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Eastern Monroe Public
Library

 Smithfields Library Pocono Township Library
1002 North Ninth Street Stroudsburg PA 18360  •  570 • 421 • 0800

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    Welcome to iBistro!
    Our upgraded catalog interface,  iBistro, is now available. When accessing your account (patron functions), you will need to use a PIN. Click here for more information on your PIN. Click here to learn more about renewing materials online.

    did you know?

    Wifi zone

    is available at EMPL Hughes building.
    EMPL 2009- 2013 Strategic Plan now being revised.
    We need your help.
    Click here for the strategic planning survey form
    Our present (2003-2009)Strategic Plan
    Fax to 570-421-0212; mail to EMPL, 1002 North 9th St., Stroudsburg, PA 18360; email your comments to reference@monroepl.org or drop off this survey to any EMPL location, Hughes Library, Smithfields Branch, at Foxmoor Village, Pocono Township Branch in the Municipal Building in Tannersville or the Bookmobile
    click here for more information

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    Online reference service! Pennsylvania's statewide live chat reference service allows you to communicate live with a librarian without ever picking up the telephone. Click here to try Ask Here PA. Click here to learn more about remote reference options.

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    Our Community Partners

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    See the links to our Partners below:
  • CareerLink
  • Monroe County Historical Association
  • Pocono Healthy Communities Alliance
  • University
    of Scranton Small Business Development Center



    • Free Adult Literacy Classes

    Western Pocono Community Library in Brodheadsville offers free GED preparation and adult literacy classes. Call (570) 992-7934 for more information.

    To access EMPL's collection of downloadable books, follow the POWER Library link above, and click on the netLibrary link in the Find a Book box. Then scroll down the netLibrary homepage to the Audiobooks Center. For more information,
    click here    .

     
    EASTERN MONROE PUBLIC LIBRARY  •  1002 North Ninth Street.Stroudsburg. PA.18360  •  PHONE:570.421.0800

    "The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination."--Elizabeth Hardwick