DCLS - East Shore Area Library

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4501 Ethel St
Harrisburg, PA 17109
Founded in 1967, East Shore Area Library houses more than 109,000 volumes of books and journals. The library occupies over 28,500 square feet of space. It is a part of the Dauphin County Library System, which is a private, nonprofit corporation. The system offers a variety of materials for information, educational and recreational purposes. It provides maps, comics, encyclopedias, dictionaries and picture books for children. In addition, the Dauphin County Library System offers job and career information for teenagers. The system organizes various types of events, such as book fairs, author appearances and summer reading programs. It provides interlibrary loans for articles, journals and audiovisual materials. The Dauphin County Library System offers online databases for test preparation and interactive practice examination materials.

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Paris W.
3/4/2017

Haven't been to a public library in an embarrassingly long time. This is one is most local to me and has been upgraded just a bit since I was younger. Certain parts of the library are still very...

John S.
4/2/2025

From the outside, the library looks very nice. Inside, it's a bit sloppy and loud. Very loud. Unsupervised children running throughout the main stacks while there is an empty dedicated...

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Rachel G.
8/22/2024

Great library. The facility is nice; it's not brand new, but it feels welcoming. The librarians were so helpful and kind; they made getting a library card an easy, fun, and quick process. I'm...

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Dan R.
12/11/2007

1. Books 2. Magazines 3. Books on Tape 4. 100 year old National Gegraphics 5. Quiet Time 6. Reserve a Computer 7. Atlases 8. Dictionaries 9. Thesauruses 10. Free Internet Access Totally...

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Patrick B.
11/20/2016

What a boon having ESAL and the DCLS so easily available. I came from a small town with a small community library in the days before big library systems, so I am constantly impressed by the...

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