Looking for a new way to help out the library?  If you do well as an independent volunteer rather than a committee member, this opportunity is for you!  Interested volunteers donate time to keep one section of the library neat and orderly by "adopting" that section.  Volunteers can choose a favorite topic or type of material.  Every 2 weeks, the volunteers spend time checking that the section they have adopted is in the correct order.  Contact Lorraine at the library for more information if you have time to spare, love your library and want to Adopt-A-Shelf.   801-763-3070 

Book Club Party for daughters ages 6-8 and their mothers.  The book to be read is Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater.  Cost is $3.00 per pair.  Please pay at the circulation desk of the library.  Limit of 10 pairs per party.  This will be held Saturday, July 31 - 2:30-4:30pm - in the Gardner Community Room.

If you place a request for an item and receive an e-mail notification that the item is ready for you to pick up, and you no longer want the item, please let the library know.  You can call the library at 801-763-3070, and ask that the hold be cancelled.  You may also access your account online at the library website and cancel the request there.  This will help us to cut the wait time for those patrons still in the request line for library items.  Thank you.

Summer is a time for fun.  Don't let the kids have it all!  Join our first ever Summer Reading Program for adults.  The library has organized workshops to help adults "water their minds." Plan for a great summer learning new skills and broadening your horizons.

        Tuesday, August 3 - 11a.m.

 "Hands on" e-mail skills class. If you need to know how to set up an e-mail account, learn to attach pictures or word documents to your e-mail or have any other questions or problems, come join us.  The space is limited to 22 people so be sure to sign up early.  Sign up at the second floor reference desk at the library.

On April 12, 2010, the entire library community across the beehive state- academic, public, bookmobiles, school and special libraries – were invited to record with stories, photographs, and statistics the indisputable proof that libraries consistently provide invaluable services to our community. This was to be “a day in the life” of the library – Utah Library Snapshot 2010. The joint statewide effort was sponsored by the Utah Library Association, Utah Educational Library Media Association, Utah Academic Library Consortium, and the Utah State Library Division.

The American Fork Library chose its snapshot day to be Tuesday, April 13th, which was also National Library Workers Day.

Click here for more information.

Due to the increase in the library postal rate, it has become necessary to raise the Interlibrary Loan postage fee from $2.00 to $3.00 per item.  This will help defray the cost to return ILL items to the lending libraries.  This fee is only charged when a requested item is received by the American Fork Library for a patron placing a request.  It must be paid even if the item is no longer wanted after it has been received at the library.

Transparent Language Library Edition is an interactive self-study tool that delivers a rich and rewarding learning experience in a simple, quick, and efficient manner.  Its lesson-based learning method offers clear guidance and structure, while leaving  you in control.

15 Beginner Lessons - Equivalent to one year of a high school course or 1 semester of a college course, every lesson builds on the ones before it, to gradually take you from no knowledge of the language to an intermediate level of proficiency.

American Fork Library has 8 Transparent Language Courses to offer:
                        English                                             Japanese
                        German                                            Portuguese
                        Hebrew                                             Russian
                        Italian                                                Spanish

A Transparent Language flash drive checked out from the library and your computer are all you need to start learning a new language.

The Friends of the American Fork Library have teamed up with the Library's department heads to create a wish list for the American Fork Library. Patrons are invited and encouraged by the Friends of the American Fork Library to give the gift of reading.

As the Library has taken budget cuts (as you notice with their shorter hours) they haven't been able to get very many new books. If you have any of these books that you have read sitting around and would like to donate please bring them into the library. Or if you'd like to go purchase a book on the wish list and donate it that would be wonderful as well!

Click here for the list!

The library can now send an email ("pre-overdue notice") reminding patrons that their items will be due in three days.  If you'd like to use this service or opt out contact the library staff.

We would also like to remind patrons that this is a courtesy service.  If patrons do not receive the notice, due to error on our part or theirs, patrons are still responsible to turn in their items on the date they were told when they checked those items out. Or they will be fined as agreed when they received their card.

If you are not receiving these emails please email rcameron@afcity.net for assistance.

The Library has experienced a great response to our email pre-overdue notifications.  However, we have become aware that some patrons are not receiving these notices.  Through tests of our system we know that emails are being sent out.  If you are not receiving the notifications, do the following:

1. Check with Library Staff to make sure we have your current email address (only one email address per library account/household).
2. Check your SPAM and add library@afcity.net to your address book.
3. If these do not solve your problem ask your email provider for any possible problems.

We ask that patrons NOT reply to the messages that they receive.  Due to the large number of notices that are sent each day, we are unable to process incoming messages.  This means we cannot perform any circulation transactions such as renewing books.  Renewals must be done through the patron account on the library website, in person at the library, or by telephone.  Any other circulation issues can be handled over the telephone or in person at the library.

Thank you for your continued support of the library.