FRPL will once again have a table at the
Cathedral Village Arts Festival, Saturday May 25.
Set-up about 9 am. Fair opens 10 am to 5 pm.
http://www.cathedralartsfestival.ca/streetfair.htm
Anyone having a little time to volunteer at the table, or set-up, please send us a message. on our Contact page.
Or just drop by and have a visit!
The RPL Board has just completed its survey about Central Library services and upgrade of the building.
We have been told by the library that a total of 815 interviews were conducted. 601 were completed by telephone, 210 online. The telephone respondents were generated by calling active numbers drawn from a list purchased commercially from a company that aggregates numbers from published sources. The online responses were generated by e-mailing addresses Praxis maintains. The e-mail addresses come from individuals interviewed in earlier telephone surveys, or who have been recruited periodically and who indicate they are willing to receive surveys.
A survey for patrons to fill out should be available soon – so keep your eyes open at the Library Branches and at the Library website.
4:00 PM, 1.5 hours, Central Library, 12th Avenue and Lorne Street, front steps
The Modernist Central Library has just celebrated its 50th birthday. To celebrate the beauty and usefulness of this building which we love, we have gathered a few people to talk about a specific part of the architecture of Central Library that touches them, a special place within the library that they love, or a library service that they could not live without. In the spirit of Jane’s Walk, we welcome contributions from the audience. We hope that this chorus of individual voices singing the praises of Central RPL will reinforce the importance and significance of this distinctive modernist public building in the downtown cultural and architectural landscape of Regina. We will conclude with a 5 pm tour of the exterior of the Masonic Temple next door with one of the Masons.
More information about other Jane’s Walks in Regina http://www.janeswalk.net/index.php/walks/canada/regina/
An article about Central Library appeared on page 1 of the Regina Leader Post today.
Read more: http://www.leaderpost.com/news/word+fate+Regina+Central+Library/8275212/story.html#ixzz2RCyAf98p
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FRPL will be sending one or two representatives to the meeting. Please take the opportunity to review the material and send comments to FRPL via our Contact page.
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From: designregina <designregina@regina.ca> Date: Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 9:32 AM
The City of Regina continues moving forward with Design Regina to develop the city’s Official Community Plan (OCP). The OCP will guide the City as it makes choices about how to manage and pay for change and growth and how to provide and manage services to our community.
As a stakeholder representing an organization or group within Regina’s community, you are invited to participate in a workshop. You will be provided with an update on the OCP, and more importantly, an opportunity to discuss:
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The Regina Public Library is currently conducting a survey about library services and trying to gauge support for the amenities that they would like to see connected to an upgraded Central Library.
Apparently it is quite a long survey, one person interviewed said there were questions like :
The City of Regina will be holding a public meeting abut its Cultural Plan on April 23,6:30 to 8:00 pm at the Conexus Arts Centre.
This will be a good opportunity to strengthen Regina’s cultural activities – including the libraries. Please attend and share your views.
The plan includes both cultural activities and built heritage (buildings, parks, etc.) The objectives of the plan can be seen in advance ot the meeting at http://www.designregina.ca/cultural-plan/ This is a word document of the webpage contents, City of Regina Cultural Plan – notes from City website but there are many related reports on the website – a lot of work has been done.
If you cannot attend in person, presumably comments can also be sent to culturalplan@regina.ca
From: City of Regina, CulturalPlan, : Monday, April 15, 2013 4:00 PM
Tuesday, April 23 from 6:30-8:00 p.m., Conexus Arts Centre, 200 Lakeshore Drive, Regina.
Information developed for the Cultural Plan and Heritage Management Strategy will also be used for portions of Regina’s new Official Community Plan.
More details about the Cultural Plan can be found at this website: www.designregina.ca
