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We are delighted to announce the return of some in-branch library services starting on Tuesday, September 8, 2020.

Our Chinguacousy Branch Library in the Civic Centre, Four Corners Branch Library in Downtown Brampton and Springdale Branch Library, just north of Sandalwood Parkway and Bramalea Road, will open six days a week with limited hours to offer these services: 

  • Holds pickup
  • Computer and wifi use
  • Printing 

For our new hours of operation at these branches, effective September 8, please click here.

Our highest priority remains the safety of our customers and staff. We have worked collaboratively with the City of Brampton to enhance our health and safety protocols through the following:

  • During our operating hours at these branches, we will close to the public every 90 minutes, for 30 minutes of cleaning multi-use and high-touch areas
  • We have installed plexi-glass shields at our service points
  • All customers and staff must wear masks in our buildings, in compliance with the City of Brampton Mandatory Mask By-Law 135-2020
  • Everyone is asked to self-monitor for symptoms of illness and not enter a library branch if feeling unwell.

Our popular Curbside Pickup service will continue at Cyril Clark and South West Branch Libraries and will be added to Gore Meadows, Mount Pleasant Village and South Fletcher’s Branch Libraries on Wednesday, September 9, 2020. Hours of operation for Curbside Pickup are Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 2:00 - 5:00 pm.

Taken together, our in-branch and curbside service gives you the flexibility to pick up your borrowable materials at all eight branches of Brampton Library and return them at your convenience through our 24-hour external drop boxes. 

These past months have been challenging for all of us and we have missed seeing you in our branches. Please check for the latest updates on our website and on our social media platforms - Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. To sign up for our email subscriptions, please click here.

Thank you for your patience!

 Sincerely,

Jaipaul Massey-Singh, Brampton Library Board Chair

Susan Bartoletta, Interim CEO

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As a public library and respected leader, Brampton LIbrary is proud to inspire connections with specially curated reading lists, compiled by our librarians. 

Our Emancipation Month reading list offers more than 200 eBooks on cloudLibrary to enjoy now and in the months to come. Click here to discover our Emancipation Month Reading List for Adults and Click here to discover a special reading list to share with children.

On August 1, the City of Brampton issued a press release announcing that Dixie 407 Sports Park will be renamed Emancipation Park. The park is the first of its kind in Canada, according to Councillor Charmaine Williams, who also serves as a Brampton Library Board Member. 

“As the first Black woman elected to City Council in the history of Brampton, I was proud to move the motion to create a recognition of Emancipation in October of 2019. The recent events that have elevated our understanding of anti-Black racism could not have been foreseen when I brought this initiative forward. However, I am so proud to say that Brampton is home to Emancipation Park. To the best of my knowledge it is the first Emancipation Park anywhere in Canada. I look forward to seeing more initiatives that increase our historical understanding of the roots of anti Black racism as we work to tear down the barriers that hold back human potential.” - Charmaine Williams, City Councillor, Wards 7 & 8

Click here to learn more about City of Brampton Emancipation Month events and read the City of Brampton press release.

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Learn how to play Bollywood's most famous and fun musical game featuring Hindi songs at home with your friends and family.

The slide presentation below provides instructions on how to play three different rounds of Antakshari and contains audio in both English and Hindi. The slides are set to advance automatically. However, we recommend you pause the video and proceed at your own pace to hear the full recordings on each slide. 

While we can’t play in person at the library we hope you enjoy the presentation and have fun playing with your friends and family! Feel free to share your experience or pictures of you playing Antakshari with us on social media @BramptonLibrary.


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I am pleased to announce that our contactless curbside pickup service, for pick-up of holds placed by customers before our emergency closure, began this week. 

Stay in touch with us here and on social media for upcoming details on placing new holds and picking them up through our contactless curbside service at select library branches. 

Please return any materials that you are finished with through our exterior dropboxes at all eight Brampton Library branches. Overdue fines will not be charged.

Thank you so much for your patience! While your safety and the safety of our staff is our highest priority, we can’t wait to provide you with the library materials that we know you are eager to receive. 

Discover our online Digital Library anytime, and don’t forget to register online for our free virtual summer clubs -- Brampton Brain Game, Teen Summer Reading Club and Adult Summer Reading club. While our branches remain closed until further notice, bramptonlibrary.ca is open to serve you.

Sincerely,

John Simone, Interim CEO

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Published July 16th, 2020

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The protests against anti-Black racism that we have seen globally over the past weeks are a reminder of the racist acts experienced daily by Black people in our society. Like many of you we are disheartened by its persistence but also reminded that we cannot be complacent and allow it to continue. 

Brampton Library is committed to offering opportunities to inspire connections that support our community in this moment and beyond. We value our role as a respected leader and take very seriously our responsibility to share library resources and provide access to accurate information that promotes understanding.

Systemic racism threatens our community and way of life. As always Brampton Library is committed to promoting access and awareness, and we are reviewing our collections, programming, and policies to ensure we’re doing our utmost to promote inclusivity. We are also working with our staff and community partners to better educate ourselves, as well as sharing an anti-racist reading list and other resources online. We can and must learn from each other. 

On a North American scale, Brampton Library stands with 164 other public libraries as a member of the Urban Libraries Council. We have signed the Council’s Statement on Race and Social Equity, which highlights our collective role and responsibility to advance equity and promote inclusion in our library system and the wider community. To read the statement and learn more about the Council’s work, please visit https://www.urbanlibraries.org/initiatives/statement-on-race-and-social-equity. 

We all may struggle to find the right words and ask the right questions as we try to support one another, but through respectful dialogue and introspection, reflecting on our actions and listening, always listening, we can do more to promote real diversity and true inclusion.

Brampton is a wonderful city and your library is a safe space for all. In these challenging times, we want to be there for you.

Sincerely,

 

Jaipaul Massey-Singh, Chair,

Brampton Public Library Board

 

John Simone, Interim CEO

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