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 April 2020 
 
With its doors closed, The Library’s popular programming moves online
While its eight libraries are closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, members can enjoy fun and educational activities with children and find stimulating new reads on The Library’s Facebook page and Beyond the Shelves Blog.

“Our staff is keeping the community connected and engaged,’’ said Executive Director Karen Cullings. “Families can still share the joy of reading with their kids. Book lovers can discuss the latest great read. Even residents who don’t have the internet for crucial things like job searches or taking online GED classes can access WiFi from outside our buildings.”
 
Among the programing featured on The Library’s Facebook site are the popular Born to Read and Family Storytime activities.

   
Join one of our Facebook Groups and check it out!

Children's Programming

Adult Programming

Cade Pickel enjoys trying out the art projects featured on The Library’s Facebook page. “The Library has so much stuff that people don’t realize,’’ said his mother, Janet Pickel.

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Free WiFi outside of The Library’s buildings

For those without home internet access, The Library has free wi-fi available outside its eight branches. Whether you sit outside or in your vehicle to access the internet, please maintain social distancing of at least six feet from other members.
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Even with schools closed, Dauphin County students get a leg up on learning through 
All Ready Access
The Library’s All Ready Access program is an outreach program putting library cards in the hands of Dauphin County students – expanding the availability of research and reading materials -- and especially timely as schools closed this spring.

“Students have access to all of our online resources and all of our online lending materials,” says Hannah Killian, The Library’s Youth Services Administrator. “They can check out eBooks and eAudiobooks.”

Since launching All Ready Access in 2018, The Library is rolling it out district by district. Today, Susquehanna Township and Steelton-Highspire school districts are participating, Halifax Area School District’s program is under development, and St. Stephen’s Episcopal School in Harrisburg has a program. Under the effort, districts share student ID numbers and The Library creates a district-specific library card for each.

 



 
Updated information about our closure...
 
  • The Library's buildings are closed indefinitely.
  • The Library is still open online at dcls.org!
  • Overdue fees are still being waived
  • We encourage our members to keep the borrowed items they currently have checked out.

Harrisburg City Business Owner?

Below is a link to the city's Business Outreach Survey, which will be used to identify challenges businesses are facing because of COVID-19.

The goal is to connect businesses with information about assistance and resources that will help them get through this difficult time.

Take the survey now

Community Aid Update

Community Aid is asking donors to postpone donating items to Community Aid boxes. Several of our libraries are Community Aid donation sites.
If you were planning to donate, please hold off until further notice. Community Aid is currently unable to empty their donation bins, and all items placed outside the bins cannot be used.


Building Community Together
 
Volunteer Spotlight  >  >  >   Kathy Denton
Volunteer Kathy Denton loves connecting with people at 
The Library 


Kathy Denton’s career in social services concluded with 13 years as Executive Director of Ronald McDonald House Charities. The Lower Paxton Township resident launched retirement in January 2015 by volunteering for the Kline Library in Harrisburg, close to where she grew up. “Libraries are as important as ever,’’ she says, “So many members need to use computers and printers.’’


Would you like to volunteer at The Library and help your community? Click here to learn more.
 
What they're reading  >  >  >     John Griner


Major John Griner, commander of the Salvation Army Capital City Region, is proud to partner with The Library for their summer youth enrichment programs that serve students from pre-K to eighth grade. Currently, he is reading “Morning and Evening,” an old English devotional by Charles Spurgeon, as well as books on dealing with worry and anxiety so he can help counsel people during these unsettling times.

 
 
 
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