Communities matter @ your library: celebrate National Library Week April 14-20 (ALLENTOWN, PA) –This week, the Parkland Community Library joins libraries in schools, campuses and communities nationwide in celebrating National Library Week, a time to highlight the value of libraries, librarians and library workers. Libraries today are more than repositories for books and other resources. Often the heart of their communities, campuses or schools, libraries are deeply committed to the places where their patrons live, work and study. Libraries are trusted places where everyone in the community can gather to reconnect and reengage with each other to enrich and shape the community and address local issues. Librarians work with elected officials, small business owners, students and the public at large to discover what their communities needs are and meet them. Whether through offering e-books and technology classes, materials for English-language learners, programs for job seekers or those to support early literacy, librarians listen to the community they serve, and they respond. The Parkland Community Library serves the Parkland School District area residents by providing numerous resources. The Parkland Community Library is celebrating National Library Week with book displays and free pencils and stickers for patrons. 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 , call 610-398-1361 or see the library’s Web site at www.parklandlibrary.org. Library hours are Mondays through Thursdays, 10am to 9pm; and Fridays and Saturdays, 10am to 5pm.