Updated July 14, 2020:

• All ACLS branches are open with limited hours. Please refer to each individual branch's page, or our mobile app, for their specific schedule.
• Curbside pick-up is available at all our branches and encouraged . Please read our Holds, Checkouts, Returns & Curbside Pickup FAQs for more information.
• Book drops are open for returns at all our branches. Please allow at least 3 days for items to be removed from your account.
• Our Books-by-Mail service and Interlibrary Loans are not available at this time.
• Book Donations are currently not being accepted.
• Learn more about the ACLS 2020 Summer Reading Program.
• In person programs and events, including Storytime and Book Clubs, are not being scheduled at this time. Please view and subscribe to the ACLS YouTube channel for Storytime Anytime, craft and STEM videos.
• Public meetings rooms are closed.
• Availability to in-house services such as Mobile Printing, copiers, scanners, and public computers are subject to branch openings and guidelines. See the specific branch page for hours.

Your ACLS card still gives you 24/7 free access to online resources. Use your phone, mobile device or laptop to access these services from the comfort and safety of your home at atlanticlibrary.org/digital_media and atlanticlibrary.org/databases.

Join the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program at the Atlantic County Library System

The Mission:

• to promote a lifelong love of books and reading to newborns, infants, and toddlers
• to encourage parent and child bonding through reading

The 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program is a nationwide challenge that encourages parents and caregivers to regularly read aloud to their children. By reading just one book a night, families can reach the 1,000-book goal in three years and provide their children essential early literacy skills.

Registration for the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten is open to all families with children between the ages of birth and five years at all our branches.