Welcome to the Whitehall Township Public Library!

Library Collection:

• Our library's growing collection features over 100,000 items. These include books, DVDs, CDs, recorded books, and more. We also have over 100 magazine and newspaper subscriptions - some in print and some digital. We get new materials every month!
• We can access more than 550,000 items at your request. The Whitehall Township Public Library has joined forces with ten other local libraries to form the Lehigh Carbon Library Cooperative (LCLC). We all share one library card and catalog combining us into one collection. That means that patrons can place holds on materials in any of our partner libraries and have them shipped here or to the LCLC library of their choice.

Inside the Library:

• See our About Us page for current hours.
• You can return items to the drop box at our front desk during our open hours or to the yellow parking lot drop boxes at any time.
• You can come into the library to check out items, but we also offer a curbside pickup option.

Curbside Pickup: You can place holds on items by calling our front desk or using this website. To request items online, you can log into your account, search our catalog, click on the words "Place Hold" on the right side of the record, and submit your contact information. When anything arrives for you, we call you to schedule a pickup day. Then you can pick them up by coming to our side door during business hours and ringing the doorbell.

Donations:

• Books and Media: The library will take up to three bags or boxes of books or other media. (We need them to be in bags or boxes so we can easily stack and store them.) We can take most new or gently-used media except magazines, encyclopedias, VHS tapes, or cassettes.
• Other: We’re currently accepting donations of large cans of disinfectant wipes, liquid hand sanitizer that can be used in spray bottles (70% alcohol or higher), and large bottles of gel-type hand sanitizer.

Fundraisers:

• We have a year-round Book Sale near our front desk, and you can find a price list at the bottom of our About Us page. We'll have a larger Indoor Book Sale on Friday, June 17 and Saturday, June 18, 2022 from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. On June 18 from Noon - 3, we'll have a $5-per-bag sale.
• When you shop on Amazon, go through Amazon Smile to generate donations for Whitehall Township Public Library. Any time you shop this way and choose us as your charity, we receive a percentage of your total purchase. In addition to shopping through this link on your desktop or mobile web browser, you can also go through the AmazonSmile Charity Lists in the Amazon Shopping app.

Events: Find information on our future programs on our Events Calendar. You can also check out archives of our virtual programs and at-home activities for kids, teens, and adults.

Board of Trustees: Members of the public are welcome to attend our Board of Trustees meetings. They meet at 6:30 p.m. on the second Thursday of every month (though the June 2022 meeting will be moved up a week to June 2). You can find the most recent agenda here and a collection of past meeting minutes on our Publications page.

Other:

• Check out our June Newsletter for more information.
• You can see a list of items added to our catalog last month at our April New Items List.
• Visit our Research & Learn page for digital resources. You can access most of these from home with an Internet connection. As you get ready to go back to school, be sure to check out our Learning & Testing collection. There are resources for students of all ages, like Brainfuse HelpNow (free online tutoring), Brainfuse LearnNow (lessons and videos), and LearningExpress (prep for standardized tests and career certification).