Device Advice
Here at the library, we're all about literacy-- including digital literacy! Our Adult Services Digital Literacy librarian is available for one-on-one appointments to help you learn to use your devices. Sign up for classes to learn the basics of popular software such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and the Google apps. Find advanced courses on LinkedIN Learning.
Community Services
Come to AAPLD for passport applications, license plate tags, and notary services, faxing, self-service copying and printing. Find us out in the community, connecting with residents at area senior living facilities, dropping off donations and prizes at the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Interfaith Food Pantry, or collecting prom finery for My Sister's Dress of McHenry County. We offer special events such as blood drives, Narcan training, and mobile office hours for local elected officials. During tax season, we partner with AARP to offer free tax preparation for seniors. This spring we'll launch a community garden to benefit area food pantries. Find the Services page at aapld.org, or check our bi-monthly print newsletter to see what's new!
Book Clubs
AAPLD offers eight different book discussion groups each month, covering a variety of genres. From non-fiction to sci-fi, romance to horror, mysteries, thrillers, YA and more! Attend one group regularly, or select different groups based on each month's selection. We provide the books for pick-up at the Adult Services desk, simply register for the meeting, and share your thoughts with fellow book lovers. If you can't find a group that suits your interests and schedule, try our DIY Book Club service, where we provide books for a group you organize.
Vinyl records engage more than just your ears. Cover art is larger, liner notes and lyric sheets are often more detailed. There's also the act of sliding the album from its cardboard cover, placing it on a turntable, setting the needle into the groove. There's the pop, the crackle, and then...the opening chords. Bliss!
Before CDs came along in the mid-1980s, vinyl was the preferred way to listen to music. Digital music technology is constantly changing, and older technologies become obsolete (ask an Ipod fan), but you can still listen to a vinyl record manufactured 60 years ago.