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Welcome
Congratulations! You’ve landed at just the right spot to learn all about the wonderful free services of the Powell River Public Library. Visit us in person to browse our collections, find useful information, use our computers and borrow a wide range of materials. Our great staff is ready to help you discover everything on offer here.
NEW DATE - Library Design Workshop
Come help us to design the new Library at an interactive Community Design Workshop on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 from 6 - 9:30 p.m. in the Cedar/Arbutus Room at the Powell River Recreation Complex. Our design team will show their work on the project so far and solicit your ideas and opinions through a series of interactive exercises so that they have your guidance going forward. Light refreshments will be served.
Doors will open at 6 p.m. so that you have time to review a display showing work on the project so far. The workshop will begin promptly at 6:30 p.m.
Your opinion matters!
Learn a Language - Rosetta Stone
Learning a new language... there are so many reasons you might want to do this--your life circumstances, your personal goals or interest in the world around you. If you have a Library card, you can use a premier language learning program, Rosetta Stone TOTALe. With this web-based product you can choose from 30 languages and progress at your own speed.
Volunteer Tutors Needed
Why not help someone learn to read by enrolling in the FREE Volunteer Adult Tutor Training Program?
What's Your Vision for the New Library?
Council has decided to put the new Library at the Old Arena Site. Do you have some ideas about how the Library might look when
Books by Mail Pilot Program
Do you know anyone who needs Books by Mail? Tell them about this new Library service.
Anyone who is sick, disabled or who just can't get to the Library easily can register with us to receive books through the mail. It's available to anyone in our service
Library Begins Reading to Seniors
It happens to many of us later in life that we begin to have difficulty reading. The Library's decided to do something about that for Powell River seniors living at Olive Devaud and Kiwanis Manor residences. We've begun the Read to Seniors program. We'll choose an eclectic mix of material and then once
E-Readers Available Here!
You can now borrow Kindle e-Readers from the Library.
We have 12 Amazon Kindles loaded up with popular and critically acclaimed e-book titles. Check out one for up to 2
