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145 Whitemud Crossing Shopping Centre, 4211 - 106 Street T6J 6L7 Tel: (780) 496-1822
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This branch has 24-hour return bins. Transportation: ETS provides bus service with 3 routes stopping at Whitemud Crossing: 304 - shuttle to South Park Centre; 33 - West Edmonton Mall, Brander Gardens (Riverbend), Southgate, Millgate; 45 - Heritage Mall, Southgate, downtown (via Kaskitayo, Duggan, Whitemud Crossing, and Old Strathcona). Three other routes (17, 44 and 74) stop at 40 Avenue and 106 Street (Duggan strip mall), two blocks from the Branch. Route 73 - Mill Woods Transit Centre - Lakewood - Millgate - Southgate - University (September to June - Peak Hours Only) ETS Trip Planner Driving Directions Collections: Whitemud Crossing Branch has a mature collection of approximately 170,000 books, magazines, videos, compact discs and cassettes. The extensive print collection for young people includes picturebooks, beginning readers, magazines and paperbacks for all reading skills. Featured children's collections include nursery rhymes, illustrated fairy tales and poetry and Picture Books for All Ages. Nonfiction for the young reader is shelved in the children's area of the library, while books of interest to the older, school-aged reader are shelved together with the adult nonfiction. There are small but popular collections of children's books in Chinese and French, as well as other languages. The Adult print collection includes a broad range of novels and short stories, a substantial collection of nonfiction for both recreation and information, as well as a browsing collection of over 200 magazines and books in languages other than English. Mysteries, science fiction, fantasy, literature classics and large print books are shelved separately for easy browsing. Some materials are provided for those studying English as a Second Language. Whitemud Crossing carries feature film and information videos on a variety of topics, a wide selection of classical, jazz and popular music on compact disc and books on tape for children and adults. The branch offers a basic selection of business and personal finance resources and has an active and up-to-date collection of encyclopedias, directories and other reference resources. Services: Whitemud Crossing is a very busy branch, circulating over a million items annually to its 500,000 visitors. Staff members are often complimented on the friendly and personal service they provide to users, and pride themselves on being able to find the answers to information questions. Branch staff are knowledgeable about and take great pleasure in offering readers services for those looking for a new author or another "good book". Branch programs focus primarily on children and families and staff work closely with students from neighborhood schools. There are some adult programs offered on topics of current interest. The branch has more than 40 internet stations, and offers tutorials for people new to electronic resources. Opened: July 22, 2002 Contacts:
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