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The Institute for Museum and Library Services & York Public Library
Mar 21, 2025 | News
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
Mar 6, 2025 | Book Lists, News, 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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The Library is Celebrating its Centennial!
May 20, 2022 | News
The York Public Library celebrates its 100th Birthday this month, and has announced special events and programming in honor of its centennial. May 29 will mark 100 years since the York Public Library Association was incorporated. While smaller lending libraries existed in various forms prior to...
May 2022 Staff Picks
May 3, 2022 | Book Lists, News, Staff Picks
Need a good read before summer? Look no further!Michelle: Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour Don’t you love it when you finish a book so captivating and beautiful and lush and gorgeous and…and you discover the author has more books? Yerba Buena is LaCour’s first foray into adult fiction. That’s all I knew...
The Sweet Sounds and Sights of Spring
May 2, 2022 | News, Shelf Life
Spring is an odd and fickle season in Maine and certainly not my favorite as the temperatures rise and fall like a roller coaster and mud is everywhere. There is one special part of spring that I look forward to each year though, the return of the warblers! Like the swallows to Capistrano, these...
Shelf Life: Fix it! at York Public Library’s Repair Clinic on Saturday, April 30
Apr 14, 2022 | News, Shelf Life
Repair cafés and “fix it” clinics are popping up all over the country as a natural successor to the maker movement. They use the practical application of tinkering to discover common problems with household items to reuse them rather than send them to the landfill. Our community of local fixers...
April 2022 Staff Picks
Apr 1, 2022 | News, Staff Picks
April showers bring May flowers.....and a lot of time to pick up a great book.Michelle: The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen Avery was a traditional therapist until she went rogue and lost her license. She has her own methodology now and bills herself as a consultant of sorts....
During National Library Week April 3-9, connect with your library!
Mar 31, 2022 | News
This week, York Public Library encourages all community members to visit their library in person or online to explore and access services and programs. YPL offers a wide array of programs and resources that are available in person or from the comfort of home, including hoopla, Libby,...
