colchester-east hants public library 2003-2004 annual report
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Annual Report
2003-2004
Bookmobile Service 1950-2003End of an Era ~ A Salute to All for a Job Well Done!
Board Members 2003/04
Province of Nova Scotia Mrs. Ruby McDorman, 2 Vice-Chairnd
Mr. Rob Landry
Municipality of the Councillor Doug Cooke
County of Colchester Mr. James Thomson
Municipality of East Hants Councillor Fred Canavan
Councillor John Patterson, Chair
Town of Stewiacke Councillor Geraldine Hemeon (to June 03)
Councillor Debbie Frizzell (from Jan 04)
Councillor Dereck Rhoddy, 1 Vice-Chair (to Jan 04)st
Town of Truro Councillor Charles Cox
Miss Edith Patterson
C o v e r P h o t o s
Top: Shirley B. Elliott, Chief Librarian (1950-1953)
Bottom: Bookmobile staff from more recent times
(Front row, left to right) Carroll Wilcox, Dorothy Jack, Patricia Thorsen, Marilyn
MacWha
(Back row, left to right) John Lawrence, Allister Mann
Photo Credit: Unique Images Photography
Board Chair’s Report
The events of the past year 2003/04 have been both exciting and very stressful for the Board and
Staff of the Colchester-East Hants Regional Library. However, as I write this report, I sincerely
believe that we are moving forward in our system. We are moving effectively into the new
information age to provide a better service to our citizens.
The most difficult decision in many years was the one to bring an end to our Bookmobile
Service. This decision was difficult for staff and members of the board. It was especially
difficult in the light of the very real concerns of some of our rural residents and rural
councillors. It is my hope that our outreach services will in the future provide effective
information and materials to our rural areas.
The exciting event for me (as a councillor from Mount Uniacke) was the action of the board to
integrate the library in my community into the regional system. It was another difficult decision
in a year when financial resources were heavily taxed. However, this is another indication that
Colchester-East Hants Regional Library is moving forward.
The dedication of the former historical room as the Eleanor A. Stanfield Program Room was a
pleasant occasion and we thank staff and the Stanfield family for their efforts and participation.
May Miss Stanfield’s excellent contribution to library service be an inspiration for others in the
future.
We extend a sincere thank you to members of the board, to Janet Pelley and all library staff, also
to the Library Foundation – to all, as we look forward to greater success in future years.
John W. Patterson, Chair
Colchester-East Hants
Regional Library Board
Highlights from 2003/04
“Do libraries have a future? Are libraries going to be phased out in the future because
of technology?” A community-minded citizen and supporter of the library was asked these
questions. Our answer: “Libraries do have a future. They will not be phased out. They
will evolve. They always have.”
Susan Goldberg Kent described the role of public libraries clearly and succinctly: “Public
libraries are always going to be about people – the connection of people to resources,
the connection of people to technology, the connection of people to people. 1
In 2003/04, the Colchester-East Hants Regional Library continued to evolve and connect
people to what they needed for maintaining and improving their quality of life.
Connecting People to Resources ~
Evolution is not without pain. December 23rd marked the end of the library’s 53-year
bookmobile service. On the evening of the final run, a committee of staff and friends,
illuminated by spotlights from one of Truro’s fire engines, marked the bittersweet moment of
the mobile library’s final return home.
Three factors – an aging vehicle with rising repair costs and service downtime; insufficient
funds to replace it; declining use of the service – pointed the way to what was “neither a
hasty nor a happy decision”. The days of unpaved roads and spring travel “through a sea of2
mud at 20 miles an hour” were long past and now many rural patrons visit our branch3
libraries; however, for those who do not, new outreach services were launched in January,
namely a books by mail service, two satellite sites, and deliveries to rural seniors’
complexes. The satellites located in Bass River and Maitland, where mobile library service
was highest, are open once every three weeks and provide both books and access to
computers and the Internet.
Susan Goldberg Kent. American public libraries: a long transformative moment [Electronic1
version]. Daedulus, Fall 1996.
Phrase coined by Daphne Cragg, the library’s administrator of adult and outreach services, when2
discussing the board’s decision to end the mobile library service.
