June, 2025

On Behalf of the Board

Eryka MacKenzie
President, APLF Board of Directors

Hello Library Supporters!

The Albuquerque Public Library Foundation's Spring Campaign, The Library Has What You Are Looking For, has come to a close. Thanks to you and many others we raised over $20,000 and the donations are still coming in. I continue to be amazed and grateful at the generosity of Albuquerque and Bernalillo County Public Library supporters.

And it’s not just the Albuquerque Public Library Foundation (APLF) that works to raise money and otherwise support our libraries and their programs. Two other important entities also advocate and raise funds — the Friends of the Public Library and the Library Advisory Board. I wanted to take a moment to share some of the great work they do.

You are probably most familiar with The Friends of the Public Library and their monthly book sales. The money raised from these sales support the wildly popular Summer Reading Program each year, among other programs. You can download Summer Reading Program info to learn about all the events that are happening May 21 – July 26, 2025.

The Library Advisory Board is a group of city council-selected individuals (one from each council district) that advocates for our libraries. This group worked hard during this year’s city and county budgeting cycle visiting with Albuquerque City Councilors or by speaking at Council meetings. We recently learned that Mayor Keller has added $50,000 back into the library’s budget. And APLF's own Julia Clarke spoke at the May 12 County Commissioners’ meeting to encourage the approval of additional library funding as well.

You can learn more about each of these organizations in this month’s edition of BOOKISH.

Until next time, good reading!