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O U R S T O R YF A C T S & F I G U R E S
NEW LIBRARY TO BE OFFICIAL WAR MEMORIAL TO WEST VANCOUVER
FALLEN SOLDIERS
Friday, November 11, 1950 Special WEST VANCOUVER MEMORIAL LIBRARY Edition 0₵
Book of Remembrance Records Honour Roll
The stained glass window “Harmony” was created by John Henry Dearle in 1931 and is a reproduction of Sir Frank Dicksee’s painting of the same name currently housed at the Tate Gallery in London. Dearle, the chief designer for Morris & Co. in England, designed the window as a commission piece for Henry Athelstan Stone of Vancouver in memory of his son. It was presented to the West Vancouver Memorial Library in 1950 by the officer’s sister. The inscription reads, “To the Memory of Lieut. Horace Gordon Stone, only son of Henry A. and Beatrice H. Stone of the city, who died on Active Service Decem-ber 15, 1918.”
The West Vancouver Library Committee commissioned the Book of Remem-brance, a hand-illuminated book to record the Honour Roll with the seventy names of West Vancouver men who had given their lives in World War II. A Memorial Shrine was created in the library with the Remembrance Book encased in a crafted glass and wood lectern. This was the only listing of the casualties of WWII until two granite plinths were erected at the Cenotaph in 1979. The pages of the Book of Remem-brance are still turned regularly so that the names inscribed are rotated. Two drawings of soldiers by Unity Bain-bridge now hang on either side of the lectern.
HARMONY DONATED TO THE WEST VANCOUVER MEMORIAL LIBRARY
In 1947, a majority of West Vancouverites voted for a new library to be the official War Memorial. The brief by the War Memorial Committee to the West Vancou-ver Council stated, “A public library exemplifies the spirit and meaning of free democratic institutions. Its shelves are open to writers of all opinions. It is free from political influence. Its services are available to all classes of society and all economic, racial or religious groups. One of the first acts of the totalitar-ian states was to purge the libraries of all volumes expressing enlightened democratic principles. As a memorial to our fallen, we submit that a public library is uniquely suitable.”
The West Vancouver Memorial Library opened its doors on November 11, 1950, and has commemorated Remembrance Day every year since. The Friends of the Library host a reception in the Library following the ceremony at the Memorial Arch.
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In 2011, the library’s shared community resources provided:
• 3,201 open hours for public visits, with assistance by phone, chat, email and in-person;• Unlimited borrowing privileges for 143,500 adult and 61,000 youth print items, 15,500 CDs and 11,750 DVDs, including 17,000 items in languages other than English;• Community spaces such as our art gallery, lounge, coffee bar, music-listening room, reading room, garden, shared work spaces, computer training room and rentable meeting rooms;• Unlimited Wi-Fi Internet access, computer stations with Internet and Microsoft software;• 24/7 access to downloadable resources: thousands of ebooks, music tracks, interactive language learning courses, and articles;• Selection of 326 current newspapers and magazines and a comfortable reading room in which to enjoy them;• 505 programs for 17,157 children with 6 story times a week during the school year, as well as sessions specifically for special needs children;• 90 Book Club sets and numerous Booklist guides of reading recommendations;• 63 hands-on technology classes, teaching skills such as Microsoft Word, ebooks and social media;• 4,000 historical photographs of our community; • Delivery of materials to homebound patrons and residential care facilities;• Summer Reading Clubs for pre-readers, elementary school children, and teens;• Once-a-month Friday night concerts, featuring jazz, opera, classical and world music, as well as Music Talks on jazz, opera and chamber music for 2,450 people;• Kodaly-Orff classes introducing the joy of making music through song, expressive movement, dance and musical instruments to 2-5 year-olds;• 6 art exhibitions of works in a variety of mediums, featuring local artists and community festivals.
Did You Know?• The West Vancouver Community Survey 2010 reported a 98 per cent satisfaction rate with library services • During peak times all 297 chairs in the library are occupied• 52% of West Vancouver residents hold library cards • Our current collections are valued at $7M• The library adds 18,000 new print items and 5,000 CD/DVDs to the collection each year• Your smartphone can be your library card—our self checks read the display on the free Cardstar app
Creative design and development donated by Michelle Sim and Kirsty Farquharson
Visits
• WVML had over 845,000 visits (in person and virtually) last year.
