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          Dress for Success Lackawanna invites you to join the Going Places Network by the Walmart Foundation at the Albright Memorial Library. The Going Places Network by the Walmart Foundation, a program of Dress for Success Lackawanna, is free of charge...

Children at the Nancy Kay Holmes Library are getting ready for preschool! During Lil' Library Learners, we do all kinds of hands-on learning activities on our own to get ready. This time we used our egg shakers and listened to...

One Book, Every Young Child Program Goal: To increase awareness of the importance of reading and engaging in stories among adults with preschoolers in their lives. The Lackawanna County Children's Library invites you to meet Greg Pizzoli, author of  the...

The Lackawanna County Children's Library was the recipient of a grant of building blocks and supplemental materials from the Commonwealth Libraries. Libraries have been at the forefront of early education and inspiring young minds. The Block Party program provides children, parents,...

The Abington Community Library will host the Babysitter's Training Classroom Course by American Red Cross on Saturday, May 2, 10 AM to 4 PM. This in-person course, which takes about 6 hours, teaches the same topics as the online babysitter...

Samsung Tablet Was The Grand Prize   Mary Whisler of Scranton won a Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 inch tablet for participating in “Cabin Fever,” the mid-winter book club for adults at Lackawanna County Libraries. Her name was chosen in...

New Features, Faster Log-In Among Improvements   The Lackawanna County Library System’s new and improved catalog is live after months of work. Regular catalog users will notice little change in what they need to do to find a book, DVD,...

  Teens at the Nancy Kay Holmes Library have been very busy with Teen Reading Lounge. Teen Reading Lounge is an interactive book club that focuses on hands-on activities. During this program we embraced a zombie theme. Some of our...

The bus trip to the Franklin Institute is FILLED. The Art of The Brick @ The Franklin Institute Bus Trip Saturday, April 25th Leave From the Back of Weis (Carbondale) Parking Lot @ 8 AM Leave Philadelphia @ 4 PM When we...

Catalog Will Be Unavailable March 23 to 25   Library patrons will be unable to access the catalog for three days before the March 26 launch of a new, improved version.   Library staff will be available in person, online,...