Shirley B. Elliott, Chief Librarian (1950-1953), descibing the early days of bookmobile service in a3
letter of greeting for the library’s 50th anniversary celebrations.
Highlights from 2003/04
Evolution can involve expansion. By year’s end all was in place to bring the Mount Uniacke
Community Library under our banner on April 1 and construction was poised to begin onst
the long awaited East Hants Resource Centre, which is to incorporate new, expanded space
for our Elmsdale branch.
Connecting people to resources can take many forms. Many from Truro’s large seniors’
population visit the library or make use of our home reader service, whereby books are
selected by staff, according to each reader’s stated interests, and delivered by staff or
volunteers. Among our many regular visitors, Mrs. Elizabeth Johnston was one of the most
faithful. Every Saturday morning, staff looked for her to come in and select ten large print
books for the following week. Saturday, March 20 was no exception, and so it was withth
sadness, that staff read in the local paper that on the Sunday, Mrs. Johnston, aged 95, had
passed away. Active to the very end, she had slipped away and the library had lost a friend.
For a borrower in Maitland, who is legally blind, we bring in picture books with the text in
braille so that she can read to her grandchild, an example of family literacy – reading
together to learn and to foster a love of reading – at its best. For groups and organizations
wanting to promote family literacy in their communities, there is a new guide. One morning
in November, the Honourable Jamie Muir, Minister of Education, sat on the carpet in the
Truro library’s program room and read to a group of children before launching the Family
Literacy Best Practices Guide for Programs in Nova Scotia. Published by the library under
phase one of its family literacy project, the guide has been distributed widely and is
available online in English and in French at http://cehlibrary.ednet.ns.ca (click on Family
Literacy Project and follow the links) or at www.nald.ca. The project, sponsored by the
library and its partners the National Literacy Secretariat and the Department of Education,
entered a second phase this year, arranging training sessions for family literacy program
practitioners and developing regional working groups throughout the province. A third
phase is planned.
Class tours of branches and school visits by staff have evolved and now connect students to
the services and resources of both the “bricks and mortar” library and the “virtual” library.
The library’s web site – the entrance to our virtual library – was redesigned this year by
Elmsdale staff member Karen King. The increased number of visits and positive feedback
suggest that the site’s new look and handy links to weather forecasts, flight information,
homework help pages, children’s games, teen topics, ... are a hit.
Read to Feed, this year’s winter reading program, promoted reading for pleasure and helping
families in the third world. Through their reading, children and teens earned “shares” and at
the end of the program, the Rotary Club of Truro donated $2,000 to Heifer International for
the purchase of livestock and seedlings for families in Tanzania.
Highlights from 2003/04
An American tourist from Santa Rosa (a half hour from San Francisco) connected with the
science fiction novel he was seeking and commented that we have a “kick-butt fiction
collection!”. O’nevans Nimley, a landed immigrant from war-torn Liberia and a refugee
camp in Ghana, connected with the library and exclaimed in a newspaper article “you can go
to the library for free and get a card to use there!” 1
Connecting People to Technology ~
With information technology comes the continuing challenge of hardware and software
updates, new IT equipment, security, and ongoing training of staff and public.
With the assistance of the provincial technology recycling program, funds from Industry
Canada’s community access program (CAP), and the library’s own automation upgrade
fund, we were able to replace our older computers to improve service now and to prepare for
the migration to Unicorn, new library automation software for all regional libraries outside
Halifax. The new generation catalogue and circulation modules will improve access to the
library’s collections.
What to do with the superseded computers that are still in working order but obsolete in
terms of library service? The board’s new technology recycling/disposal policy saw 11
computers sold to staff and 13 units donated to nonprofit organizations, including Sharing
Tech, a Truro-based group that refurbishes older computers to donate to lower income
families.
Starting as a pilot project out of our Gates Learning Centre in Truro, the library’s digital
camera loan program soon expanded to include all branches, with CAP funds covering the
cost of a camera for each location. High school graduations and weddings are two of the
most frequent uses for the cameras.
