Cancellation reminder
Cancellation reminder
Winter weather reminder: If the weather is bad, or expected to change for the worse, please check our website or call ahead to your local library before heading out. In the event of any cancellations of AVRL open hours, a red "Cancellations" button will be posted on our website to take you to the cancellations page.
Visiting Your Library Safely
Visiting Your Library Safely
New restrictions will be in place for Annapolis Valley Regional Libraries beginning December 22 and continuing to at least January 31. Visits will be limited to 30 minutes per person per day. Maximum of 10 visitors at a time. Library Take-Out is available. In-person programmes have been paused until at least January 31. Please do not visit the library if you are unwell. For a complete list of library operations, procedures, and protocols, visit our RenewYourCuriosity.ca website.
COVID-19 & Wellness Information
COVID-19 & Wellness Information
Information on COVID-19, including Health & Wellness: Nova Scotia Government updates - Updates and advice from Nova Scotia health professionals Nova Scotia COVID-19 vaccination clinics - Overview of vaccination clinics. Nova Scotia COVID-19 Immunization Record - You can securely access your COVID-19 immunization record. Your record will be updated after each immunization. You'll need your Health Card Number to complete the process. 811 Information - Online assessment, when to call, symptoms, and other information Masks - Mandatory in indoor public places in NS. This link has how-to videos and information. 211 - Access to help and support in your community. Nova Scotia Mental Health Association - Support, programs, and services across the province. Wellness information from NSHA - Comprehensive information about staying well, prevention, and living a healthy life NS Health Authority - Free online wellness tools Canadian Mental Health - Wellness hub includes information on COVID-19 Public Health Agency of Canada - Current situation on Coronavirus in Canada Government of Canada: Coronavirus updates - Outbreak updates, symptoms, travel advisories, and more.
Winter Reading Challenge
Winter Reading Challenge
The Annapolis Valley Regional Library's Read for a Better World Winter Reading Challenge runs from January 1 to February 28 and encourages readers of all ages to explore diversity, empathy, and action through literature. We challenge you to read at least 20 hours and keep track of your reading on our Beanstack site. This is an all-ages reading challenge, and there are some great prizes to be won! For every hour of reading logged, you'll earn a ticket that can be used to enter one of five prize draws. Extra tickets can be earned by completing Winter Reading Challenge Activities. We have three different Reader Bundles up for grabs and some other fun prizes too. Enter all of your tickets in one draw, or spread them around. It's up to you! Here’s what you need to do:1. Sign up for Beanstack (or log in if you already have an AVRL Beanstack account),2. Join the Read for a Better World Winter Reading Challenge (you can register before January 1 if you like).3. Start logging your reading minutes. Ready to register? Let’s go! New to Beanstack? Find out a bit more here.
Rapid COVID-19 Test Kit MOBILE PICKUP SITES
Rapid COVID-19 Test Kit MOBILE PICKUP SITES
AVRL will be assisting NS Health with the distribution of Take-Home COVID-19 rapid testing kits to our communities. These kits will be available at Mobile Pickup Locations only, and not through the library facilities. The kits will be available at our Mobile Pickup Locations at the following dates and times this week: Wednesday, January 26th, 12:00-3:00pm. Berwick Town Hall (back parking lot) 236 Commercial Street. This will be a drive through pickup location. Supplies are limited, but new kits are expected to ship from NS Health every week. This page will be updated with weekly pickup locations, dates, and times once we have the kits in hand. Why Mobile Pickup Locations? We are in a very different situation now than we were when we distributed kits in December. With the reintroduction of restrictions like physical distancing, enhanced indoor traffic flow controls, and reduced occupancy limits, many of our libraries would not be able to offer these kits safely. Additionally, many of our facilities would struggle to manage increased traffic, lineups, etc. Our Mobile Pickup locations will be chosen through consultation with our municipal partners in order to provide the safest experience for the public and our staff. For further information on testing and staying safe, please visit the Nova Scotia COVID-19 webpage: https://www.nshealth.ca/coronavirus
AVRL Virtual Program Space
A Matter of Equality: Hon. Don Oliver
AVRL Virtual Program Space
A Matter of Equality: Hon. Don Oliver
February 15th (Tue)7:00pm to 8:15pm
A Webinar and Q & A Celebrating African Heritage Month - Through Our Eyes: The Voices of African Nova Scotians The Annapolis Valley Regional Library, with the Hon Don Oliver CM ONS QC, bring to you this online presentation of the long awaited autobiography of the former Canadian Senator. A Matter of Equality: The Life’s Work of Senator Don Oliver examines the legacy of the first man, and the second Canadian, to bring the Black experience directly to the upper house. Lawyer, and outspoken spokesperson for diversity and minority advancement, A Matter of Equality details his life as a Black man working, within the system, to bring change to Nova Scotia and beyond. Growing up in the only Black family in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Donald Oliver felt duty-bound to honour his great-grandparents, who had fled slavery in the US. His family's fundamental creed was; work hard, be humble, love the Lord, and do all you can to help other people. Donald Oliver would go on to embody those values in a big way. Now retired, he looks back at a life lived in service to others. In his own careful and thoughtful words, he examines his days as a lawyer, social activist, teacher, and his twenty-three years of service as a member of the Senate of Canada. Register HERE for this Zoom Webinar. Once you have registered, you will receive an email with a link to join the webinar.
Today @ The Library
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Activities are all-ages unless otherwise noted: Teens Kids
New Adult Fiction and Non-Fiction Books
Adult Non-Fiction Books
The art of picnics : seasonal outdoor entertaining
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Adult Non-Fiction Books
Hard work pays off
Transform your body and mind with the definitive guide to building peak strength, endurance, and speed, from the five-time CrossFit Games champion...
Adult Non-Fiction Books
Black Joke : the true story of one ship's battle against the slave trade
A groundbreaking history of the Black Joke , the most famous member of the British Royal Navy's anti-slavery squadron, and the long fight to end the...
Adult Fiction Books
All I want : a novel
The New York Times bestselling author of A Simple Favor brings her "sly, satirical, subversive" (L.S. Hilton, author of Ultima ) prose to a pitch-...
Adult Fiction Books
The final case
From the award-winning, best-selling author of Snow Falling on Cedars-- a moving father-son story that is also a taut courtroom drama and a bold...
Adult Fiction Books
Joan is okay : a novel
A witty, moving, piercingly insightful new novel about a marvelously complicated woman who can't be anyone but herself, from the award-winning author...
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