News and Newsletters

Attention all teens in grades 7 through 12! Are you looking for an opportunity to express your creativity through your writing and/or art design? Enter the Guelph Public Library’s 2021 Teen ETCH Creative Art Contests either by submitting a short story on any topic in 1,500 words or less and/or showcasing your artistic talents by creating a digital art piece.
The Guelph Public Library is excited to continue partnering with Vocamus Writers Community for the eighth...
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The Guelph Public Library is honoured to have been awarded a $15,000 Guelph Community Foundation grant supported by the Government of Canada’s Emergency Community Support Fund.
With this funding, the Library has purchased 42 more wireless hotspots to ensure our community can remain connected and supported with portable internet access. These devices help workers and families to have the freedom to use the internet at home or on the go.
These Wi-Fi hotspot devices...
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All Guelph Public Library locations are open for limited  Curbside Pickup Services.  No appointment is required. Find out what's available at www.guelphpl.ca/services .

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In response to the Ontario Government’s COVID-19 province-wide lockdown, the Guelph Public Library will be temporarily closing all Guelph Public Library locations to the public effective Saturday, December 26, 2020.
Any items on hold will still be available when all library locations re-open for Curbside Pickup on Monday, December 28 at 10 a.m .
Curbside Pickup at all library locations will be offered on a drop-in basis, Monday to Thursday between 10 a.m. and...
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City Council has voted tonight in favour of moving two city-building projects forward that will see Guelph’s historic downtown get a new central library and the south end its first community centre.
Council voted 8 to 5 in favour of the  Baker District alternative option , 8 to 5 in favour of the construction of an 88,000-square-foot library, and 12 to 1 in support of the new  South End Community Centre .
“Investing in Baker District and the...
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