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It's officially National Library Week! This year's theme is Unlimited Possibilities. Throughout this week, please check out our display board and post your response to the following question, What surprises you most about the library? Also, stop by the circulation...

Albright Memorial Library continues its Pre-Code Classic Film Series on Thursday, April 16th at 7 PM with the 1933's Penthouse starring Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy. Call girl Gertie Waxted (Myrna Loy) knows how a notorious gangster Jim Crelliman runs his...

Unlimited Possibilities @ Your Library Sunday, April 12 to Saturday, April 18   Libraries are important in Lackawanna County. That’s why more than 60,000 county residents have library cards, and why more than 750,000 visits are made to Lackawanna County...

FREE professionally taught computer classes are offered at the Albright Memorial Library’s Computer Learning Lab. Classes range from introduction to computers and the internet to beginning through advanced software use. Space is limited, so pre-registration with a valid Lackawanna County...

Christopher Phillips will be appearing at the Albright Memorial Library on Thursday April 9 at 6:30 PM in the Reference Department on the 2nd floor. He is a bestselling author whose passion for inquiry led him to found the discussion...

On a snowy winter day in March, the Friends of the Abington Community Library 'cheered up' the Ryon Room with a new coating of paint. The Friends purchased the paint, supplies, and rallied the volunteers. Pictured are: Francis Santoriello, Nancy...

Are you a writer interested in self publishing, but don’t know where to start? Join us as Samantha Warren, an author-publisher who has 20+ books under her belt, offers a glimpse into the rapidly growing world of self-publishing. We will be...

Albright Memorial Library continues its Pre-Code Classic Film Series on Thursday, April 9th at 6:30 PM (special time) with Cecil B. DeMille’s 1930 epic Madam Satan. A man is bewitched by the mysterious Madam Satan (Kay Johnson, who is also...

As of December 2014 the Abington Community Library started a pilot program based upon Gretchen Rubin's The Happiness Project. This program is unique as it spans over one year with the same participants each month. For those unfamiliar with the...

Library Express is a branch of the Lackawanna County Library System and a new and used bookstore located at the Mall at Steamtown on the second floor! At Library Express you will find books to purchase, along with books, DVDs, and...