Aurora Town Public Library
April
Love Your Library Month FREE Raffle - Adults and Children of All Ages - Monday, April 1 through Tuesday, April 30 during regular library hours - Winner will be selected at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Family Story Time - Children, Ages Birth-5 with a Caregiver - Week of January 22 through Week of April 22 - Wednesdays @ 10:30 a.m., Fridays @ 10:30 a.m., OR Thursdays @ 6:30 p.m.
Preschool Story Time - Children, Ages 3 1/2 - 5, Thursdays, January 25 - April 25 @ 1:15 p.m.
Fitness Fridays: BAM—Balance & Mobility – Seniors, 55+ - Fridays, March 1, 8, 15, 22, April 12 & 19 @ 1:30 p.m. Sorry Registration is Full
Poem In Your Pocket Day - All Ages - Saturday, April 27, 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.
May
Annual Discard Sale - All Ages - Friday, May 3 through Friday, May 24 @ 4:00 p.m.
Screen-Free Saturday - All Ages - Saturday, May 4 @ 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Book Bites Take-Home Box – Grades 5-8 – Pickup Beginning on Thursday, May 9, 2024
Poetry Café – Adults, 19+ - Tuesday, May 14 @ 6:30 p.m.
June
Summer Registration Celebration - All Ages - Saturday, June 1, All Day - Magic Show @ 11:00 a.m., Secrets of Magic Workshop @ 12:00 noon.
Family Picnic Basket Raffle - All Ages – Monday, June 3 through Saturday, Jun 29 – Winner Drawn on Monday, July 1 @ 10 a.m.
Getting the Most out of Ancestry Library Edition- Adults, 19+ - Thursday, June 6 @ 11:00 a.m.
Fitness Fridays: BAM - Seniors, 55+ - Fridays, June 7 through June 28 @ 1:30 p.m.
Crazy Art Party – Teens – Saturday, June 8 @ Noon – 2:00 p.m.
Book a Technology Trainer - Adults, 19+ - June 10 @ 10:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., & 12:00 p.m. –One-on-One Appointments are 45 minutes long
Book Buddies - Children, Grades 5-7 – Tuesday, June 11 @ 3:30 p.m.
Roycroft Chamber Music Festival Concert - All Ages – Thursday, June 13 @ 6:30 p.m.
Dr. John A. Sterba: Emergency Preparedness – Adults, 19+ –Tuesday, June 18 @ 6:00 p.m.
Manga Movie Matinee - Teens –Saturday, June 22 @ Noon-2:00 p.m.
Vidler’s 5 & 10: Behind the Red-and-White Striped Awnings – Adults, 19+ – Thursday, June 27 @ 6:30 p.m.
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Book a Class or Outreach Visit
Community / Meeting Room & Exhibits & Displays
Community Meeting Room Use Form
Chromebook Kit & Hotspot
Borrow a Chromebook and Wi-Fi hotspot Kit to access the internet or a Hotspot to connect your device(s) to the internet.
Donate a Gift, Honor, or Memorialize Someone
Fill out this form to give tribute to a friend or relative and enable the Library to acquire needed materials that enrich our collections.
Friends of the Library
Learn what the Friends of the Library do and how you can become a member here.
Gaming Unplugged
Choose from over 100 unplugged games for friends and family fun. Choose from old favorites to exciting new ones. Start building your own gaming community today!
Homeschool
For Databases, Curriculum & Standards, Educational Websites, Virtual Tours, Community & Local Links, and Library Materials: click here.
Check out our Homeschooling Today magazine!
Library by Mail
A free service from the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library that brings library materials to the homebound through the mail on a long-term or short-term basis. Get more information or sign up here.
Library of Things @ ATPL
Check out our Library of Things! Why buy? Borrow for free!
- Must be checked out on an adult library card, by an adult, 17 years of age or older.
- Children under 17 require a library card with internet permission and a waiver signed by a parent or guardian may check out Chromebooks and Hotspots.
- Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. sports equipment parent / guardian and all patrons need to sign a waiver before initial checkout. Must be checked out on youth card to be eligible to erase fees on the youth’s card.
- Please pick up and return Things only at the front desk of the Aurora Town Public Library. Please do not return Things in the book drop.
- Things circulate for one week with one renewal.
- Borrow Information can be found here.
Ongoing Book Sale
All proceeds benefit your library!
Hardcovers $2.00
Paperbacks $1.00
CDs $1.00
Movies $1.00
Puzzles As Marked
Buy 5 books, get 1 book FREE!
Online Tutorials
Work on your computing, mouse, and typing skills and more by learning from these online tutorials.
Play Down Your Fines - Sports Equipment
B&ECPL is now fine free, but children ages 5 and up who have charges on their library card due to lost or damaged items may have them removed by using and returning sports equipment. This service is made possible with the help of the Ralph C. Wilson, JR. Foundation. Click this link for more details.
We have snowshoe kits available!
Research & Resources
Research
Collections
Resources
- Business Resources
- Genealogy Resources
- Immigrant, Refugee and New Citizen Resources
- Jobs + Career Resources
- Parent Resources
- Senior Resources
- Teacher Resources
Storytime in a Bag
Ideal for preschools, daycare centers, and homeschool groups, Storytime in a Bag is a book club for little ones.
Suggest a Purchase
Request titles to be purchased that the library system does not currently own here.
Town & Village Historian
LOCATION: The Aurora Municipal Center, 575 Oakwood Avenue, East Aurora, New York 14052
EMAIL: historian@townofaurora.com
MAILING ADDRESS: Aurora Municipal Center, 575 Oakwood Ave., East Aurora, NY 14052
PHONE: (716) 652-7944
WEBSITE: http://www.townofaurora.com/departments/historian/
Walk-Up Service
Unable to Come Inside the Library? Walk-Up Service is Still Available!
Order Online: https://tinyurl.com/y74r29ql
Or By Phone: 652-4440
Wireless Printing
Using our wireless printing service from SavaPage, you can send documents to be printed from your laptop, tablet, or other mobile device to any of the libraries listed.
Take a Look Around ATPL
Exhibits & Displays