday, Dec. 26.The Library District will close at 5 p.m. on New Year’s Eve Thursday, Dec. 31, and remain closed all day on Friday, Jan. 1. All branches will resume their current schedules on Saturday, Jan. 2.

Gainesville, Fla. – The Alachua County Library District is launching the first Winter Reading Challenge, calling on our community to read 1,000 hours from Jan. 1 through Feb. 14 to win local prizes and help the Library District compete against libraries across the country.

Gainesville, Fla. – The Alachua

Gainesville, Fla. – The Alachua County Library District will be closed Thursday, Nov. 12 due to Hurricane Eta. Gov. Ron DeSantis has issued a state of emergency order for multiple counties, including Alachua County.

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Gainesville, Fla. – The Alachua County Library District will be closed for Veterans Day on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. Book drops and online services at www.aclib.us will be available. All branches will resume current services, including limited browsing hours, outside service, and computer appointments, at 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. Please visit www.aclib.us/services for details on current services and hours.

Gainesville, Fla. – The Alachua County Library District will expand browsing hours to all 12 locations on Monday, Nov. 2. Starting Monday, the Library District will launch limited capacity browsing hours as follows:

Gainesville, Fla. – The Alachua County Library District celebrates National Friends of Libraries Week Oct. 18-20 by thanking our Friends of the Library for their many contributions to our public library system.