• Approximately 1,700 people visit the library on an average weekday.
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Circulation of Materials
• WVML has the highest circulation per hour open of all libraries in BC.• Usage of downloadable ebooks and e-music has increased 90% in the last three years.
Average Monthly Visits to WVML Usage of Collections
1962Addition of the Jubilee Wing.
1950Construction of the original building, now the Main Hall.WVML opens on November 11, 1950.
1957Addition of
the South Wing.
1969
1977Addition of the West Wing, with Rooftop Parking.
1982
1983The library launches aVHS and audio cassette collection.
The bookmobile delivers library services to residents in Eagle Harbour, Cypress, Glenmore, Caufeild, Capilano and Park Royal.
1957WVML is honoured as North America’s Busiest library.
1977Mr. And Mrs. Carver Plumtree (wood sculptures) become permanent residents of the library.
The library installs a computer system withthree terminals. The card catalogue is convertedto an automated onlinecatalogue that patrons use to search for materials.
1978The library developsa Historical Photo Collection.
Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future. Ray Bradbury
L I B R A R Y E V O L U T I O N
1993Demolition of the Jubilee Wing. Replaced by the current four-story East Wing. 2005
Addition of East Wing, Story House and Main Entrance Vestibule.
1987The library launchesa CD collection.
2001Robert Leslie Welsh bequeaths$2.2M to the library to beused for the enhancementof the musical resources and programs in the library.
2001Self-checkout installed. Patrons can check out their own materialsrather than waiting in line.
2002Anna Cecilia Ernestine Patrickbequeaths $1.4M in memory ofher late husband, William RonaldClouston Patrick.
2003The library circulatesover 1,000,000 items!
2008RFID (Radio FrequencyIdenti�cation) implemented for automatedcheck-in/check-out.
2011Replacement of the roof to protect ourcollections and artvalued at $7M.
1986The WVML Foundationis established and raises $2M in its �rst capital campaign.
1997The library adds public accessInternet stations and installs the library’s catalogue on the Internet.
The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history.
Carl Rowan
C O M M U N I T Y T R E E
Volunteers P atrons
L i brary Board
Fundraisers
West Van Residents
VolunteersFriends of the LibraryTeen Advisory GroupVolunteer ProgramWVML Foundation BoardWVML Library Board
Library CollaboratorsBC Libraries and Literacy BranchBC Libraries Co-operativeNorth Vancouver City LibraryNorth Vancouver District Public LibraryPublic Library InterLINK
Program PartnersAlzheimer Society of BC, North Shore BranchBahá’í Community of West VancouverBooktopiaCapilano UniversityFamily Services of the North Shore Harmony Arts FestivalInter-Agency Network North ShoreKay Meek CentreLighthouse Park Preservation SocietyMacMillan Space CenterNorth Shore Artists GuildNorth Shore Community ResourcesNorth Shore Volunteers for SeniorsOsteoporosis Canada, North Shore ChapterSimon Fraser UniversityTD Vancouver International Jazz FestivalVancouver Opera Society Vancouver Symphony OrchestraWest Vancouver Historical Society
Library Sta�
District of West Vancouver
Program Partners
Library Collaborators
School District 45
Community Partners Education Partners
Fundraisers
Education PartnersNorth Shore ESL CommitteeNorth Shore Literacy NowSchool District 45UBC- School of Library, Archival and Information StudiesWest Vancouver Child and Family HubWest Vancouver Literacy Subcommittee
Community PartnersNorth Shore Multicultural ServicesNorth Shore Welcoming Action CommitteeVancouver Coastal HealthWECAN (Welcome to the Early Childhood Access Network)
District of West Vancouver Collaborators
ArchivesArts & CultureCommunicationsCommunity ServicesEngineeringFacilitiesFinanceITHuman ResourcesLegislative ServicesParksSeniors’ Activity Centre
Children are made readers on the laps of their parents. Emilie Buchwald
As a child, my number one best friend was the librarian in my grade school. I actually believed all those books belonged to her.
Erma Bombeck
Friends of the LibraryWVML Foundation
District of West Vancouver
The District of West Vancouver supports core library services for the community, providing approximately 90% of the library’s annual operating budget from the general fund budget. Capital projects for facility improvements, equipment, furnishings and materials are often augmented with funding from the WVML Foundation.
