Dorothy Alling Memorial Library

06/18/2026

Terra the dino has made herself at home here at the Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, but now she needs your help!
Her baby dinosaurs keep getting lost in the stacks! These poor baby dinosaurs are looking to be well fed, and well read. If you find a dinosaur egg while unearthing a story this summer, bring it to the Youth Desk to adopt your very own dino! 🦖 🥚📚

Video description: a dinosaur is holding a sign that says “Do dinosaurs like to read?” Followed by another sign that says “Find out this summer!”
A librarian in a dinosaur costume is shown walking around the library with her baby dinosaurs.

06/17/2026

Trustees are looking at ways to revise the proposed library project. Take our survey and make your voice heard! https://forms.gle/oP8X5czhnbxww5J57 What project elements are most needed, and what aren't? How can the project be made more affordable?

06/10/2026

A library project community listening session is planned for Monday, June 15th at 7 PM at the Williston Central School Auditorium. The meeting will also be available to join using zoom at the link below.

The Williston Selectboard and DAML Board of Trustees invite the community to participate in a listening session to discuss the library renovation and expansion project. Following the project bond vote's reconsideration, elected officials are preparing for next steps and considering changes to the scope of the project. Your input is critical to this process in revising the design and reducing the cost estimate for the project.

Join the conversation and share your voice to this important discussion. If you are unable to join or prefer to offer feedback in a different way, please connect with Library Director Kevin Unrath ([email protected]) or Town Manager Erik Wells ([email protected]).

06/09/2026

06/09/2026

The next presentation in our USA 250 celebration is Wednesday night! Find out about our brave little state's role in the American Revolution and our history as an independent republic.

06/08/2026

🚨Attention Williston and Saint George residents🚨

The Dorothy Alling Memorial Library’s Summer Reading Challenge is almost here! You can tell because we have STACKS of giveaway books ready to find perfect homes 📚☀️

This Saturday, June 13th, join us for our annual Summer Reading Kick Off Party where we’ll be tie-dying, talking about dinosaurs, and registering for summer reading 🦖

“Unearth a Story” everyday this summer to earn rewards, raffle tickets, and prizes! 🎁

Find more information about summer reading at damlvt.org

Video description: A librarian is shown unboxing books for summer reading giveaway prizes, revealing covers and titles as she goes.

06/05/2026

Imagine our beautiful state without its forests. Come learn how a movement in the 1800s pushed for reforestation and transformed the land through the power of preservation.

05/29/2026

There’s a joke in there somewhere... 🧐

Moving collections around the library allows patrons to find things easier, discover titles they’ve never read before, move through the stacks accessibly, and most importantly it makes room for MORE BOOKS!

Stop by the Dorothy Alling Memorial Library to see some new changes in the adult area 📚👀

Video description: Library staff pass books down the line as they go from one corner of the library to the other.

05/15/2026

Library Books in the Wild...a patron brought this library book to an appointment in Canada and was reading it at a cafe. Who should happen to walk by and notice? Louise Penny herself!!! She graciously autographed our copy of The Grey Wolf. Life is full of happy coincidences!