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News Category: Nancy K. Holmes Branch Library

Catalog Access

We have received word from a few library members that they are experiencing difficulty logging into the new catalog while using the Internet Explorer web browser.  We are working on the problem, but in the meantime we have the following...
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Celebrating our Hard Work!

Children at the Nancy Kay Holmes Library celebrated their achievements for the Winter Reading Club with a celebration. During this event, we had a Dr. Seuss Scavenger Hunt and for a special snack we had glazed doughnuts! We really had...
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Using our Egg Shakers at the Library!

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...
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TRL with Mrs. Bresser

  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...
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Temporary Inconvenience; Permanent Improvement

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,...
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Hoping for Spring

The kids at the Nancy Kay Holmes Library are getting ready for Spring. It's been a long, cold winter and we're ready for some warmer weather. Check out these cool Spring glasses!
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Making Eskimos at Family Place

Brrrr...it's cold outside and at the Nancy Kay Holmes Library, we're celebrating this cold weather by making Eskimos! Family Place is a program for children ages birth-3 years. If you'd like to join us, call to register and stop by...
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Making Parakeets at the Library!

This week, children at the Nancy Kay Holmes Library read Peek-a-Pet! by Marie Torres Cimarusti. It was fun to read a book that made us play peek-a-boo with different pets that we know! One of the pets in the story...
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Pete the Cat: Our Mascot!

We Love Pete the Cat and this year he is the mascot for our Winter Reading Club! Pete enjoys rocking in his school shoes, and so do we. Have you signed up for the Winter Reading Club? If not, it's...
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New York City Bus Trip with the Friends of the Scranton Public Library

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="427"] Columbia University Libraries[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="459"] The Cathedral of St. John the Divine[/caption]   The Friends of the Scranton Public Library will be hosting a New York City Bus Trip on April 25, 2015.  The...
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