tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27375431160254335162011-07-07T21:11:43.653-07:00The McCormick library is a Branch of the Waterloo Public Library and is located in the Albert McCormick Community Centre at 500 Parkside Drive in Waterloo, Ontario. We are a neighbourhood library with a focus on families and current popular material.WPL Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11182152441742740349noreply@blogger.comBlogger241100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2737543116025433516.post-48017514588349952982009-09-01T15:30:00.000-07:002009-09-01T15:33:19.738-07:00

Drumroll please...Children who registered for the Summer Reading Program here at McCormick read a grand total of 7505 books this summer! One eager reader read 218 books all by herself!Congratulations everyone!

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I am constantly amazed that our library's customers consider their library card number important enough to memorize! That's 18 digits with the pin number. It's awe-inspiring to think that customers use this number enough to memorize it.

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One of the greatest parts of being a librarian is the spontaneous conversations that erupt over the shared love of a good book. I sometimes have to stop and wonder at the fact that I get to work in a profession that allows me to share my love of reading with others...and make a living too! Yesterday at McCormick was one of those days. At one point, three of our staff were happily firing off

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The McCormick Book Club meets the last Tuesday of the month from 7-8pm in the Optimist Room. Everyone is welcome, so please join us!Our selections for the rest of 2009 are:June 30: The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsJuly 28: My Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultAugust 25: The Book of Negroes by Lawrence HillSeptember 29: The Reader by Bernhard SchlinkOctober 27: Watermelon Syrup by Annie

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When I was expecting my daughter, Lily, I came across Sandra Boynton’s Your Personal Penguin, a board book for young children about a penguin who desperately wants to be a hippo’s “personal penguin”. In my hormonal state, it brought me to tears. Of course, I had to purchase it for my unborn child. I sat in her room and read that book to my belly over and over again, sniffling away.After Lily

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The McCormick Book Club meets in the Optimist Room at the McCormick Community Centre (across the hallway from the library) on the last Tuesday of every month. The book being discussed on April 28th is The Piano Man's Daughter by Timothy Findley. Below is a summary of the book, links to author information and more. Hope to see you at the meeting! About the book: Narrated by Charlie Kilworth,

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The McCormick Book Club meets on the last Tuesday of every month in the Optimist Room across the hall from the McCormick Library. Everyone is welcome to attend! The Book Club selection for March is Consolation by Michael Redhill. “There is a vast part of this city with mouths buried in it . . . . Mouths capable of speaking to us. But we stop them up with concrete and build over them and

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I love to read. Whenever and wherever I am, I always bring along a book in the hope that I will get an opportunity to read a page or two. In fact, I read so much that I cannot keep track of all the books I've read so a few years ago (2001) I started a list. Although my year at McCormick as Branch Manager was a busy one, I did still find time to read a few books. Below is a list of the books I

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Long ago, in the days before I worked at a library, if I was laid up with a severe cold or bad back, I would dispatch my husband to the library to bring me something to read. He always returned with the longest, thickest historical epics he could find. I suspect this was not only to keep me happily reading for as long as possible, but to minimize requests for another pillow, or cup of tea. One

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The holiday season often recalls nostalgic memories of Christmases past. No one does that better that the CBC Archives. Let's take a peek down memory lane. Christmas Day 1936. It was a simpler time in Edmonton, Alberta as children enjoy their new skates, sleds and skiis. Listen to the broadcast here. In December 1960, aluminium Christmas trees were all the rage in Canada. Listen to the December

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Do you enjoy reading and want to share your love of books with others? Do you enjoy meeting new people? If you answered yes, then you should check out the McCormick Book Club.The McCormick Book Club is hosted by the McCormick Branch Library and began meeting in September 2008. Meetings are held monthly on the last Tuesday of the month. Since its inception, the Book Club has read and discussed The

