Allen County Public Library: ACPLib 2.0

Web 2.0 refers to the "second generation" of web-based communities and services that facilitate collaboration and sharing between users. ACPL uses many of these web sites to communicate with our users, to share new ideas about library services and materials with the wider Allen County community, and to collaborate on internal projects.

Most Popular Titles
View our most popular book titles.

ACPL Staff Picks
What do librarians like to read? ACPL staff have displayed their favorite books at our locations for years, now see them online at LibraryThing.

In 2018 our library will be .....

What will your library look like in the future. View what others have written.

Easy Login
EasyLogin is a service that allows you to create your own username and password to sign into the Allen County Public Library. Create an account and see how easy it is to login to our catalog.

ACPL Blog
Events, materials, and other items of interest to residents of Allen County.

ACPL Kids Blog

ACPL Teens Blog

Georgetown Teens Blog

Grabill Branch Library Public Blog
A slightly more targeted blog for Grabill Branch users.

Fort Wayne Area Artists Blog
A forum for Fort Wayne area artists to share what they are doing and for art lovers to learn about it.

ACPL RSS Feeds
RSS feeds are an easy way to keep up with your favorite Web sites. Updates are sent to your "news reader" or "aggregator" - you can use Bloglines, My Yahoo, My MSN , or Google reader to track the sites you like.

New Materials added to the ACPL Catalog Collection
See what's new in the library collection. Updated daily.

ACPL on Flickr
Flickr is an online photo sharing site with free and (paid) pro accounts available.

ACPL on YouTube

YouTube is a video sharing Web site - you can post and watch videos for free.

Search Cloud
See popular search terms. Highlight a word to see how many times it has been searched.

NEIRRS Podcast
North Eastern Indiana Radio Reading Service provides web access for those who are blind or have reading challenges.

Paul Clarke Nonprofit Resource Center

Library Elf
An online Web site which can keep track of your library check outs and holds. This site is independently run and not associated with ACPL, but many of our users find it handy. Get library account updates (for you or your whole family) via the Web site, email, RSS feed, or text message.

Bookmarklets (IE and Firefox)
These bookmarklets allow you to search the library catalog for words you highlight on a Web page.

Firefox Browser and Search Plugins
Allows you to search ACPL's catalog from any Internet page you are currently browsing.