Director: Robyn E. Vittek
PH: 412-531-1912
16 Castle Shannon Boulevard
Email: vittekr@einetwork.net [1]
mtlebanonlibrary.org
Mt. Lebanon Public Library is part of the Allegheny County Library Association, which means your Mt. Lebanon Library card is good at 74 libraries.
NEW
Speaker series re-imagined
The library will continue its speaker series on a smaller scale this year with three events to be held in the library. Space will be limited to 80. All events are free and are grant funded. Check the library’s website, follow the library on Facebook or Instagram, or sign up for newsflashes to stay up to date.
Summer Reading kickoff and Midsummer Night Festival
This year the library will be combining its Summer Reading program kickoff and Mid-Summer Night Festival into one daylong event on Monday, June 9. The festival runs all day and into the evening with programs and activities for all ages. Expect live folk music, food trucks, art and craft activities and more. The Friends of Mt. Lebanon Library will be holding a special summer book sale that day as well. The Summer Reading Program offers fun events and reading incentives throughout the summer.
NOTEWORTHY
Support services for immigrants and refugees
Jewish Family and Community Service’s Immigrant Services and Connections [2] is holding regular hours on Monday in the library. Check the library’s online calendar for hours. The service connects immigrants to information, services and resource.
Children’s library
The children’s library always has something going on, with fun self-directed family programs, scavenger hunts and an ever-changing I-Spy tank, STEAM boxes to explore with themes like magnets, architecture and animal tracks, and a great family play area for young ones and their caretakers to play and make new friends.
A Helping Hand in Your Neighborhood
Social services coordinator Jaqui Stilson hosts sessions from 2 to 4 p.m. on Wednesdays. Patrons are invited to stop by, no appointment necessary, for free help. Please check in at the reference desk.
Stilson offers:
Supportive mental health care
General social service referrals (connecting people to appropriate services, including jobs and housing)
Assistance in applying for online benefits (food stamps, housing, heating)
Career counseling
Last year the library began offering twice monthly sessions with Pennsylvania Women Work. These free in-person counseling opportunities offer patrons one-on-one sessions with a career coach. Appointments must be scheduled ahead of time at 412-742-4364 or nestrada@pawomenwork.org [3].
NEED TO KNOW The library has a series of programs through the Shine Initiative that highlight mental wellness. Programs are year-round. Check mtlebanonlibrary.org for the spring and summer Shine events
The Friends of Mt. Lebanon Public Library operate The Book Cellar, a used bookstore located in the lower level of the library. Great deals on books, puzzles, CDs, DVDs, albums and knickknacks. The store is open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. You can also shop at mt-lebanon-book-cellar.myshopify.com/ [4].
The library’s biggest fundraiser is its annual garden tour. The 2025 tour is 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, June 22. Tickets go on sale May 1 online and at the library. Tickets will be $20 if purchased prior to tour day, $25 on the day of the tour. Garden Tour raffle baskets go on display in the library June 1. Raffle tickets will be $1 for 1, $5 for 6.
The Friends of the Library Spring Plant Sale is Saturday, May 10.
Jolabokaflod, the library’s annual holiday market, is scheduled for Saturday, November 22. There will be artist vendors, live music, food and beverages, and The Book Cellar’s big winter book sale.
Love Your Library month returns in September. The Jack Buncher Foundation will match every gift, up to $500, made to Mt. Lebanon Public Library through September. In 2024, the library raised $59,524.43.