ORANGE BEACH, Ala. – The Orange Beach Public Library was awarded a $5,250 Library Services & Technology Act (LSTA) grant by the Alabama Public Library Service. 

This Collection Development Grant allowed the Library to add current up-to-date legal resources as well as offer a current encyclopedia, dictionaries and travel collections. The project responds to the Library’s five-year plan by continuing to expand and maintain collections that respond to our community’s needs.

With funding from the grant information is current with titles purchased in book, e-book and audio book formats. The grant will also allow the Library to purchase Cypress Resume, an online tool for creation of professional resumes.  In addition, a document camera has been purchased to aid accessibility for visually impaired patrons in reading the updated print materials.

This Collection Development Grant is funded by the Alabama Public Library Service under the Library Services and Technology Act, P.L.108-81, as amended, through the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

For more information about library programs and the Orange Beach Public Library visit the library’s website at www.orangebeachlibrary.org or call 251-981-2923. The library is open Monday, Tuesday and Friday from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturdays 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.