The Township of South Algonquin Library has two locations. Both branches have 24/7 WIFI and accessible book returns located at their exterior entrances
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Breathe Easy with Healthy Homes!
This heating season, keep your indoor air quality in check with our Healthy Homes Indoor Air Quality Program! We’re excited to offer Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and Radon Monitors for loan at both branches.
🏠 Why Monitor?
CO2 Monitors: Ensure your home has fresh, healthy air and avoid the risks associated with high carbon dioxide levels.
Radon Monitors: Protect your family from radon, a hidden, dangerous gas that can affect your health.
💡 How It Works:
Visit Us: Drop by either branch to borrow your monitor.
Monitor Your Air: Use the equipment to check your home’s air quality.
Stay Safe: Return the monitors and breathe easier knowing you’re keeping your home safe and healthy.
Don’t wait until it’s too late—visit us today and take control of your indoor air quality! For more details, ask at the front desk or check our website.
Stay healthy and breathe easy with Healthy Homes!
OUR FREE LITTLE LIBRARIES HAVE RETURNED!!
Dive into a world of literary treasures with our Free Little Libraries, located at the JR Booth Memorial Park in Madawaska and at the Galeairy Lake Beach in Whitney. Discover a new favorite read or share your own with fellow book lovers. Keep an eye out for these charming book nooks in your neighborhood! #FreeLittleLibraries #BookLovers #CommunityReading
Seeking Volunteer Library Board Trustees
The Township of South Algonquin is seeking applications for Library Board Trustees for the Township of South Algonquin Public Library.
Are you interested in joining a dedicated group of volunteers who are working hard to ensure that our local libraries are growing and servicing residents effectively?
Do you have 3 – 6 hours per month that you can commit to the library?
To be a volunteer on a public library board in Ontario and in accordance with the Public Libraries Act, R.S.O. 1990, to qualify, an applicant must be:
· a Canadian citizen
· at least eighteen years of age
· a permanent resident of the Township of South Algonquin
· not employed by the Township or the Library
· not convicted of an indictable offence
The key responsibilities for Trustees are governance, policy, programming, and fiscal matters. Potential candidates should have management, planning, fundraising and/or financial experience. Computer skills are a definite asset. Our meetings are a hybrid of in person and zoom and we use Google drive for all documents sharing.
Charlene Alexander CEO/Head Librarian
33 Medical Centre Rd., P.O. Box 208, Whitney, ON K0J 2M0
whitneylibrary@southalgonquin.ca 613-637-5471
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Virtual Author Talks
We offer you virtual, live & on-demand recordings of author talks. This service is included with your library membership. Please visit our speaker series website to view the list of upcoming talks, archived events and to register for an event. https://libraryc.org/southalgonquinlibrary
Fall Schedule
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A Journey into the Hidden World of Tropical Bats with Scientists from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Presented by Smithsonian Scientists Dr. Rachel Page, Dr. Dina Dechmann, and Dr. Teague O’Mara Wednesday, October 2nd at 2:00 PM EDT See More and Register |
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Liberating Latin American Genre Fiction: In Conversation with Bestselling Author Silvia Moreno-Garcia New York Times Bestselling Author of Mexican Gothic and Gods of Jade and Shadow Wednesday, October 9th at 7:00 PM EDT See More and Register |
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Maybe You Should Talk To Someone: Examining the Truths and Fictions we Tell Ourselves with Lori Gottlieb Instant New York Times Bestseller of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone Tuesday, October 22nd at 2:00 PM EDT See More and Register |
We’re proud to announce that we have partnered with CBC Corner, a free digital platform exclusive to libraries that brings CBC’s audio, video, news and resources together in one place for a more streamlined experience.
