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December 2023 |
Welcome to our monthly newsletter featuring all that's happening at your library. |
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We are Rainbow Registered |
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Middlesex County is proud to announce that it has acquired Rainbow Registered Accreditation.
Rainbow Registered is a national accreditation for 2SLGBTQI+ friendly businesses and organizations. When you see a Rainbow Registered symbol, you know the business or organization meets a stringent set of standards to ensure 2SLGBTQI+ customers feel safe, welcomed, and accepted.
Read the latest news release from Middlesex County to learn more! |
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| Thank You for Your Support | |
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Thank you to everyone who supported our recent holiday drive! With your support, we were able to collect a large number of ready to eat food items, that will be distributed to those in need across Middlesex County.
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Warm Up at Your Library
Know someone who needs a warm place to spend time? All Middlesex County Library branches have comfortable seating, free Wi-Fi, public computers and device charging. Find a full list of locations and open hours on our website. All are welcome! |
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Tech Support
Did you know? Several of our branches offer one-on-one tech support. Get assistance with basic computer skills, web searching, email or using a new smart phone or tablet. Staff can also help you get started with library digital resources like cloudLibrary, Hoopla, Kanopy and more! Check our event calendar for listings, or contact your local branch for more info.
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Reading Challenge Wrap-Up
Our 2023 Reading Challenge is coming to a close! Completed bookmarks for Part 3 (September-December) can be dropped off at any Middlesex County Library branch or emailed to programming@middlesex.ca Entries must be submitted by December 30, 2023 to be entered into the prize draw!
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Online Learning with Udemy and Gale Courses
Udemy is an online learning platform for adults who want to upskill for a new job, advance in their current profession, or deepen a personal interest. Gale Courses provides 6 week long, online programs taught by college instructors.
Both are available FREE with your library card!
Learn more. |
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| Middlesex EarlyON |
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Ready Set Learn is a 4-week program that will provide caregivers and their child with a learning experience that will support a successful school start. This program is intended for residents of Middlesex County and for children entering into Kindergarten. There is no cost to participate.
This program is offered January to April in Strathroy, Dorchester and Ilderton. Find dates and register at library.middlesex.ca/events.
For more information on the Ready Set Learn program, please contact the Program Facilitator, Donna Fleming, dfleming@middlesex.ca. |
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| | Staff Picks |
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Click on the book cover to place a hold. |
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| Neil Gaiman | The orphan Bod, short for Nobody, is taken in by the inhabitants of a graveyard as a child of eighteen months and raised lovingly and carefully to the age of eighteen years by the community of ghosts and otherworldly creatures.
Suggested by Andrew, Parkhill Branch Assistant |
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| Good Housekeeping Institute | Features over three hundred Christmas recipes, including Christmas cranberry juleps, sage-orange turkey with white wine gravy, and double-crust apple pie.
Suggested by Faith, Dorchester Branch Assistant |
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| Penny Starns | Based on the previously unpublished true stories of its nurses and medical staff, this book is a heart-warming account of the joys and sorrows of life in an extraordinary Somme field hospital.
Suggested by Ellyn, Ilderton Branch Assistant |
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| Thea Lim |
In the vein of The Time Traveler's Wife and Station Eleven, a sweeping literary love story about two people who are at once mere weeks and many years apart. An Ocean of Minutes is a gorgeous and heartbreaking story aboutthe endurance and complexity of human relationships and the cost of holding onto the past--and the price of letting it go.
Suggested by Courtney, Glencoe Supervisor |
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| Stephanie Land |
From the author of Maid:Hard Work, Low Pay and a Mother's Will to Survive, Class paints an intimate and heartbreaking portrait of motherhood as it converges and often conflicts with personal desire and professional ambition. In clear, candid, and moving prose, Class offers a searing indictment of America's educational system and an inspiring testimony of a mother's triumph against all odds.
Suggested by Lindsay, Director of Library Services/CEO |
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| Leisl Adams | In this fun graphic novel, a talented young chef is selected to participate in a baking reality show and finds herself mixed up in spicy competition, bitter rivalry, and sweet romance.
Suggested by Casey, Strathroy Branch Assistant |
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