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Meet the 2019 One Book Candidates

One Book, One Community Organizers Seek Public Votes for 2019 Book! by Guest Blogger Karen Hostetter Red Land Community Library Branch Manager One Book, One Community (OBOC) organizers are once again asking the public to vote for next year’s book selection! The public vote initiative is a way to invite community involvement in the selection...
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Super POWER Your Research

New e-Resources Added in Time for Academic Year By guest blogger John Miller York County Libraries District Consultant We have exciting news about the e-resources offered by York County Libraries via POWER Library! Starting on August 1, we will be able to offer 12 Gale products related to research and education. Our staff is hard at working...
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Miss Lisa’s Jazz Story Time Introduces Foundational Art and Math Concepts

Jazz Story Time: a STEAM event @ your library Reading specialist Lisa Schmittle will be teaching a Jazz Story Time in July as part of SummerQuest: Libraries Rock! She offers families a fun and educational story experience based on the picture book “Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band” by Kwame Alexander. She combines Alexander’s jazz...
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Leap into Science this July with Tara Tolton

What do you think those are for? What do you think those are for? Bring your elementary age children to your local library in July and find out in “Leap into Science”. Join educator Tara Tolton to ask and answer questions like scientists do. Together, your family will use books to learn information about a scientific topic,...
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New Saturday Summer Hours Announced

York County Libraries have announced new Saturday hours for the summer months from July through Labor Day. The shorter hours will start Saturday, July 7. Kaltreider-Benfer Library be open from 10am to 2 pm on Saturdays. Here is a quick overview of the changes at YCL locations across the county: Closed on Saturdays The following...
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June 1-3 Techmageddon & Axis 360

We’re sorry for the recent “techmageddon” It sure seems that Murphy’s Law had its own plans for our launch of Axis 360 on June 1st. We sent an email to our members with links to details about the new service on our website. But alas, the website was on the fritz by Friday afternoon and was...
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Axis 360 Replaces Overdrive Service

Axis 360 is available! York County Libraries is live with a new digital platform Axis 360. Our content can be reached by using the Magic Wall or by downloading the Axis 360 app for Android, IOS, or Kindle. During the month of June, set up your account and check out an item or place a hold, and you will be entered...
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April 8th-14th is National Library Week!

Did you Know? Probably the most well-known ancient library was the Library of Alexandria, which was in operation from around 295 BCE to 48 BCE when the building and its collections were tragically lost in a fire. However, people have been collecting records and keeping them in an organized fashion for millennia. Some of these...
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January 2018 Program Sheet with Descriptions

The calendar is great for a quick visual reference about what’s happening at the library. However, you may have questions like, “what does family literacy class mean?” and “What is the Escape Book Club?” The program sheet will have details about each program so you’ll know exactly what to expect and for which ages programs...
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January 2018 Calendar of Events

Looking for something to do this month? Look no further! We have something for everyone in the family–and some new offerings as well! Another way you can access our calendar and events is through our Facebook Group page. You must request to join and once you’ve received approval, you’ll have access to the most up-to-date...
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