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1615 Laubach Avenue, Northampton, PA 18067
Phone: 610-262-7537   Fax: 610-262-4356
Hours: Monday-Thursday 9:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M.
Saturday 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.
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www.northamptonapl.org

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¨ Due to state budget cuts, the Power Library databases have been changed.  The following EBSCOHost databases are no longer available: MasterFILE Premier, Business Source Premier, MAS Ultra—School Edition, Middle Search Plus, Primary Search, Newspaper Source, Teacher Reference Center and Auto Repair Reference Center.  The following are the new databases: General Periodical Resources, Newspaper Resources, Business Resources, Contemporary Authors, and AP Photo Archive.  There may be interruptions in the accessibility of Power Library as these changes are made.

 

¨ The library’s Board of Trustees is looking for a new member.  If you live in the Northampton School District and are interested, please contact Mary Beller at the library, 610-262-7537.

 

¨ The Friends of NAPL have purchased a disc repair machine for the library!  As a service to our patrons, we are willing to clean and repair your music CDs, DVDs, Books on CD, CD-ROMs, or system games for a donation of $2 each, limit 5 discs per month per patron.  For more information, ask any library staff member.

 

¨ The Friends of NAPL are still selling t-shirts with the 2009 Summer Reading program theme, “Be Creative @ Your Library”.  Click here for more information.

 

¨ The library’s next Stitch-In will be held on Wednesday, February 3rd, at 6:30 PM.  Click here for more information.

 

¨ 6:30 and a Book will be meeting on February 24th.  The book for that discussion will be “The Secret Life of Bees” by Sue Monk Kidd. Click here for more information.

 

¨ The next meeting of the Civil War Discussion Group will be held on Wednesday, February 24th at 6:30 PM.  The group is FREE and open to the public.  No pre-registration is required.  For further information, contact Dick Stewart at (610) 261-4331.

 

¨ The next Friends of NAPL meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 23rd at 7:00 PM.

 

¨ The library and the Friends of NAPL are selling the following items: “If You Give a Mouse a Book” long sleeve t-shirts are $15 for adults and $12 for children; “If You Give a Mouse a Book” short sleeve t-shirts are $10 for adults (we are out of children’s sizes); library miniatures are $15; Discount Savings Cards are $2 each; NAPL zippered tote bags are $5 each; and Gertrude Hawk candy bars are $1 each.  Stop by the library and pick up some of these great items.  Check out our Friends of NAPL page to see a picture of the shirts.

 

¨ FREE computer classes are held every Tuesday at the library!  Click here for more information.

 

¨ Please note that system maintenance begins at 11:00 PM and the online catalog may not work during this time.  Click here for more information.

Circulation at the NAPL has increased 57 percent in the past 6 years!

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NEW CAREER RESOURCE AVAILABLE

Career Help PA from Tutor.com offers adults one-to-one help from certified tutors and career specialists online to any community member with a valid library card.  Get help with your resume, interviewing skills and more.

Adults may also connect to a tutor for help with school work, preparing for the GED, or the citizenship test.  The live, online tutoring and resume writing service is available seven days a week from 9 AM to 9 PM.  The service is completely free for our community thanks to a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s Office of Commonwealth Libraries.  For more information contact the library.  To get started, click on the link to the left.

In 1985 we had

Today the same building has:

   46,715 items

   68,772 items

   No DVDs

   4,372 DVDs

   83,973 circulations

   133,288 circulations

   No computers

   9 public access computers & a

   wireless connection for laptops

   11,019 patrons

   14,752 patrons