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A newspaper article about "Count Week" at the Bradford Public Library.

"Each year, for one week, it is necessary for libraries to survey the use made of the library, as part of a report to the province..."

"The Bradford Public Library has a new Chief Executive Officer. Alannah Hegedus was appointed CEO on June 6th, and already has an idea of the direction in which she would like to see library services expand...She hopes to evaluate the collection and fill in any gaps, particularly in non-fiction and reference categories..."

Birdie Webb on her last day working at the Bradford Public Library.

Gertrude Melbourne, librarian of Bradford from 1967 - 1975.

Photograph of the ribbon cutting for the opening of Bradford Public Library on Holland Court, the location prior to the current library on Holland Street.
In doorway, left to right: William DePeuter (Mayor), Hon. Charles T.S. Evans (Chairman of Fundraising), Adrienne Price (Librarian)

CEO Liz Fenwick showing Mayor Frank Jonkman how to remove fines on the new catalogue at the Bradford Public Library.

Library CEO Liz Fenwick showing Frank Jonkman the new computerized catalogue at the Bradford Public Library.

From left at the Bradford Public Library returns counter: Pat Storey, Frank Jonkman, Library CEO Liz Fenwick.

An article about the creation of a "Booketeria" in order to help provide library services to the Bond Head area.

"What is a Booketeria? It's a self-serve mini-library, a new and innovative way to make library resources more available in a small community. With the help of the Bond Head Post Mistress Judith Baguely, room was found in the tiny Bond Head Post Office for shelving that holds approximately 450 paperback books, ranging from adult titles to kids' literature, and from romance and murder mysteries, to the latest works by Canadian authors..."

A newspaper article about "Count Week" at the Bradford Public Library.

"...If you visited the Bradford Public Library during the week of October 27 - 21 you counted for something. The annual statistics 'Count Week' was held at the library and almost everything that happened was tallied up. Adrienne Price the librarian, needed all those numbers to fill out the annual statistics form based on a s sample week of activities in the library..."