Friends of the Albany Library

Welcome to Friends of the Albany Library!

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. Please go to the Benefit Page to see the types of ongoing events and items that FAL supports. 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) The Albany Library is closed on Fridays.

SPRING BOOK SALE SATURDAY, APRIL 25 & SUNDAY, APRIL 26

Our next onsite Book Sale is Saturday, April 25 and Sunday, April 26. Information below:

Location: Albany City Community Center Big Room and Albany Library Edith Stone Room at 1247 Marin Ave., Albany

Hours:

Saturday, 4/25: 9am-5pm for both rooms
Sunday, 4/26: 10am-4pm Big Room & 10am-2pm Edith Stone Room

What’s on Offer:

The Community Center Big Room items will be $1.00 and include books of all kinds for adults, pre-schoolers, kids and tweens, lots of CD’s and DVD’s and vintage magazines.
Edith Stone Room items will be at $2 and up and include Jigsaw puzzles for all ages, vintage, rare, and collectible books and magazines including an estate with many academic titles – Focus on History of Christianity, Psychology, Slavic and Russian Studies, and Russian language books
Weather permitting current magazines and library discards outdoors 5/$1

How to Pay:

Cash or check with ID, major credit cards accepted for purchases $3 and up

In the meantime, please continue to donate books to help us prepare and stock up for the April book sale. Before the spring book sale, you can purchase books on the ongoing shelf sale in the library and online at Shop Friends of the Albany Library Books and Collectibles | AbeBooks: Eve’s Book Garden

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, participation and book purchases! We can’t do it without you! Looking forward to seeing you there!

BOOK DONATIONS TAKEN BY APPOINTMENT

The Friends are now taking donations, but by advance appointment only.

UPCOMING LIBRARY EVENTS SUPPORTED BY THE FRIENDS

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

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

February One-Time Events Supported by the Friends

Chess Class – Sunday, February 1
Rain Harvesting from the Ground Up – Sunday, February 1
iSearch Help – Monday, February 2
Albany Library’s Conversation Club – Tuesday, February 3
iSearch Help Wednesday, February 4
Preschool Storytime and Craft – Saturday, February 7
Story Quilt Craft – Saturday, February 7
Paint By Numbers Community Mural – Sunday, February 8
iSearch Help – Monday, February 9
Celebrating Lunar New Year – Tuesday, February 10
Valentine Card Making – Wednesday, February 11
iSearch Help –Wednesday, February 11
Pajama Storytime –Wednesday, February 11
Fancy Pens for Valentine’s Day Gifts – Saturday, February 14
Chess Class – Sunday, February 15
Path to Belonging: Genealogy Workshop – Wednesday, February 18
Albany Library’s Saturday Book Club – Saturday, February 21
Family Music Lab – Sunday, February 22
iSearch Help – Monday, February 23
Albany Library’s Conversation Club – Tuesday, February 24
Rockin’ Kids Sing-Along – Wednesday, February 25
iSearch Help – Wednesday, February 25
Read to a Dog – Wednesday, February 25
Movies at Albany Library – Nickel Boys (Oscar Nominated Movie) –Saturday, February 28

Get Involved!

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