Allen Public Library Receives Award of Excellence for 11th Consecutive Year!

The Allen Public Library has been recognized by the Texas Municipal Library Directors Association, an affiliate of the Texas Municipal League, as a recipient of the Achievement of Excellence in Libraries Award. The Library demonstrated excellence again in each of 10 distinct designated categories.

This is the 11th consecutive year Allen Public Library had received the award. For 2024, APL is one of 102 libraries recognized of the 542 total public libraries in Texas. Although the number of recognized libraries has increased from last year, the standards remained consistent.

As in each of the preceding 10 years, the TMLDA award recognizes and rewards the committed and purposeful service that our outstanding staff delivers to our community day after day, enthusiastically, professionally, and courteously.

Each year has presented a unique set of challenges, opportunities, and responses, none larger last year than moving out of the library and converting Rountree Elementary to a temporary library which has now been open for more than four months. This required an inordinate amount of creativity, planning, and hard work. But the hardworking staff of the Library rose to the occasion!