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March Break - Full STEAM Ahead All aboard! We are Full STEAM Ahead for March Break 2022, bringing you online programs and kits that focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Math. Get on track and learn about: growing vegetables from seed, crystal chemistry, outer space, circuits, coding and more! Check out our full list of programs below!
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Closed Friday, March 4thAll of our branches will be closed for a Staff Training Day. Our Virtual Library is always open. Please return your items to our drop box.
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Seed Library - All Branch LocationsOpens Saturday, April 2ndLet the growing begin! Stop by any one of our three library branches to borrow seeds to grow at home this year. Flowers - Vegetables - Fruit - Herbs. Try something new! Once you have made your selection, you can check them out at the desk just like any other library materials - only there will be no due date - and they are yours to keep or share. When you harvest in the fall, we would be happy to receive a donation of seeds to add back into our Library.
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NEW Teen Volunteer Opportunities We are happy to offer some new volunteer options for teens to earn their community service hours! Teen Knitters, Fundraisers, Gardeners, Gaming Leaders, Community Ambassadors, Reviewers, Program Helpers, and our Adopt a Shelf Program. These are In addition to our regular opportunities: Shelf Reading, Cricut Machine and Community Outreach
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Access E-Books, Audiobooks & Magazines thousands of titles at your fingertips! All of your online reading or listening needs in one place!
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Print your Vaccine Receipt for FREE! Available at all locations Visit our Bewdley or Gores Landing Branch - or come up to the Computer Lab on the 2nd floor of the Cobourg Library. Login to one of our public computers, or ask staff for assistance to print up to 2 copies of your vaccine receipt for free! Remember to bring your green Health Card with you.
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Garden Giveaway Tuesday, March 1st to Tuesday, March 29th Let us know your favourite flower, herb, vegetable or fruit to be entered to win! Three ways to enter - Facebook, Instagram, or in the Youth Area of the Cobourg Library.
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Cobourg Winter Festival at the Library Saturday, March 5th Visit the Cobourg Branch and find all of the snowflakes hidden in the children’s department to win a prize. Create your own colourful scratch art bookmark to brighten up your reading. Before you leave the Library, make sure to look for our winter Outdoor Book Walk located on the Rotary Room windows.
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Houseplant Swap Saturday, April 2nd - 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Drop by the Reading Room at the Cobourg Public Library. Bring a plant or take a plant! Then stop at our Seed Library to borrow vegetable, fruit, herb or flower seeds to plant and enjoy this growing season. Be sure to let our staff know how many packages of seeds you take home - so we can track how many seeds were borrowed.
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Storytime with Library Lexy Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. - March 3rd, 10th, 17th & 24th Join Library Lexy and her trusted sidekick Biblio for songs, rhymes and stories! New videos posted every Thursday at 10:00 a.m. You can also find us on YouTube for songs, rhymes, draw & tells, puppets and more (due to copyright regulations we cannot post read-alouds on YouTube).
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Paper Bag Princess Week Activities Monday, February 28th to Saturday, March 5th Pick up a Paper Bag Princess Take & Make Kit, filled with goodies and activities starting Monday, February 28th. Pick up your kit at any one of our 3 locations, while supplies last. Available on a first-come-first-served basis. Enjoy our colouring station at the Library where you can design your own crown. Watch Library Lexy tell the story of the Paper Bag Princess with the help of her puppet friends on our YouTube page and in our Facebook group Storytime with Library Lexy. Watch author Robert Munsch read the book "The Paper Bag Princess" with the help of his daughter and grand-daughter: https://youtu.be/Dzju9yRmme0
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Coding Club Engineering Outreach within the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at Ontario Tech University is proud to present in partnership with Cobourg Public Library virtual WEMADEIT Coding Clubs. This March students in grades 1-12 are able to sign up ( calendar.cobourg.ca/library) for the Coding Clubs. Our virtual WEMADEIT Coding Club aims to introduce participants to the fundamentals of coding. Grade 1-3: Intro to Coding BasicsSaturday, March 12th - 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Grade 4-6: Intro to Block CodingWednesday, March 2nd - 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 pm. Grade 7-8: Intro to Codes & CiphersWednesday, March 9th - 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 pm. Grade 9-12: Advanced Codes & CiphersTuesday, March 15th - 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
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I Spy Monday, March 11th until Sunday, March 20th Visit any of our three branches to find the astronauts, innovators, scientists, engineers and other STEAM leaders hidden in the children’s section. Find them all to get something from our prize machine!
