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By Frankie Shaw
The Wellington County library system is comprised of 14 branches spread around the county, with a central library/headquarters located in Elora. Puslinch is the southernmost branch, serving a community of just over 5,000 residents. Our collection is growing and we can offer, in addition to regular books, talking books (tape or CD), video (VHS or DVD) interactive multimedia, and magazines for children and adults. We have access to all the items in the Wellington County system and we have an excellent delivery system for those who request items not found on our shelves. We can give professional help in finding employment. We also offer internet access to independent researchers. We host a weekly Story Time for children aged 3 to 5 years. It is held on Thursday mornings from 10.00 am. - 11.00am. Sessions run for 6 weeks. Phone for details and to register.  The Librarians are Janet Dagenais and Frankie Shaw
Send the library an e-mail. You can click here to go to the Wellington Library System interactive gateway to order a book. Lines from the Library (December 2005) By Frankie Shaw The new carpet is finally laid but, like all improvements, not without a degree of effort. We had helpers, some press-ganged into service, others who came of their own free will. The prospect was daunting; to clear all the bookshelves, box all the books and move the shelves and boxes across the room in order to allow the carpet fitters plenty of space in which to manoeuvre. It took days of sheer hard work to label, fill and move the blue recycle boxes – almost 500 in total – but even more effort to get those books back on the shelves in library order. The process was not entirely without its frustrations but the degree of co-operation, goodwill and humour made the whole job worthwhile and even enjoyable in some masochistic kind of way. It’s certainly not an experience I should like to repeat but one I wouldn’t like to have missed, either! We could not have done it alone and I would like to let Brandon, Bryce, Eric, Hugh, Malcolm, Scott, Stephanie, Susannah and of course Janet and Janice know just how grateful I am for all their efforts. This team, together with Mike and Rich from the County Maintenance Department, could not have been bettered. And look at the library! We took the opportunity to replace the freestanding shelves in such a way that it now seems to be more spacious and open. It is indeed a lovely place to work and a pleasant place for our friends to come and enjoy some time-out.  New books added to our shelves; Non-Fiction. Armstrong, John W. Water of Life: a treatise on urine therapy. Barlow, Maude. Too Close for Comfort: Canada’s future with Fortress North America Brynan, Esther. Quilt of belonging; the invitation project. Crystal, Billy. 700 Sundays. Edmonston, Phil. Lemon-Aid, SUVs, Vans and Trucks 2006. Haynes, Linda. Ace Bakery Cookbook. Ibbitson, John. The Polite Revolution; perfecting the Canadian dream. Lawrence, Ken. The World According to Oprah. Lewis, Stephen. Race Against Time. Mayle, Peter. Confessions of a French Baker. Oliver, Jamie. The Naked Chef. The Naked Chef Takes Off. Perricone, Nicholas. The Perricone Promise; look younger, live longer in 3 easy steps. Radziwill, Carole. What Remains; a memoir of fate, friendship and love. Schneider, Steven. 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die. Surwit, Richard S. Mind-Body Diabetes Revolution. Wallace, Mike. Between You and Me: a memoir. Wright, Ronald. A Short History of Progress. Fiction Baldacci, David. Camel Club. Coetzee. J.M. Slow Man. Drabble, Margaret. The Red Queen. Grimes, Martha. Belle Ruin. Hannah, Kristin Comfort and Joy. Lively, Penelope. Making It Up. James, P.D. The Lighthouse. Ludlum, Robert. Ambler Warning. Marquez, Gabriel Garcia. Memories of My Melancholy Whores. McLean, Stuart. Dave Cooks the Turkey. Oates, Joyce Carol. Missing Mom. Proulx, Annie. Brokeback Mountain. Roberts, Nora. Blue Smoke. Sparks, Nicholas. At First Sight. Steel, Danielle. Toxic Bachelors. Tan, Amy. Saving Fish from Drowning. Come in and browse, after all it’s YOUR library. We are happy to serve you. Happy Holidays from Frankie, Janet, Janice and Stephanie. You can read more about the Puslinch Library by going to A Puslinch Diary. You can read previous Lines from the Library here: December 2005 October 2005 September 2005 July 2005 June 2005 May 2005 April 2005 March 2005 January 2005 December 2004 November 2004 October 2004 September 2004 August 2004 June 2004 May 2004 March 2004 February 2004 January 2004 December 2003 October 2003 September 2003 June 2003 May 2003 March 2003 February 2003 January 2003 November 2002 October 2002 September 2002 August 2002 June 2002 May 2002 April 2002 February 2002 November 2001 October 2001 August 2001 July 2001 June 2001 May 2001 April 2001 |