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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Library Looking for Trustee Applications
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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Over 1300 Pairs of Underwear Donated for Drop Your Drawers
Started in November, hundreds of community members and organizations came together to help young students around the county by donating over 1300 pairs of children’s underwear for the Anderson Public Library’s Drop Your Drawers Campaign. The Drop Your Drawers campaign is a cooperative effort of libraries across the state along with famous children’s author Dav […]
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Top Books and DVDs in 2018
As 2018 draws to a close, find out what was the most popular titles and DVDs at the Anderson Public Library this year. With thousands to choose from, members of the library picked these items the most this year: DVDs Daddy’s Home 2 Coco Adults Fiction Whispering Room: A Jane Hawk Novel by Dean Koontz […]
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Drop Your Drawers at APL
Drop your drawers at the Anderson Public Library! The library is proud to help Anderson County children by accepting donations of new children’s underwear to be distributed to children at elementary schools across the county. The Drop Your Drawers campaign is a cooperative effort of libraries across the state along with famous children’s author Dav […]
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Celebrating the Friends of APL
The Anderson Public Library would like to thank the Friends of the Anderson Public Library for all the many contributions provided to the library for National Friends of Libraries Week. From October 21st to 27th, libraries across the nation will be celebrating the work done by each friends of libraries group. Friends groups help provide […]
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Schools and Library Stand Firm Against Bullying
The Anderson Public Library and Anderson County Schools stood firm against bullying for National Bullying Prevention Month with a special proclamation signed today by Superintendent Sheila Mitchell at the library. National Bullying Prevention Month is an awareness campaign for the month of October founded in 2006 by PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center. To celebrate and […]
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Library Board Welcomes New Member
During last week’s Board of Trustees meeting of the Anderson Public Library, the board welcomed a new trustee. David Abner was sworn in by Board President Bryan Proctor, at the start of the meeting. David will be filling the vacancy on the board left by Jane Scott Bentley who elected not to be appointed for […]
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