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Unscheduled Public Access service will be offered at Coady & Tompkins Memorial Library beginning Thursday, March 25. Customers will be able to drop in to the library at their convenience during open hours. As long the number of visitors to the library remains below the capacity for maintaining social distancing, the length of their visit will not be limited. All customers will be required to wear a mask, maintain proper physical distancing, and sanitize their hands.

Curbside Pickup service remains available at the Coady & Tompkins Memorial Library. Learn more.

Branch Information

The Coady & Tompkins Memorial Library was established on May 12, 1978 through the initiative of the Margaree and Area Development Association.

The library is named in honour of Dr. Moses Coady and Dr. Jimmy Tompkins, both originally from the Margaree area. Drs. Coady and Tompkins are well known for their formative role in the cooperative & credit union movements, adult education initiatives and in the case of Dr. Tompkins, public libraries within the province.

The following material was prepared by the students of the 2018 Community Leadership Course (History Department) at Saint Mary’s University. Supervisor: Dr. S.Karly Kehoe. Students: Sarah Budgell; Jake Bullen; Lisa Bunyan; Jenelle Reid; and Trisha Turner:

• Who were Coady and Tompkins?
• Annotated bibliography of works about Dr. Moses Coady and Dr. James Tompkins
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Find us at: 7972 Cabot Trail, Margaree Forks, NS

Mailing address: Coady & Tompkins Memorial Library c/o ECRL Headquarters
390 Murray Street, PO Box 2500, Mulgrave, NS, B0E2G0

Phone/Fax: (902) 248-2821

Email: margaree@ecrl.ca

Branch Manager: Amanda Campbell, acampbell@ecrl.ca

Hours

Wednesday - Saturday
10am-1pm  &  2pm-6pm

Returns will be accepted in the temporary bookdrop that will be placed outside the library during staffed hours.

Please note: Do not enter the library if you are feeling unwell or have any symptoms of COVID-19, if you have travelled outside the Atlantic Bubble in the last 14 days, if you are waiting for the results of a COVID-19 test or if you have been in contact with anyone who has tested positive for COVID-19.