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Carson
My favourite children's picture book of 2018 is ...
13 December 2018 - 2:16pm
The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by Rafael Lopez
This is a beautiful picture book about feeling different and belonging. With warm illustrations that are reminiscent of Ezra Jack Keats in The Snowy Day, this story reveals a child-eye's view of navigating the world when you feel like you're on the outside looking in.
Carson
History
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On December 23, 1915, the first branch of the London Public Library, the East Branch Library (presently Carson Branch Library), was opened on the corner of Dundas and Rectory Streets in the East London Town Hall. It was moved in 1926 to the corner of Dufferin and Quebec Streets and named after the Director of London Public Library who served from 1906 to 1916. The present building was constructed in 1977. |
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December 14, 1906 William Oliver Carson becomes London's third librarian. December 23, 1915 London’s first branch library, East End (presently Carson) Branch, opens in a store in London East’s former town hall at the southwest corner of Dundas and Rectory Streets (now the Aeolian Hall, 797 Dundas Street). April 6, 1916 William O. Carson resigns as chief librarian of the London Public Library to become the inspector of public libraries in Ontario. 1926 The East (presently Carson) Branch Library moves into the former Quebec Street School at the southwest corner of Dufferin Avenue and Quebec Street. September 1961 The East Branch Library is renamed the W.O. Carson Branch Library. 1977 A new building for the W.O. Carson Branch Library is erected on the site of the former building. February 6, 2010 The newly renovated Carson Branch reopens with a ergonomically designed book chute; new carpets, circulation desk, flooring, furniture and paint; redesigned shelving units and a revamped meeting room.
Click HERE for a complete chronological history of London Public Library. |
Parking
Parking is available beside the library.
Bus Route
You can get to us by London Transit Commission (LTC) bus Route 20 Fanshawe College–Beaverbrook (close to the library on Quebec Street). Route 2 Nat Sci–Trafalgar Heights/Bonaventure stops nearby on Dundas Street.
Go to LTC Routes to select a route, direction and stop and you will be given the next three arrival times and destination for that stop based on live data. Each stop location in the drop-down list is followed by its corresponding bus stop ID number.
Meeting Space
View all Library Spaces at London Public Library: Meeting Rooms, Study and Music Practice Rooms and Wolf Performance Hall.
For more information and to rent or reserve a meeting room, contact Meetings and Events Services staff at (519)-661-5120 or meetingsandevents@lpl.ca
At the Library
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In addition to lending, reference, reader's advisory and community referral services, we offer computer workstations with access to the Internet as well as software and electronic resources. Find out more about:
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Each location has a materials return chute that is open when the library is closed except Cherryhill and Sherwood (chutes available during mall hours). |
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