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New logo? But what about our cat?!
We are thinking about updating the library logo and what your ideas! Please email logo ideas to publiclibrary@invermere.net
Canva.com is a free graphic design website if you’re looking for a place to get started!
We are open to all ideas, and want the new design to reflect all the library has to offer from books, computer access and tech assistance to a community gathering place (outside of Covid times of course). What does the library mean to you? Have a look at other libraries and their logos for inspiration too!

Requirements:
Logo must have “Invermere Public Library” on it.
Use the library colours: Orange (#eda902), green (#91d43c), light green (#c7e89d) & red (#fa1313)
Square or rectangle shape.

Spring into Summer by logging your books & completing fun activities! Find the June colouring sheet by the front library door or email us for a PDF copy! Open to all ages.

Click the button above to login to Beanstack and create your free account! You can also download the free Beanstack Tracker app to get started.

Will you help us read 1,000 books before June 30?!

We are so excited to announce that in-person story time is back! Join us Friday mornings at 10:30 am in the front library yard for stories, songs and a take-home craft!
Please bring your own blanket to sit on and stay 6ft/2m apart from other families!
Keep your eye out for other locations this summer too!

Summer Reading Club 2021

We’ll be Cracking the Case in Canal Flats and Edgewater this summer too! We will also be hosting a preschool story time at these locations on each of these dates at 10:30 am!

Keep your eye for details on our website and social media channels!

Printing and Fax services available

Please email us the documents and we will print for you to help limit contact. Email publiclibrary@invermere.net. In the email let us know if you want it in B&W ($0.25/page), Colour ($0.75/page), single or double-sided & a rough time of when you'll be by to pick it up. We are also happy to scan, photocopy and fax documents for you. One computer is also available for use for 45 minute session only.
See printing & fax costs here. We are cash only.

Curbside Book Pickup

Even though are doors are open to come into the building, we are still providing curbside pickup service for the foreseeable future. Click the Library Takeout Bag for more details. You will also find a video showing you how to navigate our search catalogue & place holds from home!

Adult books:
He Said, She Said by Gigi Gorgeous;
We Have Always Been Here by Samra Habib
God in Pink by Hasan Namir;
The House of Impossible Beauties by Joseph Cassara;
The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr.
Teen/Jr. Books:
The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper; Girl Crushed by Katie Heaney: Tomboy Survival Guide & One In Every Crowd by Ivan Coyote; A Quick and Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities by Mady G
Picture Books:
10,000 Dresses by Marcus Ewert; And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell; Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress by Christine Baldacchino; It Feel Good To Be Yourself: a Book about Gender Identity by Theresa Thorn

Adult Fiction/Non-Fiction: Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson (trilogy); Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese; Black Apple by Joan Crate; Five Little Indians by Michelle Good; Wenjack by Joseph Boyden; The Education of Augie Merasty by David Carpenter and Josephy Auguste Merasty; Noopiming: A Cure for White Ladies by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson; The Reason You Walk by Wab Kinew; Johnny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead; From the Ashes by Jesse Thistle

Junior Non-Fiction: Fatty Legs & A Stranger at Home by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton; Orange Shirt Day Edited by Joan Sorley and Phyllis Webstad; Speaking Our Truth by Monique Gray Smith

Picture Books: Shi-shi-etko & Shin-chi's Canoe by Nicola Campbell; The Orange Shirt Story by Phyllis Webstad; Stolen Words by Melanie Florence; Sometimes I Feel Like A Fox by Danielle Daniel

The discovery of the mass grave of 215 Indigenous Youth at the Kamloops Residential school, is a stark reminder that residential schools are not only a dark chapter of Canada’s history, but their legacy of trauma is ongoing and there is a lot of healing work that still needs to be done. Begin by educating yourself on residential schools and the maltreatment of innocent youth. The above books all deal with residential schools directly or indirectly and are a good starting point. You can also head to the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation website or Bob Joseph’s Indigenous Corporate Training website which gives concrete steps for how you can do your part in reconciliation. Bob Joseph’s books, 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act & Indigenous Relations are also really good resources and are on our shelf.

We’ll bring your books to Canal Flats!

We have a holds shelf in the Canal Flats Village Office to bring books to you and save you the trip into Invermere. Contact us by Tuesday at the latest so we can get the books to the office for Thursday when they are open to the public. Books will be dropped off once a week and can be return to the orange drop box outside the office.

Free Ancestry Access from Home!

With this time at home, why not discover more about your family history and genealogy?
Remote access has been extended until the end of June 2021!

Ancestry has expanded its Library Edition database so that patrons can access it from home! Email us (publiclibrary@invermere.net) for the login info and click the link below for access. You can also DM us on Facebook or Instagram to get in touch! Click the logo to head to the login page.

Want to learn how to take professional level photos on your phone? Or take a course on Microsoft Excel? LinkedIn Learning is the place to go! Choose from thousands of courses and videos to help build career, technology and creative skills. Login with your library card and password for access to this great learning resource! Call or email us if you need your password reset at 250-342-6416 or publiclibrary@invermere.net.

Check out our entire Library of Things!

Find Sunshine Lamps, Kobo E-readers, Mindfulness kits & more!

CRA: Benefits and Credits Presentations

June 15, 2021 from 1:30PM – 3:00PM PST

Don’t miss out on the benefits and credits to which you may be entitled. Some of the benefits and credits to which you may be eligible for are the Canada child benefit, Disability tax credit, Child disability benefit, Goods and Services Tax/Harmonized Sales Tax Credit, and the Canada Workers Benefit. If you do your taxes after the filing deadline, your payments could be delayed. During the webinar we will be able to answer your questions live.

You can register for one of the above webinars here or click the logo image above. From there, follow the link associated with the date of your choice.

Passing along false content can be like passing on Covid-19 itself. And that can be deadly. Before you share, pause, check the source, and make sure it's legit. Check First. Share After.

Click the image above to go to the MediaSmarts website to learn more.

Book Donation Centre

Get ready for the Big Book Sale happening on July 31 in the courthouse parking lot!
Have some books to donate? Please drop them off at the Book Donation Centre!

The Friends of Invermere Library welcome donations of gently used books at the Book Donation Centre across the street from the library.
Please place books in bags or boxes and leave them in the Book Donation Cabinet.
Books will be sorted into categories for the BIG Book Sale in the summer.
Please do not bring damaged books, textbooks, magazines, Reader’s Digest condensed books or computer manuals.
All funds raised support our library!

Update Fine Free Policy

We have been fine free since the beginning of the year. Overall, this has been well received and we plan to continue fine free service for book borrowing. However, we have decided to keep late fines on all of our loanable tech items. This includes Radon kits, LED Sunshine Lights, Geocaching kits and Kobo E-readers. These items are very popular and prompt return on the due date is necessary so others can have access to them.

We are hiring!
Click the graphic below to head to our website for more details