Census Forms

Pat — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:39:35 -0400

Census forms are here in English as well as Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Thai and Korean. Call ahead to make sure your language is available. (235-7816). They are upstairs in the Adult Department at the front entrance. They are also available at Centre County Library in Bellefonte and The Pointe at 501 Vairo Blvd. Be counted!

Rent Rebate extended - forms are here!

Pat — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:22:58 -0400

The deadline to apply for the Pennsylvania Tax Rebate has been extended through December. To find out more about this, go to http://www.revenue.state.pa.us/ptrr/site/default.asp. There are also application forms available in the Adult Department.

Contact State Officials

Nathaniel — Wed, 20 May 2009 11:17:04 -0400

You can use this form to contact your Pennsylvania State elected officials via email.

Budget Cuts Threaten Schlow Services

Melissa — Tue, 19 May 2009 14:06:38 -0400

Our State Senate has passed a 2009-2010 budget that will cut Schlow's funding by more than 50%, which means a major reduction or even elimination of services to you. These cuts are deeper than ever before and come at a horrible time for those of you who rely on Schlow to provide vital services at no cost to you.

WE NEED YOUR HELP...

Right now we are asking you to write a personal letter to your legislators asking them to maintain level funding for libraries. Show them what Schlow and all public libraries mean to you. If you have children, help them write letters, too. The cost of a stamp will make a difference. We need to let the legislators know that their constituents care about the state of libraries in Pennsylvania.

You may wonder what services will be affected in this new budget:

Power Library (online databases and study resources) will be eliminated.
Daily Delivery among PA libraries for interlibrary loan and easy returns to your nearest library will be cut.
Statewide library card program which allows you to borrow items from another library without paying non-resident fee will no longer exist.
AskHere PA (24 hour chat with librarians for research purposes) will be cut by half.

Those are things we know for sure will be eliminated.

Schlow will also be forced to reduce:

New material acquisitions
Staff and hours
Programs and events at the library