More to the Story’ Celebrate

Your Local Library

By Jen Soliday, MSLIS, Director, Punxsutawney Memorial Library for Hometown magazine

First sponsored in 1958, Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association and libraries of all types across the country each April.

Your Punxsutawney Memorial Library encourages all community members to visit the library during National Library Week, April 23-29, to explore all we have to offer.

Most people know about the wealth of stories available at the library, from picture books and large print to audiobooks and eBooks. But there’s so much more to the story of libraries.

Libraries are welcoming spaces that bring communities together for entertainment, education, and connection through book clubs, story times, game nights, crafting, lectures, and more. Your Punxsutawney Memorial Library offers a wide array of programs, classes, and resources, including weekly youth literacy programs, an adult coloring club, and a Paws for Reading (a read-to-a-licensedtherapy-dog) program open to all ages. We also have a monthly book club, and several family events throughout the year.

And libraries play a critical role in the

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NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK - April 23-29, 2023

National Library week was first sponsored in 1958, and the weeklong event was developed with the intent to motivate people to read as well as to support and show appreciation to their local libraries. The yearly affair is also doubly sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) who decided that this week be observed every April.

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