2025 Baxter St
Athens, GA 30606
706-613-3650
Monday-Thursday: 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m
Friday-Saturday: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Heritage Room remote hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Please visit your library branch's website for the latest curbside service hours for holds and printing. Call us or contact us at http://athenslibrary.org/
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Dear Library User,
Many thanks to our patrons for all the kind words that we have received as we make every effort to provide library services that are safe for you and our staff. Unfortunately, due to the spike in coronavirus cases throughout our region, we had to make the difficult decision to postpone our in-house internet services. We are determined to open this service just as soon as these case numbers begin to flatten. While we cautiously wait for the coronavirus to level in our counties, we are expanding library services. Please read the full Message from the Director here.
As part of its phased reentry plan, the Athens Regional Library System continues to expand its available services while protecting the health and safety of patrons and staff.
Curbside Holds Service: We’ve expanded our curbside service hours! Visit your local library branch’s webpage here. Place holds at our website, through the PINES mobile app, or by phone. We’ll notify you when your items are ready for pickup.
Book Drops: Our book drops are now open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Please note, we’ll hold all returned items in quarantine before checking them in, which means your return won’t show up on your account right away. Don’t worry! No fines will be charged at this time. Please note, our libraries are not accepting donations for the time being.
Print Pickup: Need to print something but can’t do it at home? We’ve got you covered! Our libraries now offer curbside print pickup. Email your document to your local Athens Regional Library System branch, and we’ll notify you when it’s ready for pickup! Printouts will be available the next business day during curbside service hours. We also offer curbside pickup of tax forms, which can be requested by calling your library. Learn more about print pickup and find your library’s printing email here .
Athens-Clarke County Library: Passports Beginning Monday, Aug. 10, the Athens-Clarke County Library will begin accepting passport applications by appointment. Please call the library at 706-613-3650 to set up your appointment. Saturday appointments will be available!
Due to limited staffing at U.S. passport facilities, please note that passport applicants will experience a significant delay in receiving their passport and their original documentation due. Please check their website at https://travel.state.gov/content/travel.html for the most current information.
More information will be available soon!
There’s still time to complete your 2020 U.S. Census! The Census directly impacts resources allocated for healthcare, education and infrastructure. It’s important to ensure everyone in our communities is counted. Completing the census is safe, secure and easy. It only takes about 10 minutes at my2020census.gov. Don’t forget: our libraries offer wi-fi access in our parking lots in case you need it. The deadline to respond to the Census is September 30, 2020. So far, 58.7% of Georgians have completed the 2020 Census. Let’s get to 100%! Read the latest statement on the Census from U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham, dated Aug. 3, 2020, here.
Now through August 31, Georgians are asked to participate in a free and simple internet speed test. The Georgia Broadband Deployment Initiative (GBDI) has launched the Speedtest® by Ookla® pilot project statewide, which is designed to equip school leaders with the clearest picture possible of internet connectivity for Georgia’s students and teachers for the upcoming school year.
Georgians are encouraged to download the free Ookla Speedtest app (Android or iOS-Apple) to the various devices that they use to connect to the internet (smartphones, tablets, etc.) and take several tests in the places where connectivity is important to them. For laptops and desktop computers, visit https://www.speedtest.net
The easy-to-use Speedtest, along with the information available at the Broadband Initiative website, will assist school leaders as they plan for their digital learning strategies. Learn more here: https://gov.georgia.gov/press-releases/2020-06-23/state-launches-internet-speedtest-pilot-schools
Heritage Room virtual one-on-one sessions: Are you working on a research project or genealogy question? Need access to materials and support? Email heritageroomref@athenslibrary.org or call us at 706-613-3650, ext. 350, to request a 45-minute one-on-one virtual research session. The Heritage Room staff will be available electronically or via telephone, to assist with genealogy research. These 45-minute one-on-one sessions are by appointment and are designed for those working on research projects, those with genealogy questions, and those who need access to materials. (Starting the week of 6/22)
Virtual One-on-One Computer Tutorials and Online Computer Classes: Need a little extra help with a computer skill? We now offer virtual one-on-one computer tutorials! These free, 45-minute interactive sessions cover basic computer skills like creating a Word doc, accessing the Internet and navigating Facebook. We also offer virtual computer classes on a range of topics from keyboard skills to Google Docs to Internet privacy and security. Patrons can register for computer classes or tutorials on our library’s virtual events calendar and can join in using Google Meet.
The Athens Regional Library System embraces diversity, inclusion, and social justice. These are a part of our organizational values and at the heart of our public services. We support the members of our communities who are in pain, those who are on a quest to educate themselves around the issues of race, and those wondering how to talk with children and young people about these issues. To help with those endeavors, we have developed the following list of resources. We will be adding to this list as the days go by. Much like the challenging events our communities have experienced over the last three months, the Library believes that we are in this together, and together we will see our way through. Visit our resources here.
Are you keeping a journal of your experiences during the coronavirus pandemic?
Did you post a photo on social media of empty shelves at the grocery store? Whether you’re writing in an old school diary or recording voice memos, everyone's experience is unique. The Heritage Room at Athens-Clarke County Library wants to help preserve our community’s story of this unprecedented time in our collective history. We are interested in stories from everyday people. No story is too small! How you collect your thoughts is up to you: write in a journal, take photos or videos, record voice memos or even save social media posts. Full details are available here using a Google account. If you don't have a Google account, use this link.
Thursday, February 20, 2020 3:30 p.m.
Open wide and say “Ahhh…” because it’s National Children’s Dental Health Month, and we’re going to learn all about human and animal teeth. Listen to some great tooth stories and songs! With chompy crafts to go! For children ages 4-8 and their caregiver. With Miss Misty. In Storyroom.
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