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Paper Helicopter - Take & Make KitPick-up starting Friday, March 11th This kit includes the supplies needed to make your very own paper helicopter! Home supply needed: Scissors. No registration required. Available on a first come, first served basis. Pick up your kit at any one of our three locations.
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LEGO Challenge - Ages 0 to 12 Monday, March 11th until Sunday, March 20th Put on your master builder hat and make something out of building blocks. We want to see your imagination come to life! Enter to win a prize by sharing your pictures with us! Enter by: Posting a picture of your build on social media and tagging us @CobourgPL or #YourCobourgPL Or send us pictures of your build by email to: rspence@cobourg.library.on.ca You can build with any kind of blocks, it doesn't have to be Lego. Don’t have Lego? No problem! Check out one of our Borrow and Build Lego Sets with your library card. Winner will be announced Monday, March 21st. You must be able to pick up your prize in person at the Library.
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Grow your own Pizza Garden - Take & Make Kit Pick-up Kit starting Friday, March 11th Grow your own tomatoes, basil & oregano to make delicious pizza at home! No registration required. Available while kits last. Video tutorial available on Monday, March 14th on YouTube.Pick up your kit at any one of our three locations.
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Learn with Library Lexy: Grow your own Pizza Garden Monday, March 14th at 9:00 a.m. Join local expert Lisa, from the Cobourg Ecology Garden, as she walks Library Lexy through how to plant tomato, oregano and basil seeds - 3 ingredients needed to make yummy homemade pizza! Video will be available on Monday, March 14th on YouTube.
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Crystal Chemistry - Take & Make Kit with video tutorial Pick-up Kit starting Friday, March 11th Create a beautiful crystal ornament using simple chemistry! No registration required. Available while quantities last. Video tutorial available on Sunday, March 13th on YouTube.Pick up your kit at any one of our three locations.
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Constellations - Take & Make Kit Pick-up Kit starting Friday, March 11th Your kit will include everything you need to make your own marshmallow constellations! No registration required. Available while quantities last. Pick up your kit at any one of our three locations.
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Learn with Library Lexy: Space Wednesday, March 16th at 9:00 a.m.
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21st Annual Oscar Contest Tuesday, March 1st to Sunday, March 27th at 5:00 p.m. Consider yourself a movie buff? Put your skills to the test, and choose your predictions in 10 categories for the upcoming Academy Awards. Pick up a paper ballot at any of our three branch locations - or enter online - for a chance to win an amazing gift basket donated by CVS Midwesttapes. Submissions must be received by 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 27th. Then watch the Oscars live to see how well you did. Contest winner will be contacted later that week. Need help deciding on who to choose?Check these sites for details on the nominees: Oscars.org and/or Oscars on ABC - Good Luck!
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Virtual Craft-a-long Mondays - March 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th Do you enjoy trying different handcrafts? Looking to learn a new craft?Join our Craft-a-long group for different projects and ideas! From March to May, we'll be looking at crochet and sharing patterns online. Give them a try, find your favorites, or make them all and have enough pieces to make a blanket. New patterns posted each week on Mondays, starting March 7th
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Teen Cup Amplifier - Take and Make Kit Pick-up starting Friday, March 11th Is your phone volume always maxed out? Rest your phone in this easy DIY cup amplifier, turn your volume up and enjoy your tunes or audiobook! All supplies included. No registration required. While supplies last. Pick up your kit at any one of our three locations.
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Teen Battleship Friday, March 11th to Sunday, March 20th Participate in the Library's game of Battleship by checking out library materials over the March Break. Be the Teen to sink the last battleship and win a Teen prize pack. Receive one ballot/guess per day at our Cobourg Branch. Let the battle begin!
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Tuesday, March 15th - 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Engineering Outreach within the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at Ontario Tech University is proud to present in partnership with Cobourg Public Library virtual WEMADEIT Coding Clubs. Reserve your spot today!
