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| Staff Day
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ECRL Staff June 2009 |
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Below: Petra Mauerhoff,
CEO/Chief Librarian welcomes staff |
Below: Shirley
McNamara, Board Chair addresses staff |
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| Below: Marcia Anderson
(Sherbrooke) shows off her winning bird house |
Below: Canso staff
share their experiences from the last 40 years. |
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Mildred Carrigan (centre) receives her long term service award
for 40 years of service at ECRL. |
Below: Ken Williment
(left) and Tracy Jones-Grant (right) of Halifax Public Libraries,
facilitate a presentation on "Serving Diverse Communities" |
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CEO/Chief Librarian,
Petra Mauerhoff, and Board Chair, Shirley McNamara, present long-term
service awards to five ECRL staff members (left to right): Petra
Mauerhoff, Gisèle LeBlanc (10 years), Janet Delorey (10 years),
Wanda Myatt (5 years), Mildred Carrigan (40 years), Annemarie Bieber
(10 years), and Shirley McNamara. |
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Visiting Children's Author K.V. Johansen |
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Canso staff members
Sanda Dixon (left) and Janet Delorey (far right) welcomed children's
author K V Johansen to the Canso Library for a short visit following a
reading held at the Fanning Education Centre in early May. Ms.
Johansen was in the area prior to attending the Hackmatack Children's
Choice Book Awards for which she was nominated. |
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Johansen, centre, visited Eastern Counties Regional Library in early
May thanks to funding by the Canada Council for the Arts and local
sponsor, Maritime Inn Port Hawkesbury. While in the region, she
presented readings at selected elementary schools with the Strait
Regional School Board. Posing with the author at the West Richmond
Education Centre in Evanston is (left to right) Clara Mae Boudreau,
Library Technician at Walter Fougere, and Kenneth David, Library
Assistant for ECRL School Services. |
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| Libraries
Offer Walking Kits in Partnership with Heart and Stroke Foundation |
| All 16 branches and link sites of Eastern Counties Regional Library have
received Heart and Stroke Walkabout kits to help library users get walking.
The regional library is part of a provincial health initiative to make
pedometers and walking programs more accessible to the public. |
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Trish McCormick,
Manager of Systems and Technical Services, Eastern
Counties Regional Library , checks out the Walkabout pedometer before
she sets out on her noon fitness walk. Trish is one of several staff
members based at ECRL Headquarters in Mulgrave who walk at lunch hour
on a daily basis. The pedometers will allow them to count the steps
accumulated during the walks and use the logbooks to record their
progress.
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| Chief Librarian Petra
Mauerhoff, left, presents Stacey Clements, Director of Membership
Services, YMCA Port Hawkesbury, with a pedometer kit that will be
available for use at the YMCA as part of the library's partnership and
promnotion of the Heart and Stroke Walkabout program. |
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| Retiring ECRL
Board members Honoured |
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On Friday, March 13,
2009, a celebration was held at Eastern Counties Regional Library
(ECRL) headquarters in Mulgrave to honor and acknowledge four ECRL
Board members who recently retired from their positions on the Board.
Board Chair Shirley McNamara made a special presentation thanking
these individuals for the time and energy they brought to the cause of
public libraries in general, and the workings of the Eastern Counties
Regional Library Board in particular. Those honored included former
Chair of the Library Board, Mr. Joe Walsh from Canso, former Treasurer
Mr. Art Carter from Mulgrave, former Vice-Chair Mr.Ned MacDonald from
Inverness and Mr. Clair Rankin from St. Peter's. Also on hand for the
presentation were Board member Susan Mallette, Marney Simmons, Mayor
of Mulgrave, Petra Mauerhoff,Chief Librarian/CEO and members of
library headquarters staff. |
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to right) Chair Shirley McNamara, Ned MacDonald, Clair Rankin, Joe
Walsh, Art Carter, and CEO Petra Mauerhoff. |
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Read to Me! Jamboree 2009 |
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| Melissa Cook, Mulgrave,
poses with her baby Victoria and son Elliott at the Read to Me!
