Books, Movies, and More

Catalog Fines & Fees

Books
  • Our Adult Room has a large and growing collection of both fiction and non-fiction. Our fiction collection is divided into General Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Western, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Inspirational, African-American Fiction, and Large Print sections.
  • The Children’s Room’s books are divided by age and reading levels. We currently have thousands of books, including board books, picture books,  readers (for children learning to read), chapter books,  graphic novels, popular series, and a large non-fiction section that is especially helpful for school assignments.
DVDs/Blu-Ray
  • The Library’s Adult Room has a collection of over 7,500 DVDs, which grow monthly with new releases and additions of old favorites.
  • This collection includes feature films, documentaries, exercise and health videos, as well as season sets of your favorite television series on DVD.  We also have a small, but growing, collection of movies on Blu-Ray.
  • Our Children’s Room has over 1,000 DVDs, including family and kid-friendly feature films, and educational videos for children.
  • Our DVDs and Blu-Rays check out for one week, with a maximum of 5 per patron, and a limit of 2 current month new releases, at a time.
  • We have over 600 season of television series available, including children’s series! Ask about your favorite series.
Audiobooks
  • The Albion District Library Adult room has over 1,400 audiobooks on CD.
  • The Children’s Room also has a growing collection of books on CD from popular authors, for ages 12 and under as well as a collection of read-along CD and picture book book sets.
eMedia (eBooks)
  • eBooks and eAudiobooks in every genre (fiction, non-fiction, and children’s) are available free with your Albion District Library card to read on your computer or your favorite portable device through a service called OverDrive.  All you need is your library card and a computer or device (like a smart phone or tablet) with internet access to download up to 10 eBooks or eAudiobooks at a time.
  • For more information on this service, or on the next free OverDrive class here at the Library, please visit or call the Library at (517) 629-3993.
Newspapers
  • We have a selection of local and regional newspapers available for in-library reading in our Adult Room including Battle Creek Enquirer, Jackson Citizen Patriot, Marshall Advisor & Chronicle, Morningstar, and The Recorder.
Magazines
  • The Albion District Library holds current subscriptions of 40 popular magazines, including Consumer Reports, Diabetic Living,Entertainment Weekly, ESPN Magazine, Family Tree, Gluten-Free & More, HGTV Magazine, Knit Simple, Oprah Magazine, Parents Magazine, People, Prevention, Readers Digest: Large Print, Real Simple, Rolling Stone, Sports Illustrated, US Weekly, and Women’s Health.
  • Our Local History Room has Michigan History Magazine.
  • All of our magazines (past the current month) are available for check out. For more information, or to check to discover if we carry a particular magazine, please call the Library’s Main Service Desk at (517) 629-3993.