Northland Public Library is a
public library
A public library is a library, most often a lending library, that is accessible by the general public and is usually funded from public sources, such as taxes. It is operated by librarians and library paraprofessionals, who are also Civil servic ...
serving a north suburban area of
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
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. Located in
McCandless Township
McCandless is a township with home rule status in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 29,709 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb in the North Hills of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.
McCandless is part of the N ...
about eight miles north of downtown
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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, it is operated as a
municipal authority supported by the residents of McCandless,
Ross Township, the Borough of
Franklin Park,
Marshall Township, and the Borough of
Bradford Woods. It is one of the largest suburban public libraries in
Pennsylvania
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with over 38,000 cardholders and well over 1.1 million items circulated in 2012. The library is a member of the
Allegheny County Library Association.
[Allegheny County Library Association - Public Libraries. http://www.aclalibraries.org/]
See also
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Pennsylvania Library Association
The Pennsylvania Library Association (PaLA) is the professional association for librarians in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.Soden, Martina. 2022. “Archives.” ''Pennsylvania Library Association Bulletin'' 77 (1): 18. It represents about 2,000 ...
References
External links
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Northland Public Library's Facebook Page
Public libraries in Pennsylvania
Libraries in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
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