About Us

Library Staff

CAITLYN
​Director
cboland@marslibrary.org​

SARAH
Collection and Programming Librarian​
sboyce@bcfls.org

JEN
Children's Librarian
jford@bcfls.org

ELISABETH
Website

ELIZABETH
Circulation Desk & Ongoing Book Sale

DIANE
​Circulation Desk

AVERY
​Circulation Desk

CURTIS
​Circulation Desk

Library Board of Trustees

MARY BOBURCZAK
Vice President
First Term Expiration: Dec 2022
Municipality: Mars Borough

Rob Vigue
Officer
​First Term: Jan 2020-Dec 2022
Municipality: Valencia Borough

ED McCAUL
Treasurer
First Term: Jan 2019-Dec 2021
Municipality: Mars Borough

NANCY HUDAC
Secretary
First Term: Jan 2018-Dec 2020
​Municipality: Adams Township

IDA PAPIK
Officer
First Term Expiration: Dec 2022
Municipality: Middlesex Township

STEVEN CHADWICK
President
First Term: Feb 2018-Dec 2020
​Municipality: Adams Township

Raymond R. Abate
Officer
First Term Expiration: Dec 2022
Municipality: Middlesex Township

​*The Board of Trustees governs the Mars Area Public Library, hires staff members, sets objectives, controls its finances, and formulates its operating policies. Meetings are generally held the 3rd Monday of every month at 7:00p.m. 

The seven members serve up to two (2) consecutive three (3) year terms and are represented equally amongst our service area:
Adams Township (2 representatives)
Mars Borough (2 representatives)
Middlesex Township (2 representatives)
Valencia Borough (1 representative)

Municipalities and the Library Board of Trustees work collaboratively to fill open positions.
Application to serve on the Library Board

Library History

In 1798, Isaac Covert built a log cabin in what is now Mars Borough. Gradually, he accumulated 400 acres.

Other farmers purchased nearby property: Matthew Parks' farm stretched along the south side of Irvine Street. 

Thomas Kennedy worked on his farm to the east of Crowe Avenue. The James Davidson farm nestled south of the Covert's farm.

All these farms met at the corner of Pittsburgh Street and Crowe Avenue, then a  crossroad of the Valencia-Evans City Road and a street which cut from Old Plank Road (Rt. 8) to Perry Highway on the west.

Matthew Parks and Thomas Kennedy built water-powered grist mills on the Breakneck Creek. In 1873, Matthew Park's son Samuel, along with the Honorable Samuel Marshall, established the Mars Post Office. 

The Post Office's name is a controversial topic. Some say that Mrs. Parks was a student of astronomy and suggested the name. Others say it was named in honor of Samuel Marshall.

Either way, the connotation of outer space stuck. 

The library itself was founded in the 1950's by the Women's Club of Mars. The women of the Club used their own books to form a small volunteer public library that evolved into the present Mars Area Public Library.

Above photographed are people wearing martian costumes used by the British Broadcasting Company in 1976 for the filming of The Vikings Trip to the Planet Mars. The photograph was taken in Mars, Pennsylvania.