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Sandy Asher, Lancaster County’s Children’s Laureate, is passionate about libraries and from this passion she will lead a special project happening at public libraries that encourages children to “Celebrate Libraries”. This first-time initiative slated to begin January 14 and run until March 30 (See schedule below), will culminate with a special Exhibit at the Ware…
Hosted by the Friends of the Quarryville Library Save time and money by picking up all your cookies, cakes, pies, and candy needs for the holidays at this delicious sale. Friday, December 11 9:00am – 4:00pm Saturday, December 12 9:00am – 1:00pm For questions, or to donate baked goods please call Darlene at 291-9718.
On November 20 visit the Library System’s Extra Give link to support the Bookmobile – our library on wheels!
“One Book, Every Young Child” is Pennsylvania’s first collaborative project highlighting the importance of early literacy development in preschoolers. The participating agencies share a mission to foster early childhood literacy and show preschoolers how much fun reading can be. The early learning initiative brings attention to the ways that children develop six early literacy skill and…
Public Libraries throughout Lancaster County will hold their 16th annual Mitten Tree Campaign beginning on Monday, November 16. Librarians from the county’s public libraries, in the spirit of holiday giving, will be collecting new mittens, gloves, hats, scarves, earmuffs and umbrellas that will benefit children & families served by Lancaster County Children & Youth Services….
Representatives from libraries in Berks, Dauphin, Lebanon, Lancaster, Perry and York Counties today announced the selection of Gaining Ground by Forrest Pritchard as the 2016 One Book, One Community selection.
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…
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…
The Strasburg-Heisler Library is pleased to announce that they will be hosting a NEW fundraiser —“Handbag BINGO” that will be held on Sunday, October 18 at 12:30 pm at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 1575 New Danville Pike, Lancaster. This first-time fundraiser will feature Coach and Vera Bradley handbags as prizes. The event, which is…