Ever creative hackers necessitate continuous vigilance. Staff at the Provincial Library and
our own systems administrator Sylvia MacKenzie are to be commended for keeping IT
security up to date and effective.
Ever changing resources on the Internet necessitate continuous training. This year, staff
learned more about government web sites and the Nova Scotia Health Network (NSHN).
The volunteer income tax clinics, organized by the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency
for the public, included well-attended online sessions in the
1 Monique Chiasson. After years of violence and strife, Liberians happy to be making Truro theirnew home. Truro Daily News (Nov. 19, 2003)
Highlights from 2003/04
Gates Learning Centre. CAP-funded summer students in our Elmsdale, Stewiacke, and Truro
branches demystified computers for seniors, demonstrated the use of digital cameras and
Photoshop software, and showed kids that research on the Internet can be fun. Taking to the
road, Sylvia MacKenzie shared her knowledge with volunteers at the CAP sites in Bass
River, Indian Brook, and Upper Stewiacke, helping them to update their equipment and
learn new software.
Public access to computers and the Internet helps many. A world traveller was so pleased
with the library’s free Internet access that she insisted on giving a five dollar donation. Then
one day a gentleman from the UK came into the Truro branch to use a computer. He left his
card with staff at the circulation desk and mentioned that he was on the last leg of a cross
Canada tour that was being chronicled on the web. A check of the web sites listed on his
card revealed that he is Ted Hellewell, a 67-year-old resident of Cardiff, Wales who crossed
Canada on his BMW motorcycle to raise money for a hospice where his wife had received
excellent palliative care. His last stop was Halifax and in his web log from there, he
mentions his favourite towns/cities (Truro is third on the list) and favourite regions (Nova
Scotia is second on the list). He also notes that among the pleasures on the trip were
“meeting and chatting to a great bunch of people all the way through Canada. The
friendliest people you could ever wish to meet and invariably courteous, kind and helpful”.1
Connecting People to People ~
Library facilities and programs bring people together.
During the school year an adult upgrading class uses Truro’s community room and
throughout the year, tutors and students book time in Truro’s program room.
Perennial program favourites bring infants and their caregivers, toddlers, and older
preschoolers together with their peers for rhymes, stories, and social time. Truro’s Book
Buddies program matches teen volunteers with younger buddies who need help with their
reading. The Teen Friends of the Library group, also in Truro, creates special Hallowe’en,
Christmas, and March Break programs for the younger set and raises money for Big
Brothers, Big Sisters at the annual Bowl for Kids event. Teen Topics, a monthly get together
hosted by the Teen Friends, gives participants the chance to learn more about, for example,
body piercing and tattooing, computer software such as FrontPage, and bicycle safety in
terms of equipment, touring, and racing.
For more information on Mr. Hellewell and his trip across Canada, check online at1
www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southeast/halloffame (click on Community and follow the link)
Highlights from 2003/04
This year saw Nova Scotia’s first library “lock-in”. On July 23 from 8 p.m. to midnight, 16 luckyrd
teens were “locked in” the Truro branch to enjoy music and dance, computers, games (from chess
and library jeopardy to a scavenger hunt) and perhaps most important, food!
In other programs, Dr. R.F. (“Doc.”) Livingston introduced thirteen-year-old Mauri to a full house
of adults and children. From a small village in southern Japan, where Doc.’s daughter is teaching
English, Mauri used maps, dolls, and origami to help explain some of the new and older customs
of her village and country. Workshops on scrapbooking, making marionettes, and creating sand
art, faux stained glass, computer mouse pads, and other crafts were well received. On separate
occasions, children’s author Sarah Ellis and Alberta poet Yvonne Trainer read for appreciative
audiences, and in March, Gwynne Dyer, well known journalist, broadcaster, and lecturer on
international affairs, enthralled an audience of 100, many of whom enjoyed talking with him
following his presentation.
The library fulfills many social needs, some that may not come readily to mind. One Saturday, the
Truro library was the site of a supervised visit between a father and his son, and on December 23 ,rd
three siblings, who would not be together for Christmas, came into the library with their foster
mothers and exchanged gifts in the youth services reading room. For the fourth time on behalf of
the Town of Truro, the library hosted a book of condolence, on this occasion for the family of the
late Robert L. Stanfield.
