The Anderson Public Library’s Board of Trustees gave a special farewell to a member of the board who has served as its leader for eight years. Bryan Proctor was appointed to the board of trustees in 2011. Serving as the board’s president, Bryan helped oversee the amazing progress of the library over eight years, including […]
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Outreach Specialist Deborah Perry to Retire
After almost thirty years of service at the Anderson Public Library, outreach specialist, Deborah Perry, will be retiring. As the outreach librarian, Deborah has been instrumental in helping provide library services to those who can’t easily visit the library as well as providing educational programs for children at local daycares. During her time at the […]
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Local Potter Displays Work at the Library
Art displays continue at the Anderson Public Library as part of a series with the Anderson County Arts Council with local pottery artist, Marianne Brown, displaying some of her amazing work. Marianne started working with clay when she was only nine years old at a class at the Indianapolis Art League. She continued working with clay […]
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Local Photographer Displays Work in Library
The Anderson Public Library is pleased to partner with the Anderson County Arts Council in the first of many local art displays at the library. The first artist to be featured at the library is Terese Webb. As a photographer, Terese started working with cameras at 16 years old when she took a photography class […]
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Star Wars Display Returns for May the Fourth Day
With such a great success last year, the Anderson Public Library invited local Star Wars memorabilia collector, Jason Willis, to display part of his collection again this year in celebration of Star Wars Day, also known as May the Fourth Day. The new display, which is located in the library’s display case near the parking […]
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Ms Sherry Wins Statewide Award
The Anderson Public Library is extremely proud to announce that Youth and Family Services Manager, Sherry Noon, received the “Miss Pickle” award yesterday for outstanding children’s services from the Kentucky Public Library Association. The award, which is given to showcase excellence in developing and providing children’s library services, was presented to Sherry as part of […]
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Help Your Library by Being a Trustee
Are you interested in serving on the Anderson Public Library Board of Trustees? The Library’s Board of Trustees will have an upcoming vacancy for which they are accepting applications from Anderson County residents, 18 years and older. The Library is seeking to identify dedicated individuals who have a passion for libraries. The Board of Trustees […]
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Are you interested in serving on the Anderson Public Library Board of Trustees? The Library’s Board of Trustees will have an upcoming vacancy for which they are accepting applications from Anderson County residents, 18 years and older. The Library is seeking to identify dedicated individuals who have a passion for libraries. The Board of Trustees […]
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Help Us Help You Better
The Anderson Public Library continues to thrive in our community and we greatly appreciate your interest and membership. We would like to invite you to be a part of our strategic planning process and provide input about the future of our library services. On Thursday, January 24, at 6:00 pm, we will host a community […]
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Library to Celebrate Birthday of New Building
January 2nd marks the one year anniversary of the opening of the Anderson Public Library’s newly renovated building on North Main Street. The renovation project, which started back in mid 2016 with the library moving to a temporary location, saw a major change to the original library building. During renovation, a large 8000 square foot […]
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