Ardmore Library Offers Writing Assistance for Local Community

The Ardmore Library, a branch of the Lower Merion Library System, announced a partnership with the University of Pennsylvania’s Community Outreach Project, part of its Critical Writing Program, to assist local residents in common writing tasks.

Ardmore is the latest library to join the project to help neighborhood residents needing assistance with writing and correspondence for such items as resumes, letters, thank you and condolence cards, completing forms and other efforts (legal and financial documents excluded).

Jane Quin, Head Librarian of the Ardmore Library, adds, “We are thrilled to launch this important service to our local communities. It offers people of all ages important assistance that will help them in both their personal and professional lives.”

"This partnership between our Critical Writing Program and the local Ardmore Library is another extension of our efforts to bring the university's expertise into local communities for the betterment of local residents," adds Val Ross, Director of the Critical Writing Program at Penn. “It adds to our already- existing partnership with the Philadelphia Free Library and several of its branches.”

Leading the Ardmore project is Lecturer Jo Ann Caplin, a Main Line resident and 10-year member of the University of Pennsylvania Critical Writing Faculty. Caplin, an Emmy Award winning network news producer, first came to Philadelphia from New York City in the 1990s to be Executive Producer of The Bulletin with Larry Kane, the long-running popular news magazine program produced by Westinghouse, which aired on KYW-TV, Channel 3.

Started by the University of Pennsylvania Critical Writing faculty, the program will be offered every Thursday in Ardmore from 4 to 6 pm starting on Jan. 17.

The Ardmore Library is located at 108 Ardmore Avenue, in Ardmore.

For further information, call 610-642-5187 or visit https://www.lmls.org/locations-hours/ardmore-library/.