News Category: Albright Memorial Library

                                “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” are strong words written by Nelson Mandela.   The first student to enroll in the  International Correspondence Schools on October 16, 1891 was...

Albright Memorial Library's Friday night screening of The Trouble With Cali is at near capacity, and only a few spaces remain for our limited-seating showing.  If you are planning to attend,  please keep in mind that registration is required. Albright...

[caption id="attachment_16547" align="alignleft" width="131"] Newspaper clipping from the Times Tribune in August of 1953[/caption] Celebrate and remember Black History Month with the Reference department’s collection of African American people and events. [caption id="attachment_16553" align="alignright" width="300"] Newspaper clipping from the Times...

Join the Friends of the Scranton Public Library on an unforgettable bus trip to Ithaca, New York on Saturday, April 30th! The fun filled trip will include: Tour of the Cornell University Campus Shopping in the Downtown Ithaca Commons See 4000...

Become a Friend Today! Sign up or renew your membership during the month of February and be automatically entered for a chance to win $100. Join the Friends of the Scranton Public Library in their effort to ensure the future...

Learn a new skill this winter with these fun and informative Maker Monday sessions. LEAN Life Monday, February 1st at 7 pm in the Community Room- Sign Up Please join Victoria Pevarnik, a Dr. Sears Certified Health Coach and owner...

The Reference Department here at the Albright Memorial Library is bustling with people from all around.  It is exciting to see the wide diversity that comes walking through our doors. Have you ever heard someone speak another language and want...

As winter sets in, more of us will be buying rock salt to clean our driveways and sidewalks. Unfortunately, all of that rock salt can end up in our water supply due to runoff and can even corrode the metal on our...

Albright Memorial Library will be hosting its first in-house screening of the controversial film The Trouble With Cali on Friday, February 12th at 6 PM in the Community Room (basement of Lackawanna County Children’s Library). The Trouble With Cali will kick...

Albright Memorial Library offers in-house access to AncestryLibrary.com, a popular database that has greatly helped those researching their family histories.  One of the great things about Ancestry is that it is constantly being updated with new collections of genealogical records. Two...