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Dear PT Library Community, I want to thank you for the opportunity to serve as the Director of the Peters Township Public Library for the past five years. Last month, I announced my plan to retire to the Peters Township Council, PTPL Staff, PT Library Board, and The Peters Township Library Foundation. I intended…
The Peters Township Public Library welcomes back our valued readers with a fine-free summer! There will be no fines charged for late fees on any materials through Tuesday, September 8, 2020. You can pay fees owed for lost materials or replacement costs with a credit card by phone or when you visit the library. Do…
Library Director Myra R. Oleynik shared the following message on Friday, June 26, 2020. Great news! The Peters Township Public Library will open its doors to the public with limitations on Monday, June 29 at 10:00 a.m. As we work to provide you with safe, in-person services, we ask for your patience and support. Please…
Updated Monday, June 22, 2020, at 8:00 a.m. The Peters Township Public Library lobby is open for hold pickup ONLY. If you received an email, text, or phone call from the library to notify you that your items are “READY”, you may visit our lobby during these designated times to pick up your items: Monday:…
Library Director Myra R. Oleynik sent out the following message on Thursday, June 4, 2020: Dear PT Library Community, As Washington County moves to the “green phase” on Friday, June 5, this is what you need to know right now about the Peters Township Public Library: The library WILL NOT reopen to the public on…
Consistent with our library’s mission to open books, doors, and minds, you are invited to become part of our new PTPL Summer Reading Program – for all ages! Due to the current health crisis, we are using a web-based program called Reader Zone for children and adults to track their reads this summer – no…
Updated Monday, June 8, 2020:We are happy to announce that in addition to our online e-resources and virtual programming, we continue to offer safe access to physical materials from the library through a curbside pickup service. Place a hold and reserve items online through the WAGGIN catalog or by phone. As we are quarantining returned…
Library Director Myra R. Oleynik sent out the following message on Thursday, May 14, 2020: Dear PT Library Community,It’s been 9 weeks since we had to close our doors to the public, and we sure do miss you! As Washington County moves to the “yellow phase” on Friday, May 15, this is what you need to…
UPDATED Saturday, May 9, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. From Library Director, Myra R. Oleynik In anticipation of Governor Wolf’s most recent announcement that brings Washington County to the Yellow Phase, Peters Township Public Library has been carefully reviewing procedures for phasing in safe access to very limited public services. Any plans will include precautions to…
Updated July 22, 2020 On the afternoon of March 19, 2020, we shared the Hogwarts Digital Escape Room created by Youth Services Librarian Sydney Krawiec on the library’s Facebook page. Little did we know that over the next two weeks, the game would be played by 225,000 users from 22 countries across the globe including…
As a public library, the biggest role we can play in response to the emerging COVID-19 threat is sharing trusted sources of information with you. Below are a list of links we believe will be helpful to you. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) summary on COVID-19 is being updated constantly The World Health Organization (WHO) has…
PROGRAMS FOR ADULTSKNIT AND CROCHET CLUBMonday, Mar. 9 from 1:00 to 2:30 pmREAD MORE ROOTS GENEALOGY CLUBTuesday, Mar. 10 from 1:00 to 3:00 pmREAD MORE DEVICES & APPS 101Wednesday, Mar. 11 from 9:00 to 10:30 amREAD MORE ACRYLIC PAINTING FOR ADULTSWednesday, Mar. 11 from 1:00 to 3:30 pmREAD MORE EVENING BOOK CLUB FOR ADULTSWednesday, Mar….