The Brossard Georgette-Lepage Library is offering several types of activities for young and old during this special week.
The 25th edition of Quebec Public Library Week, which runs from October 14 to 21 under the theme You’ve changed. Your libraries too!is designed to highlight the evolving social role of public libraries in their communities. To mark the occasion, the Georgette-Lepage Brossard Library is offering activities for all ages and tastes.
Evolution of the Georgette-Lepage Brossard Library
The avant-garde and visionary Georgette-Lepage Brossard Library has renewed itself over the years, offering a variety of innovative activities and services for all types of clientele, such as its Histoire au bout du fil program, STEM activities, francization visits and board game collection; as well as redeveloping its youth sector and adding new facilities, such as Espace SODA (for 12 to 17 year-olds), Fab Lab (digital fabrication laboratory), Espace PLUS (for caregivers and visually impaired users) and Espace Bouvry (insects and butterflies from around the world).
There’s also a wide range of digital resources for reading books and magazines, as well as for research, learning and relaxation. It is part of the Quebec public library network that offers answeratout.ca, a virtual reference service, and shares the historical heritage of the City of Brossard through its Brossardana en images platform.
“During Public Library Week, I’d like to highlight the excellence of the Brossard Georgette-Lepage library, which offers a wide range of activities and services for toddlers and older children alike, ensuring that citizens enjoy using it on a regular basis,” says Mayor Doreen Assaad.
Activities for young and old!
Several activities will take place at the Brossard Georgette-Lepage library during this week:
- stories in Mandarin and English for children ;
- DIY horror stickers and make-up workshop for teenagers ;
- 3D photo printing workshop for ages 12 and up;
- author talk with Francis Ouellette ;
- NFB film with En attendant Raïf;
- conference on how to be better informed in the age of social networks ;
- virtual reality workshop for seniors .
Primary school pupils are also invited to use their creativity to create a drawing as part of the Draw me the library of the future competition from October1 to 31. Will a robot greet customers, will indoor gardens stand alongside books, will there be a library in an REM carriage? It’s up to young people to show us!
For more information on the competition and the various activities offered by the library, visit Public Library Week.
About Quebec Public Library Week
This annual event, created in 1999, is an opportunity to highlight the province’s public libraries as places of culture open to all. The Week is organized by the Quebec Public Library Association (QPLA) and its partners Bibliopresto, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) and Réseau BIBLIO du Québec (RBQ).
The full program for Quebec Public Library Week is available at semainedesbibliotheques.ca.
Bottom left: part of the board game collection available for borrowing at the library.
