READ Rosemount has said many times that Rosemount is a very busy branch. We’ve said many times that Rosemount is over crowded. And we’ve said many times that due to its size, Rosemount cannot provide the same great services available in other comparable OPL branches. Our volunteers have worked tirelessly to document the case for an expanded Rosemount branch primarily using the OPL’s own data.
Now that data is available in a convenient and easy to read document.
Take a look at how Rosemount compares to six other branches serving similarly sized populations. We think that you will agree that our community deserves an expanded Rosemount.                                                                                                                                             Josh Nutt, Chair READ Rosemount

 Click here for  Resources    where you will find Rosemount Comparative Stats. 

The next READ Rosemount meeting is:
Date: Monday, March 12, 2018
Time: 7-9 pm
Location: Hintonburg Community Centre
Chair: Josh Nutt
Visitors welcome

AGENDA

The Rosemount library building will be 100 years old in 2018. The Library is planning a celebration on  April 21, 2018.

A great article in Maclean’s by Brian Bethune

http://www.macleans.ca/society/how-public-libraries-are-reinventing-themselves-for-the-21st-century/

“While our neighbourhood does not have access to the same level of development charges as other parts of the city, this should not be an impediment to our residents having access to high-quality library services offered in other Ottawa branch libraries” Josh Nutt, Chair READ Rosemount. Kitchissippi Times/Newswest Sept 28. 2017. Read more…..

Toronto Public Library has opened a sparkling new replacement for the old Albion branch in the Etobicoke area. The new Albion is “a community amenity..The books are still there but so are laptops, 3-D printers, video terminals and digital hubs. Talking and eating are ok but there are quiet study rooms too. Gone are the dimly lit interiors, replaced with open spaces filled with natural light and comfortable furniture.” Designed by Perkins + Will this 26.6 K SF, $15M branch library also “stands out as a unique presence on the streetscape“. Christopher Hume, Toronto Star

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/07/18/etobicokes-albion-library-embraces-changing-urban-landscape-hume.html
https://www.insidetoronto.com/news-story/7356798-toronto-public-library-s-new-15m-albion-branch-opens-in-north-etobicoke/

Over the past decade, new and renovated public library branches have been showcasing our great Canadian architects and their most spectacular, innovative works. This is the first of a continuing series on stunning new and renovated library branches in Canada. So bookmark them for your travels. You will be inspired and warmly welcomed. The first set in the series includes:

• Brampton (Gore Meadows Community Centre and Library)
• Calgary (Nose Hill branch)
• Edmonton (Jasper Place branch)
• Mississauga (Meadowvale Community Centre and Library)
• Ottawa (Beaverbrook branch)
• Toronto (Scarborough Civic Centre branch)
• Vaughan Civic Centre Resource Library) and,
• Waterloo (John M. Harper branch).
  For the full article click.
  

                                                 Beaverbrook Branch, Ottawa Public Library

READ Rosemount has written to Mayor Jim Watson and OPL Board Chair/Councillor Tim Tierney to request the City and Library commit to a plan that “will lead to a new Rosemount library that meets the community’s current and future needs.” The Rosemount branch library building (18 Rosemount Ave in Hintonburg/Kitchissippi Ward 15) will be 100 years old in 2018. It is heavily used and loved by the community it serves…but it is too small and only half the size of comparable serving branches.  It was expanded in 1932 and the only major renovation was completed in the 1980’s. It has the highest circulation/sq.ft and the third highest number of visitors/sq.ft. of all OPL’s 33 branches. However, it has no public, bookable meeting rooms (25 other branches have such rooms) and vastly fewer seats and public access computers than other branches of comparable activity. It is on the OPL board’s priority list for capital renewal. For further information contact READ Chair, Josh Nutt (readrosemount@gmail.com ) For the full text of the letter click here.

The next meeting of the READ Rosemount group will be:
Date:       Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Location: Plant Rec Centre Somerset and Preston,  930 Somerset W
Time: 7-9 PM
Chair: Josh Nutt
All members and newcomers welcome

READ Draft Agenda August 15th 2017            |           Minutes, July 17th meeting