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The Luzerne County Library System ( LCLS) is an organization that administers ten libraries in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. [2] Founded in 1984, it is headquartered at the Osterhout Free Library in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. [2] [5] Along with hosting various permanent and temporary collections of books and media, the member libraries provide ...
The State Library of Pennsylvania is one of the largest research libraries in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Until 1971 it was known as the Pennsylvania State Library. [1] The Office of Commonwealth Libraries, within the Pennsylvania Department of Education, has holdings in almost every area of human concern.
This is a list of current and former schools in the Pittsburgh Public Schools district. It includes all of the following: Schools inherited from the old Pittsburgh and Allegheny City districts when the current school district was organized in 1911. Schools inherited from other boroughs and townships which were annexed to the city of Pittsburgh ...
There are 30 public libraries in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The Delaware County Libraries is a federation of 26 library organizations, with 28 branches. [1] The law library in the county courthouse is not a member of the county system, but its holdings are listed in the system catalog. The Upper Chichester Library is also located in the ...
The Library System of Lancaster County (LSLC) is a federated system, which serves 519,462 residents in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is made up of a consortium of 14 member libraries, two branches and a bookmobile. LSLC was established in April 1987 to provide well-coordinated, countywide services and cooperative programs to assist member ...
The York County library system first came into existence on February 13, 1974 when York County commissioners passed legislation allowing for the federation of the area's libraries. The impetus for its creation was the 1964 Library Services and Construction Act which appropriated money "to promote the further development of public library services."
The following list of Carnegie libraries in Pennsylvania provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Pennsylvania, where 59 public libraries were built from 27 grants (totaling $5,169,587) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1886 to 1917. Notably, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania contains the first ...
Website. www .eastonpl .org. The Easton Area Public Library serves Easton, Pennsylvania in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It is a Carnegie library and was predated by a community library constructed by the Easton Library Company in 1811. [3] With a grant in 1901 for $57,000 by industrialist Andrew Carnegie a new library began construction at ...