News and Updates

Enjoy Bonus Borrows more often!hoopla's Bonus Borrows are now available during the last seven days of each month. Choose from a selection of TV shows, movies, comics and manga, eBooks, and eAudiobooks without using your monthly borrows.No borrows? No problem! Titles in hoopla's Bonus Borrows program don't count against your limit, and they're available the last seven days of each month. Enjoy hoopla all month long! 

Get ready for a summer of fun with Idea Exchange! Spend your summer exploring your interests or discovering new ones with exciting events and unusual things to borrow.

Join one of Canada's best Summer Reading Clubs (we have received four national awards for our Summer Reading Club).

If you want to browse the collections, place holds, and manage your library account on a mobile device, Idea Exchange has an app for that!The new app offers convenient on-the-go access to searching library collections, placing holds, tracking your borrowing, viewing our location hours and services, and more. Make your Idea Exchange experience more seamless and accessible every day, wherever you go.

You will find Chris and Leah in the Fiction area of our Queen’s Square location, always ready to help you find your next great read and other library items to borrow. Chris began as a Member Services, Casual employee in 2022, and soon became a permanent member of the Information Services and Interlibrary Loan teams. 

Ah summer! A great time for reading and relaxation; books and BBQs; and fun with family and friends. Our locations are great places to celebrate reading and summer with book club fun for all ages.

Get moving with Idea Exchange’s Active Living Collection, available at our Clemens Mill location. Borrow an exciting array of sports equipment, fitness tools, and lawn games to kickstart and supercharge your active lifestyle.

Updated Mobile Printing ServicesWe have updated the mobile printing service at Idea Exchange locations with Princh, a new mobile printing tool that is simple, efficient and convenient to use. Princh makes printing at your favourite Idea Exchange location a cinch. Much like our previous printing option, there are different methods you can choose to send your print jobs to Idea Exchange via Princh. This allows you to pick the one that works best for your needs.

“Through collections, programs and events, services, makerspaces and art galleries, we are honoured to facilitate access to the ideas and stories of the world, and help each of you write your own. And as we see it, we’re not creating history, we’re forging our future. A future for all.” – Chrissy Hodgins, CEO

Idea Exchange has received national recognition with two library awards: the 2023 TD Summer Reading Club Accessibility Award from the Centre for Equitable Library Access (CELA) and a 2023 TD Summer Reading Club Library Award (Second, English), sponsored by TD Bank Group. The awards were presented at the Saskatchewan Libraries Conference on Thursday, May 3.