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:
Member libraries include:
The John Graham Library’s building reopened to the public on Tuesday, Nov. 14. The library, located at 9 Parsonage St. in the Borough of Newville, suffered from extensive flooding due to a water pipe that burst on March 19.
Read more with a subscription at: The Shippensburg News-Chronicle December 1, 2021
Kids of all ages, families, and extended families ghosted into your Coy Public Library for tricks, treats, and crafts before the Shippensburg Halloween Parade.
Read more with a subscription at The Shippensburg News Chronicle October 28, 2021
The Cumberland County Library System joins libraries across the nation in the annual Banned Books Week (Sept. 26 - Oct. 2, 2021), an event celebrating the freedom to read.
Read more with a subscription at: The Shippensburg News-Chronicle September 30, 2021
Historian and musician Joseph “Joe” Becton will present his interpretive program, “The Black Soldier in the American Revolutionary War,” at 6 p.m. Oct. 7 at Bosler Memorial Library, 158 W. High St., Carlisle.
Read more at: The Sentinel September 29, 2021
Library visits and library program attendance are growing, as are our local children.
Read more with a subscription at the Shippensburg News-Chronicle September 23, 2021
Libraries continue to see a surge in library card applications during the pandemic as students learning virtually find it a valuable resource during the school year. Public libraries are increasingly valuable for students in rural areas without equal access to Internet and cell service.
Read more at: CBS21 September 13, 2021
More than books, your local library offers programs, classes, and activities for people of all ages. To keep those programs open and free to the public the Joseph T. Simpson Public Library is holding an online auction! A variety of items are up for grabs, so log on and help out the library.
Read more at ABC27 September 7, 2021
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.
Read more with a subscription at: The Shippensburg News-Chronicle August 26, 2021
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The Coy Public Library of Shippensburg recently hosted 125 library patrons at its Summer Tail-Ends award party!
Read more with a subscription at: The Shippensburg News-Chronicle August 12, 2021
The Coy Public Library of Shippensburg had a very special visitor recently.
Read more with a subscription at: The Shippensburg News-Chronicle July 22, 2021
The Midstate is heating up, which means more places are opening up to give people relief from the scorching temperatures.
Read more at: ABC27 July 6, 2021
Thirty-one area children enjoyed last week’s K-9 Camp, part of the Coy Public Library of Shippensburg’s Tales and Tails Summer Reading Program.
Read more with a subscription at: The Shippensburg News-Chronicle July 1, 2021
Last Tuesday, Dan and Galla from the ‘Dan and Galla Musical Show’ had people up out of their seats dancing, Hula-Hooping, playing the tambourines, blowing bubbles, and doing the limbo!
Read more with a subscription at: The Shippensburg News-Chronicle July 1, 2021
Musician Karlus Trapp will be the latest featured as part of the Music@Bosler Series. The virtual program will cover “Exploring the Roots of Black music in America” from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday, July 8.
Read more at: The Sentinel June 30, 2021
Books, DVDs, and audiobooks can now be browsed and checked out on the John Graham Library’s front porch! There are books for children, teens and adults.
Read more with a subscription at: The Shippensburg News-Chronicle June 23, 2021
The Coy Library Summer Reading Kick-off earlier this month had a great turnout of more than 120 people!
Read more with a subscription at: The Shippensburg News-Chronicle June 17, 2021
Coy Public Library’s summer camps began with a two-hour camp about owls and birds for students in grades K-4 and 5-8 on Wednesday and Thursday of last week.
Read more with a subscription at: The Shippensburg News-Chronicle June 17, 2021
Aaron Dobbs joined the Coy Public Library of Shippensburg’s Board of Trustees in February of 2019. He has served on the FUNdraising Committee, the Public Relations Committee, and the Operations Committee; he is currently the Chairperson for the Public Relations Committee and the Operations Committee.
Read more with a subscription at: The Shippensburg News-Chronicle June 17, 2021
After a year of challenges, public libraries are beginning to welcome the public back for in-person activities. And Bosler Memorial Library in Carlisle is opening a reading challenge made for people of all ages.
Read more at: ABC27.com June 16, 2021
Project SHARE will once again offer its Summer Feeding for Kids program, and this year that effort will expand from two to three locations in Cumberland County.
The Carlisle-based nonprofit had been offering the program providing meals for children at its headquarters on North Orange Street and at Amelia Givin Library in Mount Holly Springs.
Read more at: The Sentinel June 7, 2021
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