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ACPL Invites Media to Check Out a Busy Day at the Library
The Allen County Public Library (ACPL) invites media to see a slice of life at the library. As is the case most Saturdays, April 26, 2025...
amichael-keller
Apr 233 min read
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Library Event Aims to Solve Mystery of Abraham Lincoln’s Missing Brain
The Allen County Public Library invites history enthusiasts, Lincoln scholars, and curious minds to a captivating presentation that dives deep into one of the most fascinating stories in American history.
amichael-keller
Apr 102 min read
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An Open Letter from ACPL Executive Director Susan Baier
Dear Allen County Public Library patrons, Libraries across the country are observing National Library Week this week, April 6 through 12....
amichael-keller
Apr 72 min read
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Celebrate National Library Week at ACPL
National Library Week is April 6–12, 2025, and the Allen County Public Library is celebrating the 2025 National Library Week theme “Drawn...
amichael-keller
Apr 62 min read
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Allen County Public Library Announces Retirement of CFO David Sedestrom and Welcomes Incoming CFO Jill Noll
The Allen County Public Library (ACPL) announces that Chief Financial Officer (CFO) David Sedestrom will be retiring after 25 years of dedicated service. His official retirement date is set for April 4, 2025. He will be succeeded by Jill Noll, a 30-year ACPL employee who acted as Sedestrom’s “second in command” in her most recent role as Financial Services Manager.
amichael-keller
Mar 262 min read
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ACPL Shares 2024 Community Impact Report
The Allen County Public Library has release d its 2024 Community Impact Report . The report, which utilizes data from the Library’s...
amichael-keller
Mar 243 min read
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2025 Allen County Public Library Questa Scholars Announced
The Allen County Public Library (ACPL) and Questa Education Foundation are proud to announce the 2025 recipients of funding under the...
amichael-keller
Mar 43 min read
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ACPL Awarded Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for 32nd Consecutive Year
The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) has awarded the Certificate of Achievement for...
amichael-keller
Feb 31 min read
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ACPL Celebrates 130th Birthday with Final Approval from Fort Wayne City Council for Library’s Master Plan Phase One
At the January 28 For t Wayne City Council meeting, the Councilmembers voted 6-0-3 in favor of Phase One of the Allen County Public...
amichael-keller
Feb 33 min read
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ACPL Partners with AARP to Provide Free Tax Assistance to All
The AARP Foundation Tax-Aide is providing free in-person tax assistance and preparation January 27 through April 16 at select Allen...
amichael-keller
Jan 242 min read
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Library Announces Significant Progress at the end of Strategic Plan’s First Year
The Allen County Public Library (ACPL) is pleased to share a progress update on the first year of its 2024-2028 Strategic Plan “Allen...
amichael-keller
Dec 31, 20242 min read
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Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Hits the Ground Running in Allen County
The Allen County Public Library (ACPL) has officially launched Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, a program dedicated to fostering early...
amichael-keller
Dec 10, 20243 min read
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ACPL Honored with Library Marketing Award
The Allen County Public Library (ACPL) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the 2024 Sara Laughlin Marketing Award by the...
amichael-keller
Nov 21, 20242 min read
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Allen County Council Approves Library’s Master Plan Funding
Fort Wayne, IN – The Allen County Council has officially approved the Phase 1 tax bond for the Allen County Public Library’s (ACPL)...
amichael-keller
Nov 14, 20243 min read
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ACPL Hosts the “American Revolution Experience Traveling Exhibition”
The Allen County Public Library (ACPL) and is pleased to host the upcoming American Revolution Experience Traveling Exhibition, presented...
amichael-keller
Nov 8, 20241 min read
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ACPL Celebrates Native American Heritage Month with “Stories of the Miami People”
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, the Allen County Public Library (ACPL) invites the community to a special storytelling event,...
amichael-keller
Nov 4, 20241 min read
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ACPL Presents the 2024 McMurtry Lecture in honor of Veterans Day
The Allen County Public Library (ACPL) and the Friends of the Lincoln Collection (FOLC) are pleased to present the 2024 McMurtry Lecture...
amichael-keller
Oct 27, 20242 min read
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ACPL Recognizes National Friends of the Library Week
The Allen County Public Library is spending the week of October 20-26 celebrating its Friends of the Library group as part of the 19th...
amichael-keller
Oct 23, 20242 min read
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ACPL Presents “Lincoln at the Library: 3D Photography in Lincoln’s Time”
The Allen County Public Library (ACPL) invites you to a fascinating program titled “Lincoln at the Library: 3D Photography in Lincoln’s...
amichael-keller
Oct 22, 20242 min read
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Everyone Is Buzzing About Library’s New Upper Elementary Space “The Hive”
The Allen County Public Library has debuted a new youth engagement space built especially for fourth through sixth graders at the Main...
amichael-keller
Oct 15, 20242 min read
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