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Thank You to Happenings Magazine for awarding the Albright Memorial Library the 2015 “HAPPIE AWARD” for Best Library!

Christmas Ornament Craft @ The Carbondale Public Library Saturday, December 5th, Santa will be coming in on the train @ 10:30 at the Carbondale Train Station, River Street. Santa will be available for photo's at Memorial Park. 11 AM -...

December Library Collection   Cold weather is coming and Lackawanna County Libraries want to make sure that very special neighbors of ours are cozy and warm. We are collecting hats, gloves, mittens and socks for the children of St. Joseph’s...

#GivingTuesday has grown from what some thought was a fundraising fad to a worldwide fundraising holiday. In 2014 #GivingTuesday resulted in over $45 million in donations and 27,000 nonprofits participated. Are you ready to join in on the fun December...

Staff at Abington Community Library stumbled upon a great idea on Facebook that we're excited to pass along to you. Start a new tradition in your family this year. Wrap up 25 children's books (they don't have to be new). Put them under...

3,600 Titles Added to Digital Collection   Johannes Gutenberg revolutionized book publishing by inventing moveable type in 1439. Over 500 years later the next revolution in publishing was the creation of the eBook. Project Gutenberg, the first digital library, is...

2015’s Outstanding Books!   Fortune Smiles, a collection of short stories by Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Adam Johnson, is the winner of the 2015 National Book Award for Fiction.   Johnson is joined in the awards by Ta-Nehisi Coates, non-fiction...

With Thanksgiving a few days away, and Christmas around the corner showing our thankfulness can get lost in the hustle and bustle. Below are books for kids, not connected to any holiday, about being thankful or showing our thanks for...

Love audiobooks? Try our new Playaway, the all-in-one audiobook, today! The Albright Memorial Library has a wide selection of these self contained audiobooks which are great for car trips, trips to the gym and more! We even have headphones and audio...

Abington Area Residents Encouraged to Attend Community Planning Meeting for WVIA-TV’s ‘Our Town: The Abingtons’ Program – Volunteers Needed    WVIA invites all Abington area residents and representatives of businesses and organizations to a community planning meeting for the “Our Town:...