West Vancouver Memorial Library Foundation
The Foundation raises funds for enhancements to the library, including facility improvements, equipment, furnishings, books and other materials, and programs and services.The Foundation manages over $3M in donations, bequests and fundraised proceeds.In the past five years, $1.2M has been transferred to the library.
Friends of the Library
This volunteer group of 170 residents has contributed thousands of hours and over $200,000 to the library since 1993. The Friends fundraise through book sales, sidewalk sales and the book cart. They host many of the library’s most popular events: book launches, lectures, and movie evenings.
BC Libraries and Literacy Branch
The BC Libraries and Literacy Branch, a division of the Ministry of Education, provides grants annually: Equity Grant, OneCard Grant, Resource Sharing Grant, and Per Capita Grant. These grants support activities promoting literacy and equitable access to library resources, as well as the sharing of items to BC OneCard holders and through Inter- Library loans.
Personal ized Learning1 Electronic Content2
Economic Outlook3 Community Demographics4
The School District has adopted a new education model Businesses that deliver electronic content are increasing
Worldwide economies are in a downturn Our community is changing with an increase in new immigrants and a larger percentage of elderly customers
• How does the library accommodate a broader definition of literacy - one that encompasses educating students to locate, evaluate, use, and communicate using a wide range of resources including text, visual, audio, and video sources?• How do we provide opportunities for all young people to �ourish and excel?• How do we support critical thinking, creation of online content, and a need for collaborative work?
• What is the future of the physical format?• How will our business model need to change in light of low cost business services?• How do we uphold our responsibility to ensure permanence of information in a technologically changing world?
• How stable are our funding sources - provincial, municipal and private donations?• What can we do to sustain our resources?• Where can we reduce consumption?• What can we purchase collaboratively?• What can be offered more economically through a shared delivery model?
• How do we develop personnel, services and materials to meet the needs of new arrivals who seek life skills education, legal and political assimilation, connections to heritage, entertainment, and multilingual services?• How do we provide sufficient personalized service for the elderly and ensure they remain connected in our community and changing environment?
Librarian is a service occupation. Gas station attendant of the mind. Richard Powers
Sustainabil ity - WVML Leads with LEEDIn June 2011, WVML received LEED Existing Buildings: Operation and Maintenance
Silver Certification, becoming the first existing building in Western Canada and the
first library in Canada to achieve this certification. The Library Board and staff are
committed to policies and practices that support the sustainability of our facility,
conservation of resources, and the well-being of our staff and visitors. Our initiatives
have been featured in conferences, as well as in print and online media sources,
including Canada Green Council Building Conference, Sustainable Architecture and
Building Magazine, North Shore News, The David Suzuki Foundation, and The
Humanitarian News.
Leaders in our ProfessionWVML was the first library in Canada
to lend e-readers, launching a Kindle
lending program in July 2010. Within
two weeks, we attracted 150 patron
requests, questions from libraries and
customers across North America, and
international media attention. Now,
20 of 42 BC libraries surveyed have
adopted an e-reader lending program.
In the last year, WVML staff have:
• Made presentations at 4 conferences in BC,
Alberta and Washington State
• Facilitated an ebook summit and strategy
session for BC public libraries, coordinating
a panel discussion on e-reader Lending
• Developed an ebook wiki, a “go-to” resource
for libraries that includes product comparison charts,
FAQs, and instructional videos.
Building Our Digital ExperienceWVML launched JustAsk, a chat-based application providing a real time
information service. The service is funded through a collaborative
resource-sharing model with Lower Mainland libraries in the InterLINK
federation. We activated a social networking presence through Facebook
and Twitter to interact with our followers.
My guess is (it will be) about 300 years until computers are as good as, say, your local reference library in search.