Jamboree held at the Mulgrave Library on Monday, January 26, 2009. The
Jamborees were held at library locations throughout Nova Scotia to
celebrate Family Literacy Day. |
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The Canso Library
hosted a Read to Me! Jamboree, a celebration of books and babies, on
Monday, January 26. The celebration is an annual event across Nova
Scotia. Cayden Rhynold was the winner of the book prize package that
day, arranged through the Nova Scotia Family Literacy Read to Me!
Program. |
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Family Literacy Day World Record - "Most Children Reading with an Adult,
Multiple Locations." |
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nineteen children and their parents and/or caregivers were on hand to
hear the five pre-selected Robert Munsch books read by special guest,
retired school teacher Donna Lewis. Over 190,500 participants across
Canada were registered for the attempt to break the world record. |
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The Drs.
Coady & Tompkins Library in Margaree Forks hosted a Family Literacy
Day World Record Attempt on Saturday, January 24, 2009. Over 30 children and
their families listened to special guests read from selected Robert Munsch books for thirty minutes. Results are being forwarded on to
ABC-Canada Literacy Foundation who will in turn contact the Guinness
World Record ™ office to see if Canadians were able to upset the
record currently held by the US. |
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Mulgrave Library hosted a Family Literacy Day World Record Attempt on
Saturday, January 24, 2009. Fourteen children and their parents or
caregivers listened while special guest reader, Marney Simmons, Mayor
of Mulgrave, read five Robert Munsch books for thirty minutes.
Following the readings, a draw was held for a Guinness World Record
2009 book. Mayor Simmons presented the book to the winner, John Parks,
age 6, of Mulgrave. |
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Deanna
Henry, grade 4 teacher at the Chedabucto Education Centre, reads to
children at the Cyril Ward Memorial Library in Guysborough in an
attempt to break a world record. The library joined with libraries and
communities across the country on Saturday, January 24 to break the
record currently held by the US. Thirteen children and their families
braved the winter weather to listen to Mrs. Henry as she read from
selected Robert Munsch books. |
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St. Louis reads to the children at the Sherbrooke Library on Saturday,
January 24 in an attempt to break a world record for "Most Children
Reading with an Adult, Multiple Locations." |
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Children
and parents gathered at Petit de Grat Library to participate in the
Family Literacy Day world record attempt. |
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New Shelving for Cheticamp Link Site |
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| Gisèle LeBlanc, Library Assistant for
the Chéticamp Libr@ry Link site situated at École NDA School, is
enjoying the new shelving units, recently donated by Principal of the
school, Cyril Camus. The Libr@ry Link site operates one Wednesday a
month from 3:00 - 7:30 pm. The new shelving will allow for a larger
and more efficient display area for library users to enjoy as they
browse the bilingual mobile collection. |
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Judique Link Site |
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Ambrose Campbell,
Judique, fills his arms with books from the Eastern Counties Regional
Libr@ry Link site at the Judique Community Hall. |
| Eastern Counties
Regional Library staff visit Judique once a month to offer library
services through a Libr@ry Link site at the Judique Community Centre
from 4:30 - 7:30 pm. On the January 13, 2009 visit, Gloria MacLellan (left)
and Kay Campbell were on hand to choose from the mobile collection
which includes books in regular or large print,audio books, DVDs and a
large assortment of children's materials. |
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Santa Comes to Canso Library |
Canso Mayor Frank Fraser (far right) who also serves as a Board member for
Eastern Counties Regional Library, welcomed Santa and his elves Sandra
Dixon and Janet Delorey, Library Assistants for the Canso Library, to the
annual Christmas storytime held at the Canso Library on Saturday, December
20, 2008. Also on hand was Canso Councillor Marjorie Rhynold (kneeling). Over
sixty children and their families attended the event which was cosponsored
by Eastern Counties Regional Library, the Town of Canso and the RCMP
Adopt-a-Library program.
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Write a Letter to Santa, Christmas 2008 |
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Joyce Oliver-Snair,
Library Assistant at the Mulgrave Library, poses with
the winner of a Christmas toy, Wyatt Ayre,age 3, son of Ian & Kim Ayre,
Mulgrave, NS. Wyatt participated in the "Write a Letter to Santa"
event at
the Branch and was the winner of the draw.