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Virtual Author Talk with Genevieve CogmanSunday, March 27th - 2:00 p.m.Genevieve Cogman, author of "The Invisible Library" series, joins us from northern England to chat about her writing career, and her latest fantasy novel, "The Untold Story". The eighth book in this amazing fantasy series involves Libraries, Dragons, Fae, Parallel Worlds, and, at the heart of it all, unique editions of Books that keep these worlds in balance. Watch the video on Facebook or YouTube
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Virtual Book Club on Zoom Tuesday, March 29th - 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Join our monthly meeting! Read any new book you would like and come talk about it. Register online starting Tuesday, March 1st. Must agree to the rules to register. This is an adult program for ages 18+
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Genealogy Gurus - Facebook Group New genealogy feature posted weekly Each week, our Gurus will post a new genealogical tidbit, historical resource, photo or database – and encourage our members to post their thoughts or some interesting resources to share of their own. Join the conversation on Facebook
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Collection Feature S.T.E.A.M. Books We are Full S.T.E.A.M Ahead this March, focusing on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math! We've recently updated our junior non-fiction collection on applied sciences, technology and coding! Visit our J 000s and J 600s for new books on transportation, engineering, experiments, the human body, pets & farm animals, cooking, and so much more for children of all ages!
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OverDrive Kids Did you know that there is a whole section on our Download Library for Kids? All of your online reading or listening needs in one place! E-books, Audiobooks, Magazines & Videos Read-alongs, Chapter books, Graphic Novels
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That you can donate your gently used books & movies to the Library? We may add them to our collection, use them to replace items already in our collection, sell them in a book sale, use them for prizes or place them in one of the many Pop-up Library locations around town! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss born March 2nd, 1904
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Cobourg Library Hours Mondays - 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Tuesdays - 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Wednesdays -10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Thursdays - 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Fridays - 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturdays - 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sundays - 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. All branches closed on Statutory Holidays
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Gores Landing Branch HoursTuesdays - 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Saturdays - 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Bewdley Branch Hours Wednesdays - 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Thursdays - 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Fridays - 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Saturdays - 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
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Ask A Question Staff members are here for you to answer Reference questions, provide Reading Recommendations and more. Call the Library during open hours, or send us an email! Reading Recommendations and Material Renewals, please call our Main Desk - 905-372-9271 ext 6100
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Volunteer at the Library! The Cobourg Library is pleased to welcome volunteers back into the Library! If you are interested in volunteering with the Library, please visit our Volunteer Page to review the types of volunteer opportunities we have available, and to fill out an Application Form.
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Friendly Reminder Pre-Overdue Email Can you remember when your items are due? Would you like to save on fines, and possibly never have overdue items again? Of course you would! To sign up, simply provide a valid email address for staff to add to your membership. Then you will receive an email 3-days before an item is due, so you have time to renew it (if no one is waiting) or bring it back to the Library. Sign up today!
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Help Us Put Books on Our Shelves This amazing partnership encourages our community to support local business, while also supporting the Cobourg Library. Looking for a tax receipt? Contact our Admin Coordinator, Jocelyn by email jgard@cobourg.library.on.ca or by phone 905-372-9271 ext. 6249
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Renewing your Library card just got easier! Renew your membership by phone, online or in-person If you live in Cobourg, Hamilton Township or the Municipality of Port Hope you can now renew your membership online, over the phone or in person for 3 years! Once staff verify or update your contact information, your membership will be valid for 3 years. Not sure when your membership will expire? Ask staff - or check the "My Account" section on the Cobourg Library App.This change will not affect Non-Resident, Visitor, Computer-Use or E-Card memberships.
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Cobourg Library Blog A great way to stay informed about the latest Library news! Check out our Cobourg Public Library Blog by heading to: www.cobourg.ca/library-blog Stay current on all of the most significant Library news and events. Subscribe to be notified of the latest news.
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Browse - Borrow - Explore Take the Cobourg Public Library everywhere you go! Search for items - Place requests - Renew materials Find Library Info - Upcoming Events - Online Resources Download our new Mobile App today.
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Donate to the Library!Your donations ensure our Library continues to revitalize our collection, and offer the very best resources and services.
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Period Promise - Help end period poverty We are proud to be a distribution and donation point for The Period Promise which is a collaborative effort between United Way and Thrive Northumberland to help eliminate period poverty. If you're interested in donating period products or are in need, please talk to staff or head to one of our washrooms. You can drop off your period product donations to our Cobourg Branch. Led locally by Thrive Northumberland and Northumberland United Way. Each donation will be used to provide access to period products throughout Northumberland.
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Wednesday, March 2nd at 10:15 a.m. - Tune into "Beyond Books"
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