{"id":271256,"date":"2026-08-24T15:02:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T15:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/271256\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T15:02:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T15:02:51","slug":"berks-county-libraries-celebrates-anniversary-with-commemorative-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/271256\/","title":{"rendered":"Berks County libraries celebrates anniversary with commemorative card"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Berks County Public Libraries is releasing a limited-edition card designed to mark a major milestone.<\/p>\n<p>In honor of its 40th anniversary, the system is unveiling a commemorative card designed by one of its staff members.<\/p>\n<p>Amanda Kusant, who works at the Spring Township and West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills libraries, created a card that features iconic symbols from the region including the Reading Pagoda and Pennsylvania Dutch distelfink.<\/p>\n<p>Emily Montagna, community relations coordinator for the library system, said Kusant\u2019s design was chosen by community members\u00a0 this year. She said the winning artwork was selected from among 11 entries submitted by library staff, making the anniversary card a true reflection of local pride and participation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether signing up for a first library card or replacing an existing one, patrons will have the opportunity to carry home a unique keepsake in celebration of the library system\u2019s 40th anniversary,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The new card design can be requested at any Berks County Public Libraries location beginning Sept. 1 and will remain available while supplies last. To learn more about what the system has to offer, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.berkslibraries.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">berkslibraries.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Berks County Public Libraries is releasing a limited-edition card designed to mark a major milestone. In honor of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[349,182,139,28,128,130,129,706],"class_list":["post-271256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-berks-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-top-stories-reg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}