The Cumberland County Library System (CCLS) consists of 7 federated local libraries, 1 branch facility, a system headquarters office and an associated non-profit Cumberland County Library System Foundation. The library system provides service to more than 220,000 people in Cumberland County and a small portion of Franklin County.
The System Headquarters Office provides services to its member libraries in the following areas:
Information technology
Technical services (acquisitions, cataloging, processing of library materials)
STAR outreach services to older adults
Training services for staff and board members
Administrative and financial services, including fundraising support
Cumberland County libraries join Longwood Gardens’ 2023 Community Read
Cumberland County book and garden lovers are encouraged to participate in the 10th annual Longwood Gardens’ 2023 Community Read - a program designed to encourage reading for pleasure and to start a conversation.
Blast from the Past - The old Shippensburg library
Hello Readers! Welcome back once again to the Blast. I hope you are enjoying the tour of the town via the street names. Beginning this week and for the next several weeks my journeys around town will take us east and west on King Street, we’ll hit the back streets, go around the block, throw in a few country scenes, and make a few stops at interesting places along the way, all in an effort to rekindle a few memories of the streets of Shippensburg as they used to be.
Cumberland County Library names Hock Employee of the Month
Administrative Assistant and LocalSyste m Administrator at Amelia Givin Library, Quin Hock, has been named Employee of the Month for Dec. 2022 by the Cumberland County Library System Foundation.
Estate of Karen Rovegno donates $100,000 to Bosler Library
Karen Rovegno had a knack for reading at least three books at a time.
“There would be one downstairs in the family room next to her favorite chair,” said Rick Rovegno, her husband of 41 years. “There would be one next to her night stand next to our bed.”
County commissioners voted 2-1 to allocate $25 million toward eventual facility upgrades and to offset county revenue lost during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Get One! Library cards empower students and fuel academic success
September is Library Card Sign-up Month, a time when public libraries in Cumberland County join the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries nationwide to remind parents, caregivers, and students that signing up for a library card is the first step on the path to academic achievement and lifelong learning.
Cumberland County Library System encourages kids to get their own cards during Library Card Sign-up Month
"A library card is the first step on the path to academic achievement and lifelong learning," the county said Friday. September is Library Card Sign-up Month.
I just want to publicly thank the Cumberland County Library System, WellSpan Health, and all the folks involved in the summer GO! Cumberland program at the county libraries.
Coy Public Library celebrates children, families’ reading accomplishments during annual picnic
Participants in the summer learning program at the Coy Public Library were rewarded for their reading accomplishments last week at Shippensburg Township Park.
CCLS Foundation names Pat Sari the Library System July 2022 Employee of the Month
Patricia “Pat” Sari, Technical Services Manager at Joseph T. Simpson Public Library, has been named Employee of the Month by the Cumberland County Library System Foundation.