OFF THE SHELF at the Susquehanna County Library

     Welcome to SEASON 3 of our Susquehanna County Historical Society and Free Library Association podcast, "OFF THE SHELF"!  We took a few months off from Season #2 to change the format of the podcast.  For the first …

Happy Holidays!  We want to thank you for listening to our podcast series, OFF THE SHELF.  We have a special treat for you as we end 2021.  We have …

Happy Holidays!  We want to thank you for listening to our podcast series, OFF THE SHELF.  We have a special treat for you as we end 2021.  We have …

Happy Holidays!  We want to thank you for listening to our podcast series, OFF THE SHELF.  We have a special treat for you as we end 2021.  We have …

Happy Holidays!  We want to thank you for listening to our podcast series, OFF THE SHELF.  We have a special treat for you as we end 2021.  We have …

Happy Holidays!  We want to thank you for listening to our podcast series, OFF THE SHELF.  We have a special treat for you as we end 2021.  We have …

As Christmas Eve approaches, we wish to share this reading of a poem that was written in 1823 by Clement Clarke Moore, The Night Before Christmas.  It's a short piece, but one of the most well known writings about Saint …

Last year we did a reading of Edgar Allan Poe's short story, "The Tell-Tale Heart.  With Halloween just a few days away, we thought it might be nice to repeat this for our new listeners.   Edgar Allan Poe published this …

Fall is here!

We had over 5,500 titles checked out in September.   Will James Patterson still be the number one author for yet another month? Are there any surprises or new authors on the list?  Are the children still …

Summer is almost over!!

We had almost 6,500 titles checked out in August.   Will James Patterson still be the number one author for yet another month? Are there any surprises or new authors on the list?  Are the …

Summer is almost over!!

We had over 6,500 titles checked out in July.   Will James Patterson still be the number one author for yet another month? …

Summer is half over!  

We had over 6,400 titles checked out in June.   Will James Patterson still be the number one author for yet another month? Are there any surprises or new authors on the list?  You'll have to …

With COVID this last year, one of our biggest fund raisers did not happen.  As we approach our summer season, which included the auction, we thought, "Can't we do an on-line auction?"  OF COURSE WE CAN!  So, this is a …

Wow, where did the month of May go?  I hope you had some time to read at least one new book!  

We had over 5343 titles checked out in May.   Will James Patterson still be the number one author for yet another month? Are …

Welcome to May!  We are running a bit late, but it's time to see what our 20,000+ patrons were reading in the month of April 2021.

We had over 6,077 titles checked out in April.   Will James Patterson still be the …

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We are off and running into the month of April and it's time to see what our 20,000+ patrons were reading in the month of March.  

We had over 6065 titles checked out in March, up over 10% from our February checkouts. …

Are you ready for the time change coming up in early March?  That means that it won't be getting dark outside till after 7 p.m. It's going to make the day seem longer for most of us.  What a great chance to spend a bit …

What?  Six more weeks of winter?  (Did you see the Groundhog's remaining winter prediction?)  You need to find some good books to read!!!

We had over 5180 titles checked out in January, up several from December.   Will …

We had a question submitted about how do you set up an on-line book club or book review, so we thought that we would do a bit of research and publish …

Good bye 2020 and hello 2021! 

This episode will take a look at how we ended up 2020.  We had over 4,400 authors checked out in December, many of …

Hi there,  I'm Howard and I can't believe that we are just about to wrap up 2020 and our first season of podcasting here at the Susquehanna County Free Library.  We are going to end the year with an episode that was …

Happy Holidays!  We want to thank you for listening to us over the last few months as we kicked off our podcast series, OFF THE SHELF.  We conclude …

As Christmas Eve approaches, we wish to share this reading of a poem that was written in 1823 by Clement Clarke Moore, The Night Before Christmas.  It's a short piece, but one of the most well known writings about Saint …

Happy Holidays!  We want to thank you for listening to us over the last few months as we kicked off our podcast series, OFF THE SHELF.  We continue …

Happy Holidays!  We want to thank you for listening to us over the last few months as we kicked off our podcast series, OFF THE SHELF.  We continue …

Happy Holidays!  We want to thank you for listening to us over the last few months as we kicked off our podcast series, OFF THE SHELF.  We continue …

Happy Holidays!  We want to thank you for listening to us over the last few months as we kicked off our podcast series, OFF THE SHELF.  We have a …

Are you done eating those turkey leftovers yet?  It's December.....the last month of 2020.  That means that it's time to review the top ten authors that had books checked out during the month of November.  What …

This story is for our younger readers, ages 8 and up.  This is the second part.  If you have enjoyed the reading, you'll need to come into one of our library branches to check the book out to finish out the story. …

This story is for our younger readers, ages 8 and up.  Enjoy!  If you are not aware of the many children's programs that we have available, check us out on line or stop in to talk to someone at our front desk!

Wow, Thanksgiving is in just two weeks!  We had such good inputs from our Bonus Halloween Episode on Edgar Allen Poe's Tell-Tale Heart, we thought your might enjoy a reflective piece for Thanksgiving.

We hope that you …

Wow, where did the month of October go?  We are into November and it's time for our look of what came "OFF THE SHELF" at the Susquehanna County Free Library during the month of October 2020.  We hope you enjoy our …

We would like to capture book reviews from our staff and our patrons.  So, if you have a Library Card with us, listen here for our process, submit …

With Halloween just a few days away, we thought it might be nice to record a short story that came OFF THE SHELF, for the holiday.  Edgar Allan Poe …

Do you wonder what other readers of our library system have been reading over the last month?  This podcast lets you know from our circulation …