The Orangeville Public Library is connecting cardholders to WiFi.
The library is circulating 10 mobile SmartSpots to cardholders who may not have reliable internet connection at home or otherwise unreliable internet.
Patrons will only need a Wi-Fi ready device such as a smartphone, tablet or laptop to connect to the internet.
CEO Darla Fraser says, “With the expansion of online learning due to COVID-19, public libraries have a role to play in bridging the digital divide to give all students an equal opportunity to succeed.”
February 26, 2021 · 0 Comments
By Sam Odrowski
Attention readers!
The Mill Street branch of the Orangeville Public Library is reopening to the public next Monday (March 1), allowing individuals to browse collections and use computers for the first time since it closed in late December, when the Province-wide stay-at-home order was enacted.
For the last two months, the library has offered curbside pickup and will continue to do so after it opens for library card holders who may feel uncomfortable entering the building.
Orangeville Public Library CEO, Darla Fraser said there’s a sense of cautious excitement among her staff to again be able to safely serve the community in-person, while adhering to all of the Public Health protocols for COVID-19.
Orangeville, ON, Canada / 101.5 Orangeville Today
Dec 22, 2020 4:26 PM
As the provincial lockdown looms, the Town of Orangeville has announced it will close all facilities it had reopened.
The town will continue offering services to the public but they’ll be through phone, email, personal appointments and online services.
Recreation centres will close, and all recreation programming and facility rentals are cancelled until further notice, as of December 26.
The Orangeville Public Library will revert to curbside pick-up only at the Mill Street branch from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., effective Monday, December 28.
December 17, 2020 · 0 Comments
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By Constance Scrafield
We did an interview with a gentleman of another name during most of the year but in this Christmas season, he is Santa Claus. He is the Santa bringing us Stories with Santa at the Orangeville Public Library. Although he is pictured sitting in the Library, as he told us, “When no one [of the public] was there,” his delivery of the story books from which he is reading are only to be viewed online via the library’s website: www.orangevillelibrary.ca
Our conversation was, a little surprisingly, not filled with merry anecdotes of his life in the North Pole with the Elves, contending with the pranks of the reindeer or the need to conceal his workshop from the prying eyes of increased traffic of surveillance aircraft. Nor did he regale us with stories from his many visits to mall and parades, the shining eyes of the children, their quaint questions, although al
December 17, 2020 · 0 Comments
By Constance Scrafield
Being Santa is not a simple matter of a costume, beard and ho-ho-ho. According to Santa, with whom the Citizen had the chance to talk, there is an obligation to honour “the persona.”
For the sake of this interview, while he does have a rest-of-the-year-name, we will only refer to him as Santa. This year, he is sharing recorded Stories every Friday, for two more Fridays in December, shown online from the Orangeville Public Library. The recording takes place at the Mill Street Library, where the real-life readings would be but for the COVID-19 restrictions.