Month: October 2015

At the Pennsylvania Citizens for Better Libraries (PCBL) Friends Institute on October 24, Jeanne Grimsley and Maryann Richmond presented a program on “What to Do with Book Sale Leftovers.” They presented at the Hershey-Grantville Hilton Hotel and their message was to carefully manage the book sale process before, during, and after the sale. About ninety…

Jumpstart Read for the Record 2014 PR Page 1 of 2 Jumpstart’s 2015 Read for the Record® Campaign is happening in Lancaster County! October, 2015 – Lancaster County libraries will participate in Jumpstart’s 2015 Read for the Record® —a national early literacy campaign by reading the same book to hundreds of children on the same…

Donate a New Children’s Book, Receive a FREE Bouquet! October 31 – November 7, 2015 Bring a new children’s book to any Royer’s Flowers & Gifts. In return, you’ll receive a free bouquet (limit 3 per visit) Collected books will be donated to your local public library!

Summer Reading Program registrations at Lancaster Public Libraries broke last year’s totals.  This year’s children’s theme, “Fizz, Boom, Read” and the teen theme, “Spark a Reaction”” have drawn record-breaking registrations for all levels of participation.  The following statistics reflect participation over the Summer Reading Program’s ten-week period:  24,333 youth signed up for the reading program….

Officials from the Office of Commonwealth Libraries announced that Secretary of Education Pedro Rivera and Governor Tom Wolf have appointed Glenn Miller as Deputy Secretary/Commissioner for Libraries/State Librarian. Glenn will assume his position on September 8, 2015. As the Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Library Association (PaLA) for 20 years, Glenn has grown the organization…