Kindle and other eBook handouts - handouts prepared by YCLS staff plus links to useful information found on the Web.


Overdrive Handouts  - Looking for a list of devices that are compatible with Overdrive?  Overdrive provides a list of Compatible eBook Devices.  Another handout that you might find useful is Enjoy titles on your mobile device.   This double-sided handout covers how to use phones with Overdrive. For a complete list of Overdrive's promotional and educational materials, click here.

Order in the Library - An interactive shelving game and Dewey Decimal tutorial.  Test your shelving knowledge.  Great practice for new staff and volunteers too!

CD Archive - Do you have books on CD with missing discs?  Check the CD Archive to see if replacements are available.  If not--and if other libraries still have that book on CD--don't throw it away.  Send it to the CD Archive (Becky Shives at the Annex).

Centralized Collections - What authors and series are included?  Click here for Adult and Large Print authors, Young Adult authors and series (including Graphic Novels), and Juvenile authors and series.

Classes - Click here for information on Demi's classes in the form of a brochure listing all classes.

Create Lists handout

Handouts - Handouts on a variety of topics, available for adaptation or duplication for use in your library.

York County Library System Employee Handbook - effective Jan. 6, 2012

Ready Reference Bookmarks - A virtual ready reference shelf with links to websites that can answer most reference questions.


PowerPoint Presentations:

BookFlix: an introduction (2010)

Social Media: Using it to spread our message (2009)


Book Collections:

Big Books - Find out what Big Books are available for your next story time.  Go to the online catalog, use genre instead of keyword, and search for big books. 

Family Place Collection - Located at Martin Library in the Children's Library.  Titles for parents of children birth through 3 years-of-age. Many of these titles are also appropriate for librarians or early childhood educators. Topics include child development, developing early literacy, other early learning, language activities, crafts, songs, finger plays, child care and parenting. Includes some videos.  Also includes a sampling of picture books for parents to share with children.

Parent Teacher Collection - Located at Martin Library in the Children's Library.  Titles for parents and teachers of children aged 4 and up. Many of these titles are also appropriate for librarians. Topics include reading and literature for young children, home schooling, child care and parenting, preschool and primary education, storytelling, crafts, games, science activities, health, mental health, and conditions such as dyslexia, autism, deafness. There is a small reference collection mostly on children’s literature.

Professional Collection - Located at Martin Library in the 2nd Floor Information Services Office.  Ask at the desk for assistance. Titles for the staff, boards, and Friends of York-Adams District libraries on public library services for all ages.  Topics include library management, programs, buildings, collection management, fundraising, intellectual freedom, technology, reference, readers advisory, copyright, trustees, and volunteers. There are some titles on library service for youth, although titles on children’s literature, crafts, finger plays, and story time would usually be in either the Family Pace or Parent Teacher Collections.

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