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Three New TRAC Tutorials are now available on Niche Academy and highlighted in the header of the NLLS' eResource page.  These tutorial reflect the TRAC brochures with new content and new videos. You will also notice that each of these tutorial start with an acknowledgement - "The libraries within TRAC wish to acknowledge Treaty 6, Treaty 7, and Treaty 8 territory, as well as the Métis Nation of Alberta. The TRAC libraries are located on territory that provided a travelling route and home to m...

What online tools are available with your library card?  Well, here is our list: Canadian Newsstream Cloud Library Hoopla Novelist Prairie Indigenous eBook Collection Overdrive Press Reader RBdigital Read Alberta eBooks Tumblebooks Alberta's Online Reference Ancestry - available online in the library Auto Repair Source Learning English with CBC Cypress Resume Consumer Reports Duolingo ...

A library card opens up so many possibilities!  You can borrow items for you and your family from your local library or from other libraries which can be picked up at your designated library of choice.  Beyond browsing the library stacks, TRACpac offers you the opportunity to browse digitally at any time convenient for you. While visiting TRACpac, you can renew items, place holds, see what is new and so much more.  The community library is more then the items you can borrow; it is the center ...

October is Canadian Library Month and the themes is A Visit Will Get You Thinking.  Launched in 2006 by the Canadian Library Association (CLA), Canadian Library Month (CLM) provides “an opportunity for Canadians not familiar with their local library to come down and experience all the services available to them.”  Northern Lights Library System supports 47 member libraries, each of whom are autonomous in serving their own communities. Together, however, Northern Lights and its members are abl...

Please be advised that library services will be impacted by maintenance on August 13th, 2018. TRACpac and eResources will not be available. We apologize for the inconvenience.

“Libraries are, let us not forget, a golden thread throughout our lives. Despite the growth in digital technologies, there is still a clear need and demand within communities for modern, safe, non-judgemental, flexible spaces, where citizens of all ages can mine the knowledge of the world for free, supported by the help and knowledge of the library workforce.” William Sieghart, Independent Library Report for England https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/workinginpartnership

Northern Lights Library System is proud to announce that we will be hosting its annual conference, Space: Unlimited Possibilities. The conference is scheduled for September 20th & 21st, 2018 at NLLS Headquarters. There will be several sessions available for library managers, staff, board members and trustees along with valuable networking opportunities. We are working hard to make this conference an event that everyone will enjoy and remember. NLLS would also like to welcome Debra deWaal ...

Finalizing a few last minute details before releasing conference information.  Please stay tuned.

Looking for your next beach read or a travel guide...be sure to check out your local library or online. For the kids check out the Summer Reading Program at your library.

Many of the Northern Lights Libraries participate in this program; please be sure to check with your local library for details and registration. Such a fun way way to engage and encourage reading during the summer months. TD Summer Reading Club is Canada’s biggest, bilingual summer reading program for kids of all ages, all interests, and all abilities. This free program is co-created and delivered by more than 2,000 public libraries across Canada. It celebrates Canadian authors, illus...