Written by Hanna Marie Roseen For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanetnet.wordpress.com/contribute/ After having a direct flight cancelled I had to be re-routed through the Calgary airport – with a 7 hour layover. After departing the plane from a ten hour flight, there was no way I was going to stay in…
Category: Canadian Libraries
Halifax Central Library, Halifax, Canada – beautiful and bustling
Written by Hanna Marie Roseen For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanetnet.wordpress.com/contribute/ The Halifax Central Library is beautiful and bustling. Built in 2014, the library is open and lets in lots of light. I visited in the middle of the day during a week day, yet there were many people doing their…
Whistler Public Library, British Columbia, Canada – a readers paradise!
Written by Cristopher Hunt, Teacher-Librarian from Chilliwack, BC. On Twitter and Instagram under the handle @ExLibrisMrHunt. For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanetnet.wordpress.com/contribute/ In the true spirit of Libraries being inclusive and welcoming to all, a rainbow crosswalk leads the way up to the main entrance courtyard of Whistler Public Library. When…
Frances Kelsey Secondary School Library, Mill Bay, Canada – We love literacy and our space!
Written by Alana Baker Teacher Librarian/Media Coordinator/Yearbook Advisor For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanetnet.wordpress.com/contribute/ Frances Kelsey Secondary School Library, located on Vancouver Island, Mill Bay, British Columbia, Canada, is a beautiful Library Learning Commons which serves approximately 1000 high school students in grades 8 to 12. It is a spacious welcoming…
Red Deer Public Library, Canada – from fire hall to downtown branch
Written by Rut Costa For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanetnet.wordpress.com/contribute/ Nestled at 49th Ave, in the heart of Downtown, Red Deer Public Library has been open since 1994. It is a major branch of Alberta’s third-most-populous city, after Calgary and Edmonton. This historical building was an armoury built in 1914 to…
Toronto Reference Library
Written by Thomas Guignard For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanet.net/contribute/ With its 100 branches (and counting) and 25 million loans a year, the Toronto Public Library network is one of the largest and most active in North America. At the centre of this universe stands the iconic Toronto Reference Library, a…
Finding an ancestor at the Morrin Centre in Quebec City
Written by Claire Sewell For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanet.net/contribute/ The Morrin Centre is located in Quebec City and is also home to the city’s only English-language library. Originally built as a military barracks in 1712, it became a prison in 1813 and was refurbished to house Morrin College in 1862….
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