The Branches
What is 4?
The number of people on the Library Board?
What is 10.
Digital literacy week, before it was more precisely named, was originally coined as this.
What is "Let's get digital"?
These kits contain multiples copies of a title and discussion questions.
What is Book Club in a Bag.
This digital service lets you search for items that have public performance rights.
What is Kanopy?
A statue of this individual is located in Celebration Square in front of the Central Library.
Who is Sir William Stephenson?
There are this many parking spots in the South parking area, not including the 1 minute spots.
What is 19?
"How-to in 10" was a popular marquee event facilitated by the Durham Region libraries, and was originally started by this Durham library.
What is Pickering Public Library?
There are this many selfcheckout stations system wide.
What is 9?
It should be a smooth ride as you pull into this branch because they just got a new parking lot and walkway!
What is the Rossland Branch?
The library uses this many rolls of toilet paper in an average year.
What is approx. 4600?
An annual competition between teams of students in Durham testing their knowledge of books.
What is the Battle of the Books?
There are this many check in stations system wide.
What is 5?
You'll fine the cookbooks under this Dewey number.
What is 641?
This location had a large snake left behind after an episode of Psi Factor was filmed there.
What is the Brooklin Branch?
This person holds the record for longest tenure at WPL.
Who is Karyn Lawson?
This is the number of books we want every parent to read to their children before kindergarten.
What is 1000?
If the library doesn't own an item they can get it from another library through this service.
What is interlibrary loan?
Looking to borrow an eMagazine? Use one of these 2 magazine lending services online.
What are Overdrive and PressReader?
This tagline is above the north doors at the Central Library.
What is "Doorway to discovery"?
The Central Library elevator has gone up this many times since the building open. (Winner is the person who gets the closest answer!)
What is 1,960,748?
WhitCAF is one of our most popular marquee events. This year was the first WhitCAF festival.
What is 2017?
Sorry, you can only borrow 10 of these at a time.
What are video games?
The library is active on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and this newer social media platform.
What is TikTok?