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Library Employment Opportunity Circulation Desk Assistant Needed Milanof-Schock Public Library seeks a (20-27 hour/week) part-time Circulation Desk Assistant. Are you friendly? Energetic? Tech-savvy? Our award-winning Library seeks someone with these qualities to provide Library services on weekdays and some Saturdays. The successful candidate will possess a belief in the importance of excellent customer service, a…

  Paul Gardner with Buch Funeral Home in Mount Joy presents Library Director Barbara Basile with a check to sponsor the annual subscription of BookPage Magazine. This donation allows Milanof-Schock Library patrons to receive complimentary copies of the monthly book review magazine when visiting the Library. Thank you Paul and Buch Funeral Home!

Please wear a mask inside for the book sale. Hand sanitizer will be provided. Click here for the location of Kraybill Mennonite School.

Story Times and other in-person programs AT the Library will be held outside under our shade canopy and in fair weather only; families are asked to bring their own blankets, towels, or chairs. Families are also asked to stay an appropriate distance from other families and wear protective masks when necessary. Preregistration is a must…

Hi there! We are back! We have really been looking forward to getting you and your books and movies back together!! No doubt you have figured out there will be changes. First, if you are still concerned about coming into the library, but you want something to read, please call us 717-653-1510 or email us…

We invite adults to take a literary trip across America with a summer reading activity. “Imagine Your Story…Across the USA” is a reading game that asks the reader to choose books located in specific states or written by authors of specific states. This adult summer reading game begins Saturday, June 20 and ends Monday, August…

Public libraries in Lancaster County will reopen with limited services as the County moves from Red to Yellow. The health and safety of patrons and staff are of highest importance, therefore not all services will be immediately available when libraries reopen, consistent with recommendations from the PA Office of Commonwealth Libraries. For example, the difficult…

Milanof-Schock Library has scheduled a “soft” reopening to begin Thursday, June 11. The Library building will not be open to the community at that time, but the Library staff plans to take email or phone requests for items and have patrons pick them up in a Holds Only – Grab & Go Porch Pickup style….

Because the Friends Group holds their Used Book Sale at Donegal High School, and since the school is not open at this time nor has plans to do so in the next few weeks, the Friends have decided to postpone their annual book sale until the Fall. Once the Library opens, please make sure to…

Sadly, we are still a long way from opening. As soon as we have any information on when and how we will open, we will certainly let you know. When a county or region is changes from red to yellow, we anticipate that this will be a signal that library staff may reenter the building…