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June 2023 Staff Picks
Jun 5, 2023 | Book Lists, News, Staff Picks
Summer's almost here! Try one of our recent favorites while you wait for the sun. Michelle: Guncle by Steven Rowley Gay Uncle Patrick (GUP for short) is Maisie and Grant’s favorite (albeit only) uncle. He is fun and silly and spoils them rotten when they come out to visit him from Connecticut. He is also a has-been Famous Person who is floundering. Tragedy rears its ugly head when Maisie and Grant’s mother, Patrick’s dear friend from college, passes away at the same time their father,...
We’ve Enrolled in the Sustainable Library Certification Program! PLUS: Join us for a Sustainability Celebration!
May 11, 2023 | News
York Public Library has enrolled in a national sustainability certification program designed to help libraries become more environmentally sound. The Sustainable Library Certification Program (SLCP), a project of the Sustainable Libraries Initiative (SLI), was created by members of the New York Library Association and American Library Association as a way to structure libraries’ commitment to the triple bottom line of sustainability: being environmentally sound, socially equitable, and...
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Happy Library Card Sign-up Month from York Public Library!
Sep 7, 2021 | News, Shelf Life
September! We’ve got it marked in the calendar, we’ve been counting down the days … Haven’t you? This month is a special time for libraries: September is Library Card Sign-up Month! Here you were thinking it was just National Sewing Month and International Update Your Resume Month. Oh, no....
Auction Reflections from our Auction Committee Co-Chairs
Jul 14, 2021 | News, Shelf Life
“Enriching Lives. Inspiring Minds. Creating Community”: These three phrases express the York Public Library’s central mission. Those of us who worked to put on the first online YPL Auction came to understand how much the people of York appreciate the work the Library does every day to live out the...
Staff Picks July 2021
Jul 8, 2021 | News, Staff Picks
Need something new to read? Check out our staff picks for July, and then sign up for the 2021 annual York Public Library Summer Challenge. There is still time! Jeanine: The Guest List by Lucy Foley An Agatha Christie type of who dunnit complete with an inscrutable cast of characters, a remote...
Juneteenth: Reading Recommendations from YPL Staff
Jun 19, 2021 | Book Lists, News, Social Justice
For the first time, we are celebrating Juneteenth--also known as Freedom Day, Liberation Day, and Emancipation Day--as a federal holiday. It is the annual commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States. Juneteenth dates back to June 19, 1865 when union soldier, Major General Gordon...
Staff Picks June 2021
Jun 17, 2021 | News, Staff Picks
Need something new to read? Check out our staff picks for June, and then sign up for the 2021 annual York Public Library Summer Challenge! Jeanine: When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain A psychological thriller featuring a seasoned but fragile detective running away from her own personal...
Reading Colors Your World: The Summer Reading Challenge is Here – for All Ages!
Jun 16, 2021 | News
It’s time! The Annual Summer Reading Challenge at the York Public Library is upon us. This year’s theme, Reading Colors Your World, offers an opportunity to be bold, get creative and color outside the lines. While this decades-old York Public Library tradition is going to look very different from...