Dauphin County Library System

Programming and outreach - programs for families and children are a core library service. The in-library and outreach programs are designed to encourage children to associate fun with learning and reading. In 2024, the library had 2,021 programs and outreach visits with 40,726 attendees throughout the year. In addition to the events, programming included the annual summer reading program, designed to keep children and adults actively engaged in reading and learning over the summer, early learning programs focused on math and science, movement and art, stepping stones to milestones, which is designed to encourage early learning by helping parents become a child's first teacher while instilling a love of reading for many others.

Public computing - free access to the internet and public computing is another core library service provided by the library. In 2024, the library offered 163 public computers (pcs and laptops) which were used 54,126 times by library visitors during 17,516 public hours. In addition, library cardholders performed approximately 1.6 million searches of the library catalog. The library had 405,868 sessions of wi-fi used in 2024.

In addition to general library services offered to the public, the library provides the following core services: 1. Reference which makes reference staff and resources available to members; 2. The library serves as the district center providing delivery, reference support and other library services to dauphin, cumberland and perry counties.