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Show Your Love This Month  Everybody knows that Valentine’s Day is celebrated in February, but did you know that this month is also a time to show love for libraries? We are fortunate in Lackawanna County to have a robust...

Valentine's Day is February 14 and if you're looking for love,  the library's got you covered. Search our catalog,  https://lackawanna.sparkpa.org/eg/opac/home,  for a great assortment of books, DVDs, and CDs, all about love. From adult fiction (Love Song by Elizabeth Lowell), mystery (Love...

Take the Book Challenge and You Might Be a Winner Lackawanna County Libraries are offering readers a new kind of challenge during the month of March and the chance to win one of the hottest mobile devices on the market. Read...

Join us tomorrow for an Art Exhibit at Library Express! On Friday, February 5th from 6PM-8PM, we will welcome local artist, Georisell Vazquez to our store. Georisell Vazquez was born in in Caguas, Puerto Rico in 1990. He moved to...

It's not too late for Children to sign up for the our "Explore the Galaxy" Star Wars Winter Reading Club at the Carbondale Public Library. READ any book you want, but don't forget to visit the library for more books! Being read to...

February Library Collection “PAWsitively for the Animals,” is a new volunteer organization based in Scranton that is dedicated to pet rescue, adoption and low cost spay and neuter services and it needs your help. During the month of February, Lackawanna...

[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...

The Abington Community Library is now on Instagram! Search for our name and follow our account for pictures of daily happenings, special events, our favorite books, and more. Let us know what YOU want to see. We are just starting...