Category: Library Event

It’s Extra Give time once again! Join in this special day of GIVING to support Your Local Public Library or the Bookmobile! Visit www.extragive.org  and look up your Local Public Library or the Bookmobile on the Leaderboard to make your donation. The Bookmobile will be at The Comic Store, 28 McGovern Ave, Lancaster, PA 17602…

November 18th is the big County-wide Extra Give promotion! The Library System of Lancaster County is featuring the Bookmobile at The Comic Store 28 McGovern Ave, Lancaster, PA 17602 5:00 – 7:00 pm Friday, November 18 All visitors and customers making a donation to the Bookmobile any time that day receives free comics (from out…

Comedian Paula Poundstone Loves Libraries Honor your library’s friends during National Friends of Libraries Week: October 16 – 22!   Not a Friend of your library?  Then sign up today! Access your local library Friends of the Public Libraries in Lancaster County raise money that enables our libraries to move from good to great — providing…

          The Library System of Lancaster County is pleased to announce the launch of a new partnership with Lancaster-based make717 Innovation Center resources.  The initiative, which is a partnership between the Public Libraries of Lancaster County and the make717 Innovation Center, is being funded by a federal LSTA (Library Services Technology…

On Saturday, September 10th, the Milanof-Shock Library and Mayor Tim Bradley will host an event entitled 9/11 Remembered: A Fifteenth Anniversary. The ceremony will be held at the Milanof-Schock Library located at 1184 Anderson Ferry Rd, Mount Joy, PA 17552.  Proceedings will begin promptly at 1 p.m., and we are requesting that all guests arrive…

Dr. Amanda Kemp —advocate, author, professor, and poet-performer— will present a timely and relevant mini-workshop and dramatic reading from her book “Say the Wrong Thing,” a searing and tender commentary about life within her interracial family. The event is happening at the Lancaster Public Library on Thursday, September 8th at 6:00 pm.  Dr. Kemp will…

Good News!  Ukuleles are now available for lending at the public libraries in Lancaster County!  The libraries also have extended learning resource materials such as, ukulele “how-to-play” books, DVD’s and songbooks for lending to the public.   The addition of the special Ukulele Lending at our public libraries was made possible by grant funds from Music…

The Council of Friends of Lancaster County Public Libraries and Aaron’s Books are pleased to announce that Susan Elia MacNeal will be visiting Lancaster County on Tuesday, October 11th at 6:30 pm the Bent Creek Country Club at 640 Bent Creek Drive, Lititz, PA for an evening author appearance.  The event is a fundraiser for…

Manheim Township Public Library, 595 Granite Run Drive Lancaster, PA, is hosting local author Jennifer Rose on Saturday, July 9th at 2:00 PM. Jennifer visits us to talk about her book, It’s Not a Perfect World, but I’ll Take It: 50 Life Lessons for Teens Like Me Who Are Kind of (You Know) Autistic. Jennifer…

Public Libraries of Lancaster County and the Bookmobile kicked off this year’s Summer Reading Program on June 4th. Readers of all ages are invited to READ all things related to this year’s theme as local public libraries present “Get on Your Mark, Get Set…Read!” during their summer reading program, while “ Get in the Game…Read” is the…