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And vonstder these staths ” ess nedely one nllton tens” were borrowed fromithe.. | {inary hast year sm that Amott 10 tlmoat twa dozen items per capi borrowed fn, 1996, tore than double the provinelal average and by tive the highest in Welsh Columsbla, In addition, Hbrarians answered 113,250 questions IW 1996 =» about 3h gues: tions per hour that the library was open, And almost halla million people came through: the library's doors last year, oF 2,6 people per minute, Gf detalls while matntaiiatiys an orderly systent of retrleys dng divormation on vlrtitatly any intagltable topte, Increasingly, public librarles are also finportant meeting places for peaple of {t all ages) they're centres’ at A second r annuity actlvity and beatag © frlendship, Opinion “Over tle past few years ever since Ken Haycock asked mé to serve on the advisory committee of UBC's Schou! ence Hibrarkin, And publlg _ Mbraries are vital, Interestlag “places (0 work, read or just » plain relay: reflected Mirther on these facts wher Jack _ Mounce rethred fast month, He was the chief librarian of: the beloved We Vancouver Memorial Library and during his 16 furs there saw a tralise formation not only of the, library but of the pratesstan he served so well, During his tenure.the library doubled dn size with #- the 1993 expansion, whiel was achieved by the’ hard work and find-riising efforts of the Memorial Library Foundation of West Vancouver, ; Just as important were the following Innovations: highly popular video and C1) collec: cs : " " ey Hons were establisheds a ele ‘ “culating CD-ROM collection in Youth Services was started with the help ofa grant from the Friends ofthe Libniry < "> cand the GIBCs Information fs 2 new available to the public “through on-line data bases ‘and Jaternet access; a come: munity volunteer program is it places a-Murchies tea and cdHee outlet operates inthe © library as a sotree of revenugs and a new: bookmobile now ‘Serves the wider community, Fler supportive wang ineet ln there dn support al phere for patrons ofall ages. columnist Doug Collins, dts dite to make a Mothee deserlbed the group: visit te tle Ubrary today withe cag\Pistanteddl” but allawed: out sianiag inte someone + you know, and frequent vst tors will eventually meet fust about everyone [nthe com: munhy, At feast ft seems that way, And that's the special —Tegaey that Jack Monnee has now deft behind | © i He Isa gentle intats, dele cated, professional and dis ereet, Yet in his last month’ ot the fob he becaine | © involved Ind contentious. issue over expressing his per. But it haps the preatest sonal view about making accomplishment during Jack «> library space available toa Mounce's years at the helm controversial group, . ‘of West Vancouver Memorial The Canadian Free Speeely Library was the ereatlon ofa League wanted to hold a { tles, As usttal, he was right on. both counts, ; “Coad Tuk to Jack's sue ‘cessor, AN CGoodhart, Let's hope she can maintain and bull upon the Mine tradhions of West Vaneouver's trea: + sured jasitution, Chances are il see you there, ‘me The North Shove News” believes strongly in freedom uf Archival and “Information Studies, I've been prompted to think in more depth about libraries eaod the spectalized training of Ubrarians today, Haycock, who also serves as the chairman of the West Vancouver school district, > nar debate to be dent, ‘The columnists published in the ‘News present differing pointes of view, but those yews are not necessarily those of the newspae fur itself, fo C where his graduates are in high demand, even tna changing: job market.) “amany of'us have ollibrarians | as bookish prigs desperately needs to be revised, 0s “Today they"re talented — generalists, with wide lnterss _ ears and excellent Gomputey’ skills.‘ They also needito be vy Our people at Mountview Dodge Chrysler make the difference. . 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