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Mini-staff Day at Library Headquarters |
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Eastern Counties Regional Library recently hosted a mini-staff day at
Library Headquarters in Mulgrave. On December 5, 2008, staff representing all
the Branches in the region joined with Headquarters staff for a 1-day
workshop. The morning session included updates from Chief Librarian Petra Mauerhoff and managers Mary Landry and Trish McCormick. Garfield Moffatt
of MacLellan and Moffat Fincancial, was on hand in the afternoon providing
information about the ECRL pension plan. |
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Left: Chief
Librarian Petra Mauerhoff welcomes staff to the mini-staff day.
Right: ECRL staff listen
attentively during the morning session.
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Below: Mary Landry, (left) and Joyce Oliver-Snair enjoy some
stories! |
Right: Lana Hadley, Janet
Delorey, and Sandra Dixon pose for the camera. |
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The EnCana Energy Collection for Families is on the Move! |
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This special collection
for children and their families, comprised of books and materials on
topics that foster an interest in science and technology including the
oil and gas industry, will visit each Branch of Eastern Counties
Regional Library for 3 weeks before moving onto the next location. The
collection was purchased through a $4,000 donation by EnCana
Corporation and started its tour at the Cyril Ward Memorial Library in
Guysborough, moved to the Drs. Coady and Tompkins Memorial Library in
Margaree Forks, and has recently taken up residence in the Port
Hawkesbury Library.
Drop by the Port Hawkesbury Library to see the latest new books! The
materials also have a special designation on the ECRL online catalogue
at ecrl.library.ns.ca. Readers will be able to view the full
list of materials by clicking on the EnCana Energy for Families
Collection button. EnCana is a leading North American
unconventional natural gas and integrated oil company.
Picture Caption: Kelsey Clarey looks over some of the materials that
were on display at the Drs. Coady and Tompkins Memorial Library in
Margaree Forks. |
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New Board for ECRL, Fall 2008 |
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Members of
the Eastern Counties Regional Library Board recently met at Library
Headquarters in Mulgrave for the first time since the Municipal
elections held in the fall. The Board is comprised of councillors or
community members representing the 7 municipalities served by ECRL and
2 provincial appointees. There are 4 new representatives joining the
Board including Cllr.Elaine Durling, Town of Mulgrave; Cllr. Susan
Mallette, Inverness County; Deputy Warden Gail Johnson, Municipality
of Richmond County; and Mayor Frank Fraser, Town of Canso. Returning
members include Shirley McNamara, Provincial Appointee, Cllr. Myles
MacPherson, Municipality of the District of Guysborough; Cllr. James
Harpell, District of St. Mary’s; Ally MacKenzie, community
representative, Town of Port Hawkesbury; and Lester Wood, Provincial
Appointee.
The December 5 meeting saw the election of a new executive that will
be in place until the 2009 AGM to be held in June. Elected to the
Executive are Chair Shirley McNamara, Vice-Chair Myles MacPherson, and
Treasurer Elaine Durling. |
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Picture Caption: Eastern Counties
Regional Library Board members (left to right) Mayor Frank Fraser,
Vice-Chair Myles MacPherson, Treasurer Elaine Durling, Chief Librarian
Petra Mauerhoff, Susan Mallette, Chair Shirley McNamara, Gail Johnson,
and James Harpell. Missing from the picture are Lester Wood and Ally
MacKenzie.
