New Places New Spaces: New Alpharetta Library Built with More Resources for Students

On July 30, the new two story tall, 25,000 square foot Alpharetta library opened, with many new opportunities targeting teens as well as community members.

Located on 10 Park Plaza, 5 minutes away from AHS, this new, ‘state of the art’ library has many resources for students.

The library offers five different kinds of online course options, not for credit, but for help in subjects students are struggling in,and they want to make it easily accessible for everyone.

“A link through [The Alpharetta Library] home page. It’s an opportunity to take free, online classes.” Michael Salpeter, librarian at the Alpharetta Library, said.

Also available are other online systems students can try, such as Mango Languages, a free account where you can learn a wide variety of languages, and the Galileo database.

New options for students including Online SAT/ ACT prep and a homework hotline, will also be available.

“[Alpharetta High School] has a lot of great resources, but if you can’t find what you need [at the AHS library], the public library has even more resources that can help out students.” Mrs. Kelly, AHS librarian said.

Closing between 6pm and 8 pm, the library provides silent study time with multiple computers. With AHS teaming up with the library, students can gain access to these resources faster.

“The Alpharetta Library, which is part of the Atlanta Public library system, comes out and they offer all [AHS] students free library cards.” said Kelly.

This library was apart of a $167 million dollar program tasked with opening 8 new libraries and 2 extended libraries in Fulton County to make the libraries more accessible and helpful for community members.

The new library also has four, soundproof study rooms, and a teen room with a printer and books targeted for teenagers, including comics, teen magazines, and the classics.

Intro: The Alpharetta Library is also creating new programs to construct teen interest.

“[We] want to see [teens] coming in for library programs, including game nights. We’re going to start a Chess Club.” Salpeter, said.

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