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visit palibraries.org for more information to submit your proposal.

We’ve received so many great responses so far that we decided to…. 🎉 extend the deadline for our activity book cover contest to November 14! Submit your drawing today ➡️paauditor.gov/take-action/be…

Mt. Lebanon Public Library in Allegheny County named 2025 Library of the Year!

Kimberley Hrivnak from the Allegheny County Library Association presented with the Distinguished Service Award for 2025.

Auditor General DeFoor, Be Money $mart Partners Kick off Financial Planning Month with New Art Contest for PA Students paauditor.gov/auditor-genera…

Rebecca Dzikowski of the Weinberg Memorial Library at the University of Scranton and Dr. Roseanne Perkins of Kutztown University @KutztownU receive 2025 Certificates of Merit!

Folasade (Sade) Olanipekun-Lewis of Philadelphia County @FreeLibrary named 2025 Trustee of the Year!

Jessica Serenti from the Scranton Public Library @ScrantonLibrary named 2025 New Professional Librarian of the Year!

Senator Jay Costa @Senatorcosta and Senator Lindsey Williams @SenWilliamsPA awarded Pennsylvania Library Association 2025 Elected Officials!

To be eligible to register to vote in Pennsylvania, you must be... ✅ a U.S. citizen ✅ a PA resident for at least 30 days ✅ at least 18 years old by the next election If you checked all these boxes, then you can register at vote.pa.gov/Register.

The Department of State is dedicated to making sure that voters with disabilities have access to the polls. Learn more about accessible voting in Pennsylvania: pa.gov/agencies/vote/…

National Poll Worker Recruitment Day is August 12, but it’s not too early to celebrate. Sign up today to help support elections in Pennsylvania. Learn more at vote.pa.gov/GetInvolved

Hoyt Library celebrates Haggerty Little Library, Hourigan Courtyard citizensvoice.com/2025/06/28/hoy…

Excited that I just finished setting up the details to do a PA Forward® training on August 5th at the Easton Public Library! We have a number of trainings available for libraries of any size or location! Request a training at our new PaLA website! palibraries.org/pa-forward/

Meet Lisa Varga, new associate executive director of ALA’s Public Policy and Advocacy Office. Her first job was at a wallpaper-and-paint store. She says, “I didn’t realize until much later that it was library work.”americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoo…

Secretary Al Schmidt reminded eligible Pennsylvanians today that the May 5 deadline to register to vote in the May 20 primary election is only two weeks away. Read more: pa.gov/agencies/dos/n…

Happy #ThankYouForLibrariesDay! Today we’re especially grateful for libraries and their role in empowering financial literacy. PA libraries help us #BeMoneySmart by creating access to free resources, classes, and workshops. Thank you, PA Libraries!

2025 Best Practices Awards, David J. Roberts EXCEL Award, and Humanities in Action Award application opens! The application deadline is Wednesday, April 30th at 11:59 p.m. #palibraries docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…