THE HARRY & JEANETTE WEINBERG MEMORIAL LIBRARY
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SPRING 2012 • Vol.1 Issue 1
A Newsletter from The Weinberg Memorial Library SPRING 2025
Weinberg Memorial Library – 2024 Library of the Year! In October 2024, the Library was named Library of the Year by the Pennsylvania Library Association (PaLA). According to PaLA’s press release, the organization honors “the service of their members, as well as those community volunteers, who go above and beyond the call of duty to support the work of libraries throughout the commonwealth.” Library of the Year nominees are judged on their service to their community, support of professional development, innovation on a special project or solution to a challenge, and leadership in and support of association activities over the past 18 months. What stood out to judges most was the Library's support of our community through various efforts focusing on accessibility and belonging, and our dedication to professional development within PaLA. The Library has taken on many projects to address the needs of our community. A couple of examples include writing a Statement on Harmful Language to address systemic problems within the Library of Congress subject
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