Have a few minutes? Check out CBC Corner! With trusted news, entertaining radio and TV shows, educational kids content, award-winning podcasts, a free language learning app to refine your English or French and much more, you’ll find something for everyone
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- English link: http://cbccorner.ca/southalgonquin
- French link: http://lespaceradiocanada.ca/southalgonquin
MEDIA RELEASE $13,000 OTF Grant Gives Library Loanable Technology May 12, 2023
“This $13,000 Resilient Communities Fund grant to the Township of South Algonquin, specifically to the library, will enhance the available services by the purchasing of tablets, reader pens and microphones. These newly acquired items will certainly allow this rural community’s residents greater local access to newer technology. My sincere thanks to the Ontario Trillium Foundation for this grant,” said John Yakabuski, MPP for Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke.
In addition to the purchase of equipment, a user survey was administered in 2022, and a Chromebook handbook was created, and we are in process of setting up a children’s coding program that will utilize the Chromebooks. C-Pen readers are assistive devices that are portable text-to-speech pen scanners. The microphones and ring lights are being made available for creating pod casts and video recordings.
“The impact of this Ontario Trillium Foundation grant cannot be overstated,” said Charlene Alexander, CEO/Head Librarian. “This grant has allowed the library to purchase loanable technology, to improve residents access to Chromebooks and assistive devices that otherwise would not have been possible. We also want to congratulate the Ontario Trillium Foundation on 40 years of granting and building healthy and vibrant communities across the province.”
The mission of the Township of South Algonquin Public Library is to provide comprehensive services to the highest degree possible within available resources. Our underlying values are Responsiveness to users, Accessible to all users, supporting Intellectual freedom for users and providing Responsible governance.
The Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF), an agency of the Government of Ontario, and one of Canada’s leading granting foundations celebrates 40 years of grant-making in Ontario and making a lasting impact in communities. Last year, OTF invested over $110M into 1,022 community projects and partnerships, which included funding for the Government of Ontario’s Community Building Fund. Visit otf.ca to learn more.
Organization Contact for Media Inquiries: Charlene Alexander CEO/Head Librarian Township of South Algonquin Public Library
613-637-5471 whitneylibrary@southalgonquin.ca https://www.southalgonquin.ca/library/
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Trillium grant gives $13k loanable tech to South Algonquin Library
South Algonquin libraries receive grants for operations
Alexander explained that one of the grants that the libraries received was the International Dyslexia Association Ontario’s Library mini grant, which supplies $500 for decodable books for the library.
“These funds have been used to purchase a starter collection of decodable books at both branches. I am very pleased to have received this grant. Response has been positive,” she says.
What are decodable books? Alexander explains that they are books that include text that has been carefully written using evidence-based strategies to support reading development. She says that these books are wonderful for all new readers but access to this type of book is vital to children with dyslexia. To ensure that children across Ontario have access to these decodable books, Alexander says that IDA Ontario’s mini grants will help Ontario’s public libraries buy these resources for their collections. Funds for the grant can also be used to buy books about dyslexia and the science of reading from an IDA Ontario recommended list of books as sources of reliable information.
“Science shows that the most efficient way to learn a word so it can instantly be recognized in the future is by ‘decoding’ it. Decoding means using knowledge of letter sounds and English spelling patterns to ‘sound out’ a word. Decodable books are purposely written to help beginning and emerging readers master decoding,” she says.
With regard to the other grant, the Ontario Trillium Resilient Communities Fund, Alexander says that she is still sourcing equipment and will have more details at a later date. This grant was for $13,000 and was procured with the help of CAO/clerk-treasurer Byran Martin. It will be used to buy equipment for loaning and programs, and they intend to purchase 20 tablets, two charging/storage boxes, four CPen readers (an assistive device that scans and reads out the words) and two Blue Yeti Bluetooth micros.
In addition to these grants, Alexander reveals a couple of other exciting initiatives now and in the near future. The libraries are currently hosting drop boxes for a food drive in support of the Madawaska Food Bank from Oct. 6 to 27. The food bank serves South Algonquin, Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan, Madawaska Valley and North Algona-Wilberforce. Non-perishable food items can be dropped of at both library locations. At the Madawaska branch (26 A Major Lake Road, Madawaska), the drop off times are; Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Thursday from noon to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. At the Whitney branch (33 Medical Centre Road, Whitney), the drop off times are; Wednesday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Thursday from noon to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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