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Welcome to the Swarthmore Public LibraryMonday through Thursday: 10:00 AM – 9:00 PM Our library has a collection of approximately 48,000 items including books, audio books, videos and DVDs, music CDs, books in large type and magazines and newspapers for all ages. As a part of the Delaware County Library System, we offer public Internet access, numerous online databases, e-books and interlibrary loan services. Free Wireless at the Library!Swarthmore Public Library is now a WiFi Hotspot.Our free wireless network is not a secure network. We recommend that you do not use this network for the transfer of sensitive data, such as credit card numbers or bank account numbers, even while using SSL encryption built into your web browser. This data would be vulnerable during transit on the network, where any person in the area running simple software on a wireless laptop computer could intercept the data. Remember that anything wireless is inherently less secure than anything with wires. Swarthmore Public Library and the Delaware County Library System accept no liability for any loss of privacy or data you may experience while using the network. Upcoming Events!Please visit our Events and Children's Programming pages and check back often.Fall Adult Program ScheduleThursday, September 25th @ 7:00 PM Pennsylvania Writers Book Group at the Swarthmore Public Library The Swarthmore Public Library has been chosen to sponsor a series of book discussion programs called Read About it! A discussion group will meet at the library for four sessions this fall. The Swarthmore Public Library will offer “Pennsylvania Writers”, led by local author and creative writing instructor, Rachel Pastan. Participants will read and discuss works by Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. The program is free and open to the general
public, and requires no special knowledge about literature. Books will be Book Discussion Schedule: November 18th @ 2:00 PM: Judith Moffet’s The Ragged World (1992) Local author and professor Judith Moffet wrote this warm and intelligent environmental cautionary tale twenty years ago. The setting is very local, readers will recognize Rose Valley and Ridley Creek Park as they enjoy this fantasy. December 16th @ 2:00 PM: Ellen Litman’s The Last Chicken in America: a Novel in Stories (2007) This novel-in-stories follows Masha, her family and the community of Russian-Jewish immigrants who are settling in the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh. Quality programs such as “Pennsylvania Writers” make Pennsylvania libraries the place where learning starts. “Pennsylvania Writers” is part of Read About it! a book discussion series of the Pennsylvania Humanities Council. The program is supported with federal Library Services and Technology Act funds administered by the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries.
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