\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAllen library card holders can now check out laptops.<\/p>\n
The Allen Public Library<\/a> expanded its services to include laptop rentals for teenagers and adults with library cards, per an April 6 news release.<\/a><\/p>\n The specifics<\/p>\n Library patrons can check out one of 15 available laptops with a charger for work, school or general use, per the release.<\/p>\n Card holders can check out laptops for up to two hours at a time, with the option to renew the rental per availability. Patrons can also check out mouses and keyboards, and can use the laptops anywhere inside the library, the release states.<\/p>\n The context<\/p>\n The Allen Public Library reopened in early December<\/a> after a $19.9 million renovation project.<\/p>\n New and improved amenities include:<\/p>\n A preschool playroomSix study roomsRentable meeting roomsDedicated teen spacesFour new self-checkout stationsAn enhanced book return and book-sorting machineAlso of note<\/p>\n The library will be closed and the book drop will be unavailable Saturday, April 25, during Allen\u2019s 150 fest<\/a>, per the city\u2019s website.<\/a> The library will reopen Sunday, April 26, at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Allen library card holders can now check out laptops. The Allen Public Library expanded its services to include…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[91504,91501,91509,91506,91508,91505,91500,91503,91507,91502,160,162,161],"class_list":["post-238072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-allen-library-amenities-2026","tag-allen-library-new-services","tag-allen-library-reopening-updates","tag-allen-library-study-rooms","tag-allen-library-technology-services","tag-allen-library-teen-services","tag-allen-public-library-laptop-rentals","tag-allen-public-library-renovation-updates","tag-allen-texas-library-news","tag-library-laptop-checkout-allen","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}