A thank you to our many allies ~
Board and staff have many allies. Without their help and support, our service would be greatly
diminished. Our thanks go to:
1. The governments of Nova Scotia, Colchester, East Hants, Stewiacke, and Truro for our
core funding, which saw some improvement this year; a trend we hope will continue.
2. Miss Eleanor Stanfield for her very generous bequest a quarter century ago. Her legacy
continues to support quality services for the youth of our region. This year we were honoured
to name a room in the Truro branch, The Eleanor A. Stanfield Program Room, and to unveil a
permanent display about Miss Stanfield.
3. Chairperson Edith Patterson, her fellow volunteers on the board of the Colchester-East
Hants Regional Library Foundation and all donors of the first annual campaign. The goal
of $25,000 was surpassed and, in only five months, gifts totalled $30,964. The foundation
gave $15,000 to the library board to purchase books and to start a fund for a collection security
system. Campaign funds were also directed to the foundation’s endowment fund designed for
long term support of the library.
Highlights from 2003/04
4. The Truro Police Service (Sergeant S. Lee Henderson), RCMP, Bible HillDetachment (Constable Bart L. Leppan), Scholastic Canada Ltd. (Dan M cCue, areamanager), the local sponsors of the Adopt-a-Library Literacy Program, and all donors ofthe program.
5. The following donors for their grants, gifts of money, and in kind contributions to the
library:
Alvaro Sibaja Artavia Sylvia MacKenzieGrace E. Brown Harvey MacPheeJean Brown Harriet McWhirterMaria Cameron Ruby MurphyLois Creighton Edith PattersonHerschel J. Davidner John W. PattersonBrigitte DeBoer Joan Ann PooleGeorge Goodwin Rod ReddenPamela Hoddinott Audrey ReidWally J. Hunt Karen ScottElizabeth JohnstonRev. Dr. Morris Lovesey & Dr. Dorothy Lovesey
Bible Hill Garden Club National Literacy SecretariatCIBC N. S. Department of EducationC. W. Saunders Lodge 125 N. S. Div. of Insulin Pumpers CanadaColchester East Hants Health Authority Rotary Club of TruroFred D. Whitman Memorial Fund Sunrise Quilt GuildIndustry Canada CAP Program Truro & Area Community Health BoardIODE Isgonish Chapter Truro Chapter - Parkinson Society CanadaKnights of Columbus #6633 Walter C. Sumner FoundationLung Association of Nova Scotia Women’s InstituteMulticultural Association of Colchester County
6. Local media outlets for their coverage of library news and events.
On a personal note, sincere appreciation to my allies – library board chair, John Patterson and
the members of the board, everyone on staff at the library, and colleagues at the Provincial
Library and at regional libraries throughout Nova Scotia. Through your skill, dedication,
cooperation, and hard work, “the library of the future is being created right now ... in the library
of the present....” 1
Janet D. Pelley
Regional Library Director
John N. Berry III. The future is here: just take a closer look at the library of the present (Editorial)1
[Electronic version]. Library Journal, Jan. 1997
Statistics
Regional Library established 1950
Population served (2001 census) 71,060
Sources of Board Funds Received in 2003/04
Funding Formula Grants - Provincial
Municipal
61%
22%
Cost Recoveries (e.g. fines, hall rentals, photocopy fees) 1%
Bequests/Donations/Fundraising 8%
Special Project Grants 8%
Total 100%
Library Resources
Staff 31.18 (full time equivalent)
Computers 73 (41 public access; 32 staff use)
Vehicles 3 - 1 mobile library (sold Feb/04)
- 1 rural/branch outreach van
- 1 general purpose van (2004 Chevrolet passenger/cargo
van, purchased Mar/04, replaced a 1987 Plymouth
