Twitter account of the Butler Area Public Library

Butler, PA
Joined June 2015
Happy #NationalLibraryWeek! Be sure to connect with your library this week, and visit I Love Libraries for tools to celebrate and spread some library love. 💖 Thank you to #TheOfficialSuperstar #MollyShannon for serving as 2022 Honorary Chair. ilovelibraries.org/national-…
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Read about the national trends and issues impacting libraries and find out which books made the Top Ten Most Challenged Books list in the State of America's Libraries Special Report: Pandemic Year Two. bit.ly/soal-2022 #BannedBooksList #NationalLibraryWeek
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Butler Library retweeted
We're excited to present a conversation with poet Tracy K. Smith on March 23 at 8pm ET | 5pm PT alongside @PoetryInAmerica Executive Producer and Creator Elisa New. Our discussion will center around Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall” in honor of his birthday.
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Our local public #library @ButlerLibraryPA had their Flannel Forest Fest today. They asked groups to decorate #Christmas trees. We couldn't let them down. Here is our contribution. We love our library! #games #game #ttrpgs #ttrpg #tabletopgames
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Butler Library retweeted
Until Oct. 22, people can pay off their overdue fines by bringing nonperishable food items to the library and donating them to the Stick a Fork in Hunger campaign in exchange for a $1 library credit for each item. Read more: butlereagle.com/article/2021…
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Butler Library retweeted
PA Department of Education@PADeptofEd1 Jun 2021
These changes help make services for Pennsylvania’s growing print-disabled population more discoverable, accessible, and inclusive + LAMP removes disability from the name and focuses entirely on the service.
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Save the date! Saturday, April 24 is National Prescription Drug #TakeBackDay 📍 @DEAHQ sites: takebackday.dea.gov 📍 Permanent sites in PA: ddap.pa.gov/drugtakeback
Martha Wells (@marthawells1) and Murderbot are going on a Virtual Tour! 🤖 Check with your local or favorite store to see if they have any left of our tour swag, The Murderbot Diaries Diary! Event links below:
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Butler Library retweeted
President Abraham Lincoln was shot at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. on #ThisDayInHistory in 1865. The assassin, John Wilkes Booth, shouted, “Sic semper tyrannis! The South is avenged,” as he jumped onto the stage and fled on horseback. Lincoln died the next day.

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Starting at 11 am ET: Two regions of India have historically experienced vibrant movements to create or rewrite systems for languages. Join for part two of this series on endangered alphabets, co-sponsored by the Endangered Alphabets Project. RSVP: loc.zoomgov.com/webinar/regi…
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Tonight! I get to chat with Jenny Lawson @TheBloggess for her virtual book tour about her latest book, Broken (in the best possible way). Could I be more excited? And even a bit anxious? Hope you can join us! BooksandBooksKW.com
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Join me on Facebook Live tonight at 7:30pm EST where I will be talking ETERNAL, answering your questions, and picking winners in my ETERNALLY Grateful Giveaway!
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Butler Library retweeted
⭐️ Congratulations to this year’s finalists! ⭐️ Little Gods by Meng Jin (@jinittowinit) Pew by Catherine Lacey (@_catherinelacey) Temporary by Hilary Leichter (@hilsaphina) Real Life by Brandon Taylor (@blgtylr) How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang (@cpamzhang)
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“My grandmother founded her town's library and then was head librarian for years. I would often go with her after hours while she caught up on paperwork. There was something so magical about exploring that wonderful place on my own.” #NationalLibraryWeek ilovelibraries.org/article/r…
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Butler Library retweeted
Philadelphia Free Library’s “Hear Me Out” program highlighted in National League blog post. #PAForward #Civicandsocialliteracy
Libraries play an important role in connecting members of the community to local leaders and encouraging participation in democracy. In this blog from Megan Murray Cusick at @ALALibrary, learn how libraries can continue to boost civic dialogue. bit.ly/2O9CLH2
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Butler VA Health Care is holding a walk-in COVID-19 vaccination clinic for veterans Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. or until the supply of vaccine lasts at the campus on New Castle Road. Read more: butlereagle.com/article/2021…
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🎙The February pick for our #GetLitWithAllOfIt Book Club with @WNYC is ‘Black Buck’ by Mateo Askaripour (@AskMateo)! Tune in on Thursday, Feb 25 at 7 PM for a conversation with the author & host @AlisonStewart. Get your copy on SimplyE now! on.nypl.org/3t0f97n
Everything YMA: SLJ’s Coverage, Reviews of 2021 Youth Media Award Winners, Honorees ow.ly/PVTc50Dl6kO #alayma #alayma21
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CONGRATS to @dantey114 @JamiesonV & Iman Geddy!!!! WHEN STARS ARE SCATTERED is a Schneider Family Book Award HONOR BOOK! #ALAYMA #ALAYMA21 #ALAMW21
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