211 S Allen St

Phone: (814) 237-6236

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Schlow is proud to serve the residents of State College Borough and CollegeFergusonHalfmoonHarris, and Patton Townships!

  • All Centre County residents can use Schlow, the Centre of Reading and Learning, with free library cards available from any public library in the County.
  • Browse or check out our 150,000 items, available at either Schlow or online.
  • Our staff serves patrons more than 1,000,000 times a year through visits, checkouts, programs and many other services.​
  • Schlow was named after prominent local businessman Charles Schlow, who in 1957 donated space in a West College Ave. house for the original Library.
  • Schlow is pronounced with a hard ‘sk’ sound and rhymes with glow!