Voyager van, sold May/04)
Collection
Books (includes large print & talking books) 136,185
Audiocassettes 158
Music CDs 436
Videos/DVDs 1872
Films, filmstrips 288
Microfilm 1,171
Vertical File 2,600
Computer Software 6
Magazine, newspaper & microfilm subscriptions 171
Total Collection 142,896
Statistics
Library Use 2002/03 2003/04 Increase (Decrease)
Registered active members 13,918 13,290 (4.5%) 1
Visits
in person 204,828 210,267 2.66% 2
online 26,523 35,505 33.86%
Use of collections
within the library 82,888 80,108 (3.35%)2 3
on loan from the library 303,560 287,844 (5.18%)
Computer bookings 31,964 42,158 31.89%
Use of subscription databases
within the library 7,686 6,578 (14.43%)
from outside the library 6,554 3,272 (50.07%)
Information questions
in-person/via telephone 13,879 13,372 (3.65%)
online 52 92 7.65%
Requests for specific books, etc. 12,690 15,720 23.88%
Interlibrary loans
borrowed from other libraries 2,922 3,711 27.02%
lent to other libraries 3,052 3,364 10.22%
Programs (no/attendance)
reading and general interest 669 / 11,357 678 / 13,281 1.35% /16.94%
information technology 266 / 971 88/ 392 (66.92%) /(59.63%)
Rural/branch outreach
school visits 99 98 (1%)4
Meeting room bookings 398 455 14.32%
Membership not required for in-person, on site use of most library services and resources1
Estimate based on a sample period2
Revised figure; error in calculation3
To promote reading, public library services, and the summer reading club4
Financial Statement (April 1, 2003 - March 31, 2004)
Revenue and Transfers from Reserves
1. Province of Nova Scotia $869,899
2. Municipality of Colchester 160,096
3. Municipality of East Hants 94,306
4. Town of Stewiacke 6,404
5. Town of Truro 57,794
6. Colchester-East Hants Community Access Program(CAP) Grant
33,600
7. Family Literacy Project Grant 84,240
8. Stanfield Bequest & Interest 81,293
9. Donations and Bequests 11,678
10. Donation from Adopt-a-Library Literacy Program 50
11. Donation from Library Foundation 15,000
12. Fines, Fees, and Sales 14,016
13. Interest - Operating 3,367
14. Interest - Reserves 4,662
15. Hall Rentals 936
16. Photocopy and print fees 4,343
17. Sale of Mobile Library 2,000
18. Automation Reserve 19,234
19. Elmsdale Branch CAP Site Reserve 160
20. Endowment Reserve 10,346
21. Equipment Reserve 5,194
22. Foundation Reserve 5,303
23. Gates Library Initiative Reserve 3,481
24. Library Materials Reserve 3,378
25. Planning Reserve 729
26. Special Events Reserve 82
27. Stanfield Materials & Services Reserve 32,015
28. Vehicles Reserve 35,342
Total Revenue and Transfers from Reserves 1,558,948
Financial Statement (April 1, 2003 - March 31, 2004)
Expenses and Transfers to Reserves
1. Salaries & Benefits $1,019,822
2. Books & Other Library Materials 142,616
3. General Operating 87,820
4. Regional HQ Maint./Repairs/Upgrade 59,128
5. Purchase of Vehicle 37,342
6. Vehicles Operation 16,707
7. Adopt-a-Library Literacy Program 39
8. Planning 729
9. Special Events 82
10. Automation Project 24,423
11. Gates Library Initiative Project 3,581
12. Colchester-East Hants Community Access Program (CAP) 31,032
13. Elmsdale Branch CAP Site 174
14. Family Literacy Project 56,667
15. Start up funds to Library Foundation 21,697
16. Endowment funds to Library Foundation Endowment Fund 10,417
17. Adopt-a-Library Literacy Program Reserve 11
18. Colchester-East Hants CAP Reserve 2,848
19. Family Literacy Project Reserve 27,897
20. Gifts Reserve 194
22. Mount Uniacke Reserve 40
23. Transfer to Reserves (board decision pending) 15,682
Total Expenses and Transfers to Reserves 1,558,948
Facility Profiles 2003/04
Elmsdale Branch
Pop. served 10,500 (est.) Facility Size 2,416 sq. ft.
