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Peace Library System has many types of materials that it loans on request to libraries to supplement their own collections on a temporary basis. The items are lent in blocks as a single unit. For more information and for requests, please contact Barbara Johnson at bjohnson@peacelibrarysystem.ab.ca.
Requests: Please place your request no later than two days prior to your van run day.
Please Note: Should a book be declared lost or ruined beyond repair, it is your library's responsibility to reimburse PLS.
Rotating blocks of books are available for PLS member libraries to borrow for a 6-month loan period. Seasonal blocks (Christmas, Easter, etc.) are available for a 3-month loan period.
29 total blocks. Mixed blocks contain an assortment of Fiction and Non-Fiction for adult and juvenile readers.
4 total blocks. Mix of titles.
57 total blocks. Large print titles for adult and senior patrons.
38 total blocks. The blocks are a perfect way to augment your library Holiday collection! Fiction and Non-fiction titles to suit all ages. Please request in advance as these blocks are very popular.
When a block is prepared for your library, the “Assigned branch” field in each item record is changed from Peace Library System to your library branch name. The items are then “checked in” at PLS, which puts each item in the block “in transit” to you.
When you receive the box of books, check in each item, to change the status from “in-transit” to “in”, and circulate the items to patrons in your library or to fill ILL requests. As long as your library is the “assigned branch” the books will return to you from wherever they are borrowed and/or returned.
To return the block to PLS, use the list provided to ensure all the items are in the box, and they have been checked “in”. If an item is checked “out”, the block can still be returned and when the assigned branch is changed back to Peace Library System, any circulating items will return to our branch when they are checked “in”.
In the event that an item is returned while your library is still the “assigned branch” (in between the time when you send it back and when we make PLS the assigned branch), the message to put the item “in transit” to PLS will not occur, please hold on to the item and check it “in” again in a few days.
Please include a note if there are items not returned with the block. PLS will send a confirmation e-mail to you listing the items still to be returned.
Peace Library System has developed 3 Book Club Kits designed to help libraries looking for books by Indigenous authors. Each kit has 15 copies of a title along with a binder including potential discussion questions. The titles available and the procedures for borrowing/returning and using the kits are below:
Procedures for Borrowing and Returning the Book Club Kits
Procedure for Using the Book Club Kits
The Read Alberta Books Travelling Display was developed in partnership with the Writers’ Guild of Alberta and the Book Publishers Association of Alberta, with promotional materials adapted from Parkland Regional Library.
Block 7 features 2016 nominees and winners from the WGA’s Alberta Literary Awards and the BPAA’s Alberta Book Publishing Awards. A total of 24 books were donated to Peace Library System. The block can be borrowed for three months for your library’s patrons to enjoy, before it must be sent back to Peace Library System.
Block 8 features 2017 nominees and winners from the WGA’s Alberta Literary Awards and the BPAA’s Alberta Book Publishing Awards. A total of 28 books were donated to Peace Library System. The block can be borrowed for three months for your library’s patrons to enjoy, before it must be sent back to Peace Library System.
Block 9 features 2019 nominees and winners from the WGA’s Alberta Literary Awards and the BPAA’s Alberta Book Publishing Awards. A total of 37 books were donated to Peace Library System. The block can be borrowed for three months for your library’s patrons to enjoy, before it must be sent back to Peace Library System.
1. Book It:
Book the travelling display by emailing Barbara Johnson. The display is reserved on a first-come, first-served basis, with a maximum of two libraries able to book the display at one time. Please include your name and contact information, as well as library name in the email. Please place your request no later than two days prior to your van run day.
2. Receive It:
Your library will receive the display kit on your van run or in the mail (for mail-only libraries). The kit includes:
3. Use It:
Set up the display in your library. Add related books from your own collection. Advertise the new display in your library communications. Check out titles to patrons. Keep the display rack as full as possible.
4. Return It:
Return display materials to Peace Library System on or before the due date.
8301 - 110 Street
Grande Prairie, AB
T8W 6T2
Phone: (780) 538-4656
Fax: (780) 539-5285
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