News and Newsletters

The West End Branch (21 Imperial Road South) catalogue, computers and Wi-Fi will be unavailable on Friday, November 23, 2018 starting at 5 p.m. to complete an upgrade to the library’s network servers.
During this time, there will be no access to the library’s catalogue, public computers, Wi-Fi or online fine payment features; however, the library’s website will be available. 
In-library services will be limited to the following:
• Customers...
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The City of Guelph, along with Windmill Development Group and Invizij Architects Inc., is hosting two open houses on Thursday, November 29 to provide our community with an overview of the Baker District redevelopment project .
“This is your opportunity to learn about the Baker District redevelopment journey—how we got here and where we’re going—and how you can get involved, stay informed and have your say as this exciting multi-year project progresses,”...
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Guelph Public Library seeks the community’s help to make its annual campaign a continued success. Launched in 2012, thanks to the help of many generous supporters, this annual appeal has grown into an essential part of the library’s fundraising efforts to support the library’s most urgent needs and promising opportunities.
This year, we are asking for your help to build the future of our library and to help children in our community thrive. Gifts will support...
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The Guelph Public Library is pleased to offer this annual reading program was which launched in 2003 by the First Nations public library community in Ontario. All of the nominated titles are  available for check out  from your Guelph Public Library and:
encourage family literacy, intergenerational storytelling, and intergenerational information sharing;
are written and/or illustrated by, or otherwise involve the participation of a First Nation, Métis,...
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This public notice is to describe an unfortunate data security incident at the Guelph Public Library that relates to approximately 40 of our patrons.
On March 6, 2018, we discovered that a number of our security incident reports had been inadvertently made accessible to the public through our webpage for approximately 11 days. Some of the reports referred to individuals by name alone. Other reports included individuals’ names and contact information (addresses and phone...
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