Upcoming Events

NCBC is a book club designed to include developmentally disabled adults.We read books together, discuss them, and then celebrate with a party. All or no reading ability is acceptable.

Recommended for gamers ages 10+

PS4 Virtual Reality

Full Use Of Mobile Game Theater

Extensive Video Game Library

Game Coach

Join us for a weekly Storytime in Nelsonville Library's Kids' Zone!

We'll read books, rhyme rhymes, sing songs, and color coloring sheets!

Meet every week to practice your Spanish in a friendly community setting! Native speakers and those interested in improving their language skills are equally welcome. Free and open to the public.

There are many wonderful databases for online genealogical work, including those leased by Athens County Public Libraries and made available for free to our patrons.  However, there are also great people to work with

Archaeologist Alexandra Moyer will share the myths and the facts about the use of mirrors found in ancient burial sites around Europe and Asia. Why did people love and value them so much?

Recommended for gamers ages 10+

PS4 Virtual Reality

Full Use Of Mobile Game Theater

Extensive Video Game Library

Game Coach

Learn about manga, Japanese culture, and talk about your favorite books!

Browse through the newest manga books, and see what other branches have.

Try out Japanese snacks and tea!

You're invited to our Family Craft & Movie Night! Join us for a fun-filled evening as we watch Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and create our very own were-rabbit creature. Snacks and crafting materials will be provided.

Join us for an after hours family movie night! Halloween is right around the corner and in celebration, we will be showing the animated Addams Family. 

Snacks and drinks will be provided, but feel welcome to bring your own.

Families with young children enjoy a variety of stories, songs, rhymes and movement activities while building early literacy skills.

Meet weekly to explore tabletop role-playing games (including Dungeons & Dragons) with a group of teens and adults enthusiastic about this hobby. We’ll meet in the large conference room, with the Young Adult area as a backup space.

Experience with us the wonderful variety of music that children and teens can master through ACMS, an extra-curricular and multifaceted music education program, instituted by Ohio University and open to the general public.

Silly or Spooky? In the spirit of Halloween we'll be getting creative decorating pumpkins and enjoying the season together!

Join us for songs, playful activities, and stories!

Stay and play with friends afterward.

Families with preschoolers and school age kids are welcome.

Every Tuesday from 11 to 12 p.m.

In person at the Wells (Albany) Library!

Join us from 1-3 pm on Tuesdays for handwork and pleasant conversation. Bring a project to work on: embroidery, knitting, crochet, quilting, mending - whatever you like to do!

Spend Tuesday afternoons playing this popular fantasy, tabletop role-playing game. You do NOT have to be an experienced player -- everyone is welcome.

A Halloween tabletop RPG one-shot based on a simplified version of Call of Cthulu, intended for new players. All materials provided.

Halloween night.  A haunted house.  Will you live to see the morning?

Enjoy an interactive storytime with your child/children that includes early literacy fun with books, songs, finger play and baby movement. Ages 0-3 ...

Come play with us!

We'll explore books, play games, sing songs, and enjoy each other's company in this open-ended playtime. Older siblings are welcome to follow along.

Join us every Wednesday for an interactive storytime for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and grade school children.

Weekly activities include themed sensory bins, crafts, reading, games, and more.