The New Westminster Public Library is very pleased to announce that the Carbon Dioxide Monitors are now ready to borrow! CO2 monitors are super easy to use and provide interesting and accurate information for users about the concentration of CO2 in the air, which can be a useful tool to understand ventilation in an indoor […]
September 5, 2023 The New Westminster Public Library announces What Housing Means to Me, a photovoice exhibit running through the entire month of September 2023. The exhibit includes photographs and recorded stories of a number of women experiencing housing precarity and/or homelessness. The project was originally facilitated by Artist-Mentor photographer Mihailo Subotic with funding realized […]
RAIN AWAKENS – NEW WEST PUBLIC LIBRARY – RAIN PIERRE (SɬəMƏXw) Public Art Project Outline 2023 DETAILS: It is time to have your part in this amazing project in the library community! We are hosting an art competition for a collaborative public art project in the library with Rain Pierre. It is time to start […]
Beginning May 17, 2023, the New Westminster Public Library is launching an exciting new podcast recording service that will make it possible for members of the community to record and share their own stories and ideas through the creation of their very own podcasts. Podcasting has grown in popularity in recent years with more than […]
March 31, 2023 New Westminster Public Library has just been notified that it will receive a one-time, targeted Enhancement Grant of almost $200,000 from the BC Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Public Libraries Branch to be spent over three years. This is in addition to our annual Provincial Public Library Grant, which was increased in 2023 […]
Joining the ranks of several libraries across Canada, the New Westminster Public Library is thrilled to announce the launch of a Seed Library, beginning February 11, 2023. “We hope people will take some seeds, grow a garden however and wherever they are, then bring some of the seeds they produce back to us for sharing,” […]