Read-About-It 2008-2009 Participating Libraries


Read About It! participants from the Conshohocken Free Library discuss a book in the American Life Stories package, which features contemporary memoirs that highlight the diversity of the American experience.

Libraries Selected for Read About It! Programs

The libraries chosen for the 2008-09 Read About It! program clearly demonstrate a desire to increase their value as community learning centers. Libraries with limited experience conducting book discussions, but with an earnest desire to reach new audiences, also are among the participants. The participating libraries also represent a variety of communities in Pennsylvania's urban, suburban and rural regions.

Fall 2008

  • Allen F. Pierce Free Library (Bradford)
  • Annville Free Library (Lebanon)
  • Butler Area Public Library (Butler)
  • Dormont Public Library (Allegheny)
  • Free Library of Philadelphia – Charles Santore Branch (Philadelphia)
  • Hollidaysburg Area Public Library (Blair)
  • J. Lewis Crozer Library (Delaware)
  • James V. Brown Library (Lycoming)
  • Lititz Public Library (Lancaster)
  • McBride Memorial Library (Columbia)
  • Mengle Memorial Library (Jefferson)
  • Swarthmore Public Library (Delaware)
  • Upper Darby & Sellers Memorial Free Library (Delaware)

Spring 2009

  • Free Library of Northampton Township (Bucks)
  • Highland Community Library (Cambria)
  • Memorial Library of Nazareth (Northampton)
  • Montgomery County – Norristown Public Library (Montgomery)
  • Peters Township Public Library (Washington)
  • Public Library for Union County (Union)
  • Scranton Public Library – Green Ridge Branch (Lackawanna)
  • Township Library of Lower Southampton (Bucks)
  • Wayne County Public Library (Wayne)

Read About It! is supported by federal Library Services and Technology Act funds administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, the National Endowment for the Humanities and its We the People initiative on American History and Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania.



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