Educational Support
We love partnering with educators to help our community’s students succeed! If you are an Allen County teacher, these are just some of the ways we can assist you.
Library Field Trips
Ideal for all grades
Schedule a class visit
Get a personalized guided tour of our 367,000 SF Main Library in downtown Fort Wayne
Attend a storytime in Main Library’s StoryScape (ages 7 and under)
Visit the Rolland Center for Lincoln Research at Main Library
Tour the Genealogy Center at Main Library
Check out the Main Library’s Maker Lab
Visit one of ACPL's branch libraries located across Allen County
Classroom Visits
Ideal for all grades
Invite a librarian to visit your school or class in person or online. Suggested ideas for visits:
Library resources that will help students with homework and research projects
Fiction and nonfiction titles that relate to a topic being discussed in class
How to get a library card and what comes with it
Popular, age-appropriate titles to get students excited about reading for fun
Classroom Support
Online homework support via Tutor.com
Rolland Center for Lincoln Research Educational Resources including programs, educational videos, primary source guides, worksheets, and lesson plans
Are you looking for more books and materials on a theme, genre, or subject? Library staff can create a Custom Collection just for you. Custom Collections will be filled according to your request with books or movies from your local library location. We ask that you allow 1 week for us to gather the items for your Custom Collection. At this time, the online Custom Collection form is only functioning inside ACPL locations. To place a request from outside our locations, please call your nearest library location.
Students ages 11-19 / grades 6-12 may participate in our monthly Lit Loot program. Teens fill out a questionnaire and our library staff select books customized for them.
Free eBooks and eMedia available to anyone with an ACPL library card
Free databases to support student interests, research projects, and more
Educator Library Cards
Library cards are available with normal borrowing privileges to Allen County educators, including out-of-county teachers. Out-of-County teacher cards are issued when an individual lives outside of Allen County but teaches in a K-12 school within Allen County.
ACPL Celebrates Our Local Authors!
Are you a published author from Northeast Indiana? ACPL wants to celebrate you and here's how!
Add your book to the collection at ACPL!
We are happy to add works published by local authors to the circulating collection at ACPL. Please fill out the form to tell us more! We’ll send you instructions about the best way to donate a copy for our local author collection.
Please note some restrictions apply.
Volunteer to be featured on our Pages & Voices: Celebrating Local Authors podcast!
ACPL is developing a podcast that will feature the stories, voices, and ideas of our talented local authors. If you are interested in being a guest on our podcast, please tell us more about yourself and your work using the form. We are excited to learn more about you!
Please Note: Plans for this podcast are still in development, and we may not be able to accommodate every local author who volunteers. Podcast guests agree to talent release terms and must be available for a pre-interview phone call as well as a one hour recording session.
Volunteer to present at a future ACPL program!
We value the expertise of our local authors. In addition to offering writing groups for local poets and authors, we occasionally offer programs related to the craft of writing, publishing, and subject-matter expertise. Use the form if you’re interested in sharing your expertise with our community at a future ACPL program.
Program presenters at ACPL agree to terms; a signed Memorandum of Agreement is required for all presenters and a W9 is required for fee-based presentations.
Please note, some restrictions apply. Donated items are added to the ACPL collection at the direction of our collection development team and in accordance with our collection development policy. Very thin items and workbook-style books may not be a good fit for our collection. Donated items become the property of ACPL. Books in the Local Author collection are designated in our catalog and may be featured on a Local Author display.
