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#301 Nparker

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Posted 13 December 2016 - 03:17 PM

...No security beams any more.

Can the librarians still fire phasers and launch photon torpedoes when necessary?



#302 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 13 December 2016 - 03:19 PM

Can the librarians still fire phasers and launch photon torpedoes when necessary?

 

After they get the launch code from a Commissionaire, yes.


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#303 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 17 January 2017 - 02:29 PM

After they get the launch code from a Commissionaire, yes.

 

Check that, Commissionaires lost the contract at the end of 2016.  I see it's Footprints now.


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#304 AllseeingEye

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Posted 17 January 2017 - 05:33 PM

Man I miss Ed Seedhouse; I'm sure he'd have plenty to add to this discussion.... :drillsergeant:


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#305 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 20 March 2017 - 04:12 PM

Sooke is getting a new $6M library, apparently.

 

https://sooke.pocket...-the-town-core/


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#306 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 26 May 2017 - 01:06 PM

Library Lane Launch

June 5 | Library Lane
Come experience the launch of Library Lane, the walkway between Fort and Broughton Streets at 11am. Library Lane will be animated with a pop-up library, OLiVe, the GVPL's literacy outreach vehicle, button-making, and DigiLab demos.

 


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#307 todd

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Posted 31 July 2017 - 02:37 PM

Does the Victoria Library use pesticides on their books? Got one that smells like it(I'm having trouble reading it) . I imagine bugs coming in with books is an issue they like the glue and whatnot.


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#308 Bingo

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Posted 31 July 2017 - 02:43 PM

Does the Victoria Library use pesticides on their books? Got one that smells like it(I'm having trouble reading it) . I imagine bugs coming in with books is an issue they like the glue and whatnot.

 

Bed bugs.  :badpc:



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Posted 31 July 2017 - 02:50 PM

Bed bugs.  :badpc:

 

It's a book on the Uplands if that helps.

 

Bed bugs.  :badpc:

 

Wouldn't that be book bugs?



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Posted 31 July 2017 - 04:01 PM

A reminder that your library card now gives you full access to Linda.com

This could translate into thousands of bucks worth of learning videos ... for free.

I've already accessed about $400.00 worth of training videos on a subject I've recently become interested in - gratis courtesy of my GVPL.

#311 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 31 July 2017 - 04:03 PM

What subject? Feather riling?

J/k

Seems kinda cool if these videos are useful.

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Posted 31 July 2017 - 04:57 PM

I guess I need a new library card.  Mine is from the mid 90's. 


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#313 Redd42

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Posted 31 July 2017 - 06:32 PM

It's a book on the Uplands if that helps.

 

 

 

Hey, my fellow Oak Bay person! I think we are reading the same book, also from the library. Just checked - my copy doesn't have a strange odor. 

 

So how are you finding the book, other than smell? I'm a little disappointed in it. Lots of filler it seems and the writing is very flowery. Think I will be skipping big sections of it.



#314 todd

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Posted 31 July 2017 - 09:21 PM

Hey, my fellow Oak Bay person! I think we are reading the same book, also from the library. Just checked - my copy doesn't have a strange odor. 
 
So how are you finding the book, other than smell? I'm a little disappointed in it. Lots of filler it seems and the writing is very flowery. Think I will be skipping big sections of it.


Up until I started feeling dizzy(possibly placebo effect) and put it in a plastic bag, I'm finding it interesting but definitely did a lot of skimming.

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Posted 20 October 2017 - 06:27 AM

James Bay library to open early next year at Menzies and Superior

http://victoria.citi...s-and-superior/


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Posted 04 November 2017 - 10:45 AM

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#317 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 04 November 2017 - 10:47 AM

So the community meeting room there, you can see how it will have after-hours access capability.


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#318 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 24 January 2018 - 11:49 AM

https://www.cheknews...library-410863/

 

 

After a public campaign to name the new library branch in James Bay, Victoria city council selected one with ties to local First Nations.

The name is sxʷeŋ’xʷəŋ taŋ’exw James Bay Branch, which was selected after consultation with the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations.

 

 

It's breathtaking how this council can screw up even the simplest of tasks.


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#319 nagel

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Posted 24 January 2018 - 11:52 AM

Not really a big deal.  The first part will go on the wall.  Anyone verbally will call it James Bay Branch.


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#320 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 24 January 2018 - 12:13 PM

Not really a big deal.  The first part will go on the wall.  Anyone verbally will call it James Bay Branch.

 

This is true.  But calling it the "James Bay Branch" then defeats the purpose of the new name.


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