Lebanon County Libraries Expand Early Education Resources
(Lebanon, PA, February 17, 2010) – Lebanon County District Libraries announced today they received a $7,500 grant from the Verizon Foundation to fund teacher resource packs and a bilingual, multi-cultural bookshelf for parents, child care providers and early childhood educators in the county.
Linda Nicholson, District Consultant, said “the libraries are excited to receive this grant to expand our Parent-Teacher Early Education Resource Program. The Verizon funding will allow us to provide more resource packs tailored for educators and build a much-needed bilingual, multi-cultural bookshelf.”
Lebanon County Libraries collaborate on this program with the Lebanon Valley Association for the Education of Young Children and the Luthercare Mentoring Van, which serves 23 family day care providers, to help circulate early education materials.
“Verizon is proud to partner with the Lebanon County District Libraries in its mission to empower educators and young people with lifelong learning skills, especially through the collaboration of parents and teachers,” said Chris Brennan, Director-External Affairs, Verizon Pennsylvania. “We are happy to help expand the outreach of the Libraries with bilingual, multi-cultural educational resources.”
Early education students and educators at Harrisburg Area Community College, Lebanon Campus and Lebanon Career and Technology Center assist these agencies with developing the resources to Pennsylvania early learning standards and selecting materials for the packets and bookshelf.
The libraries currently circulate 89 parent packs and recently added 15 teacher packs filled with books, CDs, games, and other teaching aids. Each has a theme or topic based on the Pennsylvania Early Learning Standards, aligned through the third grade.
Nicholson noted that they expect to affect the education of over 1,000 young children each year with the implementation of teacher resources.
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Local Author to Visit Richland Library
(Richland, PA, Nov. 4, 2009) – Robert C. Vogel, author of A Way Home and A Way Home II: Resolution, will sign books at Richland Community Library on Tuesday, November 10 from 6 pm to 8 pm.
A Myerstown resident, Vogel published his first novel, A Way Home, in 2007.
In Vogel’s recently published A Way Home II: Resolution, he continues the story of the characters in A Way Home, weaving a tale of intrigue and suspense with underlying themes of faith, family, love and redemption.
Vogel is retired after a career in education and sales training and management. He is active in his church as a Eucharistic Minister and Lector. He and his wife Judy reside in Myerstown near their three children and six grandchildren.
Visitors can buy copies of the book at the library event. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the library.
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Myerstown Library Hosts
One Book Regional Reading Program Lecture
Myerstown, PA —Thomas Maiello, dean of admissions at Evangelical Theology Seminary, will present "Three Faiths in One World" at Myerstown Community Library on October 27 at 7:00 p.m. The lecture is part of local programming for the regional reading campaign One Book, One Community: Our Region Reads.
Maiello will concentrate on the interactions among the Jewish, Muslim, and Christian religions in the world Geraldine Brooks presents in the One Book One Community selection People of the Book.
People of the Book is an intricate, ambitious novel that traces the journey of a rare illuminated Hebrew manuscript (Haggadah) from Spain to the ruins of Sarajevo. Inspired by the true story of a mysterious codex known as the Sarajevo Haggadah, People of the Book is a sweeping adventure through five centuries of history. The Sarajevo Haggadah survived centuries of purges and wars thanks to people of all faiths who risked their lives to safeguard it.
For more information, contact Linda Manwiller, library director, at 717-866-2800. The library is located at 199 N. College Street in Myerstown.
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One Book, One Community Campaign To Host
Old World Folk Band Regional Programs
Lebanon, PA -- The Old World Folk Band, based in Harrisburg, PA, will present special regional programs in seven counties in celebration of this year’s One Book, One Community book, People of the Book, by Geraldine Brooks. Programs will take place during October and November.
The Lebanon County Library System will present the first of seven regional programs on October 7 at 7 PM at Beth Israel Synagogue located at Eighth and Oak Streets in Lebanon, PA.
The talented musicians and educators in the band will present a program that will make People of the Book come alive to all who attend. The presentation will include an explanation of the Haggadah (a prayer book used in the Passover celebration) and its interpretation in different cultural settings across time. Examples of illustrated Haggadahs from around the world will be available for examination.
Susan Leviton will also demonstrate the art of Hebrew hand-lettering with a special emphasis on the style of the Sarajevo Hagaddah, comparing it with Hebrew lettering arts from other geographic regions. Like art and writing, music reflects different cultures and times. The presenters will demonstrate how culture is preserved and passed down through time and how people in disparate cultures and faiths act both simply and heroically to preserve music and the arts. There will also be opportunities for participants to share their own experiences.
