No images? Click here Explore"Remember When" In today's world, communities often find themselves disconnected, with visits becoming scheduled and purpose-driven. "Remember When" extends a welcoming invitation to prioritize community building through genuine face-to-face interactions and informal gatherings. Join us in celebrating the joy of reminiscing and strengthening bonds within our communities during First Nation Public Library Week 2024! Guelph Public Library acknowledges and honours the creations of all Indigenous nations equally. In Indigenous ways of living and learning, each story has and gifts its own voice. The shared voices of the storyteller, creator, author and illustrator are unique gifts too. Likewise, if you receive these ‘story gifts’, your voice has its own unique response. Subscribe to our First Nations Métis Inuit NextReads newsletter to receive reading recommendations in your email inbox from the First Nation Communities Read Longlist. Each month’s newsletter is the result of a mutual relationship and collaboration between members of the Indigenous community in Guelph and the Guelph Public Library. Winter Clothing Drive ConnectFriends of the Guelph Public Library presents Celebrate Ontario Public Library Week Request a Book Bundle ThriveActivate our Spaces: New Central Library Campaign Anchoring the Baker District redevelopment, Guelph’s new Central Library will be close to three times the size of the existing Main Library. It will provide enhanced accessibility, advanced technology, spaces for community use, programming and partnerships, and will be fully equipped to serve as the hub supporting our five Library branches across the city. In 2020, as a valuable partner in the new Central Library, the City of Guelph committed $62 million to fund the construction, basic furnishings, and equipment for the new facility. A $13.5 million grant from the Government of Canada’s Green and Inclusive Community Buildings Program, announced in March 2024, is being applied to the project cost. With 1.99 million visits, over 2.2 million items checked out, 1,294 events, and more than 1.5 million technology uses each year, the Guelph Public Library system is the most used public resource in the City of Guelph. To ensure the new Library is fully equipped to meet the needs of our growing and diverse community, a fundraising campaign was initiated last September to raise funds and secure the additional funding required for the programs, special equipment, cutting-edge technologies, and other enabling resources necessary to enliven, animate, and activate the new Central Library spaces and inform, empower, and engage all who enter our doors. Over the past 12 months a small volunteer committee has invited local families, businesses, and organizations to make founding campaign gifts. Thanks to these early leadership donors, $2.7 of the $4 million goal has been raised to date. Last September, the Friends of the Guelph Public Library made an outstanding gift of $1 million – proceeds raised through their annual book sales - to launch this fundraising effort. The Library is now inviting all community members to contribute to this exciting new project and help make the vision of expanded and enhanced library services a reality. Donations to the Library’s community campaign are directed to five specific areas:
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