What’s happening in December at the Cavan Monaghan Library?

We are starting to line-up guest speakers for our Wednesday Coffee and Conversations. Our first guest is Rob Hiseler from Hiseler Law in Millbrook. Rob will answer your questions about wills and estate planning – difficult topics but very important. Mark your calendars for Wednesday, December 7th from 11-12 –… Continue reading

Plans, Boards and Activities – Library

The phrase “strategic plan” makes my dad’s eyes roll. Why would anyone make a plan that is not strategic? That aside, the CM Library Board started out a year ago to create a strategic planning document that will provide direction for the next several years. In the process of creating… Continue reading

Light it RE(A)D!

October is a busy time in Libraries! It is Ontario Public Library Week (October 16-22), Canadian Library Month and Dyslexia Awareness Month! Show your support for the CM Libraries by participating in our month-long social media challenge! See our newsletter for more information about our challenge as well as what… Continue reading

This Summer at Your Libraries

Now that the summer is fast approaching, the CMLibraries will be starting up our Summer Programming again! This year’s TD Summer Reading Program is “Fantasy”. Sign up at either branch for the summer reading program – add your name to our “Fantasy Boards”! Join us every Tuesday at 10:00am at the… Continue reading

At Your Libraries – June 2022

What an interesting week! Who had a “multi-day power outage” in your list of what could go wrong this year? The Cavan-Monaghan Libraries stepped up by offering access to Wi-Fi and electricity at the Millbrook Branch on the Monday of the long weekend and offering full service through the Millbrook… Continue reading

Spring has sprung! – Millbrook Library Events

While libraries are no longer the quiet places they used to be, they are still places of solace in a busy world. Most of the time our branches offer areas for quiet work or study. We are so happy to welcome people back to the library, where things have returned… Continue reading

The Library Listens; the Library Responds

The Library and all residents of Cavan-Monaghan are lucky to have a local newspaper. The disappearance of local reporting is a very unfortunate trend. And last month’s article (Frustration over Library budget mounts) offers the Library and its Board the opportunity to once again help readers know more about the… Continue reading

In-person Programming Resumes at the CM Libraries!

The Cavan-Monaghan Libraries is continuing to adjust to the “next normal”. Masks are now optional but highly recommended in the Library spaces. The next normal sees the resumption of in-person activities. We are excited to welcome back Community Threads and Storytime as well as our first Tuesday Toonie Movie Night… Continue reading

Frustration Over Library Budget Mounts

Challenges between the Library Board and Council over Library Budget requests have been building for several years. It’s like they don’t speak the same language.  Exasperation led to a unanimous decision to freeze payment of the final 2022 library operating installment and the capital budget funding at the budget approval… Continue reading