News Category: Lackawanna County Library System

Books are a great gift for all ages!  Here are some great suggestions from library staff members: The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson "Bill Bryson, bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel...

Books are a great gift for all ages!  Here are some great suggestions from library staff members for Teens and Young Adults: Indian-ish : recipes and antics from a modern American family by Priya Krishna "Throughout, Priya’s funny and relatable...

Books are a great gift for all ages!  Here are some great suggestions from library staff members for Kids and Babies: Hair Love by Matthew Cherry  A little girl's daddy steps in to help her arrange her curly, coiling, wild...

Do you own a crazy holiday sweater? Have a special talent too? Wear your favorite ugly sweater and join our holiday edition open-mic night! Kids ages 8-14, of all levels and abilities, are welcome to perform. Invite your families and...

100% Gold Star Achievement Is First In State The Lackawanna County Library System was honored at the Pennsylvania Library Association’s 2019 Annual Conference in Erie in late October for being the first library system in the Commonwealth to have to...

“If this is a medical emergency, please hang up and dial 911.” That advice, heard when you call a doctor’s office or pharmacy, applies here, too, but for routine medical questions, research shows that more people look online than see...

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In the twelfth episode of Lexivore, the last episode of year two!, Renee and Megha talk about the upcoming holidays with a gift giving guide how-to for book lovers - and some book suggestions to get one started!  We include...

Drop Off Your Donation @ the Library While you’re out buying the fixings for your family’s Thanksgiving festivities, how about picking up something for people who have little. As the cold weather approaches, Friends of the Poor are asking for...

The Abington Community Library was recently awarded a grant from The Moses Taylor Foundation for the installation of Automatic External Defibrillator devices at all member libraries in the Lackawanna County System.  Pictured L to R: Mary Garm, LCLS System Administrator;...