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Price, Adrienne

Adrienne Price, former librarian of BWG Public Library, now works as a volunteer since retirement.

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

Residents rescue Library

A newspaper article about the creation of the Gwen Taylor Memorial Library as a community library in Newtown Robinson. The library was conceived after the Newton Robinson branch of the Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library was closed.

"The Gwen Taylor Memorial Library is an example of what a community can achieve, when it pulls together. The community library in Newton Robinson was opened by residents of the hamlet, after the local branch of the Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library was closed by the Library Board..."

Bradford West Gwillimbury Times

Bond Head Booketeria a novel idea

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..."

Bradford West Gwillimbury Times

Library Founder's Day

"More than 50 library supporters gathered last week to pay tribute to those who originally brought library services to the Bradford Area. Dubbed Founder's Day, the event brought together staff and support workers both past and present, and featured a talk from library specialist Stan Beacock...Present library staff decided to invent their own 'holiday' to celebrate 37 years of Public Library service, and 127 years of library service..."

Bradford Times

Calling all Friends of the Library

"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..."

Bradford Times

Founder's Day Event Booklet

A booklet for a Founder's Day event at the Bradford Public Library on February 3, 1993 to "Celebrat[e] 37 Years of Public Library Service and 127 Years of Library Service in Bradford." It was researched and compiled by Librarian Adrienne Price.

The event shared history and had various guest speakers.

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

Bradford gets New 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..."

Bradford Gazette

Library News: Count Week

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..."

Bradford Weekly

"Count Week" at Bradford Public Library

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..."

Bradford Weekly

New Bradford library needs your help

A newspaper article about fundraising to raise funds for a new Bradford Public Library at 100 Holland Court.

"You may be wondering, as I did, why there's a need for fundraising activities for the new Bradford Public Library. Like the present library, the new one will be funded by the provincial government through grants and the town through municipal tax revenue. According to Ann Wag [Anne Wagg], chairman of the library fundraising committee, extra funds are used for the special things which do not come under a regular budget. That may be an extra purchase of books or a special piece of equipment..."

Bradford Weekly

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