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| 2010 Coming Events
Prince of Wales Library Open House - Drawings of new Branch Wednesday, March 10 6:30 to 8:30 PM Core Ritchie Neighbourhood Centre - Gym 445 - 14th Avenue See our News page RPL Home Lottery Ticket Purchase Deadelines Early Bird Draw – Sunday, March 28 Grand Prize Draw – Sunday, May 2 Library Budget before City Council April Saskatchewan Libraries Conference May 6-8 Evraz Place, Regina Regina Public Library Board Board Meetings Tuesdays at 4:30 PM January 26 - AGM Regular meetings: February 23, March 23, April 27 Boardroom, 2nd Floor, Central Library Contact FRPL The FRPL Board of Directors 2009-2010 Mail: FRPL, 2208 Rae Street, Regina, Saskatchewan, S4T 2E9 Telephone: (306) 790-8528 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it |
North Central Shared Facility
Plans are moving ahead for the North
Central Shared Facility to be
located at the site of Scott Collegiate. The Albert Library is part of
this project. The facility will provide services from a shared facility
focused on youth and families. The project is a partnership between
community, schools and service providers. In 2008, the project held a Learning Café on May 28 and a Design Festival on October 4. An Open House and BBQ was held on October 3, 2009 with displays and drawings of the new facility, and an opportunity to talk to project leaders and partner organizations. http://www.northcentralsharedfacility.ca/docs/NCSF_Postcard_final.pdf A report on the Design Festival, the Conceptual Building Designs and some Sustainable Building Concepts are available on the project website. http://www.northcentralsharedfacility.ca/index.html The shared facility idea has received general positive support. Although some residents are concerned about the plans to tear down the historic Scott Collegiate to make way for the new facility.Currently partner organizations are working out how the various programs to be in the facility can work together most effectively, and firming up the funding for the next phases of the project. For further information, contact the North Central Community Association. http://www.nccaregina.ca/index.php/article/north_central_shared_facility Prince of Wales Library at Core Ritchie Prince of Wales Library will be relocated to a new building attached to the Core Ritchie Neighborhood Centre. Because it is City property, public consultations were held in April 2009 about the location. The location was approved by the public at that meeting and was subsequently formally approved by the City. An architectural firm has been chosen - Resource Planning Group Inc. of Vancouver. (See http://rpg.ca) The Library held a second Public Meeting on October 7th. This was a visioning session to gather the ideas of community residents and RPL users about the library design. Drawings for the design of the new Prince of Wales Branch are now ready. They will be available for public viewing on Wednesday, March 10 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM at the Core Ritchie Neighbourhood Centre Gym at 445 - 14th Avenue. This is an opportunity for residents and library supporters to contribute to the planning of this new building and everyone is encouraged to attend. For further information, contact the Regina Public Library. http://www.rpl.regina.sk.ca/pow New Central Library - Concept Designs A major expansion of Central Library is being planned. On April 29, 2009 the RPL announced that it had hired P3 Architecture Ltd. http://www.p3arch.com and Harvard Developments Inc. http://www.harvard.ca of Regina to lead the redesign of Central Library. The plan will either replace or expand and renovate the current building. Currently a major mixed use development is envisioned. http://www.rpl.regina.sk.ca/central_library/index.html Over the summer there was an opportunity to participate in an on-line questionnaire. In August some very basic ideas for options of what the block would look like were presented. Diagrams were shown that had features such as a tall building to the west of Westminster Church, a building encircling the Federal Building on Smith Street, a building encircling or replacing the Mason’s Building, an office tower / condo west of the current Central Library, and a building completely replacing the current Central Library building. A further opportunity to comment on some more detailed concept designs was anticipated for late November. However the design firm is taking needed extra time to work with library staff to ensure that the size and lay-out of space will function well to serve library patrons and serve well as a work environment for library staff. In addition, because the project vision is large scale, extra time is also needed to determine funding partners, partners who may wish to locate in the building, and especially to hold discussions with the organizations in the block whose buildings or land would be part of the project or affected by the project. These key players include Knox-Metropolitan United Church, the Masons and the federal government. Public input is needed as this will be a major development changing the entire block bounded by Victoria Avenue, Lorne Street, 6th Avenue and Smith Street. It will affect the Mason’s Building, Westminster Church and the Federal Building. History Book Project - Full Steam Ahead! Many interesting stories are emerging from the interviews with former Library staff, and the Board minutes - starting back one hundred years ago! A DVD may also be produced. To date, the History Project has received funding support from:
For more details link to FRPL activities page Library Services Plan The RPL announced approval of a new Services Plan, in October 2009 SHOULD BE 2008, based on a review of services and some public meetings. These identified 4 areas of activity: reading, viewing and listening pleasure, early literacy and making the library a comfortable place for lifelong learning. http://www.reginalibrary.ca/blogs/index.php?blog=35 A concern of some library users is how and when certain service decisions are being made, how and when they are communicated to the public, and how their impact is measured. For example, the decision to eliminate the Library video collection and only lend DVD’s. Friends of the Dunlop Art Gallery Friends of the Dunlop Art Gallery introduced the Dunlop Advisory Board in the spring of 2008, consisting of members: Don List, Linda Payeur, Christine Ramsay and Rachelle Vader Knowles. |
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