鈥淚 think people are reading more听because they have a lot more time on their hands听and limited opportunities听for听other activities,鈥� said Branch听Librarian, Lori听Crighton.听鈥淧eople are saying they appreciate libraries more now.鈥澨�
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鈥淥ur online apps, Libby and Hoopla,听are showing an increase in circulation all over the province. As far as our local library, people have been asking for all genres, but听we鈥檝e seen an increase in听humour and mystery,听along with books on skills such as cooking,听macrame, quilting, gardening, and woodworking. Romance, thrillers,听inspirational fiction, science fiction and westerns听remain popular听and of course DVDs,听and听CDs,听And听don鈥檛 forget magazines;听they can be checked out here.鈥澨�
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鈥淚鈥檓 also seeing more听requests for听historical books,鈥� said Lois Seeley, Assistant Librarian. 鈥淧eople are reading about times of struggle and difficulty. Books on听anxiety, self-help, and听faith are being checked out more often as well.鈥澨�
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Lori added that听books about听WWII听have always been popular.听鈥淲e鈥檝e had more requests for books about healthy living, the environment, kindness, community, science, and critical thinking. Our patrons have a wide range of interests.鈥�
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One Province, One Library Card听means that your library card is good at听any of over 300听public libraries听in Saskatchewan:听Items听can be听borrowed from and听returned听to any public library in Saskatchewan.听All libraries share resources听via Saskatchewan Information Library听Service听Consortium (SILS).
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听鈥淭o听view our听library听online,听please go to听听.听You have access to all items in the province, or you can limit your search to items we have here.听 When you find items you would like, you can place a request (hold). If you are an Assiniboia patron your items will听automatically听come here, but you can always听choose听which library you would like them听delivered to.听If you听are camping or听have a summer cottage, you can send your book to the location nearest you.鈥�
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鈥淥ur Spring Silent Auction听fundraiser finished on May 6th. We expanded it from on-site to Facebook to allow extra options听for bidding.听Everything is donated, and as usual, we had a great variety of items听like听homemade quilts, fabric art, cards, books, puzzles, ink on basswood, toys and much more. We will have another听Silent Auction听later听in the year.
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鈥淥ur used听Book Sale is on-going听with books, DVDs,听CDs, and magazines. You can fill a bag for five dollars or buy single items. We just听received an听excellent donation of vinyl records for our sale. 听
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鈥淲e just purchased a Zoom license and听we鈥檙e looking forward to making connections such as a 鈥淏ook Share鈥澨齱here听readers might听like to share a good book they鈥檝e read, or听 鈥淏edtime Books鈥� where we read a children鈥檚 bedtime story.听鈥淐rafting Kids鈥� is another possibility听where crafts for children can be demonstrated on our zoom platform.听We鈥檝e also considered 鈥淎uthor Talk鈥� to highlight听and learn from local authors.鈥�
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鈥淲e also听take care of听printing needs,鈥� reminds Lori.听鈥淓mail us your print jobs听at [email protected]听and pick them up here. They are 30 cents per page for one sided black and white or 50 cents per page for double sided,听and 70 cents for colour.听Paper size doesn鈥檛 affect price.听Photo听paper听is slightly higher priced.听You can also scan to a听flashdrive, and we鈥檝e recently added scan to email.听Right听now our library is only听equipped听for cash or cheque but we鈥檙e working on getting e-transfers in place.听We don鈥檛 offer fax service.鈥�
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Since re-opening in June 2020, the library has been at several different stages. 听鈥淚f听people are uncomfortable coming听into the library, they听can come to the door or we can meet outside,鈥� says Lori.听鈥淥r you can always visit听our website听at www.palliserlibrary.ca听to order books. Also, visit us听on听Facebook.鈥�
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Library Hours:听Monday 1 pm - 6 pm; Tuesday 鈥� 10 am 鈥� 7 pm; Wednesday 10 am - 8 pm; Thursday 10 am 鈥� 7 pm; Friday 10 am 鈥� 7 pm; Saturday 1 pm 鈥� 6 pm. Call 306-642-3631
