Lifelong Learning @ the Library

The library sponsors lots of programs that are especially important for me -- so that I can learn new things relating to sustainability or gardening or simplifying my life -- and so much more. The Be Green program has been especially supportive of my interest as regards alerting the public concerning increasingly limited resources -- and some of the ways we can change our habits to encounter this new world of scarcity. From topics concerning globalization to square foot gardening to telecommuting, the library has brought local experts to enlighten the community about new ways of "doing" and "thinking." The Mt. Lebanon Public Library is our community "university", for adults and kids alike.

Mary Beth, Mt. Lebanon

Lifelong Learners

When I was teaching,one of the benchmarks in our instructional plan was to enable our students to envision themselves as life long learners. Taking this to heart, I resolved that I would spend some part of my retirement taking courses & workshops at The Mt. Lebanon Library. What a joy it has been to study WWI., the life of Winston Churchill. the period between WWI & WWII, the genocide in Rwanda & the "lost boys", the poetry of Dr. Sam Hazo, & the life of Abraham Lincoln in the year of the bicentennial of his birth. I have become aware through other programs of how to use my digital camera & to make compost to improve our environment. Additionally, the library has had a wide range of activities to secure a more "green" habitat in our community. Together with so many diverse book clubs at the library, the citizens of Mt. Lebanon are so blessed in our library that makes us into our own "think tank." Also, the library has been enabled to find for us so many superb teachers that we would have been hard pressed to find ourselves.

-Bonnie