Aaron Heard Resource Center

10/14/2026

September was Library Card Sign-up Month! This year's theme was the 'libraries have all the right notes'. What better way to celebrate than with a ukulele raffle and a lesson? Our kids were encouraged to use their PLAY cards to check out and return books to enter our ukulele raffle. All CCSD students have PLAY cards, a digital fines-free library card designed for Georgia students. Congrats to our winners! And special thanks to Rebecca Sunshine for leading our ukulele lesson!

09/29/2026

This year America turned 250 years old! In honor of the United States' Semi-quincentennial birthday our kids have been logging 250 minutes to earn prize bags. Here are two of our very excited readers! Thank you Georgia Public Library Service for providing some of the swag for our bags!

09/01/2026

We can’t wait!

We are taking storytime outside (again)! Join Miss Erika and friends at Dudley Park's Flower Amphitheater for our outdoor storytime at 10 am every Friday morning during the month of September. Bring children five and under to enjoy stories, songs, scarves, and instruments with new (and old) friends. This program is in partnership with Athens-Clarke County Trails and Open Space.

08/13/2026

Thank you for visiting us this summer at Heard Park. Learn more about dinosaurs, earth's atmosphere, and more fun science facts with our collection of juvenile nonfiction at the library! See you soon!

08/12/2026

We had a dino-mite time with Magician Ken Scott! The kids oooo'ed and aaaahhh'ed the whole time. Wanna learn some magic tricks? Check a book and use the library's magic kit to get started.

08/11/2026

Thank you for performing an engaging shadow puppets show at Heard Park this summer! We love exposing our library kids to different methods of storytelling. Kids learn so much through play. Stop by the library to play with our puppets and check out some books!

08/10/2026

This summer, Jerry White, a local storyteller, told interactive stories using various percussion instruments. Along with his high energy performance, every kid at the Park camp got to be part of the story and make music with his drums. It was so fun watching the stories to come life!

08/08/2026

During the summer our library brings in special guests to the Heard Park summer camp. Today's spotlight was our friends at ! Counselors and kids ran around the gym playing laser tag games. The pictures may be blurry but the fun they had was crystal clear!

08/07/2026

This summer's theme was Unearth a Story! So we couldn't end the summer without learning about and meeting some dinosaurs at Heard Park. Scroll to last photo for a BIG reveal! The library has all kinds of dinosaur books for our patrons to enjoy!

05/20/2026

All Athens Regional Libraries will be closed Monday, May 25th for Memorial Day. However, you can place holds on items for future pick-up through PINES and our digital collection is always available for your convenience, via Libby, hoopla and the Palace Project! We will resume regular operating hours the following day, Tuesday, May 26th.