2nd Place Finisher: Best Library

Years Awarded: 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021

The library is honored to be recognized as the 2nd Place Finisher for Best Library in the Times Union Best of the Capital Region Readers Choice Poll for the past six consecutive years since entering the contest in 2021.

The Times Union Readers Choice Poll starts in January with a nomination round where the public can nominate their favorite Capital Region businesses in a variety of categories. Those businesses and organizations that receive the most nominations move on to the voting round with the top five nominees in each category moving on to the voting round. The final results of the Best of the Capital Region poll are released in the Times Union magazine in May as well as on timesunion.com and the Times Union’s social media accounts.