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2008
Share a Book Campaign Launch at Coady-Tompkins
Library |
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The Drs. Coady and
Tompkins Memorial Library in Margaree Forks was the location of the
launch of Eastern Counties Regional Library's annual Share a Book
Build a Community fundraising campaign on Saturday, October 18. On
hand to present the library with an initial donation of $4,000 was
Lori MacLean, EnCana's Community Relations Advisor (centre). ECRL
Board member Lester Wood, left, and Chief Librarian Petra Mauerhoff,
right, were on hand to accept the cheque. EnCana will also match all
other donations to a maximum of $6,000. To make a donation, visit any
library branch or Link site, or call library headquarters at 747-2597
to request a donor card. |
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presentations were (left to right) Lester Wood, ECRL Board Provincial
Appointee; Lori MacLean, Community Relations Advisor for EnCana
Corporation who presented the Library with an initial $4,000 cheque
and will match all other donations up to a maximum of $6,000; Gerald
LeBlanc from the East Coast Credit Union, Margaree Branch; Pat
LeBlanc; Paula Romard, representing LeBlanc's Store in Margaree Forks,
and Barbara LeBlanc. Chief Librarian Petra Maurerhoff is kneeling in
the foreground. The campaign is sponsored by EnCana and 101.5 The
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Lori and Lester cut the
cake. Lori MacLean, left, Customer Relations Advisor with EnCana
Corporation, cuts the cake at the Drs. Coady and Tompkins Memorial
Library with Lester Wood, Eastern Counties Regional Library Board
member, to launch the 7th annual Share a Book Build a Community
fundraiser which runs from October 15-November 30. |
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| A Book Launch was held
in Petit de Grat with Hélène Boudreau, author of Acadian Star on
Saturday, October 18, 2008. It was a great success, attracting 60 people to
the library to meet and greet Hélène. Rumor has it around 80 books
were sold! |
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Anne LeBlanc, centre,
Library Assistant for the Drs. Coady and Tompkins Memorial Library in
Margaree Forks, welcomed 53 participants from the Coady Institute on
September 28, 2008. The Library was one of the stops during their annual
tour of the Margaree area. |
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Mulgrave Summer Reading Program 2008 |
| The TD Summer Reading
Program was a huge success at the Mulgrave Library. The final activity
created excitement as the children participated in some mummy wraps!
Thanks to ECRL Summer Reading Program Coordinator Candace DeCoste who
will be returning to studies in the Fall to pursue a Diploma in
Library Technology. Photos:
Jayden Covin and John Parks (right); Lainey Beshong (below left); the
Mummy Wrap (below right).
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| Mulgrave
Senior's Expo 2008 |
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Eastern Counties
Regional Library staff set up an information display at the Mulgrave
Seniors Expo held on August 20 at the Mulgrave Fire Hall. The display
included samples of large print books and magazines, audio books,
DVDs, and information on Books by Mail, Householder services, and the
online catalogue. ECRL Chief Librarian Petra Mauerhoff arranges
materials on the display table.
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Cassie Deveaux Cohoon Reading in Petit de Grat |
| Author Cassie Deveaux
Cohoon captivated the audience at the Petit de Grat Library on
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 reading excerpts from her recently released novel, Severine, the story of a modern day woman coming to terms with her
Acadian roots. Book signings were held following the reading.
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Cassie Deveaux Cohoon Reading in Cheticamp |
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Cheticamp native Cassie
Deveaux Cohoon was in Cheticamp on August 6 to read from her recently
published novel, Severine at the Libr@ry Link site located in the NDA
school. The audience of approximately 30 people was treated to several
excerpts from the novel and an entertaining question and answer period
provided in both French and English. |
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Summer Reading Program 2008 in Canso |
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Book Donation to Nigerian School |
| Eastern Counties
Regional Library recently made a large donation of used books to
Reverend Anthony Chukwunta of St. Columba Parish in Lakevale. The
books will be sent to Nigeria for use in a new school being built
there. Reverand Chukwunta can be reached at 863-2811 for further
information or to make a donation. |
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2008 Annual Book Sale |
| Another annual book
sale has come and gone at ECRL library headquarters. On July 19,
approximately 250 people were on hand to purchase hundreds of gently
used and surplus books. All remaining books after the sale were
donated to Reverand Anthony Chukwanta of St. Columba Parish in
Lakevale for a new school being built in Nigeria.
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Mulgrave Scotiadays Parade 2008 |
| Mulgrave staff members
Joyce Oliver-Snair, Tara O'Neill-Ryan, and Summer Program Coordinator
Candace DeCoste participated in the Scotiadays Festival Parade on
Saturday, July 19. The library van was decorated to promote this
year's TD Summer Reading Program entitled "Laugh Out Loud" and staff
walked or drove the route passing out frisbees and information.
Donovan Jamieson of Mulgrave was also on hand to walk the parade
route!
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Sherbrooke Library's Seniors' Cafe |
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The Sherbrooke
Library's Seniors' Café was a big hit on Friday, July 11, 2008 drawing a
record number of participants for the weekly drop-in program. Anyone
over the age of 55 is invited to the Library on Fridays from 9:30 -
10:30 for an hour of friendship, lively conversation on the topic of
the hour, computer help, and a chance to browse the library's
collection, when the doors are closed to the general public. For more
information, call the Library at 522-2180. |
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