News Category: Lackawanna County Library System

In celebration of National Library, April 10th—16th , the Children's' Library is holding a coloring contest. Pick up your coloring sheet at the Children's Library, color it, and return it to the Library by April 16th. Entries will be displayed...

Nana's Night Out Dessert Pot-Luck Social Join Mrs. Maloney for a special “thank you” evening for all those wonderful Nanas, Mimis, Gammies, Pop-pops, and Grandmas who bring their children to library programs . Sit, talk and relax! Bring your favorite dessert!...

Take part in Pennsylvania’s One Book, Every Young Child Early literacy initiative —An important statewide effort that encourages adults to share and talk about books and stories with children. This year's book is Kite Day, a Bear and Mole Story...

Wednesday, April 13th  If you see the Lackawanna County Library System Bookmobile on April 13, wave or beep your horn. Let the mobile librarian and the driver know that you appreciate the services they provide to people all over our...

The Reference Department at the Scranton Public Library is expecting a new delivery! On Monday April 4th we will be receiving our new printers.  The staff of the Reference Department are very excited to introduce these new machines.  You will...

Community Reading Program Features Landline by Rainbow Rowell One of the most popular features of “On the Same Page In Lackawanna County” are the book discussions that take place at libraries throughout the county. Once again this year, writer Stephanie...

DID YOU KNOW…..March 21st is the l0th Anniversary of the day TWITTER was created. On March 21, 2006, Jack Dorsey sent the first “tweet”—“just setting up my twttr” – in the now immensely popular microblogging and social networking platform.  Twitter...

Ghostlight Productions announces AUDITIONS for the 8th Annual Shakespeare in the Park: JULIUS CAESAR directed by Rachel Luann Strayer. Sunday, March 20th, 4:00-6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 22nd, 6:00-8:30 p.m. Auditions are open to all members of the community ages 16 and...

Rainbow Rowell, Thursday, April 14/Get Tickets Now Rainbow Rowell, a popular author of adult and young adult fiction will be the first speaker in the Lackawanna County Library System’s 2016 Matthew F. Flynn Library Lecture Series on Thursday, April 14 at 7...

In honor of St. Joseph, the patron saint of Italian-Americans and immigrants, the Abington Community Library and SIAMO-NEPA will host an Italian celebration on Saturday March 19 from 2-4 PM for all ages. Crafts, stories, clips of PBS's "The ItalianAmericans",...