Support for firefighters and families in need. Plans for highways. School lunches. The 2020 census count affects the allocation of funding for our community’s public resources, how we plan for the future, and our voice in government. Remember that in...

Zoom Virtual Event Whether it's homeschooling, virtual, or hybrid schooling, Ms. Angela is here to help! Using her educational background, Ms. Angela will be available to answer your questions and work through any challenges you may have this school year....

Hurray, Sister Suffragettes! To help 21st Century girls learn about the struggle for equality by women in the 19th and early 20th, Lackawanna County libraries are collaborating in a program called “Hurray, Suffragettes: Celebrating 100 Years of Women’s Right to...

The Lackawanna County Library System Bookmobile will reopen to the public on Tuesday, September 8th. What to Expect: Face Masks are required to enter the Bookmobile. Social Distancing guidelines are in effect inside and in the vicinity of the Bookmobile.....

Wonder Woman Steps Up During this COVID-19 pandemic, a lot of people discovered that library cards are useful far beyond the walls of libraries themselves. In the past few months, the downloading of eBooks and eAudiobooks has soared, our virtual...

Each summer the Everhart Museum visits each library to do a program for kids. Since we aren't doing programs in our libraries the Everhart Museum shared one of their programs with us. Take an art journey through the story of...

Still the First In State When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, the staffs of Lackawanna County libraries got busy figuring out how to deliver quality programming and useful information even while the buildings themselves were closed by state mandate. Patrons responded...

Mayor Robert H. McKune lead Scranton through the Great Rail Road Strike of 1877 without the aid of federal troops. It was the only instance of this happening in Pennsylvania. The importance of having a center of government close to...

Although the events of August 1st through August 9th were the height of the activity surrounding the Railroad strike, unrest would continue. Strikers continued to threaten destruction of property, or to harm those who returned to work until their demands...

The Computer Learning Lab for the Lackawanna County Library System will be providing free tech help and computer classes on Facebook Live throughout the month of August. Click HERE for the schedule or download the PDF,  Online Tech Classes.