Throughout the month of September, the Alameda Free Library is celebrating National Library Card Sign-Up Month. Since 1987, Library Card Sign-up Month has been held each September to mark the beginning of the school year.

The Alameda Free Library will be displaying a new exhibit to honor the history of Japanese Americans in Alameda.

Friday, March 24

There is still plenty of time for Alamedans to complete the Alameda Free Library’s “All the Feels” Winter Reading Challenge.

Selected Berkeley Community College student’s design for new retail store

The bookstore inside the Alameda Free Library selected a new logo designed by a local college student.

The Alameda Free Library and Alameda Animal Shelter invites the Alameda community to be kind to a feline on International Cat Day by adopting a cat into your family. Come by to meet some cats, drink coffee, make crafts, and check out some cat-related books!

This summer, the Alameda Free Library is hosting “Flashlight Fridays” for children ages 5-12. This program encourages young readers to read silently and independently.

The Alameda Free Library celebrated its 2022 Summer Reading Challenge with a kickoff event at the Main Library on Saturday, June 4. The event included crafts for children, teens, and adults; a how-to session with Easy Street Cycling; and special performances by Sterling Johnson, the Bubblesmith.

The Alameda Free Library will be hosting a virtual author visit with author/illustrator Nidhi Chanani on Wednesday, March 16, at 4 p.m. on Zoom, and streaming the webinar for public viewers in the Stafford room simultaneously.

The Alameda Free Library is offering a virtual gaming-based STEM program introducing Computer Science and C++ programming.