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PAGE 12, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1979, WHITBY FREE PRESS Expanded building and services featured in library report The past year has been one of considerable expansion of premises and programs for the Whitby Public Library. The following is the 1978 report of Chief Librarian, Mrs. Anne Hope-Brown, which was presented at the library's annual meeting Jan. 24. The report provides a comprehensive outline of the library's development in 1978. * STEAK HOUSE 918 BROCK ST. N. WHITBY "THE HOME OF CHARBROILED STEAKS" ............... :ù%- For Sundays and Mondays ON L February 25 & 26 March 4 8 Dinner includes choice of chilled tomato juice du jour, or tossed salad. Baked potato with s cream and chives, rolls, butter, pickles and ol tea or coffee and ice cream,. Fuly Y &t 5 e, soup our ives, Majo r Credit Cardi As the year 1978 ends, the increased service made possible by. the new building, with its beautiful interior, expanded service, study and browsing areas, new auditiorium and film department, have continued to draw favourable 'comments and increased use. Time and again we havejieardthe remark "It's a happy place" -*"A nice atomoshere" - "Gives a good feeling." These remarks are very rewarding and we are all determined to continue to make the Whitby Public Library a pleasant friendly place to visit. There is né doubt that Whitby residents are using and enjoying their library in ever greater numbers. In spite of the fact that we were closed to the public for over three weeks while we set up shelves and moved thousands of books, our circulation this year in the Main Branch alone, increased by 11.7 per cent over last year. In the five years since we moved from the old Carnegie Library, circulation has gone up 56 per cent. While this figure included circulation of all materials, it did not begin to show the range and value of our total services to the public. The expansion of our film department into adequate space made it possible to increase this very popular service and the addition of new 16 mm and 8 mm films to the collection made. it possible to satisfy the needs of our borrowers and even to lend to other smaller libraries. We are indebted to Wintario for a grant to further increase our collection of Canadian films which would not otherwise have been possible. Late in the fall, a new service was added when a framed art print collection was started. Forty prints and frames were purchased from the Art Gallery of Ontario and borrowers now have the opportunity to take out a framed print on their library card to hang in.their home and enjoy for a period of six weeks. This service has become so popular that a further twelve prints have recently been added. Our Outreach Service continues to grow with the help of volunteers who faithfully take books and records to those persons unable to come to the library because of illness or other reason. Our collection of. large print books has been increased substantially this year and is a real boon to those who find it difficult to read regular print.'Service to Fairview Lodge, Whitby Jail and the Seniors Community Centre and apartments has increased. The Patients' library at the Whitby Psychiatric Hospital has been closed for the last few months for renovations, but when it reopens the Library is prepared to put in a collection of some 500 books to serve the borrowers in the Hospital. While this library was in operation in 1978, the number of books borrowed was greater than during the previous year. Our Reference Department has had even more demand this year from students, businessmen and others to research and answer questions and for specific reference material. Our collection has been substantially increased and integrated with the non-fiction collection, and professionally trained staff is always available. In addition, an information desk, set up in the browsing area. is handline reauests for infnr ,t g reuet fo infor tA~I1i fa CHORNEY MOTORS 146 BROCK STREET NORTH# WHITBY ACROSS FROM THE ROYAL HOTEL .LEAU...I..NC .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1974 DATSUN PICK UP 4' SPEED, RADIO, W/W, W/C. LIC. C75 762 $1995 1976 DATSUN PICK UP LONG WHEEL BASE, 4 SPD., RADIO, W/W, W/C & CAP. LIC. J51 757 $3195 1973 DODGE 1/2 TON PICK UP 6 CYL., AUTO., RADIO, WEST COAST MIRRORS, 2 TONE PAINT. LIC. L32909 $2195 1977 GMC %TON PICK UP HEAVY VUTY SUSPENSION, HEAVY DLITY BRAKES V-8AUTO P/S AIR DUELTANKS, 2 TONE PAINT, RADIO, WEST COAST MIR- RORS; 14,000 MILES. LIC. C90 458 $5995 1975 DODGE VAN LONG WHEEL BASE, 6 CYL., AUTO., W/C, RADIO, WEST COAST MIRRORS. LIC. C80 901 $2995 1973 FORD VAN V-8 AUTO., P/S, P/B, RADIO, W/C, WEST COAST MIRRORS, CERTIFIED. LIC. J40 257 $1795 1973 BUICK REGAL 2 DR.. V-8 AUTO., P/S, P/B, VINYL ROOF, W/W, W/C, SPLIT SEATS, RADIO,SPORT MIRRORS, BODY SIDE MOLDING. LIC. NNT 652 $2395 1975 DART SPORT COUPE V-8 AUTO., P/B, RADIO, W/W, W/C, STRIPES. LIC. JMK 596 $2395 ALL VEHICLES CERTIFi ED - MANY MORE TO CHOOSE FROM BANK FINANCING AVALABLE NO REASONABLE OFFER REFUSED 668-1725 THELITLLOTTHATDOËSA LOT" iluquaLz lu a olliillin 0o a Blood cic March 14 The first Red Cross blood donor clinic of 1979 in Whitby will be held March 14 from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Cana- general nature and a community resource file has been compiled to provide answers to questions regarding