This month, more than a dozen public libraries and archives departments across the state received grants from the Alabama Humanities Alliance (AHA).

The Alabama Public Library Service will host an Administrators' meeting on Sept. 23 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. with special guest Martha Kyrillidou, director of QualityMetrics.

The Alabama Public Library Service will host a virtual New Library Director's Orientation on Aug. 4 – 5. The two-day training for new directors will be hosted on the Cisco WebEx web conferencing platform.

Virginia Doyle, who serves on the APLS Board of Directors representing District 6, was presented the 2021 Humanitarian Award by the Alabama Library Association at their virtual convention, April 28-29.