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Fall has arrived…what a great time of the year to cozy up with a ball or two of yarn, some knitting needles and get creative. You can choose from the great collection of knitting books that the library has to offer and browse through our many amazing pattern books.If you are just getting started, the library also offers books on how to knit. We have over 100 titles in our combined collections

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One of the McCormick Branch’s great strengths lies in the staff’s readers’ advisory skills. Since beginning at the branch in July, I have been consistently impressed by the staff’s ability to suggest new authors and titles for customers in search of something new and different (or old and familiar) to read. A few weeks ago, another staff member and I were going over the latest Bestseller List

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I worked the first Sunday of the season at the Main Branch today. We are open every Sunday at the Main Branch from 1:00pm to 4:00pm from the week after Thanksgiving to the Sunday before Mother's Day each year. Please note that the McCormick library is not open on Sundays (or Mondays). Today is the day that I realized how much people really appreciate and love the library. Today is the day that

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One of the most important things parents can do is to help their children to develop a love of reading and a love of the library.Do you want to help your kids develop the library habit for life? Here are some things you can do: Include children--even babies and toddlers--in trips to the library, and go often. As soon as you can, help your child get a library card. Borrow recordings of children's

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One of the best things about working at a library, and in my case, the Toy Library, is the diversity of the people that come through our doors. When we are out in the “real world”, going about our daily lives, we are viewed in a certain way, whether it’s by our appearance, occupation, etcetera. However, once you step through that door, you are just like everyone else. People that may never meet

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The library has over 70 databases available to help you find information you want on a variety of subjects including health, economics, history, literature, science and more. Access is completely free with a WPL library card.When doing research, the Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) database is a great place to start as it provides detailed information that is easy to understand. GVRL

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As customers arrive at McCormick Branch Library, they see a large wall completely painted with a wide and detailed scene. This mural was created in 1997 as a community project and to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Waterloo County Tole and Decorative Painters Guild (WCTDPG). It involved the work of 35 people over a three week period.The mural includes a transition through the four seasons

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Please join us on Tuesday, September 30th at 7 pm in the Community Room at the Albert McCormick Community Centre for the first meeting of the McCormick Book Club!The book being discussed at the first meeting is The Other Side of the Bridge by Mary Lawson. To place a hold on a WPL copy of the book please click here. To find out more about the book and the author visit the Random House website

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Adult Recorded Books are now available for loan at the McCormick branch library! The collection includes both fiction and non-fiction titles and can be found on the shelves to the left of the DVD collection. The collection is on loan from the Main Library and will be traded out every 3-4 months to keep the selection fresh. Just a few of the recorded book titles available at McCormick include:Bad

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Here are just a few of the new adult books available at the McCormick library. Stay tuned for a list of new children's and teen books. Without a Backward Glance by Kate VeitchChristmas Eve 1967: the night the lives of the McDonald children, Deborah, Robert, James, and Meredith, changed forever. Th eir mother, Rosemarie, told them she was running out to buy more lights for the tree. Instead, she

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Recorded books are a great way to enjoy a story while you are in the car, taking a walk, puttering around the house or simply relaxing. The McCormick library will soon have some books for Adults available for loan. You can choose from a selection of fiction and non-fiction titles including mystery, romance, biography, chick lit and more. Check it out!

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Lakeshore Cares!Alison Postma is a cheerful five- year old student entering grade one at Cedarbrae Public School. Alison has one brother and one sister and loves the band Nickelback. What you may not know about Alison is that she is fighting a very serious illness. To help support Alison’s family through this time of need and to show Alison that we care, the entire Lakeshore community is coming

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The McCormick Library is a branch of the Waterloo Public Library and is located in the Albert McCormick Community Centre.Hours of operations:Sunday-Monday closedTuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 10 am - 9 pmFriday and Saturday 10 am - 5:30 pmThe McCormick library has lots of books, DVDs, CDs, kits, toys and programs suitable for the whole family. Drop by and see us!

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