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

"The last week of October was "count week" at the Bradford Public Library. Each year the province requires that we report on what happened during the year..."

"The Bradford West Gwillimbury Friends of the Library are now accepting applications for membership in the Friends...Currently the Friends are undertaking a fundraising raffle in order to support the computer automation project at the Library..."

Photograph of Bradford Public Library Staff and some of their family members having dinner at the Sikma residence. The photograph was taken during the staff Christmas party held on December 15, 1990. Handwriting in black ballpoint pen on the back identifies the date, location, event, and people in the photograph. From left and moving clockwise: Hans Reckler, Renate Reckler, Joe Sikma, Joanne Sikma, Anita Sikma, Lynn Flack, George Flack, Adrienne Price.

Photograph of Bradford Public Library Staff and some of their family members seated at the dining room table in the Sikma residence. The photograph was taken during the staff Christmas party held on December 15, 1990. Handwriting in black ballpoint pen on the back identifies the date, location, event, and people in the photograph. The people in the photo are (starting closest to the camera and moving clockwise): Lynn Flack, George Flack, Adrienne Price, Flora Nydam, Bruce Reynolds, Marilyn Reynolds, Hans Reckler, Renate Reckler, Joe Sikma, Joanne Sikma, Anita Sikma. Not depicted (taking the picture): Heidi Chard (Northover).

Photo of Bradford Public Library staff, posing on the stairs inside of the home of Anita Sikma. The photograph was taken during the staff Christmas party hosted in the Sikma residence on December 15, 1990. Handwriting in black ballpoint pen on the back identifies the location, date, and people in the photograph. From left-right and top-bottom: Heidi Chard (Northover), Anita Sikma, Flora Nydam, Marilyn Reynolds, Lynn Flack, Adrienne Price.

Photo of Bradford Public Library staff, posing on the stairs inside of the home of Anita Sikma. The photograph was taken during the staff Christmas party hosted in the Sikma residence on December 15, 1990. Handwriting in black ballpoint pen on the back identifies the location, date, and people in the photograph. From left-right and top-bottom: Heidi Chard (Northover), Anita Sikma, Flora Nydam, Marilyn Reynolds, Lynn Flack, Adrienne Price.

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)

"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..."

A newspaper clipping about a Library book sale.

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..."