This program offers residents in supported libraries access to over 100 databases indexing thousands of periodicals and scholarly journals.

After some years, the collection of 750 volumes was held in the east anteroom of the Chautauqua Auditorium on the second floor.

[6] As book donations continued to grow and space became scarce, the city of Albany petitioned Andrew Carnegie for funds to construct a new public library for county use.

On January 9, 1905, Carnegie granted $10,700 to be used to construct the building, on the condition the town pay an annual maintenance fee of 10% of the donated price.

[8] The library underwent an extensive rehabilitation in 1992, upgrading the building to accommodate for the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), installing HVAC throughout, and making minor repairs to the structure and landscaping.