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COVID-19 What You Need to Know

COVID-19: What You Want to Know With heightened concerns about the Coronavirus (aka COVID-19), there is a steady stream of information circulating in the news, on the internet, and on...
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2020 Youth Media Awards – Teen/Young Adult Books

2020 Award Winning Teen & Young Adult Books! Jump to an award: Newbery Coretta Scott King Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Printz Alex Edwards Odyssey Sibert Stonewall Morris YALSA...
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2020 Youth Media Awards – Middle Grades Books!

2020 Award Winning Middle Grades Books! Jump to an award: Newbery Coretta Scott King Printz Schneider Edwards Batchelder Odyssey Pura Belpre Sibert Asian/Pacific American Literature Taylor American Indian Youth...
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2020 Award Winning Children’s Books!

2020 Award Winning Middle Grades Books! Jump to an award: Newbery Caldecott Coretta Scott King Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Schneider Children’s Literature Legacy Batchelder...
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Sensory Story Time Expanded in Winter 2020

Join us for Sensory Story Times! Our Sensory Story Times have been developed to aid children aged 2-5 with their sensory needs. Therapists from Connections Early Intervention & Supports partner...
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1000 Reasons to Celebrate

York County Libraries is celebrating its young readers and families on Saturday, January 25 in The Family Place at Martin Library in York. The 1000 Books Before Kindergarten Midway Celebration...
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Use a book’s pictures to help kids learn to read

Let’s talk about the pictures The way you talk with your child as you read books together helps them to learn to read by themselves. Try talking about the pictures...
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New Year, New Challenge: #WinterRead2020

Take the Challenge! Note: Pre-Registration for the Winter Reading Challenge is open now. Minutes will not count until after January 1. Winter Reading Challenge Kicks off the New Year From...
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YES Garners Two Statewide Awards

York County Libraries is proud to announce that it has won two 2019 Pennsylvania Library Association (PALA) Best Practices Awards for the teen initiative, the Youth Empowerment Summit (YES). Martin...
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Escape Book Club Earns Award

Kaltreider-Benfer Library won a Pennsylvania Library Association Best Practices Award in the School Age category for its Escape Book Club. The book club is geared to middle grade students and...
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We Swept the 2019 PALA Best Practice Awards

York County Libraries won five Best Practices Awards for youth services during the Pennsylvania Library Association’s annual conference in October 2019. The Carolyne L. Smith Best Practices Awards are given in...
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Beyond Our Walls Program Receives Best Practices Award

York County Libraries won the 2019 Best Practices Award for Family/Multi-generational programming during the annual Pennsylvania Library Association Conference in Erie. YCL was honored for the program collaboration, Beyond our...
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Pride Dance Honored at State Level

Martin Library is proud to announce that they have won a Pennsylvania Library Association Best Practices Award for High School for the Martin Library Pride Dance. We spoke to teen...
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Martin Library to Honor Georg Sheets

The Martin Library Honors Committee has announced its selection of Georg Sheets as its Fall 2019 Martin Honors honoree. Georg Sheets has served the York community in a variety of...
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YCL Fall/Winter Hours 2019

Fall/Winter Hours 2019 Fall hours begin* Tuesday, September 3, 2019 *Arthur Hufnagel (Glen Rock) and Glatfelter Memorial (Spring Grove) will begin September 16, 2019...
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YCL Summer 2019 Internship

Bobbie Stein, YCL Marketing Intern Summer 2019 When I was looking for an internship for college, I was nervous. As I was searching for an internship, I would read over...
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252,000 Books… & Counting!

The idea behind 1000 Books Before Kindergarten is simple: read 1000 books with your newborn, infant, toddler, or preschooler before they begin kindergarten—and they’ll benefit for years to come! 1000 Books makes it...
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Award Winning Books

Award Winners for Your Kids (and you)! Do you want to expand your kids’ reading—or your own? Do you want to choose works that have made a difference in the...
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York County Libraries is PA Forward

YCL is PA Forward! What’s PA Forward? It’s a state-wide library program that supports learning in five key areas. Almost half of York County Libraries are actively pursuing different “star”...
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York County Libraries Summer Hours 2019

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Community Conversations: We Hear You!

