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The Sewickley Public Library’s 150th Anniversary was capped off this week with a night celebrating the robust history of our beloved institution. Assistant Director, Dustin Shilling, coordinated the event which featured a Q&A panel with library staff and former Board… Continue Reading Library Celebrates Anniversary with History Night
The Hugh and Isabella Donnan Fund When Elizabeth Minter and her siblings made a gift of $7,500 to the library back in 1992 to honor their parents, they never imagined it would grow to more than $100,000 nearly three decades… Continue Reading Creating a Library Legacy Gift
The Sewickley Public Library was recently awarded PA Forward Star Library status from the Pennsylvania Library Association. The PA Forward initiative promotes five literacy skills that libraries offer to enhance the lives of community members – basic, information, civic and… Continue Reading SPL Earns Bronze Star Designation
By Board Member Patty Jones I am the middle child of five kids born into a family with 80 first cousins. To put that into a visual perspective, we always had nametags and color coordinated shirts at the family reunion.… Continue Reading New Kid at the Library with the Same Old Story
By Board Member Gianni Floro “The long and historic relationship between the Sewickley Public Library and the Quaker Valley School District and its predecessors is a unique and important partnership in an emerging information-based society, the concept of a seamless… Continue Reading Proposed Changes to the Facility
“Sewickley, huh? Must be RICH.” Yes, the Sewickley Valley IS rich. Rich in community spirit, engagement, and enthusiasm. As Treasurer of the Sewickley Public Library Board of Directors, I can assure you that every donation of money and time is… Continue Reading We’ve All Heard it Before…
By Joyce D. Cortese, Secretary to the SPL Board of Trustees My husband and I moved our family to Sewickley in 1974 because of the quality school system at QVSD. With five children, ranging from two to eight, a good… Continue Reading I volunteer at Sewickley Public Library. How I got involved.
As trustees of the Library, we are entrusted with one of the best libraries in the Commonwealth. We have great staff and a charming, historic facility that was extensively renovated in 1999. But that does not mean that we as… Continue Reading The Future of the Sewickley Public Library
As President of the Library Board, it would be easy for me to reel off an impressive list of statistics, numbers of programs, attendees, books checked out, computer usage, etc. Instead, I decided to use comments left by some of… Continue Reading State of the Nation – 2015
As the old adage goes, “Home is Where the Heart is.” For sure, the Sewickley Public Library has more than a small part of our heart for my family. The SPL is like our home in the heart of Sewickley.… Continue Reading My SPL: It’s a family thing
