You've already seen the new logo, but keep your eyes open for a whole new look at the Pickering Public Library.
The Pickering Public Library is working on a new interactive catalogue to make it easier for you to search and find what you like to read, watch and listen to. You will be able to connect with other library clients who share your tastes to make recommendations.
The new catalogue will be available in mid-September, 2010.
Look for it at www.picnet.org
If you have lists saved in the current catalogue, they will no longer be accessible after September 6th. Click Here to find out how to save your lists onto your computer. If you have any problems, please contact the Library at help@picnet.org or 905-831-6265.
This is part of a regular series of posts by our CEO, Cathy Grant, who will share some personal insight and comments about your Library, upcoming services and issues in general.
Library Kiosk at Pickering GO station?
The Toronto Public Library is considering installing an automated book dispensing kiosk at Union Station:
City library considering book-dispensing kiosk at Union Station - thestar.com
Pickering Library staff have been considering this service for a number of years. The start-up cost has always presented an issue - $200,000 K according to Toronto Public Library, although this could be done in a small community for about $110,000.
I would be interested in any feedback from our clients - Would you use this service while travelling the GO?
Please let me know your thoughts.
Cathy
Histoires en français (6 à 11 ans / 6 to 11 years) held At the Central Library, Mondays at 6:30 p.m. to 7:15p.m. will be CANCELLED: February 8th, 15th and 22nd..
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause our clients.
"BOSTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Reclusive U.S. author J.D. Salinger, who wrote the American post-war literary classic "The Catcher in the Rye," has died of natural causes aged 91.
His literary agent, Phyllis Westberg, said he died on Wednesday at his home in New Hampshire.
"The Catcher in the Rye" was published in 1951. Its story of alienation and rebellion, featuring the teenage hero Holden Caulfield, immediately resonated with adolescent and young adult readers.
The novel's first-person narrative shadows Caulfield through New York City in the days following his expulsion from a Pennsylvania prep school.
Generations of young people read the novel and embraced Caulfield, the phony-hating personification of teenage angst, as a proxy for their own experiences.
Many schools and libraries either banned the book due to its use of profanity and occasional scatological references or championed it for its portrayal of adolescence.
"Catcher" has been translated into the world's major languages and sold more than 65 million copies. It is routinely listed among the best novels of the 20th century.
Alarmed by his sudden fame, Salinger has been a recluse since 1953, ferociously protecting his privacy in Cornish, a small town in northwest New Hampshire.
Besides "Catcher" he published only a few books and collections of short stories, including "9 Stories," "Franny and Zooey," "Raise High the Roofbeam, Carpenters" and "Seymour: - An Introduction." " From: www.reuters.com
This is part of a regular series of posts by our CEO, Cathy Grant, who will share some personal insight and comments about your Library, upcoming services and issues in general.
Adults Need Strong Literacy Skills
…to raise children who have strong literacy skills.
Learning to read begins long before a child enters school. It begins when parents read to their children, buy their children books, and encourage their children to read. The research is clear: parents who are poor readers don’t read as often to their children as do parents who are strong readers; children who are not read to enter school less prepared for learning to read than other children.
City of Pickering is working with the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC), to offer access to AboutMyProperty at the library at no charge to property taxpayers, primarily those who do not have high speed Internet access at home.
AboutMyProperty is a free, secure, online self-serve application available online at www.mpac.ca. This service grants residential property taxpayers access to detailed assessment information for their property and comparable properties in their neighbourhood.
AboutMyProperty provides residential property owners access to:
- detailed information about their property; and
- information on up to 24 additional residential properties of their choice
This information can be used to compare an assessment to similar properties in the area and help determine if the assessment is accurate. Property taxpayers may also choose to file a Request for Reconsideration through AboutMyProperty.
Property owners will need their AboutMyProperty User ID and Password to login. This information can be found on the bottom right hand corner of their Property Assessment Notice.
Starting Tuesday, September 7th, iPod Audiobooks will now be available from the Petticoat Creek Branch. Hundreds of fiction and non-fiction titles will be available on library owned iPods that can be borrowed like any other library item OR you can bring in your own iPod and have staff download audiobooks directly to your device.
The original comment was:
"The only suggestion I have is that in some situations all staff should be informed if there may be a delay in service. Very often the answer is communicated to the person making the call but that person doesn't always pass it on to other staff members."
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If there is enough interest IT will try to find a more suitable means or forum to continue the discussion.
The original comments were:
"Out of office "voicemail" is essential. The message is not changed if staff are away on vacation or off sick."
And...
"it would be good to know if staff weren't in - a message on voice mail so that problems are left with someone who is on vacation or sick"
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The original comment was:
"Wear walkie talkies so I can find them when the public computers go down. Tracking help down is often an issue."
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