The Digby and Yarmouth libraries have summer staff to help people with their phones, tablets and laptops in July and August.
Technology help available at Digby and Yarmouth libraries
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Technology help available at Digby and Yarmouth libraries
The Digby and Yarmouth libraries have summer staff to help people with their phones, tablets and laptops in July and August.
Summer Reading Club takes a trip ‘Around the World’
Readers young and old can set out on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure to faraway places. Through reading and programs, they will let the wind carry them through arid deserts, over snow-capped mountains and across glittering oceans as they fill their travel journals with photos and share their treasured memories in postcards home.
StoryWalks bring family story time outside
StoryWalks featuring Let’s go! haw êkwa! by Julie Flett are set up in parks and along trails in the Tri-Counties this summer as part of Western Counties Regional Library’s Summer Reading Club experience.
Mobile Wi-Fi units allow library users to take the Internet with them
The library’s 10 new mobile Wi-Fi hotspot units will allow people to take free access to the Internet anywhere they go.
New VOX books make reading along easier
Western Counties Regional Library is adding VOX books to its collection. The books fill a need for more children’s read-along books.
Wrapping up 2024 at the library
You showed lots of love for your library in 2024!
What does it take to adopt-a-book?
It is exciting to see new books on display at your local library during Western Counties Regional Library’s Adopt-A-Book campaign (AAB). By the end of the two-month campaign on Nov. 30, people donated $21,362.75, adopting 690 books.
Playaways rekindle love of reading
Barry Crowell has lost much of his vision through age-related macular degeneration (AMD), but he has gained a love of reading through Western Counties Regional Library’s Playaways.
Newcomers Find Comfort at the Library
Far from the hustle and bustle of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, the Nguyen family has found a home in Yarmouth and at its library. The Nguyen family has lived in Yarmouth for a little more than two years, moving here from Ho Chi Minh City, the capital with a population of 9.3-million people.
Seniors Residences Deliveries Make a Difference
A library delivery of books and movies to a seniors residence provides access to things that would be out of reach for some of its tenants.
Hunt for memorable cake recipe leads to library
Some people will go to great lengths to create a wonderful moment for a loved one. Donna Ward, from Eston, Sask., reached out to the Yarmouth library to track down a recipe for her husband’s favourite childhood cake. She wanted to bake it for him as a surprise.