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Library Account Login Will Require PINs Beginning March 17, 2026

Library Account Login Will Require PINs Beginning March 17, 2026

Minerva Libraries (Including York Public Library) will soon begin using 4-digit PINs to help protect your library account and prepare for future system software updates. This change affects all Minerva patrons, including York Public Library cardholders. What Is Changing?How you log in to your online library account. You will use a 4-digit PIN along with your library card number to log in to your online library account when you want to place holds, manage your checkouts, etc. When Does This...

January 2026 Staff Picks

January 2026 Staff Picks

Enjoy our staff favorites this month!Devin: Clair Obscur : Expedition 33 My favorite videogame of 2025! The story was phenomenal. It touches on themes of grief,  the importance of art, and philosophical questions about what life really is. Danie: The House Witch by Delemhach A heartwarming and humorous blend of fantasy, romance, and mystery featuring a witch with domestic powers and the royal household he serves . . . dinner. Filled with fascinating characters, courtly intrigue, political...

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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...

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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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