commu- nity resources available in the Whitby area. With the finishing and availability of the "Peter Perry Roorm", the library is now better able to safely house and display our growing collection of Canadiana and local history information. This is of particular interest to a number of persons who are interested'in the history of the town and in tracing their family tree. This year, again with the help of a Wintario grant, we added to our collection of microfiche by acquiring the Ontario Census from 1842, 1851 and 1861 (called the Census of Canada West) and 1871 (when it became the Ontario census). We also have the Canada census for 1961 and 1971. This is an important acquisition for our history collection. As our space does not allow us to keep back numbers of newspapers and as we are constantly being asked for articles in these back issues, we purchased the Globe and Mail newspapers from June, 1977 to Dec. 1978 on microfilm and the Financial Post for 1978. This year, we added Polish books to our multilingual collection through the courtesy of the National Library. Our multilingual collection now consists of Dutch, German, French, Italian, Maltese, Ukranian and Polish books. We also added Dutch to our collection of Linguaphone language courses for those borrowers who wish to learn a language on- their own. We have courses in French, German, Italian, Spanish and now Dutch. New members registered this year in the Main Branch, totalled 3,374, while in Brooklin, 394 people joined the library. Circulation in the Main Branch increased 23,501 or 11.7 per cent over last year's record. The overall circulation figure for the Main Library amounted to 224,768. This includes all media circulated, as well as services to shut-ins, seniors, hospitals, prison, schools, retarded children and other groups, and books and films loaned to other libraries. In Brooklin, the total circulation amounted to 48,525 an increase of 4,444 over last year, due in no small part to the enthusiasm and hard work of the Branch Head and her staff. Thus the grand total circulation for 1978 amounted to 273,353. We were particularly gratified with the large increase in circulation to children. This year's purchase of books in the Main Library totalled 6,891 or 849 more than last year, as we attempted to upgrade our collection. In this respect I would again like to acknowledge a grant from our Central Ontario Regional Library to help purchase reference books so necessary in our new library. Our total paperback collection in the Main Library was this year increased by 3,400 to a total after discards, of 7,809. We added 457 records and tapes this year and discarded 159, bringing the total collection to 1,409. Pamphlets, maps newspapers and periodicals were increased and our government document collection grew from 1,116 to 1,588. This collection is being used constantly and is an important source of up-to-date reference material onFederal, Provincial and Municipal Government. The number of books loaned to other libraries in the region amounted to 1,105 this year. Whitby continues to be an important part of CORLs inter-library loan service as a bibliographic centre for the Eastern Central Ontario Region Library. Contd on P.,13 Carnival salutes children dian Legion Hall on Byron Whitby's 1979 County Town Street South. All blood Carnival will salute the donors are reminded to at- children 0f the world, the tend this clinic. carnival committee decided KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS i WBINGOi CABLE CHANNEL 10 4 BIG GAMES EVERY WEDNESDAY I I UP TO $375.00 IN PRIZES 3 for $1.00 (.50 each) I LAST WEEKS WINNERS I J. MONRO, BWMANVILLE J. WDJCIH, OSHAWA P. GRAME, OSHAWA P. BAILEY, OSHAWA R. SANTOMERO, BOWMANVILLE I GRAND PRIZE WINNERS I E. ZER F, OSHAWA BINGO CARDS AVAILABLE AT. County Bowl - 118 Byron St. N., Whitby Baskin-Robbins - Safeway Plaza, Whitby -Oshawa Meat Products & Delicatessen > - 1818 Dundas St. E., Whitby I I Shorty's Cigar Store - 121 Brock St. N., Whitby I * Shorty and Son Billiards - 130 Dundas St. W., Whitby * * Bailey Pharmacy - Brock St. S., Safeway Centre Jury & Lovel Drug Store - Whitby Plaza 317Brock St. S. Whitby Glass & Mirror - 210 Brock St. S. ,Urmmmuunammmm.nmum at its recent annual meeting. The theme, for which the exact wording will be settled at the next meeting, coin- cides with the International Year of the Child, which is being celebrated this year. Most of last year's execu- tive were re-elected for 1979 at the annual meeting. General Chairman is George Heath; Assistant General Chairman, Robin Lyon and Ken Corner; Executive Director, Jack Woodward; Secretary- Treasurer Mildred Woodward; and Past- President John McIvor. Directors are: Margaret Boyce, John Goverde, Gord Hanna, Bert Heaver, Claude Schembri, Brian Winter, Jim Connors, P. McCabe, Ross Law, Dot Heath, Charles Misfud, Dave Sarookanian, R. Scott, F. Webster, Tom' Wilcox, John Jeffries and Elizabeth Moore. The Durham Regional Police intend to have a tug of war again this year, and want to take on local groups or service clubs in a round- robin tournament. Anyone interested may call Con- stable Leaith at 579-1520, ext. 322. The Royal Canadian Legion will hold another dart tournament this year, and last year's horse show will be repeated. The next meeting of the carnival committee is March 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the munici- pal building. M Il