Adult Programs/Events

Adult Programs are a great way to explore new ideas and learn new things.

For a complete listing of our programs, including registration deadlines, please pick up a copy of our quarterly @ your library guide available at all branches.

Excerpts are available from the @ your library guide for the Summer and Fall Adult and Teen Programs.

Registration for most programs is handled by IRIS, unless otherwise noted.

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Scanning Day!

Join us for Oakville Images Scanning Day!

 Thursday, August 5th  12:00 noon – 4:00pm @ Central Branch

Oakville Public Library is proud to be working with the Oakville Historical Society to promote interest in Oakville’s history by hosting a Scanning Day. We will be on hand to assist the public with scanning their old photos and documents and uploading them into a database to be shared with others.

 Through Oakville Images, an online database provided by OurOntario.ca and accessible through the Library’s website at www.opl.on.ca, the public can access thousands of images documenting the history of Oakville and surrounding areas. The Library is actively looking to expand this collection and is seeking image contributions!

Oakville Historical Society is collaborating with the Library and other local historical groups on a new and exciting project: Oakville Memories: Old & New– a rich collection of Oakville stories and photographs submitted by members of the community to document and celebrate Oakville. Your scanned photographs would further enrich this project!

If you have any photos, postcards, or other historically rich images, we invite you to bring them and we also encourage you to contribute a short story about your own experiences in Oakville and to bring it along with you to the Scanning Day. 

To confirm your attendance at the Oakville Images Scanning Day, please contact Jacquelyn Bennett at (905)815-2042 ext. 5093 or at jbennett@oakville.ca. Please kindly provide your name, contact information and approximate number of pictures.

Books We Love – podcast now available!

Listen as staff present their 18 favourite books of all time. A live recording of the Oakville Public Library’s Books We Love event held on May 7, 2010.

Introduction
 

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01: The Razor’s Edge
 

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02: Charlotte’s Web
 

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03: A Far Off Place
 

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04: New Seeds of Contemplation
 

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05: Into Thin Air
 

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06: Oscar and Lucinda
 

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07: A Woman of Independent Means
 

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08: The Weekender
 

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09: Birdsong
 

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10: To The Lighthouse
 

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11: South Riding
 

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12: The Songlines
 

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13: Technopoly
 

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14: How to Be a Canadian
 

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15: The Yacoubian Building
 

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16: Middlesex
 

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17: Pride and Prejudice
 

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18: The Complete Sherlock Holmes
 

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Conclusion
 

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An Evening with Catherine Gildiner – podcast now available!

Catherine Gildiner’s bestselling book, Too Close to the Falls, a memoir of growing up in Niagara Falls, made Gildiner one of Canada’s best loved storytellers.  Now hear first-hand the funny and fascinating stories of what happened next, as Catherine shares the experiences from her latest book, After the Falls.

 

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An Evening with Linwood Barclay Podcast – now available!

This podcast is a live recording of our event An Evening with Linwood Barclay held on March 2, 2010.  A long time editor and writer for the Toronto Star, Barclay is now best known for his internationally bestselling thrillers.  Too Close to Home, was his first standalone thriller, followed by Fear the Worst, and now, Never Look Away.

 

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An Evening with Elizabeth Kostova Podcast – now available!

This is a podcast of our event with author Elizabeth Kostova, held on February 11, 2010.  Kostova is the bestselling author of The Historian, which was published in 2005 and immediately went straight to #1 on The New York Times bestseller list.  In this podcast she talks about her most recent book, The Swan Thieves, as well as her experience of the writing process.

 

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Newcomers Conversation Network

Throughout this program offered in partnership with The Centre Skills Development & Training, newcomers are encouraged to meet in a welcoming and relaxed setting to improve their English language skills.  Conversations will centre on topics relevant to newcomer needs.  Come and share stories, learn from each other, make new friends and develop stronger ties to the community.

Age: 18Y and up
Cost: FREE
Glen Abbey Branch, 7:00pm – 8:30pm every 2nd Wed of the month
Starts Wed February 10, 2010.

Resume Help Days

Develop a targeted and effective resume with a Career Information Specialist from The Centre for Skills Development & Training.  Interview tips and tricks can also be discussed!  Specialists will be available one afternoon a month. Job-seekers can book a FREE 45 minute appointment by calling The Centre to register. Just choose the date, time and branch location that suits you!

FREE
12:30-3:30pm
To register call The Centre at 905 845 1157 ext. 121

Upcoming dates: 

August 18 – Central Branch

September 15 – White Oaks

 

October 20 – Iroquois Ridge

 

An Evening with Tim Cook Podcast

Listen as Tim Cook, Great War Historian at the Canadian War Museum and winner of  the 2009 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction for Shock Troops, talks about the Canadian experience, memory, and cultural significance of WWI.

 

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