Dec. 12 is the last day to vote for the 2008 Debbie Zimmerman Early Years Niagara Literary Award for children's literature aimed at the 0-6 age group. Families are encouraged to read these books together before voting by paper ballot at public libraries, Ontario Early Years Centres, regional child care centres or online at www.earlyyearsniagara.org The books are:

“The Cow That Laid an Egg” by Andy Cutbill

“I Don’t Like Gloria” by Kaye Umansky and Margaret Chamberlain

“If You’re Happy and You Know It: Jungle Edition” by James Warhola

“An Orange in January”...

On Nov. 22 Chippawa Branch Library will be opening a new 'teen' book collection in a newly-decorated section upstairs in the adult department.

Each person who checks out material from our new section on Nov. 22 will receive a ballot for an hourly draw that day. There will be six draws for six prizes. Enter often, read more, and win more! Chippawa Branch is open from 10am to 4pm on Saturdays.

The grand prize will be a complete hardcover set of the popular Stephenie Meyer series to be drawn at our annual Christmas open house on Monday Dec. 1st.

Borrow the following books by this very popular young adult writer - “Breaking dawn”, “The host”,...

A special book display for Remembrance Day has been on view at the Victoria Avenue Library with a colourful poster, Canadian flag and copies of “In Flanders Fields”.

All four libraries will be open as usual on Nov. 11 and two minutes of silence will be observed at 11am.

Borrow new books such as “Show no fear : daring actions in Canadian military history", “Establishing a legacy : the history of the Royal Canadian Regiment 1883-1953" and Christie Blatchford’s “Fifteen days : stories of bravery, friendship, life and death from inside the new Canadian Army".

“The wasted vigil”...

Meet local historian and author Sherman Zavitz on Nov. 8 from 10am to 1pm when he will have autographed copies of his two new books for sale. This is another library fund-raising initiative to purchase additional books for adults and children.

The revised and enlarged edition of "It Happened At Niagara" is a compilation of three earlier books of the same title. Series 1 was first published in 1996 by the Lundy's Lane Historical Society in cooperation with the Kiwanis Club of Stamford. Series 2 came out in 1999 and Series 3 in 2003, both published by the Lundy’s Lane Historical Society.

Founded in 1887, the Society is the second oldest organization of its kind in Ontario. It is still very active, not only publishing local history books but also holding regular monthly meetings on the first Thursday of each month at the Victoria Ave....

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...