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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, and Science Fiction/Fantasy sections, with labels marking them for easy browsing. We also have labels on our Inspirational Fiction, African-American Fiction, Suspence Fiction, and Historical Fiction denoting those items in our general fiction collection.
Our non-fiction collection is arranged with the Dewey Decimal System, placing items on similar topics near each other. Simply use one of our online catalog stations to find the area you are interested in, or ask for help from our friendly staff at the Library's Front Desk.
The Adult Room also has a growing collection of Large Print books, in both fiction and non-fiction, also with genre labels for easy browsing. If you are looking for a specific title or author in large print, please ask at the Front Desk. If we don't have it, we can order it for you through our MeLCat Interlibrary Loan system.
The Ellen Pantaleo Children's Room has collections of board books, easy readers, music CDs, audiobooks, and popular reading list selections, in addition to the general fiction and non-fiction collections for children. The easy reader collection is broken down into four categories. The first category is for beginning readers and the books contain large pictures and few words. The second category of books are for children that can recognize some sight words and can sound words out. The third category is for children that can read smoothly and contain more advanced vocabulary. The final category of books is for those that can read without a lot of help and are generally chapter books. For more information on the Children's Room collections, please visit the "Kids" section from our Home Page, or through the "By Age" option under the "Services" tab above.
DVDs
The Library's Adult Room has a collection of over 3,400 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. Be sure to participate in our "Vote to Add TV on DVD" program downstairs in the Adult Room. Every day you visit, you can vote for your favorite television series. The votes are counted each month, with a season of the winning series added to the collection.
Our Children's Room has over 800 DVDs, including family and kid-friendly feature films, television series sets, and educational videos for children.
Our DVDs check out for one week, with a maximum of 10 DVDs per patron, and a limit of 2 new releases, at a time.
Audiobooks
The Albion District Library Adult room has over 800 audiobooks on CD and audio cassettes. This collection is growing, with new unabridged books by your favorite fiction and non-fiction authors arriving monthly. Check out the New Audiobook cart for the newest items. If the title you're looking for isn't in, we can put a hold on it for you. If we don't have it, we can request it for you through the MeLCat Interlibrary Loan system. Or you can do it yourself at home! Ask for the more information at the Library's Front Desk.
The Children's Room also has a growing collection of books on CD from popular authors, such as The Hunger Games, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Arthur, and more.
eBooks and eAudiobooks
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 transfer to your favorite portable device through a service called OverDrive. The Albion District Library has partnered with a number of other libraries in the Midwest Collabortive for Library Services (MCLS) to provide this service to our patrons. 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's Front Desk.
Newspapers
We have a selection of local, regional, and national newspapers available for in-library reading in our Adult Room including Battle Creek Enquirer, Detroit Free Press, Jackson Citizen Patriot, Michigan Chronicle, Morningstar, New York Times, The Recorder, and the Wall Street Journal.
Magazines
The Albion District Library holds current subscriptions of over 90 popular magazines, including Brides, Consumer Reports, Cosmopolitan, Diabetic Living, Ebony, Good Housekeeping, Jet, Knit Simple, National Geographic, Oprah Magazine, People, People: En Espanol, Prevention, Readers Digest: Large Print, Real Simple, Rolling Stone, Sports Illustrated, US Weekly, Vogue, and Women's Health.
We have many others in our Teen area (MAD Magazine, Otaku USA, Game Informer, etc.), Children's Room (Family Fun, Parenting: Early Years, WWE Kids, etc.), and our Local History Room (Michigan History Magazine, Family Tree Magazine, etc.).
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 Front Desk at 517-629-3993.