The band will perform music representing different periods evoked in People of the Book, including a Judeo-Spanish Passover song from Sarajevo and a Yiddish Passover song about a family of crypto-Jews who escaped the Spanish Inquisition.
The Old World Folk Band has performed Klezmer and Eastern European folk music educating audiences in the northeast U.S. for 28 years. The band’s singer, Susan Leviton, is known nationally for her skills and work as a calligrapher in the Jewish tradition.
Major sponsors of One Book, One Community are WGAL TV 8, the Robert H. & Beverly U. Fowler Family Foundation, Isaac’s Restaurant and Deli, Giant Foods, K&L Gates LLP, and ShowcasePA! Magazine. Glatfelter, a local paper company, is providing copies of this year’s book for outreach purposes throughout the seven counties. Funding for the Old World Folk Band is provided in part by a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
One Book, One Community --- now in its seventh year---is led by libraries in Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry and York. The regional reading campaign is intended to promote the value of reading by recommending a compelling book that links the community in a common conversation. To learn more about One Book, One Community visit the website at www.oboc.org.
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One Book, One Community: Our Region Reads!
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
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One Book, One Community Reading Campaign
Will Launch August 26
LEBANON, PA — August 4, 2009 — Public libraries in Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry and York counties will officially launch the 2009 One Book, One Community: Our Region Reads annual regional reading campaign at a special news conference on Wednesday, August 26th at 4:00 pm at the Palmyra Public Library, 325 S. Railroad Street, Palmyra, PA 17078 (Lebanon County), PA. The 2009 book title will be announced at this event where an informal reception will follow.
One Book, One Community is led by libraries in seven counties and encourages residents in the multi-county area to read the same book in September and October. Readers can discuss the book and learn more about it and its author by attending free area programs and book discussions at the libraries and other locations during the month of October. There will also be special programs related to this year’s book title held at libraries throughout the region during September and October.
Refreshments for the informal reception will be provided by Isaac’s Restaurant & Deli.
Following the kick-off event, the book can be borrowed at any of the 72 participating libraries or may be purchased at area Walden Books, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Borders, Giant Food Stores, Weis Markets, Wegman’s Stores and other local booksellers.
Major sponsors ofOne Book, One Community are WGAL TV 8, the Robert H. & Beverly U. Fowler Family Foundation, Lois Lehrman Grass Foundation, Isaac’s Restaurant and Deli, Giant Foods, K&L Gates LLP, and ShowcasePA! Magazine. Glatfelter, a local paper company, is providing copies of this year’s book for outreach purposes throughout the seven counties.
The regional reading campaign is intended to promote the value of reading by recommending a compelling book that links the community in a common conversation. Several communities across the country have initiated “One Book” efforts, but One Book, One Community is the largest such effort in Pennsylvania. To learn more about One Book, One Community visit the website at www.oboc.org.
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Worlds Connect @ Your Library: Celebrate National Library Week
at the Lebanon County Libraries, April 12-18
(Lebanon, PA) – It’s National Library Week, a time to celebrate the contributions of libraries, librarians and library workers in schools, campuses and communities nationwide - and the perfect time to discover how worlds connect @ your library.
The Lebanon County Libraries are celebrating National Library Week by inviting community members to visit and learn more about the many free resources available at the six county libraries.
“Everyday, libraries in big cities and small towns, colleges and universities, in schools and in businesses help transform their communities,” said Anne Hall, Community Relations Coordinator. “At our libraries, people of all backgrounds come together for community meetings, lectures and programs, to do research, to get help finding a job or to find homework help. We hear so many wonderful stories about how people connect by using their libraries.”
Just the other week, Hall said, a soldier was visiting one of the libraries and was delighted to discover that he could download free audio books using the libraries’ web site from anywhere in the world. The soldier, scheduled for a return tour of duty in Iraq, said this service would really help his morale while serving overseas.
A grandmother told Lebanon librarians that by using the Skype service at the library she connects with her granddaughter who lives in Denver, CO. From a Lebanon County library, the grandmother reads a story to her granddaughter who listens at a computer in a Denver library. Skype is a free Internet video/phone service.
First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April.
For more information, visit the Lebanon County Library System web site at www.lclibs.org or visit one of the six county libraries: Annville Free Library, Lebanon Community Library, Matthews Public Library, Myerstown Community Library, Palmyra Public Library, Richland Community Library
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