The library will be closed on the following days:

• December 24
• December 25
• December 26
• December 27
• December 31
• January 1
• January 2

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Please come in for some cookies and drinks to celebrate our library with us. As well, don't forget we are doing Food4Fines this week. Bring in a non-perishable item for the food bank and we'll forgive your library fines!

FOOD4FINES
Clean out your cupboards and clean-up your fines. From Monday, October 17 to Saturday, October 22, all branches of the Library will be accepting non-perishable food donations in exchange for library fines (up to $25). All items collected will be donated to our local foodbanks.

The "top ten" votes for our book club sets at the Book Lover's Luncheon were the following:

1. Gold diggers: striking it rich in the Yukon by Charlotte Gray
2. Breakfast at the Exit Cafe by Merilyn Simonds and Wayne Grady
3. Major Pettigrew's last stand by Helen Simonson
4. Paris Wife by Paula McLain
5. I shall not hate by Izzeldin Abuelaish
6. Midwife of Venice by Roberta Rich
7. Thousand autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
8. Annabel by Kathleen Winter
9. Room by Emma Donoghue
10. Elegance of the hedgehog by Murial Barbery
    
    
    Runners up included:
    
    
11. Sentamentalists by Johanna Skibsrub
12. Best laid plans by Terry Fallis
13. Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
14. One day by David Nichols
15. Tiger's wife by Tea Obreht
16. Little Princes by Conor Grennan
17. Battle hymn of the tiger mother by Amy Chua
18. Great house by Nicole Kraus

Rideau Lakes and Leeds and the 1000 Islands Public Libraries are launching their digital archive on June 2. Please drop by at the Lyndhurst Branch from 4-8 p.m. on June 2 to see the exciting photographs and documents our partners have shared with us. Light refreshments will be served.

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Click here to learn more about the "Times Past" archival project »


Check out our Lakes and Islands Times Past project, thanks to a Library Strategic Development grant through the Ministry of Culture as well as our six heritage partners. Follow Patrick's twitter feed about how the project is progressing and all the interesting photographs and records he is scanning. Click here to learn more »


You can now read our library board minutes online in PDF format. Simply visit our "Library Board" page and scroll down to the bottom to see a list of available minutes. Click here to see the available documents »


Free family passes to the Museum of Civilization and the Canadian War Museum are now available at the Rideau Lakes Public Library. Please phone or visit the Library for more information.


Library patrons are now able to access the Ancestry Library Edition database free of charge inside the Library. This online database allows library users to start exploring their family trees by simply typing in a surname. A two-year subscription for this resource is courtesy of the Ministry of Culture, Southern Ontario Library Service and Ontario Library Service - North.

Please Note: You must be inside the Library to access this database.


Our March Break Program was a great success.

Visit our Lifelong Learning page to read more about it »
Download and read our news release


Every second Tuesday at 4:15 p.m. on our local f.m. radio station, CHLK Lake 88.1 in Perth, Sue Warren will recommend two books. You may find these either at your local library or on Interlibrary loan.

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Recommended Cottage & Beach Reads!


The Library Board has starting strategic planning and we need help from our users to plot what direction the library is taking in the next few years.
Click Here to take the Survey »


We welcome Marnie Ross to our Lakes and Islands Lifelong Learning Project! Marnie comes to us with professional teaching education and experience specializing in leadership and hands-on work with literacy. She was awarded the first ever Innovation in Teaching award from the Upper Canada District School Board.

We look forward to her fall and winter programme schedule of fun things to come to at your local library branches! Keep checking the website for details...

Read more about Marnie and the Lifelong Learning Initiative »


The Library is offering basic computer lessons to its patrons. We can help you learn how to use a computer, email, word processing, and many other skills. To book an appointment call or visit the Library.


Now you can access over 30 online research databases in the Library, from home or anywhere you access the Internet. Use the Power Search to cross-search our databases and ecollections all at once, search by subject or search each individual database. Try it Now!


The Library has updated its website to reflect many of our new services and online resources. We have also included features for easier navigation and reading. Tell us what you think!


New Bookclub at the South Elmsley branch. First meeting is scheduled for Monday, September 8, 2008 at 10:30 am. Meet members and discuss potential books and dates for monthly meetings.


Come to your library and research. We've got a full subscription to this wonderful history site with all kinds of early Canadian documents including 19th century journals, magazines and government documents.

This service is only available at your library branch »