Craig Silverstein, Director, Technology, Google.com
O U R S T O R YF A C T S & F I G U R E S
NEW LIBRARY TO BE OFFICIAL WAR MEMORIAL TO WEST VANCOUVER
FALLEN SOLDIERS
Friday, November 11, 1950 Special WEST VANCOUVER MEMORIAL LIBRARY Edition 0₵
Book of Remembrance Records Honour Roll
The stained glass window “Harmony” was created by John Henry Dearle in 1931 and is a reproduction of Sir Frank Dicksee’s painting of the same name currently housed at the Tate Gallery in London. Dearle, the chief designer for Morris & Co. in England, designed the window as a commission piece for Henry Athelstan Stone of Vancouver in memory of his son. It was presented to the West Vancouver Memorial Library in 1950 by the officer’s sister. The inscription reads, “To the Memory of Lieut. Horace Gordon Stone, only son of Henry A. and Beatrice H. Stone of the city, who died on Active Service Decem-ber 15, 1918.”
The West Vancouver Library Committee commissioned the Book of Remem-brance, a hand-illuminated book to record the Honour Roll with the seventy names of West Vancouver men who had given their lives in World War II. A Memorial Shrine was created in the library with the Remembrance Book encased in a crafted glass and wood lectern. This was the only listing of the casualties of WWII until two granite plinths were erected at the Cenotaph in 1979. The pages of the Book of Remem-brance are still turned regularly so that the names inscribed are rotated. Two drawings of soldiers by Unity Bain-bridge now hang on either side of the lectern.
HARMONY DONATED TO THE WEST VANCOUVER MEMORIAL LIBRARY
In 1947, a majority of West Vancouverites voted for a new library to be the official War Memorial. The brief by the War Memorial Committee to the West Vancou-ver Council stated, “A public library exemplifies the spirit and meaning of free democratic institutions. Its shelves are open to writers of all opinions. It is free from political influence. Its services are available to all classes of society and all economic, racial or religious groups. One of the first acts of the totalitar-ian states was to purge the libraries of all volumes expressing enlightened democratic principles. As a memorial to our fallen, we submit that a public library is uniquely suitable.”
The West Vancouver Memorial Library opened its doors on November 11, 1950, and has commemorated Remembrance Day every year since. The Friends of the Library host a reception in the Library following the ceremony at the Memorial Arch.
wvmlgazette
In 2011, the library’s shared community resources provided:
• 3,201 open hours for public visits, with assistance by phone, chat, email and in-person;• Unlimited borrowing privileges for 143,500 adult and 61,000 youth print items, 15,500 CDs and 11,750 DVDs, including 17,000 items in languages other than English;• Community spaces such as our art gallery, lounge, coffee bar, music-listening room, reading room, garden, shared work spaces, computer training room and rentable meeting rooms;• Unlimited Wi-Fi Internet access, computer stations with Internet and Microsoft software;• 24/7 access to downloadable resources: thousands of ebooks, music tracks, interactive language learning courses, and articles;• Selection of 326 current newspapers and magazines and a comfortable reading room in which to enjoy them;• 505 programs for 17,157 children with 6 story times a week during the school year, as well as sessions specifically for special needs children;• 90 Book Club sets and numerous Booklist guides of reading recommendations;• 63 hands-on technology classes, teaching skills such as Microsoft Word, ebooks and social media;• 4,000 historical photographs of our community; • Delivery of materials to homebound patrons and residential care facilities;• Summer Reading Clubs for pre-readers, elementary school children, and teens;• Once-a-month Friday night concerts, featuring jazz, opera, classical and world music, as well as Music Talks on jazz, opera and chamber music for 2,450 people;• Kodaly-Orff classes introducing the joy of making music through song, expressive movement, dance and musical instruments to 2-5 year-olds;• 6 art exhibitions of works in a variety of mediums, featuring local artists and community festivals.
Did You Know?• The West Vancouver Community Survey 2010 reported a 98 per cent satisfaction rate with library services • During peak times all 297 chairs in the library are occupied• 52% of West Vancouver residents hold library cards • Our current collections are valued at $7M• The library adds 18,000 new print items and 5,000 CD/DVDs to the collection each year• Your smartphone can be your library card—our self checks read the display on the free Cardstar app
Creative design and development donated by Michelle Sim and Kirsty Farquharson
Visits
• WVML had over 845,000 visits (in person and virtually) last year.
• Approximately 1,700 people visit the library on an average weekday.
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In Person Virtual
Circulation of Materials
• WVML has the highest circulation per hour open of all libraries in BC.• Usage of downloadable ebooks and e-music has increased 90% in the last three years.
Average Monthly Visits to WVML Usage of Collections