Parkland Community Library

Specialties

Books, ebooks, DVDs, CDs, Reference Assistance, Children’s Storytime, Adult Programs, Book Discussion, Computer Classes, Databases Covering: business information, stock prices, job search, language instruction, newspaper & magazine archives, health information, car repair, history & science research, and much more.

History

Established in 1973.

Parkland Community Library started in 1973 as a grassroots effort, and was housed in a small building in South Whitehall Township.

By February 1974, the library owned 2,699 items, and was open 12 hours a week to serve the 25,419 residents of South & North Whitehall and Upper Macungie Townships.

In 1981, the library moved to a new building of 5,000 square feet. By June 1982, one year after the current Parkland Library building opened, the collection had grown to 21,060 items, and the library had expanded its hours of operation to 46 hours a week. There were 8,321 registered library users who borrowed 112,762 items that year. The library’s service area included a population of 32,185.

The library has outgrown the 1981 building as the community expanded, and as the population increased its use of the library. The library is now forced to store much of its collection off-​site and desperately needs to expand to a new building to meet the needs of a much increased population of 54 554.