Category Archives: How-To

RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO ASSIST WITH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH

Nurture your physical and mental health by managing stress and workplace burnout and also by developing coping skills and by releasing your untapped potential.  Invest in yourself by exploring Windsor Public Library self-help resources and programs. In October, the WPL ‘We’re More Than Books’ Campaign continues, featuring the many ways customers can search for knowledge and comprehension in a hectic and chaotic world – we call phase 5 of the campaign – ‘Shelf Help”.   We’d...
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WPL TO FEATURE TOOL COLLECTION AND DIY HELP IN APRIL

DIY reality TV fans regularly follow the exploits of Mike Holmes and Brian Baeumler – but closer to home – we have our very own budding DIY stars, Councillors Rino Bortolin and Jim Morrison. On Wednesday, April 13 at Budimir Branch (1310 Grand Marais Road West) at 11 am, WPL is staging a ‘friendly’ DIY competition between the two councillors and WPLB members to see who gets to be our...
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Learn Business Skills Through Independent On-Line Learning

If you’re contemplating a career change or just looking to improve your marketable workplace skills, Windsor Public Library can help. Through, LYNDA.COM, a leading online learning platform, library customers now have the opportunity to enhance their business, software, technology and creative skills to achieve personal and professional goals. With your Windsor Public Library card and a PIN, simply log on to the library website to access LYNDA.COM which has a...
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Seed Lending at WPL

Windsor Public Library is pleased to announce that our Seed Lending Library is available at the Central Branch (and will be available soon at the Forest Glade and Chisholm branches).Customers of the library can come to the 2nd floor in front of the demonstration balcony garden and look through the many types of seeds we have available so far this year. Now is the time to do your indoor planting...
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Free Forms Clinics Return to Central Library

Filling out forms can be a frustrating and difficult task.  Luckily, the St. Clair College Forms Clinic has returned to the Central Library. The Forms Clinic is being run by paralegal students from St. Clair under the supervision of a licensed paralegal professional. They will be available – at no cost –  to assist the public in filling out a variety of forms and applications – government, immigration, business, education, – even...
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Discover Windsor Public Library – on YouTube!

If you have ever wondered about the kinds of services the library has to offer, now you can discover some of the coolest places in your library – through YouTube. Check out our fun new series of videos and learn how we can help with your Genealogy searches, what’s up with the Bookmobile, why  we are so proud of our Auto Archives, Tech Space, Children’s Programming and more. There are also tutorials available...
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