You can have your photos scanned for free at the library on Nov. 1. Do you wish to scan a photograph but don’t have a scanner? Then bring them along to this free library programme.

Among the most precious possessions we could conceivably lose are our photographs. They take us back instantly to places we have loved and the people who were such a special part of our lives. They connect us in many cases to the past.

Yet they are one of the most fragile items we own. They can discolour, they tear, and in some cases, they even become faded to the point of extinction.

On Saturday November 1st between the hours of 10 am – 4 pm in the LaMarsh Room of the Victoria Avenue Library, we will host a session that will digitally scan your photographs to a CD which will be yours to keep. All we ask in return is that you allow the Library to retain a copy of the image to use in the Historic Niagara Digital Collections, if needed. If you do not agree that the Library may use...

Starting tomorrow both Community Centre Branch Library and the Victoria Avenue Library will open again on Sunday afternoons from 1 to 5pm.  Sunday hours at both libraries will be from now until April 26 except for Dec.21, Dec. 28 and Easter Sunday April 12 when they will be closed.  On average, people borrow more than one book every sixty seconds when the libraries are open on Sunday afternoons! Many people at the MacBain Community Centre enjoyed the Sunday openings especially during the swim time in the pool and other activities in the gym, meeting rooms, Skate Park and the new children’s park beside the building. Sunday is a popular time for the entire family to come together to the library. Hundreds of people borrow books, magazines, videotapes, DVDs, audiotapes, compact discs and even CD-ROMs. Some come to research personal, business and school subjects. Others enjoy reading out-of-town newspapers and current magazines. Many view the monthly exhibitions and displays throughout the library. Dozens...

The Victoria Avenue Library has an ongoing fundraising effort to help purchase additional books and audio visual materials for adults and children.

The sale of local history books is a successful fundraising initiative. There are three new books now on sale.

City Historian Sherman Zavitz has two books published this year. Looking Back Niagara Falls: Historical Notes ($24) presents 45 vignettes about the city which first appeared in the Niagara Falls Review.

The Lundy’s Lane Historical Society has just published a revised and enlarged edition ($23) of Zavitz’s three volume series called It Happened In Niagara which was originally published in 2001 and 2003. It presents the dramatic and unusual stories about our tourist community.

Meet Sherman Zavitz at the library on Nov. 8 from 10am to 1pm when he will be autographing and selling copies of his new books.

Local resident Frank Long launched his new book A Century of Sports in Niagara Falls: Book II...

Thousands of adults, including many senior citizens, have now taken the library’s basic, introductory computer and Internet training classes for beginners and intermediates.

Instruction is for 2 hours at the Victoria Avenue Library. A minimum of three and a maximum of six people may be registered for each class. Morning and afternoon classes are available. Classes take place in our fully equipped Computer Training Lab.

It costs only $10 for each class and pre-payment must be made in person when you register. A one-on-one session with the instructor is $30.

If a minimum of 3 registrations is not received you will receive 48 hours notice of cancellation.

Choose from the following classes. Beginners should register for Computer Basics & Windows, Word Processing Basics, Introduction to the Internet, E-Mail and Excel. Those with some computer...