News Category: Lackawanna County Library System

A Family Pack For Scranton Man   Austin Murphy, a Scranton resident and patron at the Nancy Kay Holmes Branch Library in Green Ridge, has won tickets to "The Happy Elf," a new musical comedy by Grammy® Award-winning and Tony® Award-nominated...

West Scranton neighbors will gather next week to kick off the holiday season and mark the beginning of a campaign to improve the quality of life and increase civic pride in that historic area.   Children’s Tree Lighting Sunday, December...

Staff Selections for Readers of Every Age   Books make great Christmas gifts and who better to recommend books to buy than Lackawanna County librarians? We asked staff members from all ten libraries in the System to tell us what...

 Congratulations to  Gianna Gearon, the happy winner of the Caroline American Girl Doll. Thank you to all who participated.

Join us at the Children's Library as we celebrate the feast of Hanukkah. Watch the animated Hero Classics, Maccabees: The Story of Hanukkah for the history of the Feast of Lights. Enjoy a snack and make a craft. Tuesday, December...

This Year's Great Reading It’s book list time, that end of the year period when critics, literary journals and websites publish what they believe to be the best or most significant books of the year. The editors of the New...

December Library Collection   While you’re out buying presents for your family and friends, how about picking up something for people who have little. In the weeks leading up to Christmas, Friends of the Poor are asking for donations of...

Everything’s Free @ the Library   If you’re planning on giving someone a mobile device for Christmas this year, make sure that they get a library card, too. It’s the perfect accessory. That’s because a library card provides access to...

Saturday, November 29th from 2PM-4PM at Library Express Rebecca Petrini is the author and together with her sister, Stephanie Machiesky, co-publisher/creator of Santa Has a Wish. Rebecca has been a Spanish teacher for almost a decade and has taught learners...

From the Lackawanna County Library System   This year, as every year, we are thankful for the 60,000+ residents of Lackawanna County who have library cards and make Lackawanna County Libraries among the busiest places in our communities.   Here’s...