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175 Indian Road,
Kitchener, ON N2B 2S7
Phone: (519) 896-1736
Fax: (519) 896-1736
 Wheelchair Accessible
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Please address
postal mail for all KPL locations c/o:
Kitchener Public Library
85 Queen Street North
Kitchener, ON N2H 2H1
By
Bus
# 1 Stanley Park (Route Map)
# 3 Ottawa South / Idlewood (Route Map)
# 17 Heritage Park (Route Map)
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to our location
Hours
of Operation
Contact: Do you have
a comment, question or suggestion about the Grand
River Stanley Park Community Library? Please contact
our Branch Manager Chris
Schnarr.
Branch
Profile
The Grand River Stanley
Park Community Library opened on May 21, 2002.
Following more than a year of discussions and
planning, Kitchener Public Library and Waterloo
Region District School Board have jointly constructed
an integrated Community Library / Learning Resource
Centre at the Grand River Collegiate Institute.
Benefits
of the Partnership
The Waterloo Region
District School Board and Kitchener Public Library
share similar missions: to educate and inform
our community. Together we met the Literacy challenge
our community faces, and promote Life Long Learning
for all age groups.
Community
Library Services
KPL will provide
the full suite of collections and services presently
available at all other community library locations.
This library, like each of the community libraries
will respond to community-specific information
needs, through relevant collections, programming
and services.
What
We Offer
Class
Visits
Teachers, Day Care
providers and Home Schoolers are welcome to book
a time for their charges to visit the library.
Children will be introduced to what the library
has to offer and will enjoy a special story time
and a tour of the Branch.
Teachers can also
request an instructional session for their students
on how to use the Library Catalogue for research
projects.
In June, KPL programming
staff is also available to go out to schools to
promote our Summer Reading Club and summer programs.
To find out more
or to book a class visit, please contact our children's
programmer, Karen Junker 896-1736.
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Volunteer
Opportunities
The Grand River Stanley
Park Community Library provides a variety of volunteer
opportunities.
For more information
on these volunteer opportunities or to apply to
become a volunteer at the Branch, please click
here
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Internet
Access
The Grand River Stanley
Park Community Library offers access to the Internet
on a number of workstations. There are stations
available for use both on an express basis or
for a longer period of time.
If you are new to
using the Internet and would like to learn about
the basics of searching we can arrange a one-on-one
instructional session with one of our trained
Internet Volunteers.
To find out more
information, to book time to use a computer or
to request an instructional session please call
896-1736.
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Gates
PC
Thanks to a generous
donation from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
and the Urban Community Access Program, the Grand
River Stanley Park Community Library is able to
offer a PC workstation available for use by the
public.
The workstation has
the following software installed: Windows 2000,
Word 2000, Excel 2000, PowerPoint 2000, Publisher
2000 as well as Internet Explorer 6.0 (filtered
access).
If using one of the
software products listed above, customers may
sign up once a day for a maximum of one hour up
to 24 hours in advance either in person or by
phone. Printing from the Gates PC costs $.15 per
page plus PST (black and white only).
Trained volunteers
are available to provide a one-on-one basic orientation
to any of the products available on the Gates
PC if arranged in advance.
For more information
or to book a time to use the Gates computer or
arrange an orientation to any of the Gates products,
please call 896-1736.
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KidTech
The Grand River Stanley
Park Community Library has two KIDTECH computer
workstations for children to enjoy. These computers
are loaded with many educational and entertaining
software products. Youngsters can sign up for
a half hour session up to 24 hours in advance
in person or by calling 896-1736.
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Meeting
Room Rental
The Grand River Stanley
Park Community Library has two meeting rooms available
for rent by individuals or organizations. The
larger Meeting Room holds a maximum capacity of
40 people. The smaller Seminar Room will comfortably
seat 15 people. Equipment such as an overhead,
data or slide projectors are available upon request
at an additional cost.
For more information
or to book the Meeting Room or Seminar Room please
call 896-1736. Click
here for rental rates.
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Free
Parking
The Grand River Stanley
Park Community Library customers can enjoy free
parking at any time of day in our shared parking
lot with GRCI.
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Circulating
Magazines
The Grand River Stanley
Park Community Library subscribes to over 90 newspapers
and magazines. Adults, children and young adults
of all ages are sure to find something of interest
from our selection of periodicals.
Children's magazines
at the Branch can be signed out for a one week
loan period. Adult magazines, with the exception
of the current issue, also circulate for 7 days.
The Branch keeps one year of back issues of each
title for customers to enjoy!
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Juvenile
French Collection
The Grand River Stanley
Park Community Library has a circulating collection
of children's French materials including fiction,
non-fiction, picture books and videos. Children
in French immersion at area schools make great
use of this growing collection.
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Computer
Lab
The Grand River
Stanley Park Community Library features a computer
lab. The 19 computers in the lab belong to the
Waterloo Region District School Board and are
used by the GRCI students during school hours.
Members of the public may apply for a computer
lab account to use these computers in the evenings
and on Saturdays.
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