510 526 3720 x7 friendsalbany@yahoo.com

Friends of the Albany Library

Friends of the Albany Library

Friends of the Albany Library

Friends of the Albany Library

Friends Sales and Events

FRIENDS OF THE ALBANY LIBRARY (FAL)

 

The Friends’s purpose is to benefit the library by selling books and other materials in the library, on the Internet, and during on-site book sales. FAL operations and most of our sales take place at 1247 Marin Ave, Albany CA 94706.  

Call us at 510.526.3720 during library open days/hours, after selecting a language option, wait for the option to reach Friends of the Albany Library to leave a message as our office is not “staffed”. Leave a message and we’ll call you back. You can also reach us by email at friendsalbany@yahoo.com any time. 

For more information about the Albany Branch of the Alameda County Library including open days/hours, visit Albany | Alameda County Library (aclibrary.org)

 

FRIENDS OF THE ALBANY LIBRARY ANNUAL MEETING WITH AUTHOR/SPEAKER TAMIM ANSARY – OCTOBER 11

We are excited to announce our Friends of the Albany Library annual meeting in person at the Albany Library in the Edith Stone Room on Wednesday, October 11th from 6:30pm – 8:00pm. Light refreshments will be served. Below is the high-level agenda for the meeting: 

Wednesday, October 11, 6:30pm-8:00pm

  • 6:30pm – 7:00pm:  Annual Friends of the Albany Library Business Meeting.
    All members are invited to attend. You will be able to vote on officers and budget 

    We will take a quick break around 6:45 so that guests who only want to hear the author can attend

  • 7:00pm – 8:00pm:  Tamim Ansary Author Event/Speaker including book sales

We are honored to present Tamim Ansary as our speaker! 

Mr. Tamim Ansary is a preeminent Afghan-American writer and public speaker who has explored and provided insight into overlap of cultures based on his life experience of growing up and living in two very different environments. Mr. Ansary will have a few copies of his books for purchase following his presentation. For more information on Mr. Tamim Ansary, please see the following links:

We look forward to seeing you there!

 

FRIENDS ON-SITE BOOK SALE OCTOBER 14 & OCTOBER 15

Our next on-site Book Sale is scheduled for Saturday, October 14 and Sunday, October 15. Link to flyer for more details: Friends October Book Sale 2023  

We will have a 50-cent sale in the Big Room including books for all ages, CD’s, DVD’s, LP’s and Holiday Gifts. The Edith Stone Room will have vintage and collectables starting at $1.00.

  • Saturday October 14: 9:00am-5:00pm
  • Sunday October 15: 10:00am-2:00pm/Edith Stone Room and 10:00am-4:00pm/Big Room

In the meantime, you can also purchase books on the ongoing shelf sale in the library and online.

We will be looking for volunteers to assist in setting up, cashiering and cleaning up as we get closer to the sale date. As always, we appreciate your help and participation! We can’t do it without you!

  

BOOK DONATIONS TEMPORARILY PAUSED TO PREPARE FOR OCTOBER BOOK SALE   

The Friends are pausing taking donations from September 1st through October 22nd so that we can prepare for the huge book sale on October 14th and October 15th. We look forward to seeing you at the book sale and also to receiving your donations again after October 23rd!  

 

 

UPCOMING LIBRARY EVENTS SUPPORTED BY THE FRIENDS

We are happy to share a list of upcoming one-time library events supported by the Friends for the month of September

Please go to the Friends Site Events Page for more detailed event information, including event time and location as well as registration requirements if applicable

The Friends Events Page also has a full list of ongoing events as well as events in future months.

The Friends Events Page can be reached by clicking on Events in the Navigation Bar at the top of the page.  

 

September One-Time Events Supported by the Friends 

  • Arts and Crafts – Image Transfer to Fabric Workshop – Saturday, September 2
  • Arts and Crafts – String Art Session 1 – Saturday, September 9
  • Arts and Crafts – String Art Session 2 – Saturday, September 9 
  • Mindfulness Mondays at the Albany Library – Guided Meditation – Monday, September 11
  • Rockin’ Kids Sing-a-long – Wednesday, September 13
  • Arts and Crafts – Squeegee Art Session 1 – Saturday, September 16
  • Arts and Crafts – Squeegee Art Session 2 – Saturday, September 16
  • Movies at the Albany Library – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret – Wednesday, September 20
  • Movies at the Albany Library – Creed III – Saturday, September 23
  • Rockin’ Kids Sing-a-long – Wednesday, September 27
  • Movies at the Albany Library – Triangle of Sadness – Wednesday, September 27

Get Involved!

Volunteer

We always need volunteers, and there are always plenty of interesting tasks! We especially need volunteers to help sort our large backlog of books.

Sort & Price

Sorting and pricing is a very important task.  Help us out!

Become A Member

We heartily welcome new members!