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The Institute for Museum and Library Services & York Public Library

The Institute for Museum and Library Services & York Public Library

On Friday, March 14th, President Trump issued an executive order calling for the elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). IMLS is the only federal agency that supports libraries, museums, and archives in all 50 states and U.S. territories. It does so by way of grants from the Library Services & Technology Act (LSTA).   The IMLS represents just .003% of the federal budget, which translates into programs and services used in more than 1.2 billion in-person...

March 2025 Staff Picks

March 2025 Staff Picks

March Book Madness: Our Slam Dunk Staff PicksMichelle: The Heart of Winter by Jonathan Evison In this bighearted and profound portrait of a marriage, Jonathan Evison explores seventy years of big moments in subtle ways, elegantly braiding the Winters’ turbulent history with their present-day battles, showing us how the oddly paired college kids became parents, fell apart and back together, andgrew into the Abe and Ruth of today. Endlessly heartwarming and moving, The Heart of Winter is a...

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Take our 2025 Community Survey!

The York Public Library Association is embarking on a strategic planning process to shape our next chapter, and we need your input!  In order to continue York Public Library's tradition of dynamic, community-focused services, we invite you to take a few moments to fill out our community survey....

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February 2025 Staff Picks

Fall in love with reading this February with our staff picks!Michelle: The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck I'm not usually a big reader of short stories but I simply loved this collection. From the publisher: "A collection of interconnected stories, set mostly in New England, exploring how the...

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January 2025 Staff Picks

Kick off your reading goals with some inspiration!  See what books our staff loved in January.Michelle: Wordhunter by Stella Sands WORDHUNTER by Stella Sands: "an utterly original and compulsively readable detective story about a woman who uses her uncanny ability to analyze words and speech...

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December 2024 Staff Picks

Unwrap a Good Book: Our Staff's December Reading RecommendationsMichelle: How to Read a Book by Monica Woods A lovely gem of a book. Wood's novel focuses on three characters whose stories are told in alternating chapters. Harriet is a retired English teacher who leads a book club at a women's...

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November 2024 Staff Picks

Enjoy one of our favorite recent reads with the beautiful fall weather. Michelle: The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley by Courtney Walsh Researcher Isadora Bentley is a loner. And desperately unhappy. She stumbles on an article entitled "Thirty-one Ways to be Happy" and decides to do a little...

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October 2024 Staff Picks

Enjoy one of our favorite recent reads with the beautiful fall weather. Michelle: None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell Alix is out celebrating her 45th birthday and bumps into Josie, a stranger whose birthday is the same day: "birthday twins." To Alix's surprise, they bump into each other a few...

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