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The Pennsylvania Library Association (PaLA) is the professional association for librarians in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. [1] It represents about 2,000 members affiliated with public , academic , special , and school libraries throughout the state, and was founded in 1901.
A subscription library (also membership library or independent library) is a library that is financed by private funds either from membership fees or endowments. Unlike a public library , access is often restricted to members, but access rights can also be given to non-members, such as students.
In 1890, Coronel John G. Cullmann appointed Professor S. A. Felton to head the first public library housed on the campus of the Cullman Polytechnic Institute. Sometime between 1894, when the public library moved to Allison's Drug Store, and 1928 the library was disbanded and attempts to reopen the library were unsuccessful.
A library card from any library in the system is valid at all other libraries in the system and at most libraries in the state. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] The county system serves 550,000 residents with a collection of 1,400,000 volumes. 2,150,000 items circulate per year.
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In the first decade of the 21st century, the Lancaster County libraries saw more than a doubling in the number of county residents using libraries; 251,348 county residents had library cards. In the same ten-year period, circulation increased by 90%; 3,495,399 items were checked out.