Whatsnew

Watch For Our New Web Site -- Coming Soon!!

Here is a sneak-peek at our new banner. We are very excited about the new web site, coming in March...

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Our new logo will also be featured on the web site.

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Free Parking

Parking is free in the City Hall Parking Lot after 6:00 pm and on weekends.

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New! Culinary Database Available to WPL users

The Culinary Arts Collection includes 250 major cooking and nutrition magazines. Coverage includes thousands of searchable recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry information. Search from anywhere with your WPL card.

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The Main Library will be open Sundays beginning October 18, 2009 until April 25, 2010. (Closed December 27 and April 4).

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Free downloadable audiobooks are now available from The Welland Public Library! This service allows you to check out and download audiobooks anytime, anywhere. Offering popular fiction and non-fiction, our “Virtual Branch” has over 2600 titles, covering a wide range of genres and including juvenile and young adult titles. To view the collection, visit downloadcentre.library.on.ca.

This collection is brought to you by the Ontario Ministry of Culture, through Southern Ontario Library Service (SOLS) and Ontario Library Service-North (OLS-North).

More information is available about this new service.

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NEED HELP WITH YOUR SMALL BUSINESS?

A Business Information Officer from the St. Catharines and Area Enterprise Centre will be here on the second Tuesday of each month from 1:30 to 4:30 pm to assist you with your questions about starting or running your own small business.

Come in for a one-on-one consultation and get information on doing market research, business plans, and more.

Call 905-734-6210 x2521 to book an appointment, or drop in on the second Tuesday of the month.

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Check out the New Look!

iBistro at ...

Welland Public Library

We have recently updated the look of iBistro, our Library Catalogue. Check out the streamlined new look!

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JOIN A BOOK CLUB

These are some of the books we will be discussing this fall. Book clubs meet September to May. You are invited to attend just one or all of these sessions.

The Afternoon Book Club meets the third Wednesday of the month at 2:30 p.m.

The Evening Book Club meets the last Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m.

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Help Save the Planet!

The Library now offers book bags for just $2.00 each. These environmentally-friendly bags feature 3 side pockets and plenty of room for all of your checkouts. Get yours today!

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Now available for searching from the Library!

Proquest has partnered with MyFamily.com to create Ancestry Library Edition, one of the most important genealogical collections available today with unparalleled coverage of the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.

This resource is currently available from any public computer in the Library only. Drop in today and check it out!

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Library Newsletter

Check out the latest issue of "Boardwalk Banter"