EXTRA 30 MINUTES ADDED
The Library is open from 11:30 - 5:30 pm as of Nov. 2022.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
1) Get a Reading Log from the Librarian.
2) Check out some books & start reading!
3) Every 20 minutes of reading, FILL IN CIRCLE.
4) Log 10 sessions (circles) in a row & show Librarian.
5) Get a Prize. Plus a Grand Prize Raffle Ticket.
6) Come to Thursday Storytime & get a Raffle Ticket
7) Grand Prizes announced Thursday, August 1st.
Hello Blue! Happy Retirement Connie
On Feb. 15th, 2024, we celebrated our long-time librarian Connie Acker. Connie stepped down from her leadership role Dec. 2023. Blue Cutler is the new Branch Librarian. Connie and Melissa are happy substitutes, as needed. We thank them and all our volunteers / friends for serving our community.
ALBERTON LIBRARY WINS GRANTS
The Mineral Independent in June highlighted the success of Librarian Blue Cutler and the Mineral County Public Library in securing grants from the Pilcrow Foundation, Blackfoot Communications and the Town Pump for the Alberton Branch Library. Read the news here.
MARCH BEST BOOK MADNESS
Congrats Brooke Barnett of Alberton for winning the . March Book Madness Raffle ($25 gift card to Valley Bookstore). WINNING (Best) Book: The Hobbit!.
RAILROAD DAY FESTIVAL 2026 FUNdraiser!
"We did quite well with our booth on RR Day", reports Friends of the Alberton Library. "We took in about $400 for the book fund!!!!"
+ A big thank you the Friends who worked the booth: Judy Arledge, Shirley Moberg, Jayne Franklin, Val Mills, Sandye Adams and Pam Brown.
+ Thank you to all our wonderful donors: Judy Bungarz, Brian Crowley, Hindu Hillbilly, Crescent Ridge Farm, Lorraine Auchsun, Murdoch's, Wood and Welding, Ron Mason, Trax Bar, Valley Grocery, Buck'n Bull, Farm to Table Massage, River Edge and Sporty's.
+ Thanks to the community and Friends of the Library who stopped by and played Shake-a-Day. It was a good time.
+ Thanks to our wonderful librarian, Blue, who put lots of time and energy into making sure this was a success.
I'd also like to acknowledge Melissa Pendley [our late substitute librarian], who's energy, ideas, support of the library, and friendship are greatly missed. The idea of the Friends of the Library doing a Shake-a-Day booth for Railroad Day was hers - and it was a good one!
SUMMER READING PROGRAM 2026
Summer Reading at the Alberton Branch Library begins June 9th and ends August 6th. Here's the schedule.
