and tapes will be selected for you and delivered by a volunteer "Friend of the Library". Specific titles can be requested and we are happy to take reserves. For the visually, perceptually or physically disabled, TAPED BOOKS are available. To qualify for this service an eligibility form signed by your doctor, nurse or therapist is required. Forms may be obtained at the Adult Services Information Desk. This service provides access to more than 10,000 titles. Catalogues may be requested and reserved from Crane Library at UBC. The Library BOOKMOBILE stopping at eleven locations each week also provides homebound service. Books and taped books are taken to bed-ridden patients at Beacon Hill, Inglewood and Kiwanis Lodges, West Van Care Centre and Hollyburn House by the Bookmobile. Don*t be without books! Call us at 926-3291, local 311 ... we are here for you! Now I am in a holiday humour, Shakespeare CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY DAY Watch for members of the Children's Department accompanying the Bookmobile in the Parade and then join us for TALES and PUPPET SHOWS in the Maple Room at the Recreation Centre. Performance times: Saturday, June 6 1:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. SUMMER READING CLUB Registration for Where in the World ...? Summer Reading Club begins on Monday, June 15. Sign up for 6 weeks of reading discoveries. The Club runs from June 29 to August 11. ****** AUTHOR VISITS Sarah Ellis, award winning author of Pick- Up Sticks, Next Door Neighbours and many other novels will discuss her writing. Call 926-3291 to register Tuesday, June 16 at 1:30 p.m. Lyn Hancock, author of Love Affair with a Cougar, Tell Me Grandmother and many other novels for children and adults will discuss her writing. Call 926-3291 to register. Thursday, June 18 at 1:30 p.m. ****** FIRST BOOKS Check our First Books shelves for board books, small formats, and other books designed just for your baby or toddler. c LIBRARY HOURS Monday to Friday 10 a.m. Saturday lO a.m. Sunday (Oct.-June) 1 p.m. - 9 p.m. 5 p.m. - 5 p.m. June 1992 Library News CONSTRUCTION DETAILS Now that work on the Memorial Library's expansion project is well underway, we're receiving numerous questions about the scale of the project, what it will add to the building, how much it will cost, when it will be completed and so on. Here's a brief summary, MEMORIAL LIBRARY EXPANSION Previous building size Area demolished Remaining New building area Completed size Approx, cost of expansion Private fundraising to date (still ongoing) Senior Govt, grants B.C. Govt. Federal Govt. Expected date for completion 24,833 sq. ft. 5,306 " 19,527 " 35,859 • 55,386 " $5,2 million 1.2 0.5 0.225 â- February 1993 The expanded building will provide: - sufficient space for present and future collections (enabling us to return 25,000 items from storage at Hillside School); - a much larger meeting room; - a quiet reading room; - a new area specifically for teens; - many more study tables and carrels; - enhanced resources for art exhibits and Library displays; - greatly improved handicapped access to all parts of the building; - improved check-in and check-out areas; - enhanced washroom facilities; WEST VANCOUVER MEMORIAL LIBRARY 1950 Marine Drive West Vancouver B.C. V7V U8 (604) 926-3291 On-line catalogue 926-2594