You belong @ your library® this National Library Week, April 8-14

Whether you are a job seeker looking for resources to land a new job, a parent looking for free activities for children or a student searching for your next favorite book, you belong @ your library.

Today’s libraries help level the playing field by making both print and digital information available and accessible to all people. Libraries provide cultural heritage and genealogical collections, materials in print and electronic formats, job seeking resources, English as second language and citizenship classes and many other creative and resourceful programs.

Libraries have historically served as our nation’s great equalizers of knowledge. The strength of libraries has always been the diversity of their collections and commitment to serving all people. This National Library Week, join our nation’s libraries and librarians by celebrating the place where we all belong.

The Parkland Community Library is celebrating National Library Week by raffling an iPod for everyone.

For adults and families, the library is hosting a Night at the Movies on Tuesday at 6:30pm and The Titanic: a Salute through Dance on Thursday at 6:30 at the Family Center, Jordan Lutheran Evangelical Church, 5103 Snowdrift Rd, Allentown, PA 18069. This Commonwealth Speakers presentation is a program of the Pennsylvania Humanities Council, supported in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Pennsylvania Humanities Council, a nonprofit organization, inspires individuals to enjoy and share a life of learning.

For kids, there is Daddy & Me storytime on Saturday at 10:30am for ages 2 to 5 years and shelf talkers for teen books.

“Today's libraries provide a wide range of opportunities for people with diverse needs and interests,” says Executive Director Debbie Jack. “That means providing their communities with tailor made collections and services for people of diverse backgrounds, language abilities and technological skills.”

First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April.

For more information, visit the Parkland Community Library at 4422 Walbert Avenue, Allentown, Pa 18104, call 610-398-1361 or see the library’s Web site at www.parklandlibrary.org. Libraries hours are Monday-Thursday 10am to 9pm & Friday-Saturday 10am to 5pm.