Open 28 hrs/wk
(46.43% outside business hours)
Staff 2.25 (full time equivalent)
Computers 10 (9 public; 1 staff) Collection 19,031 items (est.)
Library Visits 25,584 (est.) Materials used in Library 9,620 (est.)
Computer Bookings 2,632 Circulation of Materials 43,191
Information Questions 3,093 Requests for Materials 4,170
Programs (no./attendance)
79 / 1,324
Summer Reading Club Members 138
Stewiacke Branch
Pop. served 4,305 (est.) Facility Size 1,454 sq. ft.
Open 22 hrs/wk
(36.36% outside business hours)
Staff 1.64 (full time equivalent)
Computers 7 (6 public; 1 staff) Collection 17,840 items (est.)
Library Visits 16,640 (est.) Materials used in Library 4,316 (est.)
Computer Bookings 2,954 Circulation of Materials 41,525
Information Questions 1,345 Requests for Materials 2,199
Programs (no./attendance)
81 / 805
Summer Reading Club Members 77
Facility Profiles 2003/04
Tatamagouche Branch
Pop. served 3,150 (est.) Facility Size 682 sq. ft.
Open 23 hrs/wk
(30.43% outside business hours)
Staff 0.81 (full time equivalent)
Computers 2 (1 public; 1 staff) Collection 11,779 items (est.)
Library Visits 8,580 (est.) Materials used in Library 9,672 (est.)
Computer Bookings 623 Circulation of Materials 15,850
Information Questions 691 Requests for Materials 1,787
Programs (no./attendance)
6 / 294
Summer Reading Club Members 30
Truro Branch
Pop. served 35,585 (est.) Facility Size 9,000 sq. ft.
Open an average 47.5 hrs/wk
(42.56% outside business hours)
Staff 12.68 (full time equivalent)
Computers 38 (25 public; 13 staff) Collection 63,974 items (est.)
Library Visits 156,915 (est.) Materials used in Library 29,916 (est.)
Computer Bookings 35,949 Circulation of Materials 168,885
Information Questions 8,243 Requests for Materials 7,393
Programs (no./attendance)
501 / 8,823
Summer Reading Club Members 328
Meeting Room Bookings 455
Facility Profiles 2003/04
Mobile Library (April 1/03 - Dec 23/03)
Pop. served 17,520 (est.) 1993 Ford Diesel
Open an average 8.7 hrs/wk Staff 1.52 (full time equivalent)
Computers 2 (staff) Circulation of Materials 17,392
Library Visits 2,548 (est.) Requests for Materials 1,309
Programs (no./attendance)
99 / 2,427
Summer Reading Club Members 69
Stops 50 (44 community, 2 schools, 4 other, e.g. seniors’ buildings)
Regional Headquarters (Administration, Automated & Technical Services,
Reference & Outreach Services*, Requests & Interlibrary Loan Services, Youth
Services)
Pop. served 71,060
Facility Size 5,300 sq. ft.
Hours of Operation 42.5 hrs/wk
Staff 12.28 (full time equivalent)
Computers 16 + 3 servers for Truro Branch/HQ local area networks
Outreach Services collection and back-up collection for the region 25,985 books µfilm (est.) plus backfiles of magazines and newspapers
* Outreach Services expanded January 1, 2004 to include Books by Mail and Satellite Library Services in Bass River and Maitland
Library Staff 2003/04 (31.18 full-time equivalent)
Regional Headquarters/Truro Branch
Administrative Services
Regional Library Director Janet Pelley
Accounts Administrator Frances Dionne (on leave Sept 03 - Jan 04)
Administrative Assistant Shelley Mattix
Community Relations Coordinator Wendy Robichaud (on leave Oct 03 - Dec 03)
Administrative Clerk Dave Eagles
Web Design Project Coordinator Karen King (from Oct 03)
Public Relations Intern Michelle Grace (May-Aug 03)
Adult Services
Administrator, Adult &
Outreach Services Daphne Cragg
Reference Librarian Sandra Phillips
Adult Services Assistant Barbara Enns
Acquisitions Assistant Harriet McWhirter
Serials Assistant Janet McLellan
Interlibrary Loans Clerk Estelle Grajczyk
Requests Clerk Penny Colpitts
Youth Services
Administrator, Youth Services Lynda Marsh
Youth Services Assistant Mary Bruce Fisher
Youth Services Library Assistant Cathy Newton
Youth Services Clerks Susan LaPointe
Jean Thomas
Jocelyn Toms (on leave Apr 03; retired May 03)*
Janet Tuff (on leave Dec 03 - Mar 04)
Circulation Services
Adult Services Assistant Barbara Enns
Youth Services Assistant Mary Bruce Fisher
Circulation Clerks Dallas Manicom (on leave Oct 03 - Dec 03)
Sheryl Robinson
Jennifer Surette (Oct 03 - Mar 04)
Jean Thomas
Patricia Thorsen
Jocelyn Toms (on leave Apr 03; retired May 03)*
Library Staff 2003/04
Circulation Services (cont’d.)
