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PA Forward | Valley Community Library

Are you familiar with PA Forward? The Pennsylvania Library Association (PaLA) initiative, PA Forward, began in an effort to show that libraries are more than books. Libraries are unique community centers that serve real-life needs and aid in the types of knowledge essential to success: Basic Literacy, Information Literacy, Civic and Social Literacy, Health Literacy, and […]

Happie Award for Best Library 2016 | Valley Community Library

Vally Community Library received a 2016 Happie Award for “Best Library”, nominated by readers of Happenings magazine.

3rd Annual LCLS Teen Character Ball | Abington Community Library

The 3rd Annual Lackawanna County Library System’s Teen Character Ball was held on Friday, November 19, 2016 at the Albright Memorial Library in downtown Scranton. Area teens celebrated their love of Stars Wars with dancing, pizza, games, raffle prizes and a photo booth at the event! Special Guests featured members of the 501st Legion. Created with […]

Get on Your Mark, Get Set, Read! | Abington Community Library

Free musical event for children in Lackawanna County! Thursday, July 14, 1 PM / Scranton Cultural Center at Masonic Temple / Sponsored by the Lackawanna County Library System Grab your Summer Reading Club Passport and team up with Coach Ray Owen for a field day of songs, stories and side-splitting comedy that celebrates sports and recreation […]

OverDrive update coming | Abington Community Library

On January 11th, OverDrive will be updating our eBook and Audiobook collection page. What’s changing? The new OverDrive comes with enhancements like: More options for signing in. You can sign into new OverDrive library websites with your library card, your OverDrive account, or your Facebook account. When you sign in with OverDrive or Facebook, the […]

Results: Lackawanna County Library System LEGO Build Off! | Abington Community Library

The winning design is “Warrior Clan” built by children from the Abington Community Library. Congratulations! We had participants from 5 libraries! Abington Community Library Carbondale Public LIbrary Library Express Nancy K. Holmes Branch Valley Community Library Kids at each library helped build a creation using the Summer Reading Club theme, “Every Hero Has a Story.” Voting […]

North Pocono Sweeps Battle of the Books | Abington Community Library

The North Pocono Public Library had a fantastic showing by winning all grade levels: Grades 4-6, Grades 7-9 and Grades 10-12. Congratulations to the winning teams! All participants deserve a round of applause. Competition was tough, and many rounds were decided by just one point. If you are unfamiliar with Battle of the Books teams […]

Search for your family with HeritageQuest! | Abington Community Library

We are happy to announce that we are now able to provide the genealogy research tool HeritageQuest at the library and via our website! Search Census Data,  Revolutionary War Pension Files, Freedman’s Bank Records, PERSI, US Serial Set, books and directories with this powerful tool.   Start discovering your family tree today by visiting our Genealogy page.

Catalog Access | Abington Community Library

We have received word from a few library members that they are experiencing difficulty logging into the new catalog while using the Internet Explorer web browser.  We are working on the problem, but in the meantime we have the following work arounds: 1. Try a different web browser like Chrome, FireFox or Safari 2. You […]

2014 LEGO(R) Build Off Champions Announced | Abington Community Library

Congratulations to the Nancy K Homes Library, the 2014 LEGO® Build Off Champions!                     Lackawanna County Libraries were challenged to build a creation using the theme “Mad Scientist Laboratory.” Entries included: Nancy Kay Homes Branch Library – Mad Scientists’ Clubhouse Carbondale Public Library – Mad Scientist […]