The Library is now open with a Contact Tracing Log.
Library hours will be the same as the Center open hours with the exception that the Library will be closed on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 1:30pm and 3:30pm for the exclusive use of the Health Center residents.
Crosslands Library
A source of recreational reading, reference material, newspapers, magazines, and assorted other material for use by residents and employees of all 4 communities open all day every day. The library is funded by the CRA and operated by volunteers who are available as follows:
Hours when Library staff are available:
| Monday – Thursday | Friday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| 10am – 12 Noon | 10am – 12 Noon | 12 Noon – 1pm |
| 3pm – 5pm |
The KCC Library Catalog that comes up in a full color window on your computer is called “Alexandria Researcher”. This site gives you the opportunity to search the catalog of books and DVDs available at Crosslands, the Nature Library and Kendal. You can learn details about an item and find out if a book or DVD is available.
You may access the library Researcher directly by clicking on the green rectangle to the right (or to find it on small screen devices, scroll down).
Books and CDs of audio books are available for checkout for 21 days; DVDs for 7 days.
For more information about how to use the “Researcher” you can pick up a copy of “The KCC Library Catalog” on the counter by the public computer in the Library. The researcher is up and running 24/7 on the public computer. A link is also available to the Chester County Library catalog on the public computer, or by clicking on the blue rectangle to the right.
The library stocks an extensive collection of magazines and newspapers. All the magazines are donated. Subscriptions provide copies of local and national newspapers (for example: the Daily Local, Philadelphia Inquirer, New York Times, Wall Street Journal). Back issues are held for up to one week. Ask if you don’t find what you are looking for.
If you want to recommend a book or DVD for the Library, click here.
After you fill out the form be sure to click the “Submit” button.
Chair: Allison Butler
Deputy Chair: Charmaine Gates
Click here to access prior display collections –
Display Archive
Crosslands Library—New Books
New Books – September, 2021
Fiction
Barker, Pat: The silence of the girls
Barker, Pat: The Women of Troy
Davison, Ash: Damnation Spring
Hannah, Kristin: The Four Winds
Jin, Ha: A Song Everlasting
Lovell, Posy: The Kew Gardens Girls
Morrissey, Di: The Opal Desert
Silva, Daniel: The Cellist
Starford, Rebecca: An Unlikely Spy
Truhen, Aidan: The Price You Pay
Audio CD Fiction
McMurtry, Larry: Sin Killer
Mystery
Beaton. M. C.: Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death
MacNeal, Susan Elia: The Hollywood Spy: A Maggie Hope Mystery
Offutt, Chris: The Killing Hills
Patterson, James: The Red Book
Patterson, James: When the Wind Blows
Penny, Louise: The Madness of Crowds
Slaughter, Karin: False Witness
Viguie, Debbie: The Lord is My Shepherd
Walker, Martin: The Coldest Case
Audio CD Mystery
James, P. D.: A Mind to Murder
Stout, Rex: Please Pass the Guilt
Non Fiction
Ellis, Joseph J.: American creation : triumphs and tragedies …
Merriman, Helena: Tunnel 29: the true story of an extraordinary…
Miles, Tiya: All that she carried : the journey of Ashley’s Sack…
Milton, Giles: Checkmate in Berlin : the Cold War Showdown That Shaped the Modern World
August, 2021
Fiction
Baldacci, David Daylight
Bohjalian, Chris Hour of the witch
Charles, Janet S The Paris Library
Festerman, Dan The Cover Wife
Grisham, John Sooley
Harris, Nathan The Sweetness of Water
Higgins, Mary Clark The Lost Years
Korelitz, Jean H The Plot
Lippman, Laura Dream Girl
Metzger, Brad T The Escape Artist
Phillips, Julia Disappearing Earth
Power, Chris A Lonely Man
Smith. Martin Cruz Tatiana
Tyler, Ann Redhead by the Side of the Road
Walsh, W. Kirk The Elephant of Belfast
Mystery
Bazelon, Lara A Good Mother
Catillo, Linda Fallen
Griffiths, Elly Nighthawks
Lansdale,Joe R Moon Lake
Modiano, Patrick Invisible Ink
Modiano, Patrick Missing Person
Modiano, Patrick Villa Triste
Non Fiction
Flyn, Cal Islands ofAbandonment: Nature Rebounding…
Crofts, Freeman Wills The Box Office Murders
Fox, Margaret The Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War…
Leonnig, Carl Zone Fail: The Rise and Fall…..
MacDougall, Kate London’s Number One Dog Walking Agency
Moorehead, Caroline A House in the Mountains…the women who
Raven, Catherine Fox and I: An Uncommon Friendship
Simard, Suzanne Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom…
Large Print
Delinsky, Barbara A Week at the Shore
Harris, Zakiya D The Other Black Girl
Hepworth, Sally The Good Sister
Michaelides, Alex The Maidens
Mystery
Archer, Jeffrey Turn a blind eye
Beaton, M. C Hot to trot
Box, C J Dark Sky
Hillerman, Anne Stargazer
Leon, Donna Trace Elements
Penny, Louise All the Devils are Here
Perry, Anne One fatal flaw
Jacqueline Woodson The Consequences of Fear
Woods, Stuart Jackpot
Fall 2021 DVD’s -Donated
Call # Title Year Barcode DVD 42nd 42nd Street 2000 120023095 DVD AMO Amores perros 2001 120023088 DVD BEA Beatles: Yellow Submarine 1999 120023087 DVD CUC The Cuckoo – Kukushka 2003 120023097 DVD DAL Dalziel & Pascoe 2010 120023093 DVD DAM Dames 2006 120023090 DVD DRS Dr. Strangelove 2004 120023089 DVD EUG Eugene Onegin, Opera NONE 120023092 DVD LAW Lawrence of Arabia 1962 120023096 DVD LEW DOC Lewis & Clark : great journey West / 2003 120023085 DVD MER The merry widow, Opera 2003 120023091 DVD NOM BLU… Nomadland BLU-RAY DISC 2021 120023100 DVD OFF The Office 2003 120023094 DVD RED Red Desert 1964 120023084 DVD SEC DOC
DVD SOLSecrets of Antarctica
Solaris1957
2002120023099
120023098SUMMER DVD’s – New and Donated
News of the World
Five years after the Civil War, Captain Kidd moves from town to town as a storyteller. In Texas, he crosses paths with Johanna, a ten-year-old taken in by the Kiowa people six years earlier. She is being returned to her biological aunt and uncle against her will. Kidd agrees to deliver the child where the law says she belongs. As they travel hundreds of miles, the two will face tremendous challenges of both human and natural forces as they search for a place that either can call home.
Upstairs Downstairs
Complete First Season – originally produced for Television 1971. 4 video discs.
3 Inspector Morse Sets
Inspector Morse is a melancholy, enigmatic and romantic man who never uses his first name and who find solace in real ale, classical music, and difficult crosswords. Together with his able sergeant Lewis, Morse uses his considerable intellect and passion for truth and justice to investigate death and murder in the English university town of Oxford.
Iris
A film about Iris Murdoch based on the memoirs of John Bayley – recounting his courtship and marriage to her.
Romantic Favorites Collection
Includes 4 popular movies: Bridget Jones, Love Actually, Notting Hill and About A Boy.