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Albany Public Library
Albany Public Library (APL) is a public library system serving the city of Albany, New York. APL also operates as the Central Library for the Upper Hudson Library System, a resource sharing consortium which unites public library services across twenty-nine member libraries in Albany County and Rensselaer County. Governed by a publicly elected board of trustees, APL is a school district public library with a budget largely funded by a tax levy presented annually to registered voters in the City School District of Albany. The library has seven branches located in various neighborhoods of Albany, New York. The branches are circulating libraries that are open to the general public. The library was developed in the 19th century, founded from society libraries and the wealth of private citizens, and currently holds a collection of 250,000 items.
==History==
In January, 1834, the Young Men’s Association for Mutual Improvement (YMA) opened a reading room with 800 volumes and 100 newspapers and periodicals.〔("Albany libraries” ). The Bridge. (May–June, 1936). 9(4).〕 The Albany Public Library grew out of this reading room, which remained a subscription library with a $2.00 per annum fee until 1899.〔(“Albany libraries” ). The Bridge. (May–June, 1936). 9(4).〕 The first free library in the city of Albany, NY, the Albany Free Library, was established in 1893 by local educator John A. Howe.〔(“John A. Howe.” ) The Bridge. (September, 1929). 2(8).〕 In 1900, the Albany Free Library opened the Pine Hills Branch at 272 Ontario Street.〔“Public library passes century mark in month”. (October 29, 1933). Knickerbocker Press, p .2.〕 In 1901, the Pruyn Library opened at 135 North Pearl under the trusteeship of the YMA.〔(“Albany libraries” ). The Bridge. (May–June, 1936).〕 In 1922, the YMA, Pruyn Library, and Albany Free Library merged to become the Albany Public Library with Elizabeth Smith as its first director.〔“Public library passes century mark in month”. (October 29, 1933). Knickerbocker Press, p .2.〕 In 1923, Albany Public Library and the City of Albany reached a formal agreement to provide services, and the Delaware Branch was established.〔“Public library passes century mark in month”. (October 29, 1933). Knickerbocker Press, p .2.〕
In 1924, the Harmanus Bleecker Library was constructed at 19 Dove Street and became the new headquarters of Albany Public Library. In 1929, the John A. Howe Branch was constructed at Schuyler and Broad Streets.〔(“John A. Howe.” ) The Bridge. (September, 1929). 2(8).〕 In 1944, the New Scotland Branch opened in Public School 19. In 1960, the Upper Hudson Library Federation was founded and chartered by the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York to improve library service in Albany and Rensselaer Counties,〔The Upper Hudson Library System. (“Mission and History”. ) Uhls.org. Retrieved 2015-07-30.〕 and APL was designated its Central Library. In 1968, the Pruyn Library closed, and in 1970, it was razed as part of the I-787 arterial ramp construction plan.
In 1977, APL moved its headquarters from 19 Dove Street to 161 Washington Avenue, which was constructed and operated by the IRS in 1955.〔Albany Public Library (1977). (''1977 Annual Report: The Year of the Move.'' )〕 In 2002, APL was re-chartered from an association library to a school district library. In 2005, the North Albany Branch opened off the lobby of the North Albany YMCA.〔(“North Albany YMCA opens”. ) (November 15, 2005). Albany Times Union. p. B9. Retrieved 2015-07-30.〕
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