Important update to library services and hours

Thursday, May 29, 2025
The Atlantic City Free Public Library’s water emergency project will result in the temporary closing of the Main Library – located at 1 North Tennessee Ave. – beginning Monday, June 2.

As part of the project, new flooring is being installed in phases throughout the Main Library’s first floor. In this next phase, moving and flooring crews will be working in the central section of the floor, which includes the Circulation Desk, Tennessee Avenue and atrium entrances, women’s bathroom, plus the Fiction, New Book, Urban Fiction and Graphic Novels collections.

The Main Library will remain closed until the completion of this phase, which is projected to take 2-4 weeks. In-person classes at the Main Library are canceled, but online programs will be held as scheduled.

During this time, moving crews also will be returning shelving units and library materials to the areas impacted by earlier phases of this project.

To make library services and resources more accessible, extended hours have been scheduled at the Richmond Branch Library – located at 4115 Ventnor Ave. The Richmond Branch is open 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday on a temporary basis.

Also, library members will still have access to extensive digital collections, including eBooks, audiobooks, music, movies, comics and magazines, through services such as hoopla, Kanopy, OverDrive and ComicsPlus. Library members with internet access can borrow and download materials from these collections any time of the day.

The Main Library closed for three weeks after sprinkler pipes burst in late December 2022, causing severe water damage to the first and second floors, including the Alfred M. Heston Room, staff room and a computer lab. Many of the repairs have already been made.

The library asks the public to check back here for project updates and information about our reopening date.

Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Main Library: Our public computer area will remain closed this week due to the ongoing water emergency project. Limited public computer access will be available in our computer lab on a first-come, first-served basis. Sessions are limited to 30 minutes due to the limited number of computer available. 

Computer schedule for the week of May 26 (subject to change):
Monday: Closed for holiday
Tuesday: Unavailable
Wednesday: 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Thursday: 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Friday: 1:30-4:30 p.m.
Saturday: 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Richmond Branch Library: We will again offer extended hours at Richmond this week. It will be open 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

Monday, May 18, 2025
Main Library: Our public computer area will remain closed this week due to the ongoing water emergency project. Limited public computer access will be available in our computer lab on a first-come, first-served basis. Sessions are limited to 30 minutes due to the limited number of computer available. 

Computer schedule for the week of May 19 (subject to change):
Monday: 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Tuesday: Unavailable
Wednesday: 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Thursday: 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Friday: 1:30-4:30 p.m.
Saturday: 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Richmond Branch Library: We will again offer extended hours at Richmond this week. It will be open 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

Wednesday, May 14, 2025
The Magazine area is now unavailable to the public. It is being used as a staging area to store materials that have been removed from other sections of the library.

Tuesday, May 13, 2025
The moving crew started removing books from the first-floor stacks at the Main Library this morning. The books are being removed so the crew can break down the shelving units and relocate them in preparation for the new flooring that will be installed.

Books from the Biography and Non-fiction sections, and most of the Fiction section, have been removed. Currently, our World Language, New Books, Graphic Novels and Urban Fiction sections are still available, as well as a couple rows in our Fiction section.

Though many of the library physical materials will become unavailable temporarily as the project progresses, the library offers extensive online collections to library members.

Public computer access will be available in our computer lab from 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. today. Sessions are limited to 30 minutes due to the limited number of computers available.

Please continue to check back here or on Facebook for project updates.

Monday, May 12, 2025
Main Library: Our public computer area is closed. Very limited public computer access will be available in our computer lab this week. Sessions will be limited to 30 minutes due to the limited computers available. Computers are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Below is the tentative schedule that computers will be available in the lab this week.

Monday: 1:30-4:30 p.m.
Tuesday: 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Wednesday: 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Thursday: 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Friday: 1:30-4:30 p.m.
Saturday: 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Please pardon our appearance during this project. We apologize for any potential disruptions and inconvenience this causes.

Richmond Branch Library: Richmond is open 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. today through Saturday this week.

Friday, May 9, 2025
The Atlantic City Free Public Library’s water emergency project will temporarily affect services at the Main Library – located at 1 North Tennessee Ave. – beginning Friday, May 9.

A moving crew began work Friday to prepare for installation of new flooring on the Main Library’s first floor. The flooring will be installed in phases, which will result in different sections of the library and services being impacted as the project progresses.

• The seating area and CD section are unavailable, as of May 9.
• The public computer area will be unavailable as of Saturday, May 10, at 2 p.m. The computer lab will be open to the public for limited hours beginning Monday, May 12. Please visit the Main Library Help Desk or call (609) 345-2269 to ask about the computer lab schedule.
• All services in the Youth Services Department, located on the second floor, are available.

To make library services and resources more accessible, extended hours will be offered at our Richmond Branch Library – located at 4115 Ventnor Ave. – beginning May 12. The Richmond Branch will be open Monday through Saturday from 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

The Main Library closed for three weeks after sprinkler pipes burst in late December 2022, causing severe damage to the first and second floors, including the Alfred M. Heston Room, staff room and a computer lab. Many of the repairs, including to the drywall on both floors, have already been made.

Please check back here or follow us on social media for updates as details become available. We apologize for any inconvenience this might cause.