We care. We listen. And we take time to respond. Robert F. Lambert started in his role as York County Libraries President just a few years ago. Since then, he...
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Cupcake Wars 2019

Challenging all teens ages 13-18! It’s the third annual Cupcake Wars this summer! What’s Cupcake Wars? It’s a chance to show off your creativity with cupcake decorating, while competing against...
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My Internship with YCL

When you are a college student, it seems like everyone has the same questions for you. All the dreaded questions you know you will hear when you sit down at...
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Summer Reading… Summer Learning… SummerQuest 2019!

Have a Stellar Summer! It’s that time of year again! The nights are longer, the sun shines brighter, the kids laugh longer, and the fun gets better. Kids and teens...
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2019 Give Local York is May 3rd!

The second annual Give Local York day of giving is right around the corner on Friday, May 3rd. Last year’s event turned into a community-wide celebration that helped hundreds of...
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Meet Martin Library’s Spring Honoree

Celebrating Children’s Champion Paula Gilbert The Martin Library Honors Committee has announced its selection of Paula Gilbert as its Martin Honors Spring honoree. They will recognize Gilbert for her outstanding...
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We’ll Trade You:Food For Fines May 2019

Project Erases Late Fees and Hunger York County Libraries want to make a trade with library members who have late fees. YCL will reduce a library cardholder’s late fees by...
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YCL Announces Big Changes

Three Locations to Undergo Transformation Three York County Libraries have renovation and expansion plans in their future. The project will transform Martin Library, Kreutz Creek Library and Kaltreider-Benfer Library into...
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We Spent 40 Years in a Double-wide Trailer

Step inside our Kreutz Creek Library in Hellam and you are standing inside a 1,250 square foot double-wide trailer. The trailer has housed the library since its opening on February...
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Get Ready to Prepare Your Income Taxes

Get ready to prepare your income taxes: we can help Our libraries can help you with your income taxes. You read that right! York County Libraries are teaming up with...
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Playing with Blocks Builds More than Towers

In our modern and tech-savvy world, STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) skills are crucial for keeping up with the newest technological advancements. This is important for young children as...
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Did you Grow with Google?

Tech giant Google made its way to Martin Library last week as part of a nationwide tour of libraries to impart digital skills that will help fuel economic success. Libraries...
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We have award winning books for you: Coretta Scott King Awards

Coretta Scott King Book Awards Our libraries are proud to share award-winning literature with you. On Monday, the American Library Association announced the winners of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards....
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Google Brings Economic Opportunity Initiative, Grow with Google, to Pennsylvania

Google Heads to Martin Library January 30th Google has announced that it is coming to cities and towns throughout Pennsylvania as part of the tech company’s Grow with Google iniative...
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Staff Pick Favorite Library Moments of 2018

Providing a welcoming place for community members to gather, connect and learn is important to our library staff members. When asked about their Favorite Library Moments of 2018, they came back...
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Our Favorite Library Moments of 2018

Our library staff love what they do and when asked to name their favorite Library Moments of 2018, they came back with quite a few! Here is a glimpse of some...
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Looking to buy or gift a new eReader or tablet this holiday season? Let us help!

by guest bloggers Rebekah Garrety, Rebecca Hoffman, & Autumn Groff There are tons of different devices out there that let you access electronic books and audio books. But how...
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Why Story Time Matters

Story Time at Red Land Community Library helps children enjoy books at a young age in an engaging and welcoming atmosphere. Karen Hostetter, library manager at Red Land Community Library,...
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What You Learn Could Save A Life

Join us for Free Training Programs Are you coming? What you learn could save a life. It could be a family member, a friend, a neighbor, a total stranger. Opioid...
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What You Should Know About A Celebration of Poetry

A Celebration of Poetry contest is offically underway! The annual contest is open to York and Adams County students in grades one through twelve. Interested youth can submit one original...
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Last Chance for 2018…Are You Coming?

Regional Library Think Tank Sessions Wrap Up this Month Have you participated in a Library Think Tank? If not, you have two more chances before we call it a wrap...
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Leaving Our Mark on the World

Inherited Family History by guest blogger Janine Pflaum York County Libraries Director of Development Many years ago I inherited family history documentation with hundreds of photographs that nobody else in...
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York County Librarian Receives Distinguished Service Award

Pennsylvania Library Association Recognizes Paula Gilbert The Pennsylvania Library Association presented Paula Gilbert, director of youth services for York County Libraries, with its highest professional laurel, the “Distinguished Service Award”...
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