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Holiday Hours 2011

Canton Public Library will be closed the following days during the holidays:
  • December 23 to 26: re-opening on Tuesday, December 27 at 9:00 AM
  • December 30 to January 2: re-opening on Tuesday, January 3 at 9:00 AM

Have a happy holiday season!

Excel I

Want to create a spreadsheet, a family budget or manage a list? Learn how with Microsoft Excel 2007. Prerequisite: Mouse and keyboarding skills.
Date: November 9, 2011
Time: 6:30-8:30 PM
Location: Internet Lab
Online registration begins at 9:00 AM on October 26, 2011.

Quiz: Pirate Lingo

Ahoy! Be ye a scurvy sea dog or a bilge-sucking landlubber? Test yer pirate shout mettle fer a chance at shiny doubloons:
Contact
Fer notifyin' the old salts who be well-versed in th' scurvy pirate shout!
 

Friends 2011 Financial Report

Friends of the Canton Public Library year-to-date income and expenditures for 2011, July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011 (cash basis):

Income

Line ItemAmount
Book Store Sales57,850.27
Book & Author Lunch239.24
Donations Received100.00
Interest Inc. (PNC)34.25
Membership Dues3,275.00
Total$61,498.76

Expenditures

Line ItemAmount
CPL64,110.65
Collection Funding — Mich. History500.00
Collection Funding — Womens500.00
Collection Funding — Business500.00
Collection Funding — Multicultural500.00
Collection Funding — Other10,193.12
Endowment Fund10,000.00
Other CPL8,865.53
Programming30,052.00
Scholarships500.00
Social Events2,500.00
Events3,319.63
Community500.00
Friends2,819.63
Operation Expense6,807.12
Furniture & Equipment284.91
Memberships Paid160.00
Postage201.00
Printing and Reproduction700.00
Return Checks0.00
Sales Tax3,766.47
Supplies & Misc354.74
Tax Preparation & Audit1,340.00
Total-$74,237.40

Overall

Line ItemAmount
Income61,498.76
Expenditures-74,237.40
Total-12,738.64

Accessibility or Discrimination Complaint

Per the CPL ADA Compliance Procedure: If resolution is not achieved via a Reasonable Accommodation Request, a complaint can be submitted here within 180 days of the incident. Assistance in completing this form is provided as needed. Completed forms are reviewed by the Library Director; a formal response is made to the patron within 10 business days of the date of original submission of the form. The formal response can be a telephone call, followed by a letter confirming the telephone discussion, or directly by letter. The Library Director will make every attempt to resolve the issue through this means.

For help completing this form contact library staff at Canton Public Library, 1200 S. Canton Center Road, Canton, MI 48188, or by phone at 734-397-0999.

Description of access denied, action or treatment which you think was discriminatory. Include information regarding who, what, when ,where, how, and why. You may include names, addresses and phone numbers of witnesses if available.
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Reasonable Accommodation Request

Requests for accommodation and/or complaints about accessibility can be presented using this form or over the phone. These requests will be addressed to the Library Director, who will then make every attempt to provide accommodation and/or resolve the issue without further recourse to the CPL ADA Compliance Procedures.

For help completing this form contact library staff at Canton Public Library, 1200 S. Canton Center Road, Canton, MI 48188, or by phone at 734-397-0999.

(if applicable)
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Tell Us About Your Summer 2011

In order to improve our Summer offerings, please let us know four quick things about your Summer:

World Literature for Adults

Classics

Aesop's fables by retold in verse by Tom Paxton; illustrated by Robert Rayevsky

Pride and prejudice by Jane Austen; edited with notes by Vivien Jones

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte; with an introduction by Joyce Carol Oates

The good earth by Pearl S. Buck; introduced and edited by Peter Conn

Multicultural Books for Teens

Born confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier

The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie; art by Ellen Forney

The first part last by Angela Johnson

American born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang; color by Lark Pien

World Literature for Kids

Anansi and the talking melon by retold by Eric A. Kimmel; illustrated by Janet Stevens

Anansi the spider: a tale from the Ashanti by adapted and illustrated by Gerald McDermott

Andersen's fairy tales by retold by Friederun Reichenstetter; illustrated by Silke Leffler

Become a Polyglot

pol·y·glot /ˈpäliˌglät/
Adjective: Knowing or using several languages.
Noun: A person who knows several languages.

Find Books, DVDs, and Periodicals in particular languages here at CPL on our Languages page. We also have multiple Language databases.

Selected Language Books

Dictionary of languages: the definitive reference to more than 400 languages by Andrew Dalby

Multicultural Library Programs

Children's Programs

Tween Programs

Teen Programs