st weeendek march 19 1994 p 9 library news library study nets new selections a favorite question to librari ans is if you were stranded on a desert island what five books would you want to have youll never get a short answer to this question we read a wide range of material we try out much of the genre fiction both adult and juvenile material biographies histories and on and on occasionally we even peek at the fox jones facility feasibility study still when we received our copy of this report it was passed around the staff room so we could take notes and get ideas it was wonderful to get feed back from our community and you may now see some of the changes based on your many suggestions for instance more science technology and math please check the catalogue for books on a variety of subjects such as genetics computers virtual reality time and scientists more newer scifi not the year probably no one whos shivered through january 1st celebrations bundled up in parkas hasnt secretly wished that new years would happen in the spring well it may come as a surprise but there is a calendar followed by a growing number of people who celebrate new year when the winters over the bahal calendar was designed in the last century to mark the beginning of a new spiritual age in the life of mankind it has 19 months of 19 days each nine of its own holidays and its new year arrives on the vernal equinox march 21st new year in spring an idea the world is warming up tol s march 21st the first day of spring and the first day of the new year fantasy sort the science fiction and fantasy share one genre label which makes it dif ficult to locate one genre recently weve begun to code the paperback fantasy titles with a purple dot so readers can find more quickly the genre of their choice also many of the titles are found in the paperbacks more christian literature for all ages the fiction is arranged by authors surname in three areas hardcover large print and paperback some of the christian litera ture is not classified as fiction so it is located under the 200s in both adult and juvenile areas french books are in poor supply with extremely poor choice for teens we created a display of the french materi al and spoke with the dickson hill school it seemed part of our problem was very few people knew we had any then we discovered that what was needed was project materi al so we now have such titles as le titanic perdu et retrouve pluies acides and les etoiles et les planetes now if we can only get our young patrons to tell us when they need the information in french of course there are a lot of other suggestions which we are working on in the meantime if you find yourself stranded at the library there is a copy of this report kept in the refer ence section note listening to prozac is now in math problems we specialize in mathematics training for alt grades with specialized courses in algebra geometry finite and calculus for high school students all teachers specially trained and fully certified by the ontario ministry of education individual or small group instruction for more information call us today 5293 highway 7 suite 203 at mccowan markham ontario l3p 1b8 centre for learning skills t ri otct inc telephone 2948757 canadas sleep gallery guaranteed lowest simmons prices plus astmmonsa no gstn0 pst bonus gift with every simmons set purchased simmons simmons simm surs apollo posture perfect genesis special edition hrm medium firm luxury firm extra firm wcushlon top w canadas sleep gallery your simmons headquarters ft hours monthufri 109 tuewed 107 sat1ck6 sun 125 richmond hill major mackenzie m carrvillerd wfc cjnadai sleep gallery in plra beside canxsanlfre 16thave hwy7 scarborough 1 1 1 hwy401 i 1 ellesmere z s3 g 127 b 5 konkfyltd o z z 3 o lawrence 1 1 f 1 south hill shopping centre 9325 yonge st at 16th ave on yonge n south hhl shopping centre next to magicuts 1274 kennedy ro between euesmere lawrence onwestsde gggl t vvv vvjsvvv iijvs vmjuvw vvv 1 ft f ft ft ft i i i tjjtj ft ft j i ft ft ft j jftv 4 ii c 9