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North Wales Area Public Library Awarded 2023 Best PA Forward(R) Adult Literacy Program

Human Library named 2023 Best PA Forward(R) Adult Literacy Program! North Wales Area Public Library was recognized by the municipalities they serve for this honor!

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2023 PA Forward® Adult Programming Awards Announced

2023 PA Forward® Adult Programming Awards Basic Literacy A Story to Tell Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity Information Literacy Having Ancestors for Lunch Indian Valley Public Library Civic & Social Literacy Human Library North Wales Area Public Library Health Literacy Dealing with Grief/Grief Gatherings Monroeville Public Library Financial Literacy Plan Today for Tomorrow Alexander […]

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Unite Against Book Bans

Removing and banning books from public libraries is a slippery slope to government censorship and the erosion of our country’s commitment to freedom of expression. September 18 to 24 is Banned Book Week.  Libraries throughout the Commonwealth will be honoring books which have been challenged in libraries around the world and highlight the dangers that […]

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What is PA Forward®

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If knowledge is power, Pennsylvania’s libraries have always been central suppliers of power in our communities. Now we have an opportunity to power a new level of knowledge across our Commonwealth.

As our state and nation struggle with economic shifts, some permanent, we all ask, “How will Pennsylvania build a better future, one of job growth, opportunity, and community vitality?”

PA Forward® is a literacy initiative of the Pennsylvania Library Association. Our services support state libraries so they are ideally positioned to become the community centers of information, technology, and learning that will fuel educational and economic opportunity for all of our citizens.

The VALUE of Pennsylvania's Libraries is FAR-REACHING and UNDENIABLE.

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This is the number of programs for children, parents, entrepreneurs, senior citizens, and students that PA libraries have implemented.

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Pennsylvania libraries have served more than 47 million visitors!

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PA libraries have aided more than 302,000 jobseekers.

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