Oakville Newspapers

Oakville Beaver, 20 Oct 1993, p. 17

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Oct INFO database gives library access to four million titles November, INFO, the Information Network for Ontario will be availâ€" able at Central Library, This CDâ€"Rom database, provides access to over four million titles located in 200 public libraries throughout the province. INFO will show which library owns the publiâ€" cation vyou need: then interlibrary INFO 0 99 _ sm16et BONUS! BONUS! O Now learn the latest crafting techniques from the experts. O It‘s fun & easy to do â€"Simply check the class schedule in your White Rose store & preâ€"register at least 48 hrs. prior to class. is coming to Oakville. In HERE IS A LISTING OF THE UPCOMING CLASSES: THURS. OCT. 21, 7PM â€" JEWELLERY MAKING WITH FRIENDLY PLASTIC SUN. OCT 24, 2PM â€" FABRIC PAINTING A SWEATSHIRT TUES. OCT. 26, 7PM.â€"LEARN TO CROSS STITCH... MONOGRAM A TOWEL THURS. OCT. 28, 7PM â€" DECORATE A BASKET WITH SPANISH MOSS & FLOWERS SUN. OCT. 31, 2PM â€" MARBLEIZING... THE ART OF FAUX FINISHING 950ml PODGEâ€"IT LOWEST PRICES GUARANTEED! Or we pay the difference on any advertised special _ â€" plus 10% on the spot! Nus! Wednesdays are '| double seniors NUS: _ discount days! Seniors get 10% off our Everyday Low Price every Wednesday! Must be IEII PMAILEd ' pay the difference # â€" advertised special s 10% on the spot! dentca ns UNBEATABLE PRICES Me\ngcsallzgrand l l . access to information. Innovations such as INFO are not new in Oakville. The Oakville Public Library is one of the driving forces in the creation of a Haltonâ€" loan will deliver that item to your neighbourhood branch. Ontario‘s INFO is an important first step in the creation of a telecommunicaâ€" tions highway which will increase MN(n GLUE# /\ | STICKS Sign u’p now & receive a free Pift! Register for weekly Kids Craft Classesâ€" $2.00ea. includes all materials. Schedule of events & classes at each store. Participates earn & C receive points for free gifts! s JOIN US FOR THE FUN! Network from a library home, school or office via a computer and modem. Last year the former Ontario Ministry of Culture and Communications presented HALINET, the service portion of this Network, with $50,000 in fundâ€" ing for this project. One of the first services on the Haltonâ€"Wide Community Information Network will be the Network which should be up and runnineo by the spring of 1994. S "*v‘?:,-} WOVENDESIGN Saturday & Sunday October 23 & 24 10 a.m. â€" 5 p.m. 1472 Constance Dr. 845â€"1291 $ C % . KX h â€"9 -'(,_ [ «l? B We Open House & Sale Lakeshore Ad THE OAKVILLE BEAVER > BEAD , LOOM 3rd Annual Cornwall Ad Royal Windsor , Constance Dr. ST ... Best Quality ... Best Selection ... Best Service u11â€" For Over 35 Years! holdings of Halton Region‘s four public library systems (Burlington, Halton Hills, Milton and Oakville). Not only will users be able to see which items each system owns, they‘ll also be able to tell whether the item is in the library or on loan. In stages, the Network will add access to other libraries‘ holdings, government, health and nutrition information, the files of individual community information centres and forums for public discussion. Public libraries have always been in the information business. Today Join Us For The Fun! _ COFFEE‘S ON US !! _ CROSS STITCH â€" Oct. 20 CREATING NESTED SHAPE SETS â€" Oct. 21. WINDOW ART â€" Oct. 22 INDOOR FOUNTAINS â€" Oct. 24 FLORAL ARRANGEMENT IN A BASKET â€" Oct. 26 HOW TO MAKE A CLOCK â€" Oct. 27 MAKING JUMBO POM CRITTERS â€" Oct. 28 o â€" Learn the newest crafts. o â€" Easy to follow handsâ€"on demonstrations. o 9 Demonstrations per week. in MEET YOUR CRAFT CONSULTANT! Come & meet the ladies in ‘the know‘! Inquire about the latest crafts & ‘how to‘ create professional looking projects . FOLK ART n PAINT we‘re using technology and partne ships to expand excess to a broad range of information. Here are sor of the newer services at Oakville Central Library. Q Several types of CDâ€"Ro products offer efficient electror reference information and retriev General Periodicals On Dis and management information from over 8,000 Canadian companies. Information can be printed or downâ€" loaded onto a floppy disc. Canadian NewsDisc contains the fullâ€"text of include Complete articles are available from 400 of these, with abstracts availâ€" able for the rest. Compact Disc Canada, features extensive financial six Canadian newspapers. Canadian Business and Current Affairs offers indexing to Canadian magazines. _V By January of 1994, Information Oakville community information files will be available through inâ€"library catalogue termiâ€" nals and via dialâ€"up access. This includes contact names and numâ€" bers for: agencies, recreational clubs, service groups, and self help groups. Q The Oakville History Collection at Central Library conâ€" tains a new product â€" Oakville eral types of CDâ€"Rom offer efficient electronic information and retrieval. Periodicals On Discs over 1500 magazines. articles are available from ese, with abstracts availâ€" broad« m Images. Although currently in the test stage, the Oakville Images database will contain items (phoâ€" tographs, deeds, letters) that were previously either inaccessible or available only on microfilm. For the first time, these local history items will be linked to the library‘s cataâ€" logue and readily retrievable from anywhere in Oakville. A grant from The Lawson Foundation funded Oakville Images which will be available to the public in January of 1994. "Maintaining relevance as a library system rests on our ability to plan for and respond to both a changing environment and the changing needs of users," said library director Eleanor James. "Keeping pace with changes in how information is made available helps us to keep pace with increased usage." In discussing these expanded serâ€" vices, Library Director Eleanor James says N Over the past three years Oakville‘s population rose 14%. For more information about NEVER AGAIN! facilities and library materials has increased almost 22%. Almost 70% of Oakville residents have and use their library cards. please contact Circulation of library materials increased 25%; the number of inforâ€" mation questions asked increased 32%;, and inâ€"library use of both the The Wat Amps believes it has a responsibitity to wam younget generations about the true horrors of war. Who better to recount the battles as they really happened than the veterans who experienced war firstâ€"hand? The NEVER AGAIN! videos provide historical accounts of Canada‘s participation in the First and Second World Wars and Korea. "In a war, everyone suffers... we must never let it happen again." yevt® agA For further information, please call the park office at (905) 827â€"6911. Bronte Creek Provincial Park is located north of the Q.E.W. between Oakville and Burlington. Take exit 109 north onto Burloak Drive. Park hours are 8:00 a.m. to dusk. Entrance fee is $6.00 per vehiâ€" cle and $3.00 for seniors or persons with disabilities. The War Amps National Headquarters 2827 Riverside Drive Offtawa, Ontario K1V 0C4 Tel.: (613) 731â€"3821 (Oftawa) or 1â€"800â€"268â€"8821 Charitable Registration No.: 02860881 0# All participants will be awarded a "Master Carvers" certificate! Two hundred and fifty pumpkin vouchers will be available at the park gate, on a first come first serve basis starting at 10:30 a.m. Limit of one pumpkin per vehicle. Carving will commence at 11:00 a.m. at the visitor centre and run throughout the day until 3:00 p.m. Bronte Creek Provincial Park, Sun., is holding its annual pumpkin carving extravaganza on Sunday, Oct. 24th. Pumpkin carving contest Sunday >‘No‘ ; sfi‘.‘eS proo" yee° 17

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