Library Takeout - Request to Pickup Your Books Curbside
We can bring you your books curbside!
Call, email, or place a hold online using our website catalogue. Once we have filled your order, we will call you to arrange a pickup time.
When picking up your items, ring the outdoor "Book Bell" and we will bring them out to you.
Children's Programs
We are back to offering in-person programming at the Radium Library!
We now have a craft table featuring rotational craft materials set up for families to access any time they visit the library. Mother's Day Craft supplies are currently available.
May 2022 Children's Programs:
Every Saturday @11:00am: Family Storytime
Emergency Preparedness Week May 1-7
May 1-7 is National Emergency Preparedness Week -
With a Focus on Personal Preparedness
This year, all of the public libraries in the region have joined in on the education efforts and will have displays with emergency-related books along with a range of different take-away preparedness pamphlets and brochures. PLUS, each library will be running a draw for an Emergency Preparedness Kit (draw to be made at the end of the week). Check out your nearest public library, pick up some great resources and enter the draw! (The Radium Library's display is pictured below!)
If you follow the RDEK's Facebook or Instagram pages, there will be different topics each day next week focusing on different elements of emergency preparedness with links to resources. A great one-stop-shop for emergency preparedness information is: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/.../emergency-management/preparedbc
Writing Out Loud Workshop with CBAL
A Free Writing Program for Adults!
Email skalesnikoff@cbal.org to register
Kootenay Employment Services Pop-Up
The KES Pop-Up Clinic will be held in the Multipurpose Room at the Library.
If you are looking for work, considering a career change, investigating retraining or thinking of starting your own business, KES has something for you. Our professional staff are available to help you develop an action plan to get you where you want to go.
We have the latest information on funding for education and small business starts. We also conduct specialized employment programs for various groups of people. Whether you are interested employment, business, or our community, KES is here to help.
Friends of the Radium Library Community Garage Sale
Call 250-347-2434 for donation drop-off information
One on One Tech Support
Thursdays from 2:00-4:00pm! Call 250-347-2434 to register
*There will be no tech time on Thursday, May 12.
Library of Things
Kobo E-Reader's Available
Borrow a Kobo Ereader!
The Radium Library now has two Kobo Ereaders available to borrow. Please phone 250-347-2434 or inquire at the front desk for more information!
Borrow a Bat Pack
Bat Packs
Find some bats! With our new bat packs, you can locate and identify local bat populations. Each pack includes an echo meter (compatible with Android devices), identification guides, a real bat skeleton (so tiny!), and a backpack. Available to borrow from the library- come in and we’ll get you started!
The Radon Library lending program is provided free to library patrons through support from Health Canada, the BC Lung Association, Simon Fraser University and the Kootenay Library Federation. The Kits are available for four-week loans.
Radon gas comes from naturally occurring uranium in soils and rocks and some regions in Canada have more uranium than others. Radon levels in homes can be elevated but it is impossible to tell unless you test as the gas is odourless, tasteless and colourless.
You can place a hold on our website, call, or email us to add your name to the holds list. Unfortunately our system had a glitch, and holds made on the kit before March 2020 were not saved, so if you placed a hold previously, you will need to add it
Click here to find the radon kit in our catalogue. Click “place hold” be put on the waitlist for the radon lending kit. Please call the library if you have any questions.
Big Horn Small Talk - Copies Available for Purchase
Limited quantities!
We have a limited amount of the popular book Big Horn Small Talk available for purchase at the Radium Library.
$15.00 Each
Land Acknowledgement
We gratefully acknowledge that the land on which we operate is the traditional unceded territory of the Ktunaxa and Secwepemc peoples