Fate of New Main Branch Library will be discussed at council

Next Week

Councillors will discuss the fate of the New Main Branch Library during its January 28th Council meeting. They must decide whether to tender the project or not. Tender bids will be presented during this meeting.

* Click here to access the Council Calendar and meeting agenda

* Click here to access the County’s YouTube Channel to watch the meeting live

* Click here to access last week’s Paris Independent with the full story on the new library project.

Friends of the Paris Library fundraise to help the library, but they are also heavily involved in library initiatives. They run the library’s biannual spring and fall book sales, taking the time to cull through all the books before the sale, assist shoppers throughout the day long event and dispose of all the unsold books after the sale. They assist in the library’s popular One Book One Brant event (click here to learn more about this year’s book selection!) and they arrange for republication of ‘At the Forks of Grand’ (Volumes 1 and 2), which is updated every few years, ensuring these classic books stay in print for decades to come Their dedication helps fund a lot of children’s programming at the library, the Books for Babies as an example They also purchase prizes for the TD Summer Reading Club

To celebrate all they have achieved, and show the community what they are all about, the group is hosting a 25th Anniversary Open House at the Paris Library Branch on Tuesday, February 4th from 1 pm to 3 pm and again from 6 pm to 7:30 pm. (If you need extra incentive to attend, we hear there will be cake!).

“The open house is to celebrate 25 years of community service and support for libraries in our County. We want to let library users and the community at large know that we exist and what we do We also welcome any new members to our Friends group,” said Brooker.