The Egg Harbor City Branch is now experiencing a power outage. The outage is affecting a portion of the town as well. The branch is now closed and is expected to reopen tomorrow at the normal time.

We apologize for the inconvenience. In the meantime, you can visit any of our other branches.

As always, our digital media services and databases are available 24/7.

The Atlantic County Library System has two collections for our eBooks and eAudiobooks resources – OverDrive and Axis 360.  Some book titles are available in both platforms and some in just one or the other. Wouldn't the ability to search both our online collections in one place help save you time and reduce the chance of missing a great read? Well now you can.

Users of Atlantic County Library System's online catalog can now search both our e-Collections for availability. Even better, ACLS cardholders can place a hold or checkout a title directly from the catalog.

Reading an eBook, or listening to an eAudiobook, will still require downloading it to a PC or mobile device once it is checked out – a message will instruct the user to do that. For instructions on how to use these new features read our tutorial "ACLS Online Catalog."

On October 1, 2018 Ventnor City’s Plastic Bag Fee Ordinance went into effect making it the second municipality in Atlantic County, after Longport, to do so. Atlantic County Officials are also seeking to prohibit single-use bags and straws in County parks.

In support of these measures and to promote environmental awareness, the Atlantic County Library System is also going green by offering patrons an opportunity to purchase a reusable tote bag branches to transport library materials. The bags will be available to the public at any of our branches for a non-profit cost of $2.00 each.

Do your environment good by using them at the library and around town in place of single-use plastic bags.  It will also be a great reminder to stop by your local Atlantic County Library System branch and refill your bag with more great reads, music CDs and, family entertainment.