Book Shelvers Anna Dorrington
Dave Eagles
General Clerks Lisa Loughead (to June 03)
Rebecca MacInnes (from Sept 03)
Elizabeth MacMichael (from Sept 03)
Shannon Mason (to Aug 03)
Sarah Porter (from Sept 03)
Amy Robben (to Apr 03)
Katy Schurman (to Aug 03)
Kathleen Sharbell (from Sept 03)
Katie Stewart (to June 03)
Bradley Thomas (from Sept 03)
Katherine Yorke
Automated & Technical Services
Administrator, Automated &
Technical Services Bill Morgan
Automated & Technical
Services Assistant Ardith Stiles
Systems Administrator Sylvia MacKenzie
Automated & Technical
Services Clerks Brenda Clark
Lori MacKenzie
Book Processors Brenda Clark
Anna Dorrington
Dave Eagles
Book Shelver Anna Dorrington
Outreach Services (from Jan 04)
Books by Mail Clerk Allister Mann
Satellite Services Clerk/Courier Allister Mann
Family Literacy Project
Coordinator Michelle Bowden
Building
Superintendent John Cameron
Library Staff 2003/04
Mobile Library (to Dec 03)
Mobile Library Assistant Marilyn MacWha (to Dec 03)**
Back-up Mobile Library Assistant Patricia Thorsen
Mobile Library Driver/Clerk Allister Mann
Elmsdale Branch
Branch Assistant Rosalind Morrison
Back-up Branch Assistant Karen King
Circulation Clerks Pam Eakin
Shelly MacDonald
General Clerks Patricia MacAulay
Ian MacIntyre
Stewiacke Branch
Branch Assistant Evelyn Caldwell
Back-up Branch Assistant Penny Colpitts
Circulation Clerks Pam Eakin
Linda Grant
Tatamagouche Branch
Branch Assistant Glenn Hamilton
Back-up Branch Assistant Bernadette Martin
* Jocelyn Toms retired after 27 years’ service
** Marilyn MacWha retired after 26 years’ service
COLCHESTER-EAST HANTS REGIONAL LIBRARY
Elmsdale Branch: 883-9838
753 Highway 2
Elmsdale, NS B2S 1A8
Tues. 10:00 am - 8:00 pm
Thurs. 1:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Fri. 1:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Sat. 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Stewiacke Branch: 639-2481
Stewiacke, NS B0N 2J0
Tues. 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Thurs. 10:00 am - 12:00 noon
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Fri. 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Sat. 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Tatamagouche Branch: 657-3064
Tatamagouche, NS B0K 1V0
Tues. 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Thurs. 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fri. 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Sat. 9:00 am - 12:00 noon
Truro Branch and Headquarters:
895-4183 (Circulation & Reference Services)
895-1625 (Youth Services)
895-0235 (Gates Learning Centre)
754 Prince St., Truro, NS B2N 1G9
Branch Hours September-May
Tues.-Fri. 10:00 am - 8:00 pm
Sat. 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sun. 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Branch Hours June - August
Tues.-Thurs.10:00 am - 8:00 pm
Fri. 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Sat. 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sun. Closed
Satellite Library Service schedule available on our website and at all branches.
Website: cehlibrary.ednet.ns.ca