Featured Highlights
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The Central Library is now open!!
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Masks are REQUIRED for All Employees and Visitors in Fulton County Libraries
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Learn about Downloadable Class Sets and Classics with Digital Library Resources
- Thank You FulcoLibrary Volunteers!!!
- Join our Book Clubs
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Daily Digital Programs for All Ages
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Hello,
Today is one of the most special days ever for the Fulton County Library System. The reason it is so special is that the Central Library, our headquarters, re-opens to the public after being closed for renovations.
The renovations have taken a bit over two years to complete; but, and I hope you will agree, it was worth it!
The Central Library is the last building of the late architect, Marcel Breuer. The main thought was to make sure that the renovated library pays homage to his use of angles, dimension, line, and sight. Come see if you can remember how it used to look.
The building and renovation program started as the result of a 2008 bond referendum at a total cost of $275 million. The extraordinary planning and work spanned 13 years and weathered all sorts of things, including a pandemic that had not been seen in 100 years! The work never stopped.
That is why this is a proud moment. The Fulton County Library System is a shining star among the best of the best libraries in the nation.
Therefore, you and your entire crew are invited, at your leisure, to come and pay a visit to a place that makes you forget how it looked, and functioned, in the past. There is light, brightness, newness, and wonder. You will experience the library as you use the library. There are places to sit and ponder, materials to checkout, state-of-the-art spaces, and technology. There will be numerous classes, events, exhibits, author talks, lecture series, and conferences, etc. as we move forward. In fact, the facility offers a conference center that, very soon, will be a destination place that can be booked for events.
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CENTRAL LIBRARY IS OFFICIALLY OPEN! |
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Welcome Back! The Central Library in downtown Atlanta is NOW OPEN! We couldn't be more excited to welcome residents from across the County to visit this masterpiece of books, meeting spaces, computer lab and so much more.
About the Central Library:
The Central Library, an existing 237,000 square foot, 10-story library designed in the 1970s by world-renowned architect Marcel Breuer and opened to the public in 1980, received a total interior renovation and modernization as well as all new mechanical, plumbing, electrical, lighting, fire alarm, and sprinkler systems.
Library patrons will enjoy some of the exciting new enhancements including a new atrium-topped skylight as well as carefully added windows to the 2nd/3rd levels of the building to allow more light into the building. The exterior plaza has been redesigned to provide a larger outdoor space for programmed activity use by the Library. A media tower conceived as a beacon, will display library events and add colorful imagery to the plaza.
We can't wait to see all our patrons back downtown at the beautiful Central Library soon!
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TAKE A VIRTUAL TOUR OF CENTRAL LIBRARY! |
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MASKS REQUIRED IN ALL LIBRARIES |
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Due to a rapid increase in COVID-19 cases locally and nationally, the Board of Commissioners has updated its policy on mask requirements to protect the health and safety of our employees and the public while visiting our facilities.
Effective Thursday, August 5, masks are required for all employees and visitors in Fulton County facilities, regardless of vaccination status.
In addition, all meeting and conference rooms will be closed to the public. Study rooms will remain available, but limited to no more than 2 persons in a room at any time. Visit our website for more information on this change.
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Volunteer Services led the System’s celebration for National Friends of Libraries Week 10/17-23 by praising all 19 Friends groups throughout the week with emails, phone calls, cards, posts on Facebook, delivering goodie bags to the branches for the Friends’ presidents, book displays across the system, a Proclamation from the Fulton County Board of Commissioners on 10/20/21 and by hosting a virtual scavenger hunt.
Please Click: Enjoy our Friends Week PowerPoint presentation with videos. “The Friends Groups around the County have made programs, events, advocacy and outreach possible in ways that would not have been without their help, assistance and promotion. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.” – Jason Jonestock, Milton Library Support Supervisor.
Thank you for being a FRIEND!
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While Overdrive and the Libby App will allow users to check out high demand books with one use at a time (just like physical books), sometimes there can be a wait. So if you're looking for a title that an entire class or book club can read at the same time with no wait at all, Hoopla is the resource you should use!
On Hoopla, users can check out ten titles a month with no wait. Just make sure everyone in your reading group has either a Fulton County Library System card or CLASS PASS access, and your texts are waiting. Enjoy unlimited access to canon classics like Frankenstein, or more modern classics like the Harry Potter series with as many copies for your group or class as needed. With large print a cinch on any tablet and audio versions often available, securing enough copies to teach a text is never an issue with Hoopla.
Why not download some classic horror for the coming holiday? Search our collection for authors like Edgar Allen Poe, Bram Stoker or H. G. Wells to spice up your reading group, or take a tour through the works of Dickens to add to the winter holiday mood. Our collection of classics is always available for Fulton County Library System patrons.
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A new book club selection is now under way with our Online Book Club! The book selection for Oct 2021 - Dec 2021 is I'll Be Gone In the Dark by Michelle McNamara
Please take a moment to join the Online Book Club, it's not too late to jump into 'I'll Be Gone In the Dark' and join the conversation. We look forward to exploring "I'll Be Gone In the Dark".
If you have not been able to join us before now, please take a moment now to sign up for the Online Book Club.
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