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By Frankie Shaw
The Wellington County library system is comprised of 13 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 Friday 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 (June 2004) By Frankie Shaw June, and here we are with the school holidays fast approaching. If you are looking for ideas to help your children fill these extended leisure hours, then you might want to consider putting a visit to the library on your list. We have all kinds of books, music, videos and magazines to interest all ages. Our summer Book Club will kick off again at the beginning of July and run until the Fall Fair Day. This year the theme will be 'Dragons, Books and Quests', and we are stocking up on related titles for this TD sponsored programme. At the moment of writing we are not sure that we will get a summer student to help us. If we don't, then you may well see a couple of dragons, breathing fire and brimstone, behind the circulation desk, instead of the helpful, good-natured souls who are usually there! For those folk who like mysteries without blood, gore and the unmentionable s- -word, you may like to read those gentle novels by Alexander McCall Smith, set in Botswana, about Mma Patience Ramotswe, her assistant and her fiancé. Ever since the first book in the series - the No 1 Ladies Detective Agency - was published, and McCall Smith was named Author of the Year at the British Book Awards and by the Bookseller's Association, the books have gained enormous popularity and a huge following of devoted readers. The Botswana setting, where kindness and hard work is rewarded and discourtesy and sloth are punished, the brilliant characters and the unique writing style of the author with its rhythms, formal turns of phrase and subtle humour will only captivate and charm you. We have all the titles in the series on our shelves. Sorry, I just checked and they are all out on loan. The latest just went out as I was writing this! We have a few places available for the summer session of 'Calling All Parents'. These sessions will take place here in the library at 7.00pm on the 1st Wednesday of each month, starting in June. For further details please call 763-8026. Recent additions to our shelves Non-fiction. Curry, Dana. Prisoners of Hope; our captivity and freedom in Afghanistan. Harpur, Tom. The Pagan Christ. Jacobs, Jane. Dark Age Ahead. Singletary, Michelle. 7 Money Matters for a Richer Life; how to live well with the money you have. Walsch, Neale Donald. Tomorrow's God. Weber, Ken. Five Minute Mysteries; 40 cases of mayhem and murder for you to solve. Fiction. Connelly, Michael. The Narrows. Cornwell, Bernard. Sharpe's Escape. Forster, Margaret. Diary of an Ordinary Woman. Lindsey, David. Face of the Assassin. McCall Smith, Alexander. Full Cupboard of Life. Monk, Connie. Fast Flows the Stream. Perry. Anne. Shifting Tide. Quarrington, Paul. Galveston. Vachs, Andrew. Down Here. Walker, Alice. Now is the Time to Open your Heart. Woods, Stuart. Reckless Abandon. Use your computer at home to browse our shelves, order on-line, renew your books or check your account. Access is quick, easy and right at your fingertips, through www.county.wellington.on.ca. Have a great summer, doing what you like best! -Frankie You can read more about the Puslinch Library by going to A Puslinch Diary. You can read previous Lines from the Library here: 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 |