Pickering Public Library's Winter 2018 Program Guide

2. The Minister of Finance visits the Library
and is impressed with technology training
and access for children.
New Technology programs, including
Virtual Reality and Coding.
Free job skills training, including SMART
Serve and First Aid through partnership
with Durham College.
Reading Garden opens with outdoor
storytime nook at George Ashe Library.
The Pickering Public Library Connect
Program offers internet training and
technologies (including hotspots)
throughout the community.
Satisfaction survey shows that Library
members are “wildly enthusiastic” about
their library.
Three new collaborative spaces
containing Smart TVs open at Central
Library.
Active Membership
Accounts
41,944
Visits to Branches
536,595
Total Items Borrowed
1,060,993
Digital Collection Use
231,173
Libraries Transform
“The Pickering library is
important to me as it
offers my children an
opportunity to read,
learn, and a place to
study. It would be helpful
if the library was
expanded alongside with
the growing community. ”
Email from Library client
Public Workstation Use
240,544
Technology Assistance
18,075
Pre-School Program
Attendance
10,168
Highlights
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Community Board Report 2017

3. 2016 Revenue
Board meetings are public and are held the 4th Thursday of the
month from September to June. Meeting minutes are available
online. Contact the board at board@picnet.org.
From the audited Financial statements of the City of Pickering
Public Library Board, December 31, 2016.
Dear Pickering Residents:
For several years, the Library Board has
informed the community that the expansion of
the Central Library is overdue. Our growing
community not only needs a bigger library, they
need a Library that will meet the needs of the
next generation of Pickering residents.
The next generation reads, thinks, and learns
differently, so a library that will meet their needs
must be different. A library that: lends more
than books; facilitates individual and group
productivity, through services such as
Makerspaces; supports the development of 21st
century competencies; and provides inspiring
public space that brings residents of all
backgrounds together.
Our excellent library staff have strived to bring
elements of innovation into our library system with
limited funding – such as our new reading garden, our
collaboration rooms, and technology programming for
all ages, but this is not enough. The Library Board has
seen examples of well supported libraries around the
world that have transformed and energized their
communities. Our community and the next generation
of library users deserve such a library. The Library
Board is advocating on your behalf, to make it happen.
Sincerely,
John Sabean,
Pickering Library Board Chair
Message from the Board
Total: $6,076,819
Fees & Other Receipts $176,500
Federal Support $6,865
Provincial Support $207,425
Municipal Support $5,686,029
“I think it is safe to say that the
more skilled workers and
educated people there are in
your community, city, province,
country, the better off we are. A
public Library such as Pickering
Public Library and resources it
has available to the community
is playing a big role in improving
our community.”
Your Pickering Public Library
John
Sabean
Ajay
Vashisht
Mary K
Anderson
Shashi
Bhatia
Ruvette
Coelho
Councillor
Ian
Cumming
Doodnauth
Sharma
Councillor
Maurice
Brenner
Sarah
Sheehy
Irene
Thomaidis
Why I Love the Library Campaign
Submission