At the Library this week
📚📚📚Ruth E. Dickinson Library📚📚📚
📢 Library News
📢Ruth E. Dickinson Parking Lot Unavailable on Tuesday, November 4
On Tuesday, November 4, the library parking lot and exterior entrance at Ruth E. Dickinson branch will be unavailable from 5 am to 4:30 pm during renovations.
During this time:
Library access will be through the Walter Baker Sports Centre main entrance.
The branch will remain open during this time.
Holds will be extended by one day.
Ottawa Public Library (OPL) is launching one of our largest hiring campaigns ever. Meet us in person to find out more at our Career Booth Pop-up, Saturday, November 1st, Nepean Centrepointe Library, 11 am – 2:30 pm
🎯Upcoming Events:
Saturday:
📜Ready Set Type! À vos marques, prêts, tapez!
Get a head start on telling your story with an afternoon of writing, typing and community building. Programme bilingue. Saturday November 1st, 1 – 3:30 pm. Drop-in.
👑Sensory Storytime, Saturday, November 1st, 2-3 pm. Drop-in.
Sunday:
The Library will be open for reading, studying, playing board games, doing puzzles, computer use and tutoring.
Monday:
👶Toddlertime, Monday, November 3rd, 10:30 – 11 am, Drop-in
📝 Homework Club – Monday, November 3rd, 6:30 – 7:30 pm. Drop-in.
Tuesday:
👶Parenting in Ottawa Drop-in with a Public Health Nurse Tuesday, November 4th , 1-3 pm. Drop-in.
Wednesday:
👪Conte en famille et jouons à la biblio, Wednesday, November 5th ,10:30–11:30 am, Drop-in
Thursday:
🌎EcoRangers, Thursday, November 6th , 6:30 –7:30 pm, Drop-in
📜Capital Region Writers Write-In, Thursday, November 6th, 6 – 7:30 pm, Drop-in.
📢 Author Talk with Armand Garnet Ruffo, Thursday, November 6, 7 – 8 pm. Register on Eventbrite
🔶NEW Indigenous Library Membership Initiative
Ottawa Public Library (OPL) is expanding the eligibility criteria for a free library membership to better serve Indigenous communities! This initiative offers full access to all OPL services at no cost for Anishinābe Algonquin, First Nation, Inuit, and Métis peoples who live outside Ottawa’s municipal boundaries have access to a free library membership if they:
Live on-reserve in Kitigan Zibi Anishinaabeg First Nation and Pikwakanagan First Nation.
Reside in the Ottawa-Gatineau region, specifically the Quebec side of the Kichi Zibi.
Indigenous people who live in Ottawa’s municipal boundaries already have access to a free library membership.
📌 Reading Recommendations
Adults:
🍁Canadian Living turns 50! Start reading for free with PressReader.
🏺Learn about Tim Cook. Chief historian at the Canadian War Museum and Canada's favourite military historian. He published more than 19 books about Canada's military history.
🍿💀 Fright Fest on Kanopy In honour of the spooky season, get comfortable and scare yourself silly with Kanopy's selection of horror, thriller and supernatural movies.
Children and tweens:
👻New BOOOOOOOOks | Halloween Middle Grade Reads. Graphic novels, fiction, and non-fiction with witches, monsters, ghosts, and things that go bump in the night. For ages 8-12.
🍃Familles francophones
Figure franco-ontarienne, Bernard Grandmaître s'est éteint cette semaine à l'âge de 92. L'ancien politicien d'Ottawa est surtout connu comme le père de la loi 8 qui garantit au public le droit de recevoir des services en français de la part des ministères et organismes du gouvernement de l'Ontario. Cliquez pour en savoir plus.