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It's National Library Week; You Belong @ Your Library

Parkland Community Library is celebrating National Library Week by raffling an iPod shuffle.

Whether you are a job-seeker looking for resources to land a new job, a parent looking for free activities for children or a student searching for your next favorite book, you belong @ your library.

Today’s libraries help level the playing field by making both print and digital information available and accessible to all people. Libraries provide cultural heritage and genealogical collections, materials in print and electronic formats, job seeking resources, English as second language and citizenship classes and many other creative and resourceful programs.

Libraries have historically served as our nation’s great equalizers of knowledge. The strength of libraries has always been the diversity of their collections and commitment to serving all people. This National Library Week, join the nation’s libraries and librarians by celebrating the place where we all belong.

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is celebrating National Library Week, April 8 to April 14, by raffling an iPod shuffle.

For adults and families, the library is hosting a Night at the Movies on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. and on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Family Center, , 5103 Snowdrift Road, South Whitehall. This Commonwealth Speakers presentation is a program of the Pennsylvania Humanities Council, supported in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Pennsylvania Humanities Council, a nonprofit organization, inspires individuals to enjoy and share a life of learning.

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For kids, there is Daddy & Me storytime on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. for ages 2 to 5 and shelf-talkers for teen books.

“Today's libraries provide a wide range of opportunities for people with diverse needs and interests,” says Executive Director Debbie Jack.  “That means providing their communities with tailor-made collections and services for people of diverse backgrounds, language abilities and technological skills.”

First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association and libraries across the country each April. 

For more information, visit the Parkland Community Library at 4422 Walbert Ave., South Whitehall, call 610-398-1361 or visit the library’s website.  Library hours are Monday-Thursday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Friday-Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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