News and Updates

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  APL's 2022 Reading Challenge is here!

  
  Are you up to the challenge this year? Complete our reading challenge by reading 40 of the 50 book prompts and return the form to the Reference Desk by 12/29/2022 to win a prize! All participants will also be entered into a Grand Prize drawing. Struggling to decide what to read for each prompt? Stop into APL and check out our reading challenge display, which will be updated on a biweekly basis with books that fit two of the prompts on the 2022 Reading Challenge.
  
  
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  New Gaming Items!

  
  See our new gaming section! With all of the classic family favorites. Be sure to check out our new items! featuring Risk, Clue, Scene it?, Battleship, Monopoly, Settlers of Catan, and many more!
  
  We at the Alpha Park Public Library are proud to announce that we are now offering board games in the library to check out and play. Located in the magazine section near the Large Print and Graphic Novels, come in, grab a game and play! You can also check the games out to take home and play with friends and family. Pickle Ball kits and Frisbee Golf Frisbee Discs are also available for check out.
  
  

• Meeting Rooms

  Alpha Park Library meeting rooms are now open for reservation as of August 1st.
  
  Please see the Meeting Room Calendar
  
  Reservations can be made via email, phone, or in person.
  
  if requesting a reservation, please review the meeting room policies and application.
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  Explore More Illinois is back! A new program which allows library users to visit other museums/attractions around the state, either without charge or at a discounted price. Folks will no longer need to pick up a pre-printed pass at the library, though some attractions still require a pass. Here’s how it will work:
  
       • Using a computer, go to the website https://exploremore.quipugroup.net/?AlphaPark
  
       • Log into the site using your library card number—on your card; it begins with “D080…”—and the password that you use to access your library account online
  
       • On the “Available Attractions” page, all participating institutions are listed, with instructions about requiring or not requiring a printed pass, etc.
  
       • Click the green “Reserve” button to get a pass for the day
  
       • For a different day, click on “Reserve Different Date”
  
       • Once a date has been chosen, click on “Continue” to confirm your reservation
  
  Please note that the Peoria Riverfront Museum DOES require a printed pass, so you will need to print one to have in hand when you go to the museum.
  Alpha Park will receive one pass per day, and each library card is limited to two passes per calendar year. One pass will admit two adults and their children (must be under the age of 18).
  

  Peoria Riverfront Museum Pass

  Alpha Park Library patrons may check out a pass to the Peoria Riverfront Museum with a valid library card! We have one pass available on a first come basis. Call the library at (309) 697-3822 x10 for more details.