Has Harrisburg heard YOUR voice?

Will POWER Library and other online resources – free to you – be a victim of the state’s budget slashing?
If the current figures that are being tossed back and forth in Harrisburg pass, you will notice a reduction in staff, hours, programs, and the collection including best sellers and your favorite DVDs. Time is running out. Email or phone your representatives and urge them to contact members of the budget committee today!

Can YOU afford to lose these FREE resources?

Recession Woes

•  Access to PA Career Link
•  Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center * job & industry profiles and resources, plus tips on cover letters,
   resumes, & interviewing
•  Learning Express Library * job search & workplace skills
•  Continuing education resources

Small Business Information

•  Reference USA * company & industry profiles, marketing research reports
•  ProQuest * full text of business articles
•  Business Source Premier ** resources to plan and grow business

Investment Concerns

•  Morningstar Investment Research Center* comprehensive financial information & ratings for stocks, mutual funds along with portfolio analysis
•  ProQuest * full text Wall Street Journal

Early Learning

•  Infant, toddler, preschool & family Storytimes
•  Family Place parent / child workshops
•  Summer Reading program
•  TumbleBooks * animated & talking books encourage reading and build vocabulary
•  Searchasaurus** resources for young school students

Education Support

•  Oxford Art & Oxford Music ** virtual art and music reference library of unparalleled scope and depth
•  Student Resource Center** access to academic journals, magazines, multimedia & primary sources
•  SIRS Discoverer ** subject index to full text articles
•  Teacher Reference Center ** resources to enhance classroom curriculum

Life-Long Learning

•  Interesting and useful Adult Programming
•  Learning Express Library* practice tests for college entrance, civil service, military, real estate, nursing, citizenship, teachers, and trades, plus instruction to develop computer skills.
•  FREE hands-on Computer Classes for adults
•  Heritage Quest * genealogy information and census images
•  Downloadable eAudiobooks

*  indicates a resource that is provided to Bethlehem Area Public Library cardholders at no expense to them.
** indicates a POWER Library resource available to all public library and public school in the state, but now on chopping block
For more information, visit www.palibraries.org

Governor Ed Rendell
225 Main Capitol Building
Harrisburg, PA 17120
http://www.governor.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/contact/2998

State Senator
Patrick M. Browne
801 Hamilton St.
Allentown, PA 18101
610 821-8468
pbrowne@pasen.gov

State Senator
Lisa Boscola
559 Main St., Suite 270
Bethlehem, PA 18018
610 868-8667
boscola@pasenate.com

Lower Saucon Township (Seidersville district)
State Representative
Karen Beyer
2851 South Pike Ave., Suite C
Allentown, PA 18103
610 791-6270
kbeyer@pahousegop.com

City of Bethlehem (Northampton Co. portion), wards 1,2,3,4,5 & city of Bethlehem (Lehigh Co. portion), wards 10,11,12 (division 1),13 (division 2) & Fountain Hill
State Representative
Joseph F. Brennan
7 W. 4th St.
Bethlehem, PA 18015
610 882-1510
jbrennan@pahouse.net

Hanover Township (Northampton Co.) and Bethlehem Township, ward 1,4 (division 2)
State Representative
Craig Dally
354 W. Moorestown Rd.
Nazareth, PA 18064
610 746-2100
cdally@pahousegop.com

Bethlehem Township, wards 3, 4 (division 1) & Freemansburg & Lower Saucon (excluding Seidersville)
State Representative
Robert Freeman
215 Northampton St.
Easton, PA 18042
610 253-5543
rfreeman@pahouse.net

City of Bethlehem (Northampton Co. portion), wards 6,7,8,9,14,15,16,17 & city of Bethlehem
(Lehigh Co. portion), ward 12 & 13 (division 1,3,4,5,6,7,8) and Bethlehem Township, ward 2
State Representative
Steve Samuelson
104 E. Broad St.
Bethlehem, PA 18018
610 867-3890
ssamuels@pahouse.net